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Great Plays (English) By Marlowe, Jonson, Fletcher, Sheridan, Payne and Browning
by O'Connor, Joseph (editor)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1900. The World's Greatest Books Aldine Edition Great Plays (English) by Marlowe, Jonson, Fletcher, Sheridan, Payne and Browning With Biographical Notes and a Critical Introduction by Joseph O'Connor. Green clothbound hardcover; 431 deckle edge pages with black and white frontispiece and other black and white and color illustrations (photogravures.) Tissue coverings over illustrations have text about the artwork. Contents include: Edward the Second by Christopher Marlowe The Alchemist by Ben Jonson The Faithful Shepherdess by John Fletcher The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Brutus, or the Fall of Tarquin by John Howard Payne A Blot in the 'Schutcheon by Robert Browning Binding is in overall good condition with some edgewear and some some white areas that appear to be transfer from another item. The title label on spine has some minor chipping and is tanned. Pages are toned with the deckle edging being a bit darker. The illustrations credit page has some light soil to the inside of the page. We note penciled marginalia on at least 6 pages in the Introduction section and four pages, (three in Edward the Second) with some light foxed spots. There is also some light foxing to inside cover and fep. One of the blank pages after the fep wasn't cut at outside margin, a production error. Extra shipping applies if not sent via U.S. Media Mail. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000917
- Title
- Great Plays (English) By Marlowe, Jonson, Fletcher, Sheridan, Payne and Browning
- Author
- O'Connor, Joseph (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- plays; theatre; theater; Christopher Marlowe; Ben Jonson; Ben Johnson; Fletcher; Sheridan; Payne, Browning; illustrated; drama; antiquarian;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Plays/Drama/Theatre;
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Newton, Massachusetts
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Deckle edge
- Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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