Introductions by william archer (5 résultats)

Cranberry Cloth. Etat : 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. Etat : 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. Etat : 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.

Hardcover. Etat : 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. Etat : As New. Six (6) Volumes. T-ARCHERIB; Ibsen, Henrik; Introductions By Archer, William and Herford, C. H.; Translations By Archer, William and Archer, Charles) The Works of Henrik Ibsen Six (6) Volumes.