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Reprint. 8vo. 256 pages, not illustrated. Hardback book in very good condition with foxing on page edges, dust jacket in very good condition. 38960. eng
Reprint. 8vo. 256 pages, not illustrated. Hardback book in very good condition with foxing on page edges, dust jacket in good condition slightly worn at edges.38960. eng
vi + 234pp., 21cm., Doctoral Dissertation (University of Göteborg), softcover, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, good condition, T112543
Endpapers browned. Some foxing. Former owner's name on ffep. Some spotting to boards. Edgewear to extremities. ; 135 pages
Scholars' bookplate to inner cover. Light bumping to corners. Minor shelfwear. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; 356 pages; The contributions to this volume by a team of international experts illustrate how the linguistic study of Greek comedy can deepen our knowledge of the intricate connections between the dramatic texts and their literary and socio-cultural environment. The language of Greek comedy: introduction and bibliographic sketch / Andreas Willi -- Ionian Iambos and Attic Komoidia: father and daughter, or just cousins? / Ewen Bowie -- The language of Doric comedy / Albio C. Cassio -- Some evaluative terms in Aristophanes / Kenneth Dover -- Figures of speech in Aristophanes / Simon R. Slings -- Languages on stage: Aristophanic language, cultural history, and Athenian identity / Andreas Willi -- Comic elements in tragic language: the case of Aeschylus' Oresteia / Alan H. Sommerstein -- Mageiros Poietes: language and character in Antiphanes / Gregory W. Dobrov -- Some orthographical variants in the papyri of later Greek comedy / W. Geoffrey Arnott -- Speech within speech in Menander / René Nünlist.
Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Scattered foxing to endpapers. A few tears along spine joints (reinforced wiht cellotape). Some sunning to boards. ; Contents: List of mss. --Addenda et corrigenda. --Introduction. --Text and notes. --Appendix I. The particle [gamma e]--Appendix II. Political use of moral terms. --Appendix III. Tragic rhythm in comedy. --Indices. Text in Greek with notes in English. ; 229 pages
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight fading to rear edge and no bumping to corners. 157pp. Scripts from the popular comedy shows which saw the British through the Second World War featuring Tommy Handley, Maurice Denham, Deryck Guyler, Hattie Jacques, Molly Weir, Clarence Wright and Fred Yule.
This is a near fine softcover copy with no wear. Signed by Robert Pinsky on the half-title page under the title and not inscribed, just the words 'Good Wishes' next to his name. Otherwise completely clean inside and out. Feels unread. One slight flaw: the top rear corner of the spine is pushed down a bit. Text of the poem in English and Italian. 8" high X 5" wide, 355 pages.
Vg/Vg (transparent protective wrapper to undamaged unclipped dj with light foxing to fore-edge of back flap, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, a very crisp bright clean copy with no marks or inscriptions) quarto 190pp. First edition. Over 150 b/w photographs, with personal and behind-the-scenes shots as well as production pictures from many of his TV shows and cinema films. Commentary gives the plots of many of the shows, as well as explaining the background of Hancock's career on stage, in radio, television and the cinema.
8vo., First UK Edition, with illustrated half-title and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-soiled. Nice copy of the author's first novel. Kherdian 148.
Octavo in red DJ; ix, 177 p : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. Signed by author. || A historical and sociological evaluation of the snowman and snowman building travels backward through time from the modern world's regard of snowmen as a pop culture symbol to prehistoric early constructions. || Humor; Snowmen; Christmas; History.
Two Volumes. Eleven of sixteen color plates. Signed bookplate of Henry W. Shoemaker in both volumes. Henry Wharton Shoemaker (1880-1958), was a prominent American folklorist, historian, diplomat, writer, publisher, and conservationist. XLib stamps embossed in blind on title pages and elsewhere. Slightly foxed. Large 8vo. Original full blue cloth bindings. Spines lettered and decorated in gold with XLib call numbers on spine. Bindings rubbed and worn. Hardbound. Good. VERY SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN5 BOX 3
68 p. Loss on top margin of title page. Lacks fly leaves. Foxed. 24mo. 140 mm. Disbound. Title continues: "From the french of M. M. d'Aubigney et Poujol, by Richard Jones, O the theatres royal Covent-garden and Haymarket. As Performed at the Haymarket and New-York Theatres. [from the first London edition, of 1818]." S&S/AI 48388. Disbound. AI BX 7
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 192pp. A celebration of the genius of Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden, undisputed kings of comedy who between them created the Goodies which we saw on television in the 1970s. Very well illustrated.
Two Volumes. Illustrated with full page engravings in very good state, and a folding map (soiled and slightly chipped). The lovely engravings are mostly by R. Scott after drawings by J. Stevenson. On title page of Volume One there is an inked inscription "Edward James Foote, to his beloved Wife Mary Foote. On title page of Volume Two inked inscription "Edward James Foote to his beloved Wife Mary Foote: and since her lamented death to our Daughters Mary, Elizabeth, Eleanor & Anna". 235mm. Original full leather bindings, very worn. Boards very fragile or detached. The early owner of this set - Vice-Admiral Sir Edward James Foote (1767-1833) was a prominent Royal Navy officer during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He served on a number of ships and at several actions, but is best known for becoming caught up in the aftermath of the collapse of the Parthenopean Republic at Naples in 1799. The Gentle Shephered was first published in 1725. The author, Allan Ramsay (1686-1758) was a Scottish poet (or makar), playwright, publisher, librarian and wig-maker! VERIA BX 2
Approximately 60 pages. Songs include: Yes! We have no Bananas; Annabelle; Oh! Min; Way Down Yonder in New Orleans; If I knew you then as I know you now; Seven or Eleven; I've Got the Yes!; The Gold-Digger; Lost (A Wonderful Girl); Abie's Irish Rose; Underneath the Sip Sip Sippy Moon; Stingo Stungo; Away down east in Maine; Rosetime and You; Honeymoon Chines; Somebody Else Took You Out of My Arms; Rock me to sleep with My Virginia Melody; Down on the farm; Frankie and Johnie; Where the Bamboo Babies Grow; Mammy's Little Silver Lining; Little Rover; Starlight Bay; Doggone Whipporwill; True Blue Sam; Magic Eyes. Arranged in dance form as fox trots, one steps and waltzes. Piano solo only. Average wear. Covers holding by one staple. Book
Shelfwear. 1 corner of wraps creased. ; Statues of the god Priapus stood in Roman gardens to warn potential thieves that the god would rape them if they attempted to steal from him. In this book, Richlin argues that the attitude of sexual aggressiveness in defense of a bounded area serves as a model for Roman satire from Lucilius to Juvenal. Using literary, anthropological, psychological, and feminist methodologies, she suggests that aggressive sexual humor reinforces aggressive behavior on both the individual and societal levels, and that Roman satire provides an insight into Roman culture. Including a substantial and provocative new introduction, this revised edition is important not only as an in-depth study of Roman sexual satire, but also as a commentary on the effects of all humor on society and its victims. ; 352 pages
Two Plays bound together: 162 p. Continuous pagination. Early ownership of J. Waldier, 1774, on first title page. Bottom margin of The Funeral title page clipped. 12 mo. 155mm. Virtually disbound. This perhaps should best be considered a candidate for rebinding. Sir Richard Steele (ca. 1672-1729), was a famed english author and politician. The Funeral (first produced in 1702), with its patriotic motifs, apparently attracted the favourable attention of the King himself. The Tender Husband, a comedy, had a brief initial run in April 1705. It returned to Drury Lane for performances later in the year and remained a staple of the London stage repertory for many decades, without remuneration for the author. It is significant that Steele did not have another new play produced until many years later when he was a partner in the Drury Lane management and thus able to reap rewards both as author and as manager - DNB. ESTC T9516 & T9517. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! VERIA BX 1
[1] The Frogs: translated from the Greek by William James Rickie with an introduction by Gilbert Seldes and wood engravings by John Austen. 62p. [Bound Dos-A- Dos together with] [2] The Birds : with an introduction by Dudley Fitts" Six Greek Plays"issued by the Dryden Press.) 52 p.. 114p; Slight shelf esp.to foot of spine.. Book
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Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Light ding along bottom back edge. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover. Includes scholar's handwritten pencil review notes tipped in. ; 534 pages; This book explores the ways in which legal disputes were settled out of court in fourth-century BC Athens and in second-century BC Rome. After examining pretrial scenarios in the Attic orators and comparable ones in Roman legal sources, the author turns to the plays of Greek New Comedy and their later Roman adaptations. There she identifies similar scenarios, especially in disputes concerning sexual violations, the marriages of heiresses, and divorces, and shows that recognition of legal scenarios aids interpretation of New Comedy texts.
Scholar's name to DJ flap (R. E. Fantham). Corners are a little bumped. Very light soiling to textblock. A few pages have light pencil notes. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and creasing along top edge. ; 534 pages; This book explores the ways in which legal disputes were settled out of court in fourth-century BC Athens and in second-century BC Rome. After examining pretrial scenarios in the Attic orators and comparable ones in Roman legal sources, the author turns to the plays of Greek New Comedy and their later Roman adaptations. There she identifies similar scenarios, especially in disputes concerning sexual violations, the marriages of heiresses, and divorces, and shows that recognition of legal scenarios aids interpretation of New Comedy texts.
pp. xviii, 533, (8) [Publisher's catalogue]. Penciled notations in margins of publisher's catalogue. 12mo. 180mm. Original full cloth binding, soiled and stained. First Modern Library Edition. MOD LIB BX 1
In 1959 an archaeological dig unearthed the complete text, written on papyrus, of Menander's comedy The Dyskolos; this was the first complete work ever found by Menander, the a Greek dramatist and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy. A verse translation -a "superb modern rendering" of a lost Greek comedy recovered from thr papyrus. Book
An early men's publication in the model of Playboy. 74 pages with color and black and white photos. Features: Simon Sez 'Sex" - advice; Some Guys Got It - fiction; Fifty Miles a Day for J.F.K. - satire; The First Daze of Vacation - humor; Mirror, Mirror... - photos of Lupe Lopez; "Dear John's" First Date - fiction; The Car of Kings - "La Royale" built by Ettore Bugatti; Beyond Words - humor; He Plays With Dolls - photo essay on French cartoonist Peynet who had a love affair with a doll named Damour (of which he sold two million copies!); The Most Passionate Professions - Survey; Pooling Her Resources - photo essay of Paula Angelo; The Man Who Felt Persecuted - fiction; Festival Girls - The Movie That Out-Dolces "Vita" - pictorial essay; George Q. Lewis's Comedy Workshop in New York, a College for Comics - article with photos; Going Up - pictorial essay on Angela Jones; In Training For What? - fiction; Ah! La France! - pictorial essay on Lena France of Boston; Hue and Cry - correspondence; Sound On - records; Checkmate - shopping; Back cover color-photo ad for Mr H. Esq. features young man in black sweater with red and grey trim. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
