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Ben Jonson. The Man and His Work. A Tale of a Tub. The Case is Altered. Every Man in His Humour. Every Man out of His Humour. Cynthia's Revels. Poetaster. Sejanus. Eastward Ho. Volpone, or The Fox. Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. The Alchemist. Catiline. Bartholomew Fair. The Devil is an Ass. The Staple of News. The New Inn. The Magnetic Lady. The Sad Shepherd. The Fall of Mortimer. Masques and Entertainments. The Poems. The Prose Works. An Historical Survey of the Text. The Stage History of the Plays. Commentary on the Plays. Play Commentary. Masque Commentary. Commentary. Jonson's Literary Record. Supplementary Notes. Index. Edited by C.H. Herford, Percy (and Evelyn) Simpson
by (JONSON, Ben). HERFORD, C.H. & SIMPSON, Percy (Editors)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1925-86.. Eleven volumes, volumes I, II, IV, VIII, X and XI first editions, the others reprints. Some plates and facsimiles, volumes I, II and IV with the bookplate of the poet and critic Vivian de Sola Pinto, some other mostly brief inscriptions to front endpapers, one paste down with an owner's ink stamp to the paste down, volume XI ex-library with a bookplate and two small stamps to the title. Original gilt titled buckram or cloth, volume VII still with its wrapper, some general rubbing otherwise a good set.
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- Bow Windows Bookshop
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- 30774
- Title
- Ben Jonson. The Man and His Work. A Tale of a Tub. The Case is Altered. Every Man in His Humour. Every Man out of His Humour. Cynthia's Revels. Poetaster. Sejanus. Eastward Ho. Volpone, or The Fox. Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. The Alchemist. Catiline. Bartholomew Fair. The Devil is an Ass. The Staple of News. The New Inn. The Magnetic Lady. The Sad Shepherd. The Fall of Mortimer. Masques and Entertainments. The Poems. The Prose Works. An Historical Survey of the Text. The Stage History of the Plays. Commentary on the Plays. Play Commentary. Masque Commentary. Commentary. Jonson's Literary Record. Supplementary Notes. Index. Edited by C.H. Herford, Percy (and Evelyn) Simpson
- Author
- (JONSON, Ben). HERFORD, C.H. & SIMPSON, Percy (Editors)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford: At the Clarendon Press
- Date Published
- 1925-86.
- Keywords
- Literature
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Bow Windows Bookshop
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Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Buckram
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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