The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker: Volume 1, Sir Thomas More: Dekker's Addition; The Shoemakers' Holiday; Old Fortunatus; Patient Grissil; Satiromastix; Sir Thomas Wyatt
Originally published in 1953, this was the first edition of Dekker's plays to appear in print since the late nineteenth century. Thus, for many years prior, Dekker had been the least accessible of the prominent Elizabethan dramatists, with the result that his anthologized plays had received undue attention at the expense of other highly readable works of the second rank. Professor Fredson Bowers here presents a critical old-spelling text of the ordinarily accepted canon, together with a few works not collected previously ...
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Originally published in 1953, this was the first edition of Dekker's plays to appear in print since the late nineteenth century. Thus, for many years prior, Dekker had been the least accessible of the prominent Elizabethan dramatists, with the result that his anthologized plays had received undue attention at the expense of other highly readable works of the second rank. Professor Fredson Bowers here presents a critical old-spelling text of the ordinarily accepted canon, together with a few works not collected previously but which seem to merit inclusion in an edition of Dekker's plays. The text of the complete plays is in four volumes and a complementary four-volume set contains detailed introductions and notes to all the plays. In a general textual introduction Professor Bowers sets forth a reasoned account of his editorial method and procedures for a critical edition according to bibliographical principles.
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Good. Cloth, dj. In acetate cover. Minor shelf wear; jacket spine, edges of panels, sunned. Patch of discoloration at top corner of rear jacket panel, extending to last few leaves. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Infrequent, small notes in blank ink throughout. Else fine. Despite its flaws, a nice reader's copy. Good.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First Edition. Small, closed tears to dust jacket-otherwise tight and bright! Green Apple Books and Music, Publisher Weekly's Bookstore of the Year 2014, has been San Francisco's favorite independent bookseller since 1967! Shipping costs on oversize / international orders will reflect actual shipping charges and may be more than quoted by ABE. We will need to contact you with true shipping costs and ask for authorization before adjusting cost.
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Good Condition. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 488 p. Audience: General/trade. This volume is in good condition. It carries a former library stamp. First page has a price noted in pencil. Interior board of back cover has a small tear mark, probably where the library removed a label, but the cover itself is in very good condition. No interior writing or marking. Has library shelf mark label on the binding; library stamp with the book closed is visible on the pages and also the notation that the book has been withdrawn.
