Plays First Second by August Strindberg (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 3 Volumes, very good plus matching hardbacks, publisher's original brown cloth bindings with gilt lettering to the spines and front covers. Minimal evidence that they are ex-library books. First UK edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Three-volume set of Plays by August Strindberg, comprising the First Series, Second Series, and Fourth Series, translated with introductions by Edwin Björkman and published by Duckworth & Co., London, in 1924. The set is bound in the publisher's original tan cloth with black lettering and decorative rules to the front boards. Contents include some of Strindberg's most important dramatic works, including The Dream Play, The Link, The Dance of Death (Parts I & II), Miss Julia, The Stronger, Creditors, Pariah, The Bridal Crown, The Spook Sonata, The First Warning, and Gustavus Vasa. A handsome early Duckworth edition, increasingly difficult to find in matching volumes and appealing to collectors of Scandinavian literature, modern drama, and early twentieth-century theatre. Condition: Good. Three matching volumes in original publisher's cloth. Bindings sound and secure. Black lettering remains clear and legible. Moderate rubbing and shelf wear to boards, with fraying and bumping to spine ends, most noticeable on Volume I. Former owner's stamp ("Clive Harper") to front endpapers. Pages generally clean and bright with light age toning and occasional minor marks. A few scattered stains and handling marks present, but text remains clear throughout. No dust jackets, as issued or not present. Contents: First Series The Dream Play The Link The Dance of Death, Part I The Dance of Death, Part II Second Series There Are Crimes and Crimes Miss Julia The Stronger Creditors Pariah Fourth Series The Bridal Crown The Spook Sonata The First Warning Gustavus Vasa Collation: Complete as issued for the three volumes present Seller Notes: Third Series not included. Matching set of three volumes only.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. 268, 265, 276, 283 p. For 1: no indication first series and authorized edition. For 3: 1914. Publishing binding lightly worn. Call number and stamps (some on edge0 of library. Code 2193.