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THE LIFE AND DRAMATIC WORKS OF ROBERT MONTGOMERY BIRD.
Foust, Clement E.

   

- New York : The Knickerbocker Press 1919
- thick 8vo.
- cloth.
- xvi, 725 pages.
- Order Nr. 41489
- Price: $ 60.00



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B1-903. First edition, the trade without the "University of Pennsylvania" notice at the head of the title. (BAL 1176). Contains the first known publication of "Pelopidas," "The Gladiator" and "Oralloossa," three of Bird's dramas. Foust states that the book was based on his doctoral thesis under Quinn and Schelling at Pennsylvania. This New Castle, Delaware, author and doctor wrote many works of fiction and a number of plays produced by Edwin Forrest. Name in ink stamp of William P. Frank. Back inside hinge cracked.

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INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF COLOUR PHENOMENA
by Lovibond, Joseph W.

Well-illustrated with eight hand-colored plates and several charts and figures in the text. Lovibond's theory and system of color won silver and bronze medals at the St. Louis Exposition of 1904. Photographs of these medals makeup the frontispiece. Embossed stamp of a previous owner on the title page. Spine faded, boards lightly worn. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.




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