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The unseen host and other war plays: The Unseen Host, Mothers of Men, Pawns, In the Ravine, Valkyrie! by Percival Wilde.

LIBRA - Special PS3545.I337 U6 1917
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wilde, Percival, 1887-1953.
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
One-act plays.
World War, 1914-1918--Drama.
World War, 1914-1918.
Genre:
Drama.
Penn Provenance:
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
Speiser, Maurice J. (Maurice Joseph), b. 1880 (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)
Speiser, Mrs. (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)
Physical Description:
4 unnumbered pages, x pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 102 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm
Manufacture:
Boston, Mass., U. S. A. : Printed by S. J. Parkhill & Co.
Other Title:
Mothers of Men
Pawns
In the Ravine
Valkyrie!
Place of Publication:
Boston : Litle, Brown, and Company, 1917.
Notes:
"Published September, 1917."
"These plays in their printed form are designed for the reading public only."
"Typography by The Plimpton Press, Norwood, Mass., U. S. A."
"Upon the stage a play is offered to an audience without the aid of long and elaborate explanations. It is in a similar form that the printed play must be offered to its readers. The present preface exists only because the five plays are related to each other, because a word upon that subject may bring the reader to a sympathetic understanding of the author's purpose."--Preface.
Burgundy cloth binding.
Local Notes:
Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has ms. note on front flyleaf: "George Freedley ... John Adams Reeves ... George Freedley 1927".
OCLC:
686646

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