Description: EMMA: A Play, Founded on Jane Austen's Novel Author: MacKaye, Marion Morse (Mrs. Percy MacKaye) Title: EMMA: A Play, Founded on Jane Austen's Novel Publication: New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941 Edition: First Edition Description: Hardcover. A loving dramatization, published under the auspices of the Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Includes a prefatory letter to Jane Austen by the author's husband, dramatist and poet Percy MacKaye, who encouraged her to write this adaptation. The MacKaye's were a prominent theatrical family, often associated with Shakespearean performance. The author's father-in-law, Steele MacKaye, was the first American to play Hamlet in London, while her mother-in-law, Mary, wrote a dramatization of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, first produced in 1910. Octavo: xv, 182, [4] p. with a frontispiece portrait. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt stamping. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a two-part box. Fine / Fine. Seller ID: 76744 Subject: Literature Established in 1981, Johnson Rare Books & Archives offers a wide array of materials from fine first editions to holographic letters, vernacular photography, archives, and other cultural resources. Our bricks and mortar location in downtown Covina, The Book Shop, is located about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. The shop is open six days a week and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. As proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), we uphold our association's code of ethics. Terms All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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Author: MacKaye, Marion Morse (Mrs. Percy MacKaye
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Year Printed: 1941
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Binding: Cloth
Language: English
Original/Facsimile: Original
