Cavalcade of Comedy: Twenty-One Brilliant Comedies from Jonson and Wycherley to Thurber and Coward

Simon & Schuster, 1953-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 10x8x1. First ed., stated first printing; 715 p., immaculate and completely unmarked--not ex-lib., no former owner's name or book plate; paper strong though mildly age-toned; binding firm; russet and slate blue binding with names of authors included within are slightly bumped at corners in absence of d.j., and some fading of blue portion near edges; clear gilt lettering on spine, a little rubbing at crown and foot of spine. Contents: The Alchemist/Volpone - Ben Jonson; The Man of Mode - Sir George Etherege; The Country Wife - William Wycherley; Love for Love/The Way of the World - William Congreve; The Confederacy - Sir john Vanbrugh; She Stoops to Conquer - Oliver Goldsmith; The School for Scandal - Richard Sheridan ; The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde; Androcles and the Lion/Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw; The Playboy of the Western World - John Millington Synge ; The Circle - W. Somerset Maugham - The Show-Off - George Kelly; Juno and the Paycock - Sean O'Casey; Children of Darkness - Edwin Justus Mayer; Morning's at Seven - Paul Osborn; The Male Animal - James Thurber and Elliott Nugent; Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward; The voice of the Turtle - John Van Druten.