Author: George Dillon
Title: Three Plays of Racine
Description: Chicago; London, The University of Chicago Press, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of Racine's three plays 'Phaedra', 'Britannicus' and 'Andromache', with the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. A collection of three plays by the great French playwright Jean-Baptiste Racine, translated by the American poet and editor George Dillon.Inscribed by the author to Norman Holmes Pearson (1909-1975) to the front free end paper, dated 1962. Pearson was an American academic who worked as a counterintelligence agent during the Second World War. A collection of three plays by the great French playwright Jean-Baptiste Racine, translated by the American poet and editor George Dillon. These three plays comprise the three tragedies Phaedra, Britannicus, and Andromache, with a detailed introduction and critical notes. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrapper remains very bright and smart. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.
Keywords: Jean Racine Plays Phaedra Britannicus Plays Not Stated
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Title: Three Plays of Racine
Description: Chicago; London, The University of Chicago Press, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of Racine's three plays 'Phaedra', 'Britannicus' and 'Andromache', with the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. A collection of three plays by the great French playwright Jean-Baptiste Racine, translated by the American poet and editor George Dillon.Inscribed by the author to Norman Holmes Pearson (1909-1975) to the front free end paper, dated 1962. Pearson was an American academic who worked as a counterintelligence agent during the Second World War. A collection of three plays by the great French playwright Jean-Baptiste Racine, translated by the American poet and editor George Dillon. These three plays comprise the three tragedies Phaedra, Britannicus, and Andromache, with a detailed introduction and critical notes. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrapper remains very bright and smart. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.
Keywords: Jean Racine Plays Phaedra Britannicus Plays Not Stated
Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 950M6
- Book number: 950M6
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