Adams Barry B Editor (4 results)

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: ix, 211 pages ; 25 cm. Subjects: John King of England 1167-1216 ; Drama; John King of England 1167-1216; Kings and rulers; Verse drama; Great Britain History ; Drama John, 1199-1216; Great Britain Kings and rulers ; Drama; Great Britain. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: ix, 211 pages ; 25 cm. Subjects: John King of England 1167-1216 ; Drama; John King of England 1167-1216; Kings and rulers; Verse drama; Great Britain History ; Drama John, 1199-1216; Great Britain Kings and rulers ; Drama; Great Britain. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book measures 24x16cm, 211pp. Bound in original publishers cloth, with gilt title lettering. Binding in fine condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, shelf wear. Jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean, near fine. A very good clean copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Editor-signed first edition. With introduction and notes by Barry Adams. Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.75", is bound in dark blue cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book shows very light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright. Dust jacket, with price of $7.50 on front flap, displays loss at top of rear panel as well as sunning along edges of the same. ix/211 pages. Editor's name is signed in pencil at top of front flyleaf and various documents made out to the author pertaining to the publication and sale of the book are laid in. "Mr. Adams' edition of the historical morality "King Johan" includes critical old-spelling text based on firsthand examination of the unique manuscript in the Huntington Library. Previous editors have either relied on John Payne Collier's version, prepared in 1838 when the manuscript was less nearly complete than it is today, or have worked from a photographic facsimile published by W. Bang in 1909. Problems of text, date, and sources receive a thorough and scholarly treatment in the Introduction and Appendix. In his discussion of the theatrical and literary characteristics of the play, the editor introduces a fresh assessment of Bale as a polemical dramatist. The early Tudor playwright found in King John's struggle with Pope Innocent III the material for a commentary on the political and religious issues of his own day. To give this commentary dramatic form. he has drawn heavily on the conventions and technique of the medieval morality play, modifying them freely to suit his own purpose, "King Johan" indeed, stands out as the earliest example in the English theater of the isolated hero whose nobility and virtue being about his downfall in a world essentially evil. At the same time, the work points ahead to the popular chronicle play of the Elizabethan stage.". Signed by Author(s). …