Dryden and lee (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Poor. Volume 6. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No date, early 1800s. Containing Rule a Wife, The Chances, A New Way to Pay Old Debts, The Rival Queens, All For Love. Half calf, and marbled boards, very rubbed. Binding loose at front hinge. front board and endpapers detached from page block but attached to spine. Some foxing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.…

Tree Calf. Zustand: Fair. Printed under the Authority of the Managers from the Prompt Book, Front board detached but present. Rest still well bound with wear to extremeties. Missing labels on spine. Interior in nice clean condition. All the plays have a single sided engraving. Armorial bookplate of Charles Hammersley. Each play paginated separately.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Four plays adapted for theatrical representation, each with special title page, engraved general title page representing a scene from the play, and frontispiece showing an actor in a leading part. Hardcover. Full leather binding with gold lettering on spine and a decorative gold border stamped on covers. Title pages dated 1791. Each section has own pagination. Binding is strong but leather is dry and scuffed, with thin cracks showing at hinges and corners worn and rounded. Much of the gold stamping on the spine is worn -- the red label is mostly gone, and there is a chip out of the black label bearing the names of the plays. Boards firmly attached. Pages clean and unmarked. Overall, a good copy of this collection of English drama published by John Bell.…

, containing King Charles I by Mr Havard; The Gamesters by Mr Moore; Don Sebastian by Dryden; Oedipus by Dryden and Lee; The Revenge by Dr. Young, 6 plates Early Edition , rubbing to corners and edges, chipping to top and tail of spine, title labels missing, joints and hinges cracked with front board loosely held, occasional light foxing, good condition , full calf, gilt decoration on spine, gilt board edges in sixes, 19.5 x 12 cms Hardback ISBN.…

Stated fourth edition. Quarto, pp., [vi], 71, [1]. Sig. A-K4 (-K4). Collated and complete. Disbound; gathered on five cords; traces of skiver to spine. Small ink numeral in contemporary hand to title-page. Nick to fore-edge of title-page, area of loss approximately 5cm to corner of A2, affecting text. A fair copy. Dryden and Lee's adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus. The publisher, Richard Bentley, earned the moniker 'novel Bentley' due to his penchant for publishing roman à clefs (Dunton, Life). He had previously published Dryden's Religio Laici (1682). Dunton, John. The Life and Errors [.]; ESTC R6063.…

Half Leather. Zustand: Very good. First Edition. Octavo, [8], 76pp. Advertisement on page 76, lacking music at rear. In contemporary half brown morocco, marbled boards, title in gilt on spine. Housed in custom quarter leather chemise case. Previous ownership bookplates affixed to front endpaper. Pencil marks on title page. Overall in very good condition, some toning to leaves, occasional loss at edges, closed tears. (Wing D2264; MacDonald 87a). John Dryden (1631 - 1700) was the poet laureate of England in 1668. He was a prolific author and writer, with some calling his time the Age of Dryden. This play was first performed December 4th, 1682, to unfavorable reviews, but with revisions, found success with the United Companies of London. First edition of The Duke of Guise: A Tragedy by John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee, published in 1683. (illustrator). …