About this title: Widely performed and studied, "The Alchemist" is one of the world's great comedies. It was first performed in 1610, and its success kept it in the repertory until the closing of the theatres. After the Restoration, it was one of the first plays to be revived and it has been produced with increasing frequency ever since. This edition is based on a ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Hill & Wang
Date Published: 1966
ISBN-13:9780809011056ISBN:0809011050
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. First American edition, second printing. Book actually in VG+ condition, downgraded due to minor underlining. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight with faint hinge crease. Cover shiny and attractive with light edge/shelf wear (includes edge chips/dings and a bit of sun-tempering on spine). This is a nice copy, sturdy and gently used. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Woodbury, NY
Date Published: 1965
Description: Good. Edited and with an introduction by John R. McCollum, Jr. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it was received with greater approbation than any other of Jonson's plays. Dryden considered it Jonson's masterpiece. 138 pgs. Book is in good condition, some underlining and marks. Each book we list is carefully inspected, thoughtfully packaged, and promptly shipped. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: 12 mo., softcover. VG in black pictorial wraps. Crofts classics. 116 pages When "The Alchemist" was first performed by Shakespeare's company, the King's Men, and the Blackfriars Theatre in London in the autumn or winter of 1610, Jonson was already widely known as one of the leading English man of letters.. read more
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