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Twelfth Night (New Temple Shakespeare; Designs by Eric Gill)
by Shakespeare, William; Edited by M.R. Ridley
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- Reprint
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- 1942
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- Hardcover
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Elizabethtown, New York, USA
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London: J.M. Dent, (1942.) One volume from the New Temple Shakespeare edition of his works. First published in this format in 1935. With title page, half-title, binding, and dust jacket designs by Eric Gill. xi, 127 pp., notes and glossary. Small hardcover. 5.25 x 4.25 inches. Red cloth with gilt lettering and cover vignette, gilt top page edge. VG in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Three Plays / Lord Dewa, Chink Okichi, and Crown of Life
by Yamamoto, Yūzō (1887-1974); Translated by Glenn W. Shaw
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- Very Good
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- 1957
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- Hardcover
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Elizabethtown, New York, USA
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SGD 30.22
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[Tokyo]: The Hokuseido Press, (1957.) A post-war edition of dramatic work by the noted Japanese novelist and playwright. xviii, 358 pp. 12mo hardcover in color pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. VG in dust jacket with clear archival cover. Sound, tight binding. A nice copy, as shown. Item Price
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Noah and the Waters [Hogarth Press]
by Day-Lewis, C. [Cecil]
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- 1st Edition
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- 1936
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- Hardcover
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Elizabethtown, New York, USA
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London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1936. 1st trade edition. A Marxist morality play in verse, with the waters of the flood represented by the tides of popular revolt and social change. (Day-Lewis later renounced the communist political views that informed this work.) 59 pp. 8vo hardcover bound in yellow cloth. VG in dustwrapper with… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Oxford Shakespeare / Henry V
by Taylor, Gary
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 9780198129127
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982. A "radical rethinking of the First Folio text, drawing to an unprecedented degree on the so-called 'bad' quarto of 1600." With analysis of the play's historical and literary sources, conflicting critical opinions, shifting theatrical fortunes, etc. 330 pp., with appendices and index. Includes the full text of the play, with scholarly annotations. 8vo clothbound hardcover in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Making of an Immortal (Signed, Limited)
by Moore, George
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Limited Edition
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- 1927
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- Hardcover
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Elizabethtown, New York, USA
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SGD 34.34
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NY: Bowling Green Press, 1927. Limited 1st edition. No. 654 of 1,240 signed copies. Printed by William Edwin Rudge in Mount Vernon, NY. A comic play on the Shakespeare authorship question. A hit with contemporary audiences, playing to the dismay of Stratfordians and the delight of Baconians. Set at Whitehall and featuring as characters Queen Elizabeth I, Ben Johnson, Francis… Read more about this item Item Price
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Calligrafia Plautina e Terenziana, Contenente le più pure e nitide locuzioni di Latinità, adoperate da Plauto e da Terenzio, corrispondenti ad altrettante volgari, disposte per alfabeto ed espresse cogl'idiotismi della lingua Fiorentina : coll'aggiunta in fine d'alcuni luoghi scelti dell'uno e dell'altro. Opera utilissima per gli studiosi della lingua Latina, e Toscana ...
by Ricci, Angiol Maria (1688-1767)
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- 1st Edition
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- 1735
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- Vellum
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Elizabethtown, New York, USA
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SGD 226.66
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Firenze: Nella Stamperia di S.A.R. Per i Tartini, e Franchi, 1735. 1st edition. A dictionary of quotations from the works of Plautus and Terence, comic playwrights of Ancient Rome. Arranged alphabetically, with entries in both Latin and Tuscan Italian. xxiii, [1], 311, [1] pages, Errata on p. 311. Decorative wood-cut initials, head- and tailpieces throughout. 12mo. 6 x 4.25 inches.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Passion Play of Oberammergau
by Moses, Montrose J. (translator)
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- 1910
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- Hardcover
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Translated from German with an historical introduction by Montrose J. Moses. NY: Duffield and Co., 1910. (First published November 1909.) A sacred drama based on the trial, suffering and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Oberammergau is a village in Bavaria, Germany, where the play has been performed regularly since 1634. lxiii + 218 pages with bibliography. Hardcover with cloth spine and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Confidential Clerk
by Eliot, T.S.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
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Elizabethtown, New York, USA
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London: Faber and Faber, (1954.) 1st edition, 1st issue with "Ihad" on p. 7. A comic drama about a wealthy entrepreneur who deceives his eccentric wife by bringing his illegitimate son into the household as a confidential clerk. 134 pages. Blue clothbound hardcover. 8.75 x 5.75. Near Fine in dust wrapper. Clean and securely bound. Protected by a new clear… Read more about this item Item Price
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Oeuvres de Molière, avec des Notes de Divers Commenteurs by Moliére
by Moliere [Jean Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673]
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- 1835
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- Hardcover
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Paris: Chez Lefèvre, 1835. A one-volume edition of work by French actor and comic playwright Moliere [stage name of Jean Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673.] Includes all of his best-known plays, including Le Misanthrope, L'École des Femmes, Tartuffe, Le Malade Imaginaire, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, and Le Sicilien. With notes by various commentators and biographical material on Molière's life. All text is in… Read more about this item Item Price
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THALIA or, A Country Day: A Masque (Signed)
by Finley, Jr., John
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- 1st Edition
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- 1929
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- Hardcover
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. 1st edition of author's first book. A drama, signed and inscribed by the author in small lettering: "To J.C.H. Bonbright / from his devoted friend / John / May 5, 1929." Recipient was [James Cowles Hart] Bonbright, 1903-1993, American Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Canton, 1929; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1955-58; and Ambassador to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Das Ist Klassisch! Nestroy-Worte.
by Nestroy, Johann / Friedell, Egon (ed.)
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- 1922
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- Hardcover
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Herausgegeben von Egon Friedell; mit acht Rollenbildern. (Wien): Wiener Drucke, 1922. 1st edition thus. Selections from the work of Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy (1801-62), Austrian actor, opera singer and playwright. Nicely illustrated by (8) pages of plates depicting characters from theatrical roles. 124 pages, brief bibliography. Small hardcover, 6 by 3.5 inches. Cloth spine, decorative boards with gilt cover… Read more about this item Item Price
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