The Contrast: A Comedy In Five Acts
Published by Houghton, Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1920
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Austin's Antiquarian Books, Wilmington, VT, U.S.A.Austin's Antiquarian Books
AbeBooks seller since October 8, 2013
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 38.79
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Octavo (6" x 9"), black cloth and blue boards. Paper spine label. 120 (2) pp. with list of revivals of The Contrast, and a list of the works of Royall Tyler.Very good. Two small white spots on the cover. This edition limited to 275 copies of which this is copy number 146. This Vermont Jurist and Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Vermont was known for many things, among them his Revolutionary War service. He was also an author, and this play was performed iin New York with George Washington in attendance. It was a success. The Contrast is considered the first American comedy performed by professional actors. Tyler was a Guilford and Brattleboro Vermont resident, and is buried in Prospect Hilll Cemetery in Brattleboro.
Seller Inventory # 19520
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Contrast: A Comedy In Five Acts
- Author
- Tyler, Royall
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin Company, Boston and New York
- Publication year
- 1920
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- Limited edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Americana, Literature, Vermontiana
Austin's Antiquarian Books
Wilmington, VT, U.S.A.
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Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop offering a general stock of approximately 10,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially books by and about Theodore Roosevelt, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera. We are members of The Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, The Vermont Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and the Independent Online Booksellers Association…
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