Dwyer, John Hanbury.MareMagnum
Andrae Chénier Dramma di ambiente storico in quattro quadri
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Libreria Tara s.n.c. · Roma, IT5,50 €
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300 p. Foxed. 12 mo. 190 mm. Original full black cloth binding. The boards are nicely decorated in blind with a vase within a line and scroll border. The spine is brightly gold gilt with a similar scroll design and title lettering. Autograph ownership of W. J. (?) Greenough. John Hanbury Dwyer (1780-1841), was born in Clonnel County, Tipperary, Ireland; and came to America 1811, He was a brilliant actor, and a star of both the British and American stage. He was most famous in the mid-19th century for this work on Elocution. A nearly fine and brilliant copy of a book usually found well worn. Hardbound. These influential early school books are becoming scarce in the marketplace. A fine collection of them could still be formed inexpensively. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NW53
pp. [18], 89. pp. 49/50 in xerox facsimile. Small candle burn hole in 7 leaves. Modern leather backed boards. 4to. "The preface is Dryden's first important critical essay on comic themes and gives to this play, which both Pepys and Evelyn denounced as 'smutty' and 'profane', an importance it would not otherwise have." The play iself is based on : Molières "Le dépit amoureux" and Corneilles "Le feint astrologue", which in turn was taken from "El astrologo fingido" by Calderon. Pforzheimer Cat. 325; Macdonald 75b; Wing D2274. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W151.
Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. DJ has light creasing along top edge. DJ spine and edges a bit browned. Minor creasing to front panel of DJ. DJ is price-clipped. ; 295 pages
Scholar's name to ffep (R. E. Fantham). Small Corrections done in pen on 2 pages. Minor shelfwear to book. DJ has rubbing and some small tears. Lettering to DJ spine faded in places. Mild soiling to DJ. ; Alternate ISBN: 0719005906. Comments on the plays-- dyskolos, Sikyonias, Misoumeus, Aspis and the rest of the Samia. Published posthumously. ; 211 pages
Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Minor shelfwear to book. DJ has rubbing and some small tears. Lettering to DJ spine faded in places. Mild soiling to DJ. ; Alternate ISBN: 0719005906. Comments on the plays-- dyskolos, Sikyonias, Misoumeus, Aspis and the rest of the Samia. Published posthumously. ; 211 pages
Light foxing. School prize plate (from University of London University College, The Platt Prize awarded to G. P. Goold in Session 1947-1948 by M. J. Smiley) affixed to inner cover. Lower corners bumped. DJ browned with tear to head of spine and stain near foot. Some chipping and small tears to DJ. ; Begins with the life of Sophocles and the chronology of his plays and continues with accounts of his thought, characters, plots, songs and style. ; 202 pages
Good survey of Ancient Greek theatres and with interesting details of how plays were produced and performed. Condition : This ex-library copy is in poor condition - binding loose and underlinings - but a readable copy with all pages present. Ex-Library
Top of spine lightly bumped. Shelfwear. Creasing to back wrap. ; Papermac 7; 240 pages
General Shelfwear. Wear to corners. ; Papermac 7; 240 pages
Spine sunned and creased. Chipping to base of spine. Shelfwear and rubbing to wraps. Former owner's name to inner cover has been deleted with black marker. ; 240 pages
Minor shelfwear. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Minor bumping to a couple of corners. DJ has edgewear with chipping and small tears. DJ is price-clipped. ; 240 pages
Minor shelfwear to book. Scholar's stamp to ffep and half-title (Samuel). Publisher's label affixed to to ffep (torn leaving a bit of damage). DJ lightly yellowed with one small tear. DJ is price-clipped. ; 238 pages
156pp., 21cm., Academic dissertation (Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität Köln, 1953], softcover, good condition, T78135
Spine sunned. Minor bump to head of spine. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). ; Unchanged Reprint of 1875 ed. ; 256 pages
Illustrated guide to Greek literature as performaned for an audience ce - all forms : lyric,choral,dramatic- from Homer to Roman times. 144p. illus bibliography.index Book
". investigates the motives which prompted these dramatists to reinterpret the ancient legends, the methods used in creating new plays, and the ways in which the different treatments vary from their source and from one another" The dramatists discussed are Cocteau, O'Neill, Eliot, Sartre, Montherlant. Anouilh, Giraudaux, Jack Richardson, De Bosis, Lenormand, Maxwell Anderson and Tennessee Williams. 202 pp, bibliography. Book
Small chip to base of spine. Light shelfwear. ; x, 201pp.; New York University Studies in Comparative Literature III; 201 pages
pp. x, 13-300 +Plus 4 leaves of plates (1 fold out), 7 marginal illustrations. 8vo. 230mm. An example of one of the earliest printed publisher's binding. Dark cloth binding browned and cover text black or dark brown. Cloth chipped in places around the edges and rubbed on boards. Rear board with publishers advertisements printed. Spine lettered in black and browned and brittle with wear at head and base. Corners bumped. Contents mildly browned. Hardbound. Very Good. If from 1823, this would be the earliest known example of a printed cloth binding but this may be a reprint from 1860. All plates present and text in great condition for the age. William Hone (1780-1842) was an English writer, satirist and bookseller. His victorious court battle against government censorship in 1817 marked a turning point in the fight for British press freedom. NW51
Ancrene Wisse (also Ancrene Riwle) or Guide for Anchoresses is a monastic rule (or manual) for anchorite nuns, written in the early 13th century; Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies; 192 pages
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cxxvii, 224 p. 18 cm. Hardcover Good condition. spine lightly worn
Version in heroic couplets by Douglas Dunn, originally commissioned by BBC Radio for a season of French classical drama. Paperback with minor wear to cover, pen marks to edges of page block. Contents clean and sound throughout. Used
Minor browning to wraps. Light Shelfwear. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). ; Beiträge Zur Klassischen Philologie Heft 8; 72 pages
Book shows light wear to covers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, , text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 125 pages with prose, plays, essays.
