Decker Thomas Dekker (11 results)

Condition: New.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Though noticeably worn, with a wide open tear at the bottom left rear of the cover (with small loss of text), interior tape repair of the cover and some loss of (blank) material at the spine, and some spotting and chipping along page edges, the text of this 19th century edition remains clean, the sewn binding secure. 50pp. Dekker's astute observations about the troubles of Tudor-into-Stuart London are fascinating for purposes from Shakespeare scholarship to public health studies, and the typography of this pamphlet is attractive (and true to Dekker's spellings, despite the modernization of his own name on the cover).…

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. hardback, 8vo, xii,50,(30)pp, owner's name on endpaper, slight foxing, otherwise clean and sound, blue cloth gilt, slightly marked, Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 26.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 26.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 26.

Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A smartly bound reprint of Thomas Dekker"s celebrated satire of Jacobean London life, illustrated with engraved letters designed by Edward Bird and Ebenezer Byfield. In a modern quarter brown morocco binding with cloth boards, endpapers renewed, retaining first and final blanks. The 1812 reprint of the exceptionally scarce first edition of 1609. illustrated with decorative engraved initial letters designed by Edward Bird and Ebenezer Byfield. A celebrated satirical portrait of fashionable life in Jacobean London, presented as an ironic conduct book. Thomas Dekker (c.1572-1632) was an English dramatist and pamphleteer, a contemporary of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. With a red ownership stamp of Egerton Castle to the title page. Castle (1858-1920) was an English author, antiquary, bibliophile and noted swordsman. A curious revival of one of this satirical account of Jacobean London. In a modern quarter brown morocco binding with cloth boards, endpapers renewed, retaining first and final blanks.Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, if slightly age toned, more so to fore edge and first and last few leaves. The odd light spot and handling mark, with minor soiling to first and final few leaves. Slight offsetting from engravings to facing pages. Ownership stamp of Egerton Castle to the title page. Very Good Indeed. Edward Bird; Ebenezer Byfield (illustrator). book.…