The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists: Thomas Dekker (Mermaid Series)
by Thomas (edited, with an introduction and notes, by Ernest Rhys) Dekker
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1894. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. grey paper-covered boards with black titles in red border to paper label spine; inside of covers have (printed by publisher in orange) blank ex-libris bookplates; b/w. frontis. illustration of the Fortune Theatre from an engraving made in 1811; further b/w. decorations & embellishments to titles pages & others; published in the 'Mermaid Series' of 'The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists' this volume includes four plays: 'The ShoemakerÂs Daughter', 'The Honest Whore' (parts I and II), 'Old Fortunatus', and 'The Witch of Edmonton'. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 473 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat plus stamped name. front inner hinge starting. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Elizabethan Drama; Sixteenth Century Drama; England; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Theatre & Plays. Inventory No: 3791. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3791
- Title
- The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists: Thomas Dekker (Mermaid Series)
- Author
- Thomas (edited, with an introduction and notes, by Ernest Rhys) Dekker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Theatre/Plays/Thomas Dekker/The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists Series/Mermaid Series/Elizabethan Drama/Sixteenth Century Drama Theatre & Plays; Elizabethan Drama; Sixteenth Century Drama; England; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Theatre & P
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.