Cocteau Wildman (11 results)

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN.

Condition: Poor. Volume 47. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN. …

Condition: Poor. Volume 47. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN. …

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Poor. Volume 47. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Third Impression. Type: Book N.B. Previous owners inscription to ffep. Slight foxing to top edge of pages. Some fading to D/J and D/J spine.

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. third imp. Jacket rubbed, very light foxing to closed edges, else clean and tight. Size: 12mo.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. In the charmingly illustrated dust wrapper, this is a first UK edition of Jean Cocteau's' reworking of the Oedipus myth, translated and with an introductory essay by Carl Wildman. The first UK edition, first impression. Translated from the original French by Carl Wildman.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Jean Cocteau's play is based on the ancient Greek myth of Oedipus.The New York Times referred to The Infernal Machine as having taken 'characters familiar from Greek tragedy off their pedestals and wittily humanized them while remaining true to Sophocles's plot. Oedipus, instead of a tragic hero, is a cocky, virginal youth whose arrogance is matched by his colossal naïveté'.Inscription to front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with light edgewear to back strip tail and minor loss of cloth to back strip head. Rear hinge strained but firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper age toned, most significantly to back strip and wrap perimeters, with small losses to back strip head and tail, light edgewear to wrap heads, and small closed tears to fold over front flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good. None (illustrator). book. …

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Signed with a hand drawn illustration by Cocteau, on the half title. V. Good- pages browned, in a Good+ dust-jacket.