Introductions William Archer (10 results)

Cranberry Cloth. Condition: Good+. retired from the Manitou, Colorado Public Library, with the usual stamps, stickers and labels; binding moderately worn, faded, character-soiled and rubbed; textblock clean and tight, top-edge gilt, deckled fore and bottom edges; 900 p. Ex-Library, Hard Cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Black & White Engravings (illustrator). 1st Thus. Very good brown cloth hardcover, gold trim & round seal on front cover, gilt top page edges, light wear, tight & clean. Size 6x9 with 393 pages. Contains: The Vikings at Helgeland & The Pretenders. Volume II only. 1st Scribner printing 1911, same date & seal.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. First Edition. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. An attractive copy, unusually fresh and bright. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. "Copyright Edition" is so stated. Contains translations by William Archer of: A Doll's House (1879), and Ghosts (1881). Also includes an informative Introduction to each play by William Archer. Original red cloth, with gilt lettering. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition. 8vo. 295pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. Modest rubbing to cloth with some sunning at spine & moderate dust soil at pagination edges. Name L.M. Qualtrough neatly penned at front endpaper else text snug & unmarked. 1908 printing.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. First Thus. Fine red silk binding, gold titles. Front hinge starting, spine faded. Chip on top of spine. Backstrip partially missing and coming away from spine. Still a decent reading copy. Fair condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine-. No Jacket. Special Edition. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1909. Volume VIII of the Copyright Edition of the Collected Works of Henrik Ibsen. Early Printing of Volume VIII of the Collected Works. First Printing was in 1907. Fine- Condition. No Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square, with faded gilt top-edge, and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full burgundy cloth with author's name in gilt to front board, gilt title, etc., to faded spine, all corners square and still relatively sharp, and the endpapers unmarked except for a very small a very small "Brentano's Booksellers & Stationers" label at the bottom inside of the rear endpaper, probably from 1909. No Dust Jacket, probably as issued. See photos. 400 pages. 5 1/4" x 7 3/8". An Enemy of the People translated from the Norwegian (En Folkefiende, 1882) by Eleanor Marx-Aveling; The Wild Duck translated from the Norwegian (Vildanden, 1884) by Frances E. Archer. Introductions to each of the dramas by William Archer. An Enemy of the People questions whether there are any absolute principles of morality or wisdom. Considered the first modern masterpiece of tragicomedy, The Wild Duck is known for the quote "Deprive the average human being of his life-lie, and you rob him of his happiness, " in tension with the proverb "The truth shall set you free.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Binding tight and straight, inner pages clean and unmarked. 3/4 Red leather over maroon linen. Marbled endpapers, five raised spine bands, top edge gilt. Crisp, clean copy.; Volume II Of 11-Volume Set; 343 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Good. First Thus. Fine red silk binding, gold titles, 343 pp. Spine faded, 1 cm. ship to top of spine with loss of material. Light soiling to boards. front hinge cracked. Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. copyright edition. A Beautiful Set Of 12 , Being A Copyright Edition From 1913 Revised And Edited By William Archer. One Volume Is Missing From The Set, "From Ibsen's Workshop" . All 12 Books Are In Near Fine Condition With Shelf Age On Top Of Blocks But Otherwise Free From Notations Or Inscriptions . Red Cloth Covered Boards With Gilt Copy Of Ibsen's Signature On Front Boards And Very Bright Gilt Title On Spines. Very Tiny Bump On Volume Xi At Bottom Of Front. They Appear Hardly Read. A Lovely Set For The Ibsen Fan! Extra Shipping Will Be Required.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Six (6) Volumes.