THE BACCHAE AND MEDEA
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Collector's Edition. Octavo, 451 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers and bookmark. Shelved Easton Press. More
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Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Collector's Edition. Octavo, 451 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers and bookmark. Shelved Easton Press. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1964. Octavo, xii, 206 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine red with white and black lettering. Boards show very slight age toning to the rear, lightly sunned spine with mild wear exteriorly. Text block has moderate age toning to the edges. Previous bookshop's small sticker to the rear pastedown. Text in double column style. More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1931. Octavo, xiv, 374 pages. In Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is tan with black print. Dust jacket in mylar, toning to spine. Price unclipped: “$4.00”. Boards in blue cloth. Text block has deckle edges, bookplate and name in ink on front pastedown. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates including folded genealogy table. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. Octavo, xxix, 354 pages. In Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is red with blue print. Dust jacket in mylar. Boards in red cloth. Text block has spotting to edges, inscription in ink on front flyleaf. More
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1966. Octavo, xvi, 314 pages. In Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket in mylar.Price clipped. Boards in blue cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners, slight soiling to front. Text block has spotting to edges. More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1967. Octavo, xiv, 287 pages. In Fair plus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is cream with red print. Dust jacket in mylar. Price clipped. Boards in grey cloth. Text block has spotting to edges, ink marking on edges, tanning to endpapers. More
London: Cambridge University Press, 1974. Octavo, vii, 351 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket in mylar, toning to spine. Boards in grey cloth. Text block has slight tanning to endpapers. More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1964. Second impression. Octavo, 223 pages. In Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine is cream with black print. Dust jacket in mylar, light toning to spine. Price unclipped: “25s net”. Boards in blue cloth. Wear to spine caps and corners, light peripheral toning. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1917. 12mo, 203 pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is grey with paper title label. Boards in black cloth with paper title label. Wear to spine caps and corners, small tear to front hinge, toning to spine, shelf wear. Text block with name in ink on top edge, penciled notes on endpapers and marginal notation within, name in ink on front flyleaf, intermittent spine breaks, light age-toning to paper. More
Switzerland: La Guilde du Livre Lausanne, 1962. First Edition. 12mo, 693 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is dark red with gold lettering. Spine has minor scraping to the top edge. Cover has some bumps along the front. Half title page is partially shaken from binding. Ribbon bookmark has fraying at the end. More
London: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Limited Edition: #1004/1500. Quarto, 107 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering. Minor shelfwear. Fading to gilt on spine. Fraying to cloth along spine and edges. Age-toning to textblock. Deckle edges. This volume only. Lacking the Andre Derain volume. Shelved in Limited Editions Club. More
Haarlem: Printed for The Members of the Limited Editions Club by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, 1937. Quarto, 62 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Dark brown slipcase with dark brown hard board book wrapper with gilt lettering. Slight rubbing wear to slipcase and wrapper with small chip to wrapper to the spine edge. Bound in the publisher's beige cloth with black lettering to the spine. Mild age toning to cloth exteriorly. Text block head edge gilt with very mild age toning to deckled fore and tail edges. Slight offsetting toning to the end papers. Illustrated with wood engravings. More
London: Scolar Press, 1980. Octavo, viii, 280 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine is red with white print. Dust jacket has slight shelf wear. Price unclipped: “£27.50”. Boards in purple cloth. Text block has spotting to top edge. More
Washington DC: Anderson House, 1936. First Edition. 10mo, 133 pages. In Good condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine tan with green lettering. Dust jacket has moderate plus age toning exteriorly with few instances of chipping to head/tail edges. Deep chip to mid spine. Boards have moderate age toning to the spine and lightly age toned front/rear. Text block shows slight age toning to the edges. Deckled fore edge. Cracking to front hinge at half title page and to pages six to seven. Gift inscription to the front free end paper with slight offsetting to the end papers. First Edition. More
New York: Cooper Square Publishing, 1965. First Edition. Octavo, xii, 155 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine tan with black lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$4.50." Minor shelfwear. Light staining to front and rear covers. Interior pages clean. Inscribed flat by Martin on front free endpaper. Shelved in Drama - Shakespeare. More
Oslo and New York: Universitetsforlaget and Humanities Press, 1970. Octavo, 93 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine red with off-white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Modest rubbing wear with slight age toning to the rear. Boards have extremely light age toning to the spine and head/tail edges. Text block has moderate age toning to the edges and slight offsetting to the end papers. Few ex-library markings and sticker remnants interiorly. Illustrated. More
Oslo: Norwegian Universities Press, 1964. Octavo, 213 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine red with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Light shelf wear with mild age toning to the rear with tiny clips to the edges of the flaps. Boards have extremely light age toning to the spine and head/tail edges. Text block has mild age toning to the edges and light offsetting to the end papers. Illustrated. Out of print. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1937. Octavo, 234 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Slight age toning to the rear, lightly sunned spine, small stain to spine head edge and minor chip to front tail edge. Boards have extremely mild wear. Text block shows moderate age toning to the edges with previous owner's bookplate to verso to the front end paper, former owner's name to verso the the front end paper and slight offsetting to the end papers. Pictorial end papers. Frontispiece Faint offsetting from end paper to the title page. Illustrated. More
New Haven: Yale Courant, 1908. First American Edition and First English Translation. Octavo, 72 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt to front cover. Very light shelfwear. Folding facsimile of a letter from Alla Nazimova praising the translation. SC Consignment. Shelved case 0. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1906. First Edition, First Printing. Octavos, 2 Volumes. In Good plus condition. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on spines and gilt stamped face on front covers. Head edge of textblock gilt. Boards show fraying to spine edges, bumping and rubbing to corners, and mild edge wear and shelf wear. Volume II has black stains on spine. Textblocks have light age toning. Has bookplates on front pastedown and endpaper identifying it as the former property of David A. Robertson and Anne Knobel Robertson. There is also a hand-written note by David A. Robertson detailing why the book was important to himself and his wife. Shelved Case 0 Volume I 372 pages, Volume II 385 pages. SC Consignment. More
London: Day & Son, Limited, 1866. Folio, [xix], 399 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's original full brown cloth sympathetically rebacked with spine preserved. Spine paneled with gilt lettering. Gilt turn-ins and marbled endpapers. Some uneven fading to boards. Bookplate to front pastedown. Light toning to text block edges. With additional letterpress red and black title page. SC Consignment. Shelved above Case 4. More
London: The New Shakespere Library, 1876. Octavo, 173 pages. In Very Good condition. Half binding of blue cloth and black leather with gilt lettering on spine. Minor shelfwear. Light staining to top edge of front cover. Bumping to corners. Age-toning and light finger-staining to textblock. Signed flat by Littledale on presentation page. Shelved in Case 0. More
London and Ibadan: Oxford University Press, 1967. Reprinted. 10mo, 276 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine age toned black and white pictorial with beige lettering. Slight age toning exteriorly with previous bookshop's small sticker to the rear and mild rubbing to the edges. Boards have very slight tilt to the spine. Text block has moderate age toning to the edges with pictorial end papers. Reprinted. More
Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1956. First printing. 12mo, xxi, 487 pages. In Good condition with a Poor plus dust jacket. Spine is green with white print. Dust jacket has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, bottom portion of spine torn away, taped repairs to spine, shelf wear. Price unclipped: “U.S. price 3.50”. Boards in green cloth. Light edge wear, lightly cocked spine. Text block has light age-toning to paper. Illustrated with b&w drawings. More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1929. First Edition. Octavo, xv, 167, 8 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine tan with green lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price "5/- Net" on spine. Mild shelfwear. Chipping, tearing, and age-toning to dust jacket. Small water damage on top edge of rear cover. Tanning to endpapers. Top edge of textblock gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown. Interior pages clean. 8 pages of advertisements in rear. Shelved in Case 2. More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998. First Printing. Octavo, xix, 306 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine red with gilt lettering. Boards show extremely light wear to the edges. Text block has very light foxing to the edges. Illustrated with black and white photographs. More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1900-1904. Octavo, Three volumes. In Fair plus condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Text blocks have name in ink on front flyleaf, spine break in volume one page 144, intermittent spine breaks in volume two, tanning to endpapers, light age-toning to paper. Illustrated with frontispiece in volume one. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. The jealousy of Le Barbouille. The flying doctor. The blunderer. Lover's quarrels. The affected ladies. Sganarelle. Don Garcia of Navarre. The school for husbands. The bores. The school for wives. The school for wives criticised. The impromptu of Versailles (1904; x, 420 pages + 25-page publisher catalog) — Vol. 2. The forced marriage. The Princess of Elis. Don Juan. Love is the best doctor. The misanthrope. The doctor in spite of himself. Melicerte. The Sicilian. Tartuffe. Amphitryon. George Dandin (1901; 426 pages + 25-page publisher catalog) — v. 3. The miser. Mr. de Pourceaugnac. The magnificent lovers. The shopkeeper turned gentleman. Psyche. The impostures of Scapin. The Countess of Escarbagnas. The learned women. The imaginary invalid (1900; 476 pages + 25-page publisher catalog). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Room X, atop Case #5. More
London: G. Balne. Octavo, Volume four [of four] only, each drama separately paged. In Good minus condition. Spine is green with black print on paper label. Boards quarter bound with green cloth to spine and brown paper to boards. Wear to spine caps, edges, and corners, age-toning to paper title label. Text block has cracked front hinge, foxing to endpapers, binding stiff with puckering to paper, occasional foxing throughout. Frontispiece and illustrations in b&w. CONTENTS: [1] The chances -- [2] Tancred and Sigismunda -- [3] The honey-moon -- [4] The apprentice -- [5] The tailors -- [6] The woodman -- [7] Edward, the black Prince -- [8] The waterman -- [9] The romp -- [10] Braganza -- [11] The Mogul tale -- [12] Appearance is against them -- [13] Abroad and at home -- [14] The double dealer -- [15] Mahomet -- [16] The Carmelite -- [17] The way of the world -- [18] The panel -- [19] Thomas and Sally -- [20] Duplicity -- [21] The bashful man -- [22] The school for wives -- [23] The castle of Sorrento -- [24] The contrivances -- [25] The law of Lombardy -- [26] The cheats of Scapin -- [27] The miller of Mansfield -- [28] False impressions -- [29] Zara -- [30] He's much to blame -- [31] The curfew -- [32] What's next? -- [33] The purse -- [34] The farmer's wife -- [35] My spouse and I -- [36] Paul and Virginia -- [37] The siege of Belgrade -- [38] The distrest mother -- [39] Animal magnetism -- [40] The register office -- [41] The school for scandal -- [42] The merchant of Bruges -- [43] The village lawyer -- [44] No song, no supper -- [45] The votary of wealth -- [46] The school for arrogance -- [47] Seduction -- [48] The mourning bride -- [49] The scape-goat -- [50] The spoiled child -- [51] Returned "Killed" -- [52] The turnpike gate. More
London: G. Balne. Octavo, Volume two [of four] only, each drama separately paged. In Good minus condition. Spine is green with black print on paper label. Boards quarter bound with green cloth to spine and brown paper to boards. Wear to spine caps and corners, age-toning to paper title label. Text block has owner label on front pastedown, cracked front hinge, binding stiff with puckering to paper, slight occasional foxing. Frontispiece and illustrations in b&w. CONTENTS: [1] The Belle's stratagem -- [2] Cato -- [3] The provoked husband -- [4] George Barnwell -- [5] A tale of mystery -- [6] The farm house -- [7] Venice preserved -- [8] The dragon of Wantley -- [9] The liar -- [10] The wonder -- [11] Isabella -- [12] All in the wrong -- [13] Rosina -- [14] The wedding day -- [15] A new way to pay old debts -- [16] The fair penitent -- [17] The child of nature -- [18] Polly Honeycombe -- [19] The brothers -- [20] Every one has his fault -- [21] A trip to Scarborough -- [22] Know your own mind -- [23] Comus -- [24] The doctor and the apothecary -- [25] The beaux' stratagem -- [26] Barbarossa -- [27] Lodoiska -- [28] The mock doctor -- [29] The suspicious husband -- [30] The haunted tower -- [31] The busy body -- [32] Tom Thumb -- [33] The tobacconist -- [34] The good-natured man -- [35] Oroonoko -- [36] The lord of the manor -- [37] Fortune's frolic -- [38] Cross purposes -- [39] The chapter of accidents -- [40] Which is the man? -- [41] Arden of Feversham -- [42] The conscious lovers -- [43] The follies of a day -- [44] Miss in her teens -- [45] The constant couple -- [46] The duke of Milan -- [46] Wives as they were -- [48] The fashionable lover -- [49] The orphan of China. More
Tokyo: Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkōkai, 1955-1960. Octavo, Three volumes. In Good condition with Fair plus dust jackets. Ex-library with usual markings, including pocket and barcode label affixed to rear endpapers.Spine is cream with black print (volumes 1-2) or brown with gold print (volume 3). Dust jackets (volumes 1-2 only) have call number label at bottom, toning to spine, peripheral toning, light edge wear, first volume dust jacket flaps are affixed to inside pastedowns. Boards in brown cloth with gold print. Light wear to spine caps. Illustrated with frontispieces (color in second and third volumes), b&w plates (some folded). CONTENTS: Each volumes includes ten plays translated from the Japanese: Vol. I. (1955) xviii, 192 pages — Vol. II. (1959) xxvi, 190 pages — Vol. III. (1960) xxviii, 201 pages. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More
New York: Exposition Press, 1961. First Edition. Octavo, 50 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good plus dustjacket. Red and sunned brown spine with red and sunned brown text. Dustjacket has sunning to spine, chipping to edges and corners, and wear to joints. Boards have mild edgewear. Textblock has light age toning. Inscribed by author on front endpaper. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1940. First Edition. Octavo, 242 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt text. Boards have mild edgewear and shelfwear. Textblock has light age toning. More
Gallimard, 1966. Octavo, 704 pages. In Very Good condition. Tan spine with red and green lines and red text. Housed in publisher's Good red slipcase. Slipcase has tearing to head edge of opening and mild edgewear and shelfwear. Boards have mild edgewear and shelfwear. Textblock clean. Text in French. More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1928. First Edition, Later Printing. 12mo, 170 pages. In Good condition. Spine yellow with black lettering. Boards show slight soiling wear with lightly rubbed head/tail edges. Text block has moderate plus age toning with slight foxing to few pages, previous owner's name to front end paper and cracking to gutter at pages 16-17. Illustrated. First Edition, Later Printing. More
Kyoto: Traditional Cultures Forum, 1982. Large Quarto, 74 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Tan spine with no text. Covers have mild edgewear and shelfwear and slight bending to corners. Textblock clean. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates] NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Oversized Ephemera Case. More
New York: Boar's Head Books, 1953. First Edition. Octavo, 189 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good dustjacket. Yellow and black spine with yellow text. Dustjacket has moderate edgewear and shelfwear and tearing to fore edge of front cover. Price Clipped. Boards have mild edgewear and shelfwear. Textblock has light age toning and foxing to edges. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1974. First Viking Press Edition. 10mo, 141 pages. in Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine beige and black with red and beige lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Slight age toning and faint soiling with minor edge wear. Boards show light soiling wear and lightly rubbed edges. Text block has slight age toning to edges and small area of sticker residue to front end paper. Frontispiece. Illustrated. First Viking Press Edition. More
Toronto: The Elizabethan Press, 1985. First Edition. Octavo with three supplemental pamphlets. In Very Good minus condition. Beige spines with black text on main volume. Covers have mild edgewear and shelfwear and slight bending to corners. Text blocks clean. Volume I 82 pages, Supplementary Appendices 24 pages, Conclusion 31 pages, "Exposing Shakespeare as a Nom de Guerre" 43 pages. More
Bethlehem: Lehigh University, 1927. Saddle-stitched pamphlet, 47 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Brown covers with two staples on spine. Covers are protected by mylar covering and have mild edgewear and shelfwear. Textblock has light age toning. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #8. More
Philadelphia: The Rosenbach Company, 1920. Saddle-stitched pamphlet, 23 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Brown covers with two spine staples. Covers are protected by mylar covering and have mild edgewear and shelfwear. Textblock has light age toning. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #8. More
London: John Russell Smith, 1856. Softcover pamphlet, 48 pages. In Good condition. Brown spine with no text. Covers are protected by mylar covering and have mild edgewear and shelfwear, tearing to edges of both covers, sticker on front cover, and tearing to spine. Textblock has light age toning and slight writing in pen on inside of front cover. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #8. More
Ithaca NY: Cornell University, East Asia Program, 1992. Fifth Printing. Octavo, 181 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Paperback bound with lightly sunned brown spine and lightly rubbed edges. Text block edges have very light wear. Fifth Printing. More
London: Martin Secker, 1915. Octavos, two volumes. In Good condition. Spines dark blue with gilt lettering and gilt and white decorations. Boards protected with mylar covering and show slight rubbing wear with mild edge wear. Text blocks have top edges gilt with moderate age toning to fore and tail edges. Deckled edges. Slight offsetting to end papers. Cracking to front hinge to volume one and to rear hinge to volume two. Several instances of pencil marginalia to volume one. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Offsetting to tissue guards. Illustrated with full page color plates. Volume one, as is. CONTENTS: Volume One, 311 pages -- Volume Two, 311 pages. Oversized book (s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More
Toronto: The John Hertel Co., 1907. Octavo, 317 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is brown with faded white print. Boards in brown cloth, color stamped illustration on front. Wear to spine caps and corners, mild shelf wear. Text block has penciled name on front flyleaf, cracked front hinge, shaken binding, two plates loose from binding, intermittent spine breaks. “Beautifully illustrated with many new color plates and fine pen drawings”— title page. More
Tokyo: Hinoki Shoten, 1968. First Edition. 12mo, 303 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in brown cloth with gilt text. Housed in issued Very Good minus beige, green and yellow paper slipcase. Slipcase has mild edgewear and shelfwear. Boards have mild edgewear and shelfwear. Textblock clean. More
Washington: The Associated Publishers, 1942. Octavo, xii, 267 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is brown with black print. Boards in brown cloth with black print. Light wear to spine caps, small blemish to front fore edge. Text block has spotting to edges and endpapers. More
New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xxxi, 657 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good plus slipcase. Slipcase is teal with a tan label and black lettering. Spine is teal with gold lettering. Slip case has shelf wear, mild discoloration around edges, bumping to corners, and tan label has smudging. Text block has some stains on side and bottom edges. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. First English Language Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 171 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Black spine with green and white lettering. Dust jacket protected in a mylar covering. Moderate shelfwear to dust jacket, including crinkling to head and tail and a small tear to the front bottom edge. Textblock clean. Shelved in Drama. More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1929. First Edition, Reprinted. Octavo, v, 844 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is blue with gold print. Boards in blue cloth. Moderate wear to spine caps, edges, and corners. Text block has bookplate on front paste-down, inscription in ink on front flyleaf, spotting to endpapers. Frontispiece, b&w portrait with tissue guard. More
Port Washington: Kennikat Press, 1970. Second Publishing. Octavo, 232 Pages. In very good condition. Black spine with silver lettering, full binding in black cloth. Light shelf wear and edge wear to boards along with minor scuffing to front cover. Text block has mild age-toning to edges and extremely light foxing to fore-edge. More