BEN JONSON (First four volumes in series)
by Jonson, Ben; C. H. Herford and Percy Simpson (Editors)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
BERKELEY, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1925-1932. First Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Offered here are the first four volumes of a series intended to be 10 volumes in all. Volumes I and II together comprise The Man and His Work and were published in 1925. Volume III offers A Tale of a Tub, The Case is Altered, Every Man in His Humour and Every Man Out of His Humour; it was published 1927. Volume IV offers Cynthia's Revels, Poetaster, Sejanus and Eastward Ho; published 1932. Publishers green cloth, gilt decoration front, gilt spine lettering, sewn, each volume with guraded frontispiece and additional plates, facsimile title pages. Note that these books are heavy. They have been priced to include USPS Media Mail shipping within the continental U.S. for the normal shipping charge. Shipping to other locations or by other methods will cost more. ; 6" x 9"; Conditions range good + to VG. All volumes rubbed, wear at corners, prior owner name dated 1932 on ffep with solid hinges, pages generally clean and unmarked (though with a few very brief pencil notations). Volume I with 2" split at top of spine and with the spine rubbed a bit more than the others. Volume IV with a 1/2" tear at bottom of spine, severe creasing to pps 471-2. .
Details
- Bookseller
- Andrew Langer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3302
- Title
- BEN JONSON (First four volumes in series)
- Author
- Jonson, Ben; C. H. Herford and Percy Simpson (Editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Thus; First Printing
- Publisher
- At the Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1925-1932
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Andrew Langer, Bookseller
Telephone 510-684-4146. Photos available upon request, happy to answer questions.
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About the Seller
Andrew Langer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
BERKELEY, California
About Andrew Langer, Bookseller
Member ABAA, Member IOBA
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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