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GREENE**, GRAHAM: : BRITISH DRAMATISTS. [Britain in Pictures No. 32.]

LONDON.WILLIAM COLLINS,1942.

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UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[One of only 22 titles published in this year,for this series.One of the most collectable and collected titles in the series; the other being 'The English People',by George Orwell,Britain in Pictures No. 100.] VG++/VG.Neat,inked owner name to top edge of ffe and no clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,dark brown background with 3 white line-bordered edges with white lettering and white theatre silhouette vignette/ design illustrated front panel of dw/dj and brown+white publisher's advert with sporadic foxing/spotting to rear panel of same - which is also sporadically foxed and spotted; with noticeable shelf-wear,minimal creasing,with rubbing with chipping to edges,corners and both head+foot of spine/ backstrip - all chipping with minor loss - no major nicks or tears present.Inevitable rubbing/flaking etc to letters and folds of un-numbered spine/backstrip due to the fragility of the wartime economy standards paper used.Top edges aged/tanned,fore-edges lightly aged/tanned but cleaner; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Front panel of dw/dj design repeated to front paper-covered card covers,rear cover plain dak brown with 3 white line-border edges; and white ink printed letters to spine/backstrip, pastedowns and free endpapers with either foxing/spotting or offset foxing - rear free endpaper with vertical creases.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-46pp [paginated] printed on Mellomex Book paper and includes an intro,8 colour plates,26 b/w illustrations - all illustrations within the text,plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,colour+b/w illus lists/tables. Described hard but fairly and honestly and in detail. 'Britain in Pictures' (BIP) a comprehensive series of illustrated books devoted to the life,art,institutions and achievements of the British.The majority of the titles,113 of 126 are under the banner of 'The British People in Pictures' series, plus 7 'British Commonwealth in Pictures' titles and a further 6 titles under the 'English Poets in Pictures' imprint - 6 further titles of the 132 listed,were never published.The earliest titles in the series were not numbered, although numbers were eventually added to the jacket spine (but not on the books themselves).Original price was 3/6 (later increased to 4/6,and then 5/-),and a normal print run averaging between 20,000 to 30,000 copies. Graham Greene,in addition to being one of the best of our living novelists of the younger generation (then 1942), has made a name for himself as a brilliant dramatic critic.This survey of British drama,from the Mystery and Morality plays to the present day (again 1942),is no mere conventional historical catalogue of famous names but an original and penetrating study of the development of our drama and a vivid,and sometimes caustic,valuation of our most famous dramatists.The book also is not just a collection of separate criticisms of individual plays and playwrights but has an important theme which is worked out by the author with great brilliance and originality. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE. ** This item offered P+p included. Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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