THE GAY COUPLE IN RESTORATION COMEDY by Smith, John Harrington - 1948

Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1948. Hardcover. Good in Good+ dust jacket. The "Gay Couple" in 17th century comedy to whom courtship is a game and duel of wits are traced from their origin with the Elizabethans through their triumph in the Restoration to their decline at the end of the century. 252 pages. Marginalia throughout, DJ spine ends and corners slightly chipped (in mylar sleeve).; 5 1/2 x 8

Octagon Books. Nice bright and crisp copy in blue cloth. No markings. This book deals with happy couples and not "Gay" in the modern sense of the word. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1971.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. DJ has some browning around edges, chipping, and wear around edges. .

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ Press. VG in G DJ. 1948. Engaging pairs of lovers in 17th century comedy to whom courtship is a game and duel of wits, traced from their origin . with the Elizabethans through their rise in pre-Civil War time and triumph in the Restoration to their decline at the end of the century. Major comic writers of the period as well as many plays are traced. DJ tanned at edges, owner name ft endpaper, small spot on fore-edge. .

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First printing. Hardcover. xi+ 252 pp. with index of plays, general index. Very good, lenghty gift inscription front free endpaper. tattered dust jacket in pieces laid in. A scholarly work on the "gay couple" ("gay" as in joyous, not otherwise), that engaging pair of lovers in 17th century ciomedy to whom courtship is a game and a duel of wits. With sections on the "Love Duel in English Comedy before the Restoration", Platonicism and anti-platonicism after 1660; gay comedy 1660-1675; cynical comedy 1675-1687, etc.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1948. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2020/02/0_img_6753.jpg. Cambridge, MA:Harvard University Press. 1948. 1st editiion. xi+252pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book in very good, clean condition inside and out. The dust jacket is lightly soiled with a bit of age toning along spine strip but otherwise in very good condition. It is not price clipped.  * "The 'Gay Couple,' that engaging pair of lovers in seventeenth-century comedy to whom courtship is a game and duel of wits, are traced by Mr. Smith from their origin with the Elizabethans through their rise in pre-Civil War time and triumph in the Restoration to their decline at the end of the century."

Harvard University Press, 1948. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1948. 1st. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards, spine stamped in gilt. Lightly rubbed at the edges and extremities. From the library of R.S. Crane with his signature on the ffep.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Faint spot on front cover, sunning on spine, Very Good. No dust jacket. SIGNED by the notable literary critic Alfred B. Harbage on front free flyleaf. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1948.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Previous owner's name in ink, Near Fine, in Near Fine Dust Jacket with some sunning. Nice copy. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1948.