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DJ has minor edgewear and rubbing. ; This book is an attempt to understand in what senses the tragic odes are lyrical and in what ways their lyricism contributes to tragic drama as a whole. ; 241 pages
Light rubbing to corners. One corner mildly bumped. Minor shelfwear. ; For classical scholars and others interested in metric. ; 236 pages
Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Light foxing to textblock. DJ has a few small tears ; For classical scholars and others interested in metric. ; 236 pages
Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Else book has minor shelfwear. DJ has a few small tears and chipping; For classical scholars and others interested in metric. ; 236 pages
Light creasing to corners. Creasing along spine. Light discoloration to spine. ; From the proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. LXIII. [315] -331. Publishes the opening verses of Menander's best comedies, Misoumenos, which were discovered on fragmentary papyri from Oxyrhynchus. ; 16 pages
Features: Frontis photo portrait and write-up of Mr. David Reid, ex-member, and expert shot; Company Notes; Prince Charlie - a romantic drama enacted by members of the L.S.R.V., with six photos; The Assault-at-Arms; Notes by the C.O.; Photos of the L.S.R.V. Football Club, H Company team and G Company team; Metro. Volunteer Sergeants' Tactical Association - visit to Portsmouth - March 23rd to 25th; Correspondence; and more. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
viii, 415-518 pages. Contents include: Modern Drama - the architectural hold-up; The Storm - a tale of the sea; Sardine Fishers; The Paradigm of Literary Introspection; The Jolly Party; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
114p.,frontis. No. 112 of a limited edition. Hardcover Good condition; spine darkened & worn
35 p. Uncut. XLib bookplate. Otherwise not XLib marked. 190mm. Original green gray paper boards binding lettered in gold. Spine worn with loss at head. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. VARIA BOX 1
Endpapers are lightly yellowed. Former owner's name on ffep. Small bookseller's label to inner cover. Small discolored area to rear board. Foxing just starting to ffep. ; Contents: Introductory; the Disease that Needs the Knife: Ajax; Music hath Charms: the Tracking Satyrs; A Sea of Trouble: Antigone; Fortune's Wheel: Trachiniae; Blindness and Vision: Oedipus Tyrannus; From Slavery to Freedom: Electra; The Divine Wound: Philoctetes; Rest for the Wanderer: Oedipus Coloneus; The Chronology of the Extant Plays; Conclusion: the Philosophy of Sophocles. ; 165 pages
141p. Hardcover Very good condition, spine lightly faded
123p. Washington Square Press paperback. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SHAKESPEARE BOX 2
166p. Hardcover Very good condition, spine lightly faded
524 p. + Portrait Frontis + 4 p. Publisher's advertisements. Damp stained. 8vo. Original gold decorated publisher's cloth binding, worn. Corners worn with loss. Spine worn with loss at head and tail. A contemporary account of the great actor's life and thoughts. Sadly, this is a reading copy only. PA 9
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with engraved portrait frontispiece (mildly age-soiled), some very light and inoffensive age-staining to text, neat pencilled nineteenth-century inscription of half-title of second volume; attractively bound in contemporary half calf, coarse-grain cloth sides ruled in gilt, backs with five raised bands, second and third compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments framed and tooled in gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, a very good, bright, crisp copy in wholly unrestored period binding. The UK edition is much scarcer than its US counterpart published in the same year, particularly as two volumes as originally issued. Kean died in 1833.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 10 plates, some light spotting; original naVy cloth, upper board and backstrip with printed paper labels, uncut, backstrip faded, joints moderately rubbed else a good, firm copy of a scarce work. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. SCARCE. Meister 28.
144p. Hardcover Very good condition, spine lightly faded
Hardcover folios in green cloth boards with gilt title to spine and gilt illustration to covers. 3 volumes in 9 folios : illustrations (some color), color frontispieces, plates (some color, some pasted on) ; 32 cm Complete in nine books. Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank, and R. Dudley. || Contents: pt. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth night ; Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing -- pt. 2. Taming of the shrew ; Comedy of errors ; Merchant of Venice ; Midsummer night's dream ; Love's labour's lost ; As you like it -- pt. 3. As you like it (continued) ; Winter's tale ; All's well that ends well ; Macbeth ; Troilus and Cressida ; Timon of Athens -- pt. 4. Timon of Athens (continued) ; Hamlet ; Cymbeline ; Romeo and Juliet ; King Lear -- pt. 5. King Lear (continued) ; Othello ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra -- pt. 6. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; Henry V -- pt. 7. Henry V (continued) ; King Henry VI ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII -- pt. 8. King Henry VIII (continued) ; Titus Andronicus ; Pericles ; Poems -- v. 9. Notes, critical and explanatory / by Samuel Neil. || Comedy plays. Drama. Historical drama. Poetry. Tragedies (Drama) ||Vol I-Comedies (Book I) ; Vo. I-Comedies (Book II) ; Vol. I-Comedies (Book III) ; Vol II-Tragedies (Book IV) ; Vol. II-Tragedies (Book V) ; Vol. III-Historical Plays (Book VI) ; Vol. III-Historical Plays (Book VII) ; Vol. III-Historical Plays (Book VIII) ; Notes, Critical and Explanatory (Book IX) // **A large, heavy set. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.**
Xxii, 73pp. A few pencil marks to ffep. With the bookplate of G. P. Goold to inner cover. Chipping to 1 corner of wraps. Inner hinges have tape applied. ; Prentice-Hall Greek Drama Series; 73 pages
Endpapers browned. Some foxing. Former owner's name on ffep. Some spotting to boards. Edgewear to extremities. ; 135 pages
Light bumping to bottom corners else Fine. ; Early English Text Society No. 283; 394 pages; Once owned by the Catholic and Royalist bibliophile Sir Kenelm Digby (1603–1665) , this manuscript was among those Digby gave to Oxford University's Bodleian Library in 1634. Hence Bodleian Library MS Digby 133 lends its name to an eclectic group of religious plays that makes up one of two important late medieval dramatic anthologies (the other is the Macro Plays).
291 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. Explores the drama and tensions of the years leading up to and following what Pandit Nehru called 'a tryst with destiny'. Provides a fascinating social record and a unique insight into one of the most significant events of modern history. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Tight and square. Solid copy. Book
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.
A Lecture given by Martin Esslin for the Stratford Shakespearean Festival. August 14, 1983.[20 unnumbered pages] Author signature on final page [7 copies found iin WorldCat] Book