The bending of the bough: a comedy in five acts / by George Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, George, 1852-1933.

Contributor:

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.

McCarter, Henry, 1864-1942.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Green tree library

The green tree library

Language:

English

Genre:

Drama.

Penn Provenance:

Davidoff, Henry (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Speiser, Maurice J. (Maurice Joseph), b. 1880 (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Speiser, Mrs. (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxvi, 192 pages, 6 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm.

Manufacture:

Chicago, Ill. : Printed by R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company at The Lakeside Press.

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; New York : Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1900.

Notes:

Half-title page has list of books issued in the Green Tree Library series on verso.

The green tree library series "are issued in a uniform binding - The Green Tree - designed by Mr. Henry McCarter".

T.p. has background green tree design.

"Copyright 1900 by Herbert S. Stone & Co."

Contains preface by Moore (p. vii-xxvi).

Based on Edward Martyn's play 'The Tale of the Town', rewritten by Moore with contributions by W. B. Yeats. It was staged by the Irish Literary Theatre the precursor of the Abbey Theatre.

Decorative front and back boards of green trees in a landscape; gilt titling on front and back covers and spine. Top edge gilt.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of Henry Davidoff.

Culture Class Collection copy has marginal ms. annotation.

Cited in:

Gilcher. Moore, A23c

Contains:

Martyn, Edward, 1859-1923. Tale of the Town.

OCLC:

7839905