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The Moral Play of Wit and Science, and Early Political Miscellanies from an Unpublished Manuscript
by Helliwell, James Orchard -- Editor
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Printed for the Shakespeare Society, London, 1848. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Poor/No Dust Jacket. XIV, 128 pages, preface by editor and notes. Dark maroon coloured cloth covered boards with self embossed decoration to the front and rear book panels. On page XIV there is a facsimile from the original manuscript. This is a reprinting of John Redford's playing and some bits and pieces of his poetry. The play and the poetry has been reprinted in the original Tudor spelling. The backstrip is missing! Heavy bumping, rubbing and fraying of the took corners, where the underlying board is visible. Heavy wear and some bumping to the book edges. There is been a significant rubbing to the book panels and creasing to the top left-hand corner of the rear book panel. Browning and foxing to the text block edges, endpapers and to the internal text. The hinge has split between page XIV and page 1 with the underlying webbing visible. Despite the backstrip being missing, the text block itself is tight. Previous owners ex- libris plate to the front paste-down. The top paper edge between the title page and page following has not been cut. At the beginning of the book there is a page is dedicated to "The Shakespeare Society" and its aims, which is "... to print and distribute to the subscribers books illustrative of Shakespeare's and of the Literature of his time.". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Theatre & Plays; Poetry; 16th Century; Inventory No: 0108944. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0108944
- Title
- The Moral Play of Wit and Science, and Early Political Miscellanies from an Unpublished Manuscript
- Author
- Helliwell, James Orchard -- Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Printed for the Shakespeare Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1848
- Keywords
- BZDB2 John Redford -- Play -- Poetry -- Tudor Period Theatre & Plays; Poetry; 16th Century; Unbranded Helliwell, James Orchard -- Editor The Moral Play of Wit and Science, and Early Political Miscellanies from an Unpublished Manuscript.
- Bookseller catalogs
- 16th Century;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
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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