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19131590<p>London: Constable and Company Ltd. 1913. First Edition Thus.</p><p>12mo 7 1/8 x 5 inches; 180 x 125 mm xix 210 2 pages in yellow-green cloth.</p><p>George Bernard Shaw's 1891 essay on the plays of Henrik Ibsen presented here with a new preface for this edition as well an analysis of plays that Ibsen wrote after 1891. The book is an important expression of Shaw's theories about theatre in which he contrasts Ibsen's vibrant social realism with a more formal and stagnant Victorian theatre. A lovely collectible copy in the scarce dust jacket. </p><p>CONDITION: Modest rubbing to boards page edges lightly toned small "First Edition" stamp on front paste down some dusting to top edge numerous pages unopened small closed tear to page xix. The dust jacket is darkened along the spine and has a few small chips. Overall a Very Good or better copy.</p> Constable and Company Ltd. hardcover
1986000870Omaha: Buttonmaker Press 1986. Hardcover. Fine. DePol John. 48 p.: wood engravings by John DePol; 25 cm. Red cloth with printed paper spine and cover label. Original glassine dust jacket. This is number 126 of a limited edition of 150 copies signed by the artist. In Fine Condition: a crisp clean copy. Glassine dust jacket edges are slightly chipped. Buttonmaker Press hardcover
1774001157Edinburgh: J. Robertson 1774. Very Good. 77 1 p.; 17 cm. Signatures: a4-a4 B-G6. 12mo. Disbound. First published in 1697 as "The Provoked Wife." The ending in this edition consists of an Epilogue spoken by Lady Brute and Belinda. The author was both a playwright and an architect designing Blenheim Palace among other buildings. Disbound; otherwise in Very Good Condition: foxing; margins of last two leaves darkened. A very scarce copy of the Edinburgh edition of Vanbrugh's second comedy. J. Robertson unknown
Lower section of titlepage has been clipped out (3cm by 3cm) . Bookseller stamp to titlepage. Tape applied to lower section of first 2 pages (to repair cut). Pencil notes to Greek text. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Spine sunned and faded with small dampstain. Fair to Good. ; Greek Text with English Introduction and Commentary. ; 197 pages
Spine a bit browned. Pages tanned. Former owner's name typed to ffep. Mild pen notes and underlining to about 20 or so pages. ; Greek text with English introduction and notes. ; Pitt Press Series; 100 pages
pp. xlvi, 252. Illustrated with small woodcut vignettes. Decorated title page. Very mildly age stained. 12mo. Disbound. Scarce First Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SHAKESPEARE BOX 4
123 pages. 8 pages of Mr Wm Heinemann's List. Red cloth covers with title on front cover and spine. Frontispiece photo of author. Covers a little grubby, light foxing on front free endpaper
1334485453.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Paperback octavo with handwritten title and author on spine. Blue chapter pages. 165 pages : b/w illustrations ; 20 cm. Uncommon || Translated from Arabic by Nayla Naguib. Contemporary Arabic Literature. Drama. Arab culture. Egypt.
51 p. Hardcover Very good condition good Set by hand at the Golden Hind Press
8vo., original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, green top, pictorial end papers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. With 8pp series catalogue at end. First published in Everyman's Library in 1913. EL 659; Seymour 555.0.
pp. xxviii, 226 + Plus Frontis and 32 engraved portraits with original text tissue guards. Title page printed in red and black. Uncut. Top edge gold. Inked ownership of Francis H. Lee. A few signatures loose. Limited edition. Number 101 of only five hundred copies. 4to. Original leather spine over cloth boards. Spine worn with some loss. Hardbound. Scarce and significant. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SHAKESPEARE BOX 2
1330049101.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. DJ has light creasing along top edge. DJ spine a bit browned. ; Corrected reprint. Looks at Euripides' plays Suppliant Women and Heraclidae. Assessing the plays by their own standards, they stand out as a variety of Greek tragedy in which the problems of human fellowship become the material for art, and in this sense it is permissible to call them 'political' plays. ; 157 pages
Hardcover without jacket. Clean Copy
1789biblio32<p>This copy is a unique curiosity privately photo-statically copied in a nice pebbled deep red hardback binding in 1949 by N.C. State English professor Roger Marshall. Book includes its own provenance---a receipt from Lassiter's Bindery Raleigh NC dated 1949. It may be quite difficult to acquire this 5-act play pertaining to the controversy surrounding the adoption of our US constitution in this hardback form. To obtain another JUST lke this impossible.</p> The author, by W. Ross, publisher hardcover
26768MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS 1963. VERY GOOD IN SLIGHTLY GRUBBY DUSTWRAP. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR. NEAT INSCRIPTION ON F.E.P. MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1963 unknown
Volume 6 only of a nice early American set of Byron's works (originally in 10 volumes.) SEE ALSO entries for other volumes in the set. Neat,small, pocket sized format. Illustrated half-title is faded, some foxing, tight in slightly scuffed leather, raised bands, marbled endpapers. v. 6: 4, 3-284 p.1] leaf of plates Book
Volume 8 ONLY of a nice early American set of Byron's works (originally in 10 volumes.) Vol. VI-VIII. Dramas . SEE ALSO entries for other volumes in the set. Neat, small, pocket sized format. Illustrated half-title is faded, some foxing, tight in slightly scuffed leather, raised bands, marbled end papers. Book
216p Hardcover Very good condition good
2 vols. Hardcover Good condition in green cloth
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards are a bit soiled. 1223 pages. Index of first lines.
317 p. Hardcover Good condition; green cloth, worn spine
Very light shelfwear. Internally Fine. ; Classical and Byzantine Monographs Vol. XIX; 284 pages