Author: HARRIS, BRICE (INTRODUCTION)
Title: Eight Famous Restoration Plays (Modern Library #287. 1)
Description: New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1954]. Hardcover. A collection of eight plays from the English Restoration period including: The Rehearsal, by George Villiers; The Country Wife, by William Wyncherly; The Man of Mode, by George Etherege; All for Love, by John Dryden; Venice Preserved, by Thomas Otway; The Relapse, by John Vanbrugh; The Way of the World, by William Congreve; The Beaux' Strategem, by George Farquhar. With an introduction by Brice Harris. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on red spine & cover blocks / faded red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso advertises 371 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1954 (though 1953 date and erroneous first edition statement appear in book). ML #287.1. --- A Good-only copy: exposure to dampness has resulted in rippling to leaves and discoloration & creasing to cloth, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges and evidence of exposure to moisture, but overall intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xx, 674 pages. Good in Fair dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Modern Library Editions >>Drama/Theatre; Movies/Tv
Title: Eight Famous Restoration Plays (Modern Library #287. 1)
Description: New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1954]. Hardcover. A collection of eight plays from the English Restoration period including: The Rehearsal, by George Villiers; The Country Wife, by William Wyncherly; The Man of Mode, by George Etherege; All for Love, by John Dryden; Venice Preserved, by Thomas Otway; The Relapse, by John Vanbrugh; The Way of the World, by William Congreve; The Beaux' Strategem, by George Farquhar. With an introduction by Brice Harris. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on red spine & cover blocks / faded red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso advertises 371 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1954 (though 1953 date and erroneous first edition statement appear in book). ML #287.1. --- A Good-only copy: exposure to dampness has resulted in rippling to leaves and discoloration & creasing to cloth, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges and evidence of exposure to moisture, but overall intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xx, 674 pages. Good in Fair dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Modern Library Editions >>Drama/Theatre; Movies/Tv
Price: US$ 10.50 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 85564
- Book number: 85564