The Globe Restored: A Study of the Elizabethan Theatre

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1954 Book. Very Good - Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. Small 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. xiii, 199 pp, preface, list of 62 b&w illustrations, list of b&w line drawings in the text, list of 28 b&w drawings by the author, 1. The Ruins of Palmyra; 2. Some Problems of REconstruction; 3. The Unworthy Scaffold; 4. The Nature of the Tiring-house; 5. The Stately-Furnished Scene; 6. The Globe Restored; Notes on the Illustrations; The Illustrations; Appendix: A. Reconstruction; B. The London Theatres 1576-1600; C. A Typical Opening from Henslowe's Diary; D. The Platt of the Secound Parte of the seven Deadlie Sinns; E. The Plot of the Play called England's Joy; F. The Contract for Building the Fortune Theatre, 1599; G. The Contract for Building the Hope Theatre, 1613; index. First American Edition, 1954. "Now that the old theatre has been so long demolished, it turns out that there are very few historical buildings of which we would so much wish to have had a relaible record. The problem of reconstructing it has become a fascinating excercise in the field of literary conjecture, the more especially since it is probable that the exact truth about it can never now be known, and that beyond the point where evidence leaves off there is some need, and considerable stimulus, for the imagination. In this book I have tried to strike a proper and declared balance between the facts and my own interpretation of them. No one, I think, is justified in offering a reconstruction of an Elizabethan theatre without insisting upon the necessarily conjectured nature of much of it, in view of the limited evidence now available; but if with this caution in mind the reader chooses to accept my findings here, I believe he will find himself somewhere not far from the truth." from the Preface. Not Price Clipped. 1/4"-1/2" chip along top edge spine dj with with very small chips to top fore-edge tips, and minor edge wear. Slightly rubbed top and bottom spine edge and bottom fore-edge tips, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with gilt Globe seal on front board and gilt lettering to spine..