THE MAIDES TRAGEDY
by BEAUMONT, Francis, and John FLETCHER
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Cheshire House, 1932. Quarto. Half calf and marbled boards. T.e.g., all others untrimmed. Wood engravings by Freda Bone. Introduction by Christopher Morley. No. 955 of twelve hundred numbered copies. Spine a shade sunned, bit of foxing to end sheets and edges, but a very good copy in a minimally rubbed slipcase with paper label.
"... I have done nothing to make it easier for you to read. It cannot be made easy. Save for a few noble passages and some fine bawdy humor (when did a scene ever open on a more brilliantly daring couplet than the first lines of Act Two?) the piece will seem obscure bombast except to connoisseurs. To them it is priceless because it is a flawed pearl in the great necklace worn by the Muse of English Tragedy." -- Christopher Morley.
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"... I have done nothing to make it easier for you to read. It cannot be made easy. Save for a few noble passages and some fine bawdy humor (when did a scene ever open on a more brilliantly daring couplet than the first lines of Act Two?) the piece will seem obscure bombast except to connoisseurs. To them it is priceless because it is a flawed pearl in the great necklace worn by the Muse of English Tragedy." -- Christopher Morley.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 389
- Title
- THE MAIDES TRAGEDY
- Author
- BEAUMONT, Francis, and John FLETCHER
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cheshire House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Wind Books LLC
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New Haven, Connecticut
About Second Wind Books LLC
Second Wind Books is committed to offering important British and American first editions in the Modernist vein, with an emphasis on books about books, books by and about women and adjacent admirers. Literature, poetry, small and fine press, letters and manuscripts, original artwork, photographs, are what interests us most. Our founder began bookselling under the tutelage of a truly great bookman in 2006, and is now offering that learned expertise in her own shop. Interested in offers of literature from 1900 to 1950, either for sale or to evaluate.
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Marbled boards
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- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....