Draycott Dell (8 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Fair+. No Jacket. Presumed First. Blue Cloth, Colour Frontis, 255 Pages. No Date Or Printing History; The Dedication Is Dated 1922. A Complete And Soundly Bound Book In Rather Worn Covers. A School Presentation Plate On The Endpaper. Not Ex Library.

Hard. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Large open and closed tears to head and foot of DJ and signs of heavy shelf wear. PP are clean and bright and binding is firm. Previous owners book plate pasted on ffep. Size: 12mo.

Nice, firm copy in tight binding; very faded red cloth boards; no colour remaining on spine. though black titles visible. Gift inscription on flyleaf before half title, else pages neat & well-preserved. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Dell, Draycott M. Ghosts: Adapted from Hendrik Ibsen's Famous Play. London: Jarrolds Publishers Limited, n.d. [1917]. First edition. Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii [1] 2-190 [191-192: publisher's ads]. Original charcoal gray, front and spine panels stamped in red. Dated (1918) ownership signature on front free endpaper. Scattered light foxing, especially near endpapers, otherwise very good. Not held by any U.S. libraries. #613. $75. Novelizations of popular plays used to be a common feature of book publishing (much like today's novelizations of popular movies). What's odd about this present work is that such a controversial, high-brow play was chosen -- and issued by such a low-brow publisher as Jarrolds. The play itself represents another romp from those devil-may-care Scandinavians, in this case featuring adultery, alcoholism, syphilis, incest, euthanasia via morphine overdose, and an orphanage that burns down. What's not to like? The play was written in 1881 and first performed the following year, somewhat improbably, in Chicago by a touring Danish company. The author, though Norwegian, had written the play in Danish. Its title might be more accurately conveyed in English by the phrase "skeletons in the closet." The play concerns their sudden, overwhelming emergence. A curiosity that should appeal to Ibsen scholars and enthusiasts.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Bright red illustrated covers. Slight wear to corners and spine ends, small nick to cloth at upper spine end, rear cover is a little marked. Contains all 4 listed colour plates including the frontis 'Golden Galleon' and many more black and white illustrations. Pages, plates and end-papers are clean and crisp. Binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08120124036. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.