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Playing God: Medieval Mysteries on the Modern Stage Elliott Jr., John R. University of Toronto Press 1989 0802056067 / 9780802056061 First Edition Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Inscribed by Author(s) Hardback, no dust jacket. Inscribed by the author facing title page. Original grey cloth boards. In very good, clean condition. The binding is firm. pp. x, [12], 186. 309363
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20.00 GBP
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The Baptism and Temptation of Christ: The First Day of a Medieval French Passion Play Elliott Jr., John R. ; Runnalls, Graham A. (translated and edited by) Yale University Press New Haven and London 1978 0300021992 / 9780300021998 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Inscribed by Author(s) Hardback, no dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. In very good clean condition. The binding is firm. pp. ox, 153. 309369
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10.00 GBP
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Malone Dies Beckett, Samuel Calder and Boyars 1975 0714508586 / 9780714508580 Soft cover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Clean and tight, very good second hand paperback. Red and white covers. Some light creasing to the front cover and an old price sticker, with price blocked out, on the back cover. A slight bump to the top corners. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks inside. pp. 117. 308413
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7.00 GBP
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The Beaux Stratagem, A Comedy Farquhar, Mr The Scolar Press 1972 0854176896 / 9780854176892 Soft cover Good Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Reproduced from an original 1707 copy. Covers are faded at the spine and edges. Crease and bump to the bottom corner of the front cover. There is a stain to the lower outer textblock edge next to the spine, approx. one inch across. Foxing to the top outer closed textblock edge. No names or inscriptions. 103367
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9.00 GBP
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Two Kafka Plays: Kafka's Dick, and The Insurance Man Bennett, Alan Faber and Faber 1987 0571147275 / 9780571147274 Soft cover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Paperback. Clean and tight but pages have significantly browned, particularly at the edges. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. pp. xxvi, 131. 308071
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15.00 GBP
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The Dramatic Works of Richard Brome Containing Fifteen Comedies Now First Collected in Three Volumes [3 vol set] Brome, Richard John Pearson Covent Garden, London 1873 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Hardbacks. 3 volumes. Rebound within the last 30 years or so, in sturdy plain blue cloth bindings, with titles in gilt to the spine. Blind stamped title pages for New University Library. No other library markings. The bindings are firm. Pages are clean but tanned / browned, particularly at the edges. The first few preliminary pages of the first volume have some disintegration at the spine edge but they are still quite firmly bound into the textblock. Overall a good solid set of this scarce edition. A HEAVY set - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this set costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. Each volume is 17.3cm tall. 309361
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215.00 GBP
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The Life of David Garrick; From Original Family Papers, and Numerous Published and Unpublished Sources [Complete 2 Volume Set] Fitzgerald, Percy Tinsley Brothers London 1868 First Edition Half Leather Very Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Relatively recent rebindings in matching half blue leather over with blue cloth boards. The binding on both volumes is quite tight. Some reinforcement to hinges at endpapers etc. Previous owner's bookplate and date on free front endpapers. Top edges gilt. The top edge of volume one has unfortunately some very small paint spots. Bindings are handsome at the spine and this pair would look attractive on the bookcase. pp. xvii, 450; vii, 492. Some light foxing, mainly confined to prelims / endpapers. The top corner of the textblock of volume II is slightly bumped. HEAVY set - a substantial postage surcharge will apply to orders with a delivery address outside the UK, as this set costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO extra charges for delivery within the UK. 103121
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85.00 GBP
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Britannia's Pastorals [A Scolar Press Facsimile] Browne, William [1613]-1616 The Scolar Press Limited 1973 085417026x / 9780854170265 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Facsimile edition first published 1969 - this is a reprint of 1973. Very good clean condition - NEAR FINE. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. The dust jacket is faded at the spine. Not price clipped. The DJ is now protected in a loose archival film sleeve. 135pp. 26.5cm. 100457
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16.00 GBP
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What the Author Meant Foss, George R. Oxford University Press 1932 Hardcover Good Good Book 8vo - over 7> - 9>" tall The boards have bowed and the outer page edges, prelims and dust jacket are all significantly foxed. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Deckled edges. DJ price clipped. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective archival-quality clear film sleeve (which does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and which protects the jacket against wear). 196pp. Mr Foss aims at relating the experience of Shakespeare's Plays that can come from the continued effort of putting them on the stage. 102423
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12.00 GBP
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Lord of the Three Worlds Collis, Maurice; with Designs for the Stage By Feliks Topolski Faber and Faber Limited 1947 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Original orange cloth binding, faded around the edges. No names or inscriptions. Lightly bruised and rubbed spine ends and corners. The play is set in Burma. On the bottom edge of the front endpaper is a Burma Bookshop stamp. A couple of grubby marks on the reverse of the half-title page. 107pp. 013375
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4.00 GBP
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The Shakespeare Claimants: A Critical Survey of the Four Principal Theories concerning the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays Gibson, H. N. Methuen & Co., Ltd London 1962 First Edition Hardcover Good Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Hardback with dust jacket. Original blue boards. Slight bumps to the top corners of the boards and light bruising to spine ends. Top edge tinted pink. The binding is firm. A good copy. No names or inscriptions but there are some notes pencilled on the rear pastedown. Very light foxing to prelims only. The white dust jacket is generally discoloured and lightly rubbed at the edges. Front flap price clipped. pp. 320. 309352
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10.00 GBP
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The Comedies of William Congreve [in Two Volumes] Congreve, William Methuen & Co., Ltd London 1895 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 2 volume set. Condition: good. Cloth faded at the spine and edges. Bump to one corner. Deckled / untrimmed edges. Some foxing. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Bindings sound. Frontis. portrait to volume I. pp. xxxiii, 192, 217. A HEAVY set - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this set costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 103736
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25.00 GBP
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All Good Men, and Absolute Beginners: Two Plays for Television Griffiths, Trevor Faber and Faber London 1977 0571108156 / 9780571108152 First Edition Soft cover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Paperback. Clean, tight and unmarked, with just light surface rubs to the covers. Appears unread / unused. pp. 110. 308109
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5.00 GBP
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To-night at 8.30 [3 Volumes] Coward, Noel William Heinemann Ltd 1936 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 3 separate volumes in uniform bindings. Purple cloth - all faded spines but the spine of Volume I has faded more than the other two. Prelims of the first two volumes have browned. Volumes 2 and 3 have previous owner's name and date in the front. Some foxing to the closed outer textblock edges. Spine ends a little rubbed. pp. 106, 102, 119. Volume I is a reprint; 2 and 3 are first editions. 303520
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25.00 GBP
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All Good Men, and Absolute Beginners: Two Plays for Television Griffiths, Trevor Faber and Faber London 1977 0571108156 / 9780571108152 First Edition Soft cover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Paperback. Clean, tight and unmarked, with just light surface rubs to the covers. Appears unread / unused. pp. 110. 308110
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5.00 GBP
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The Cream of Noel Coward Coward, Noel ; selected by Michael Cox ; illustrated by Helen Smithson ; preface by Graham Payn and Sheridan Morley The Folio Society 1997 Hardcover Very Good Slipcase Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Hardback with slipcase. 2nd printing of this Folio Society edition. There are some very light pale foxing marks to the outer closed textblock edges and to the title page. A small white mark to one end of the slipcase. Otherwise, VG. 277pp. 102401
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7.00 GBP
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Through the Night, and Such Impossibilities: Two Plays for Television Griffiths, Trevor Faber and Faber London 1977 0571111580 / 9780571111589 First Edition Soft cover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Paperback. Clean, tight and unmarked, with just light surface rubs to the covers. Appears unread / unused. pp. 128. 308111
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5.00 GBP
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Non-Cycle Plays and Fragments Davis, Norman (edited by Norman Davis on the basis of the edition by Osborn Waterhouse); with an appendix on The Shrewsbury Music by F. Ll. Harrison Published for The Early English Text Society by the Oxford University Press 1970 Hardcover Near Fine Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Hardback with dust jacket. Original brown cloth boards. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good, clean and tight condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. The binding is firm. The dust jacket is faded at the spine and has a pale stain / splash mark to the spine. Front flap of the dust jacket not price clipped. pp. cxxix, 168. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. (Photographed without the film sleeve, to minimise reflection). 309365
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20.00 GBP
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Shakespeare's Historical Plays Gupta, S. C. Sen Oxford University Press 1964 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Publisher's purple cloth. VERY GOOD clean book and dust jacket. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Dust jacket a little darkened at spine and edges. Not price clipped, the DJ is supplied by us in a loose protective archival film sleeve (which does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way). 172pp. 101952
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20.00 GBP
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Baconiana, October 1938: Oxford and the Folio Plays, A Supplement Dawbarn, C. Y. C. The Bacon Society Incorporated London 1938 First Edition Soft cover Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Paper covers, with yapped edges which are chipped and rubbed with some loss to the extremities. Deckled / untrimmed page edges. pp. 36, [plates]. 306570
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10.00 GBP
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The Legend of the Rood, with The Three Maries and The Death of Pilate from the Cornish Miracle Plays Halliday, F. E. (translated with introduction by) Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd London 1955 First Thus Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Hardback with dust jacket. Original green boards. In very good, clean condition. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages have slightly tanned. The dust jacket is faded at the spine. Front flap not price clipped. pp. 142. Modern English versions of a selection of the medieval Cornish miracle plays. 309356
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10.00 GBP
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Comedies : Barberine - Fantasio - No Trifling With Love - A Door Must Be Either Open Or Shut De Musset, Alfred ; translated and Edited with an introduction by S. L. Gwynn. Walter Scott Warwick Lane, London Hard Cover Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall n.d. Date of publication not stated. c.1910-1920. Hardback. Red boards, faded to half of spine, slightly bumped at top and bottom of spine. Endpapers are heavily foxed. Other pages are clean. No previous owner's names or inscriptions and the binding is firm. pp.xxii, 199 + publisher's lists at the back. 000496
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6.00 GBP
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The Drama Highway, Book 2 (A Graded Course in Drama) Hampden, John (edited by) ; illustrated by Ruth Gervis J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd London 1955 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Reprint; first published in 1938. Book Condition: Good overall. The boards are worn and stained but the binding is firm and the pages are in good, clean condition. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. 127pp. 304264
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4.00 GBP
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Timon, A Play. Now First Printed Dyce, The Rev. Alexander ; The Shakespeare Society Printed for The Shakespeare Society London 1842 First Edition Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Original blind stamped brown cloth. The cloth has split at each end of the spine, with some minor loss. The binding still holds firm. There are some pale marks to the boards. Written, or transcribed, around the year 1600, this play shares some intriguing similarities with Shakespeare's Timon of Athens, including a scene resembling the banquet given by Timon to his flatterers. Some scattered foxing. There are oval red ownership stamps (for Falstaff Club, Sheffield) on the title page, pages. 33, 81 and 95. pp. 95. 'No. 50' written in contemporary script on the front pastedown and f.e.p. 23cm. 302028
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40.00 GBP
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Dangerous Liaisons: The film (screenplay) Hampton, Christopher ; based on the novel by De Laclos Faber and Faber 1989 0571154476 / 9780571154470 Soft cover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Second hand paperback. Light rubs to the cover edges. Otherwise clean and tight. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. pp. xiii, 75. 308421
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6.00 GBP
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