SYNGE, JOHN MILLINGTON The Tinker's Wedding. A Comedy in Two Acts. Dublin: Maunsel, 1907. 8vo, original tan and brown cloth, uncut; half morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, A RARE SYNGE PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper: "Herr Karel Musek with best wishes from J.M. Synge, Jan. 7th, 1908." The Bohemian actor Musek had translated The Shadow of the Glen into Czech and gave it a production in Prague in February 1906 (when Synge was getting little recognition in Ireland); he would eventually translate most of Synge into Czech. A very good copy.
SYNGE, JOHN MILLINGTON The Tinker's Wedding. A Comedy in Two Acts. Dublin: Maunsel, 1907. 8vo, original tan and brown cloth, uncut; half morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, A RARE SYNGE PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper: "Herr Karel Musek with best wishes from J.M. Synge, Jan. 7th, 1908." The Bohemian actor Musek had translated The Shadow of the Glen into Czech and gave it a production in Prague in February 1906 (when Synge was getting little recognition in Ireland); he would eventually translate most of Synge into Czech. A very good copy.
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