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Four volumes; 5 3/4 inches x 8 3/4; 179+pp.; 252+pp.; 256 pp.; 259 pp., each volume has a frontispiece portrait, these frontispieces reproduced portraits of Synge by James Paterson (photograph), J. B. Yeats (drawing), a Chancellor photograph, James Paterson (drawing). Brown cloth, with titling gilt on the spines, bevelled edges, top-edges gilt. The upper cover corners of volume one are bumped; the spine ends and the bindings show some fading, dusting and wear, some buckling of the cloth or to the endpapers in a few places; some age-related tanning to the endpapers, prelims., a few, occasional, scattered tan spots to page margins, page corner in volume four, p. 97, shows the laid paper cut off short. Each volume bears two bookplates: on the front paste-downs: George Fottrell (Motto: Vita Sine Libris Somnus), and on the facing, free endpapers: the double silhoutte bookplate of Cleveland, Ohio based book collector and author, Munson Havens (1873-1942) (and Hetty Ganson Havens). Contents: Volume 1: In the Shadow of the Glen, Riders to the Sea, The Tinker's Wedding, The Well of the Saints; 2: The Playboy of the Western World, Deirdre of the Sorrows, Poems and Translations (from Petrarch, Villon, Leopardi & others); 3: The Aran Islands; 4 In Wicklow, In West Kerry, In the Congested Districts, Under Ether. Weight: 7 lbs. Postage is extra on this item. Seller Inventory # ABE-873665808
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Works of John M. Synge. In Four Volumes.
Publisher: Maunsel and Company, Limited, 96 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin
Publication Date: 1910
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
