Dryden Nicholas (17 results)

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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. SIGNED by the author with an inscription. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 76 pages.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 76 pages. 8.80x6.00x0.40 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. C Walter Hodges (illustrator). 1st Edition. 225 grams. The World's Classics 313. Edited with an introduction by Bonamy Dobree.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. v, 186 pp. ; LCCN: 63-15413 ; OCLC: 1175451 ; LC: PR3423; Dewey: 821.4 ; 21 cm. ; Contents: Introduction / Bernard N. Schilling -- John Dryden / T.S. Eliot -- The intellectual milieu of John Dryden / Louis I. Bredvold -- The medal of John Bayes / J ames M. Osborn -- An allusion to Europe : Dryden and poetic tradition / Reuben A. Brower -- Dryden's drudging / Edwin Morgan -- Dryden : Epistle to Charleton / Earl Wasserman -- On the poetics of terminal tragedy : Dryden's All for love / R.J. Kaufmann -- Tragedy and the heroic play / Moody E. Prior -- Some characteristics of Dryden's use of metaphor / Earl Miner -- Dryden and the atoms of Epicurus / Edward N. Hooker -- Ode on Anne Killigrew / E.M.W. Tillyard -- The odes to music / John Hollander -- Various John Dryden : all, all, of a piece throughout / Arthur W. Hoffman -- Canons Ashby / David Wright -- Chronology of important dates. ; black cloth with gold lettering, in nicked black and green pictorial dustajacket ; G/G. Book.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Extremely rare, hardback. Quarter leather; spine missing, front board loose but binding intact, pages remarkably clean and bright. Contents: 'The Fair Penitent. A Tragedy' by Nicholas Rowe. (Printed for the Proprietors, London.1770); The Tragical History of King richard III. Altered from Shakespear, by Colley Gibber. Printed for T.Lowndes et al, (London 1769); thew Spanish Fryar: Or the Double Discovery by Mr. Dryden. Printed for J. and R. Tonson (London 1763); Hamlet, Prine of Denmark by Shekespeare as performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden. John Bell (London 18778); Isabella; or the Fatal Marriage. (C.Bathurst et al (London 1784); School for Scandal, a Comedy, as performed at Theatre Royal Dublin (1782). Proceeds to Amnesty International - Kentish Town Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Various. 4 Plays and an Opera - bound together in one 18th Century volume. In quarter leather with dutch floral paper covered boards. Covers worn, leather scraped/cracked/split with loss here and there, and the front cover is completely detatched. Contents = 'The Fair Penitent. A Tragedy' by Nicholas Rowe. (Printed for the Proprietors, London.1757) ; 'The Fatal Curiosity. A Tragedy of Three Acts with Alterations'. As is Performed at the Theatre in Smock-Alley by Mr. Lillo. (Printed by and for Meffrs Adams and Ryder, in Cope-Street; Dublin. 1766) ; 'Artaxerxes. An English Opera'. As it is Performed At the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. The Mifick Compofed by Tho. Aug. Arne. (Printed by James Hoey, junior, in Parliament-Street and D. Chamberlaine, in Dame-Street, Dublin. 1764) Text ONLY. No music ; 'All for Love: Or The World well Loft. A Tragedy'. As is acted at the Theatre-Royal, by His Majesty's Servants; and written in Imitation of Shakefpear's Style. (By John Dryden, but no author noted) Printed for J. T. And sold by T. Jauncy.London. 1720) ; The Royal Convert. A Tragedy. Written by Nicholas Rowe. Printed for J. And R. Tonson. 1757). Some b/w wood 'cuts' in some plays, but not all - each play printed on different paper and in various conditions, most have some browning, creases and the odd mark, but are overall Good at the least. No Frontispieces to any, but title pages to all. The Dryden is very browned throughout, but uniformly, and all text clear in all plays. See Images. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: sehr gut. Ldr. d. Zeit. 8°. VI, 59, 58, 83, 57, 60 SS. mit sechs ganzseitigen Kupfern und einem Titelkupfer zum Reihentitel. etwas berieben, einige wenige Seitenausrisse, keine Fehlstellen. Rücken oben etwas verletzt. berieben. sehr gutes Ex. Exlibris im Vorsatz. Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. in englischer Sprache (in english).

First Dublin Edition. Very good sammelband, in contemporary leather boards, rebacked in later gilt-blocked leather. Boards somewhat scuffed and lightly edgeworn. The Double Gallant lacks its title page, as originally bound. The binding is cracked between Elfrida and Don Sebastian, with both sides remaining very secure. Marginal tear to the lower corner of the final leaf, with text unaffected. The text block remains strong overall, showing only the scattered, faint dust-dulling, foxing, and offsetting expected of age. A well-preserved example overall. Physical description; 1 volume, variously paginated ; 17 cm. Contents; 1. The double gallant, or, The sick lady's cure / Colley Cibber. [Dublin : M. Rhames, 1735]. 2. Elfrida : a dramatic poem / William Mason. Dublin : George Faulkner, 1752. 3. Don Sebastian : King of Portugal : a tragedy / John Dryden. Dublin : Theo. Jones for William Smith, 1735. 4. The fair penitent : a tragedy / Nicholas Rowe. Dublin : James Dalton, 1750. 5. The tragedy of Zara / Voltaire ; translated by Aaron Hill. Dublin : T. Moore, 1737. Subjects; English drama 18th century. English drama (Tragedy) 18th century. Verse drama, English 18th century. Irish imprints 18th century. Dublin (Ireland) Imprints 1730-1752. Sammelbands 18th century. Collected works. 3 Kg.

First Dublin Edition. Very good sammelband, in contemporary leather boards, rebacked in later gilt-blocked leather. Boards somewhat scuffed and lightly edgeworn. The Double Gallant lacks its title page, as originally bound. The binding is cracked between Elfrida and Don Sebastian, with both sides remaining very secure. Marginal tear to the lower corner of the final leaf, with text unaffected. The text block remains strong overall, showing only the scattered, faint dust-dulling, foxing, and offsetting expected of age. A well-preserved example overall. Physical description; 1 volume, variously paginated ; 17 cm. Contents; 1. The double gallant, or, The sick lady's cure / Colley Cibber. [Dublin : M. Rhames, 1735]. 2. Elfrida : a dramatic poem / William Mason. Dublin : George Faulkner, 1752. 3. Don Sebastian : King of Portugal : a tragedy / John Dryden. Dublin : Theo. Jones for William Smith, 1735. 4. The fair penitent : a tragedy / Nicholas Rowe. Dublin : James Dalton, 1750. 5. The tragedy of Zara / Voltaire ; translated by Aaron Hill. Dublin : T. Moore, 1737. Subjects; English drama 18th century. English drama (Tragedy) 18th century. Verse drama, English 18th century. Irish imprints 18th century. Dublin (Ireland) Imprints 1730-1752. Sammelbands 18th century. Collected works. 1 Kg.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. Third Edition. Two Volumes. Third Edition from 1720. Volume I contains mainly verses by Alexander Pope: 'particularly' I Windsor Forest, II Essay on Criticism, III Rape of the Lock, IV Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, V Verses to the Memory of a Lady, VI To Mr Jervas, with Fresnoy's Art of Painting, VII To a Young Lady, with the Works of Voiture, and VIII Eloisa to Abelard. Volume II, Miscellaneous Poems, Translations and Imitations, contains works by a number of authors with the most significant being Dr. William King, Mr. Elisha Fenton, the Revd. Mr. Broome, the Revd. Mr. James Ward and the Reverend Mr. Archdeacon Danie. Volume II contains an index to the contents of both volumes. Both volumes are bound in contemporary full leather binding with five raised bands to the spine. The title and volume labels on the spine are lost although the volume numbers are blind stamped to the spine. The spines have chipping at the top and bottom and some edge cracking. The corners are bumped with some rubbing. Wale Family bookplate to the front pastedowns and the second volume has another family name, Lady Wale, to the front free endpaper. Browning around the edges of the endpapers. Creasing to the top corners of pages 37 to 62 in the first volume. Two sections of the text protrude a little from the rest of the text block in volume II. There is also some browning to the title pages and the frontispiece in Volume I which is a portrait of Pope and the pages are browned but are otherwise generally unmarked.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1746 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 487 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 487.