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Christopher Marlowe: The Mermaid Series
by Marlowe, Christopher (Havelock Ellis – Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
T. Fisher Unwin, London, No date. Not Stated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. introduction by J. A. Symonds and appendix. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, showing the birthplace of Marlowe. Red and white speckled coloured boards with gilt embossed decoration and titles to the front panel and backstrip. Green faux silk place marker in situ, light fraying to the ends. Four plays by Christopher Marlowe: – Tamburlaine The Great – Part the First and Part of the Second. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus The Jew of Malta. Edward the Second Part of The Mermaid Series Rubbing to the book edges. Heavy browning to the textblock edges and lighter browning to the internal pages. Offset tanning to the endpapers. Previous owners ex-libris plate to the front paste-down. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (7), VIII, XLVIII, (5), 6-430 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Theatre & Plays; Britain/UK; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 0112785. .
Synopsis
This book gathers all seven of the dramas of Christopher Marlowe, in which the lure of dark forces drives the shifting balances between weak and strong, sacred and profane. Supported by textual notes and featuring modern punctuation and spelling, they include: Dido, Queen of Carthage Tamburlaine the Great, Part One Tamburlaine the Great, Part Two The Jew of Malta Doctor Faustus Edward the Second The Massacre at Paris With a critical introduction, a chronology of Marlowe’s life, extensive commentary, and a glossary, this will remain the authoritative anthology of Marlowe’s plays for years to come. The texts have been freshly edited based on the earliest printed editions, with modernized punctuation and spelling Each play has headnotes, textual notes, and commentary
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0112785
- Title
- Christopher Marlowe: The Mermaid Series
- Author
- Marlowe, Christopher (Havelock Ellis – Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Not Stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Christopher Marlowe, playwright, British, Tamburlaine The Great – Part the First and Part of the Second. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus The Jew of Malta. Edward the Second, The Mermaid Series Theatre & Plays; Britain/UK; Ren
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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