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SISTERLY FEELINGS & TAKING STEPS
by Ayckbourn, Alan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0701125616
- ISBN 13
- 9780701125615
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Signed by Sir Alan Ayckbourn on the front flyleaf. A pair of comedies by the prolific British playwright and director. Sisterly Feelings is the first of Ayckbourn's plays to have alternate plotlines depending on decisions made during the plays. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with some very light rubbing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75279
- Title
- SISTERLY FEELINGS & TAKING STEPS
- Author
- Ayckbourn, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0701125616
- ISBN 13
- 9780701125615
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Plays, Drama, Theater, British Literature, West End, Humor, Comedy
Terms of Sale
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located in the heart of downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Our shop is currently open by appointment Thursday - Saturday from 11am - 6pm (please call ahead) and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. For more information, visit our website at www.johnsonrarebooks.com or call 1-626-967-1888.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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