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Synge, J. M.
The Well of the Saints.
Publisher: A. H. Bullen, London;
Date of Publication: 1905
Stock Code: 9671
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. xvii, [1], 91, [1]. Green quarter cloth with printed paper title label to spine and pale green paper-covered boards. Edges uncut. Boards a little rubbed and scuffed; especially to corners. A solid copy with no annotation or inscriptions. Volume Four of Plays For an Irish Theatre, with a 17 pp. Introduction by W. B. Yeats. “The Well of the Saints” is a three-act play set in rural Ireland, first performed at the Abbey Theatre, which was co-founded by Synge with Yeats and Lady Gregory. £120.00