THE OXBERRY EDITION WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES NOTES AND CRITICAL COMMENTARY FAITHFULLY MARKED WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS AND STAGE DIRECTIONS. SIX ODD VOLUMES BOUND IN FULL LEATHER WITH ELABORATE GILT TOOLING TO THE SPINES. THESE ARE VOLUMES 23 4 6 10 AND 17. INTERNALLY THEY ARE VERY GOOD BUT ALL HAVE DAMAGE TO THE TOP OF THE SPINES FOUR OF THEM WITH SIGNIFICANT LOSS. THESE SCARCE ITEMS ARE THEREFORE PRICED TO SELL. A PHOTOGRAPH CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE.
TWO WORKS BY DRYDEN BOUND IN MODERN (1934) FULL BROWN LEATHER. THE STATE OF INNOCENCE AND THE FALL OF MAN AN OPERA. PRINTED BY H.H. FOR HENRY HERRINGMAN 1684. (DEDICATION 4pp POEM OF PARADISE 2pp AUTHOR’S APOLOGY 6pp STATE OF INNOCENCE 26pp. BOUND WITH OEDIPUS; A TRAGEDY BY DRYDEN AND MR. LEE FOURTH EDITION PRINTED FOR RICHARD BENTLEY COVENT GARDEN 1692. (PREFACE 2pp DRAMATIS PERSONAE 1pp PROLOGUE 1pp OEDIPUS 71pp EPILOGUE 1pp.). NEW ENDPAPERS BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. BROWNING OF PAGES COMENSURATE WITH THE AGE. FINE BINDING WITH A FEW MARKS TO THE LEATHER. VERY SCARCE.
A PRESENTATION COPY FROM HANS MARDERSTEIG FOUNDER OF THE OFFICINA BODONI TO W J BURCH. LIMITED TO 224 COPIES PRINTED ON HAND-MADE PAPER BOUND IN GREEN VELLUM WITH THE ORIGINAL TYPES OF GIAMBATTISTA BODONI. A NEAR FINE COPY IN THE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE WHICH IS WORN AND DAMAGED BUT HAS DONE ITS JOB IN PROTECTING THE BOOK.
THE PLAYERS’ SHAKESPEARE FACSIMILE OF THE FOLIO OF 1623. LIMITED TO 450 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 131. PRINTED AT THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS. LARGE QUARTO RAG PAPER COLOUR PLATES AND LINE DRAWINGS IN THE TEXT. ALTHOUGH THIS IS AN EX-LIBRARY COPY IT HAS BEEN RECENTLY REBOUND IN QUARTER RED LEATHER OVER RED CLOTH WITH NEW ENDPAPERS AND RAISED BANDS MAKING A VERY ATTRACTIVE BINDING. INTERNALLY CLEAN AND TIGHT. OCCASIONAL SMALL UNOBTRUSIVE STAMPS. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED.
