Edited Herford Percy Simpson (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The Oxford Ben Jonson. 8vo, green buckram, gilt lettering and ornament. xiii, 620 pp. some small water-spots on spine of jacket, else fine. May require extra charges for overseas sale.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Volume III in the Oxford Jonson. 8vo, green buckram, gilt lettering and ornament. xv, 608 pp. Jacket frayed at extremitiesof spine andone corner,else fine. May require extra charges for overseas sale.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. 1st editions. Volume III only. A Very Good copy. 8vo., xv, 608 pp., illustrated with b&w plates. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles and designs. Moderate shelf wear, with spines sunned to a light brown-green.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. green cloth with gilt, 1st ed (1950), 732 pages, NO DJ. Textblock edge tanned, owners bookplate (Larry S. Champion) inside, tanned endpapers, otherwise clean / unmarked (top edges uncut). Larry S. Champion; author of "Ben Johnson's Dotages" and many books on16th- 17th century English drama, History, Bibliography, Criticism & interpretation.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. green cloth with gilt, reprint (1954).596 pages, NO DJ. Owners bookplate (NCSU faculty Larry S. Champion) . Exterior lightly worn / soiled, endpapers foxed, some top edges roughly cut, otherwise clean / unmarked. Larry S. Champion; author of "Ben Johnson's Dotages" and many books on16th- 17th century English drama, History, Bibliography, Criticism & interpretation.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. (NA) Only volumes 1 and 5 . Former owner's name on front free end paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good hard cover edition with very good dust jacket. From the sheets of the first edition. Clean text. Clean cloth and dust jacket. Lightly handled. Tight spine. Green cloth with gilt titled front cover and spine. 4 small shadows where tape was on front and back cover over flaps. 5 small inked arrows on back flap pointing to volume numbers. Otherwise clean. 554 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Volume I 441 pages; Volume II 482 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 2 Volumes, Very Good. Bound in green cloth with gilt, reprints (1954). 441 + 482 pages, NO DJs. Owners bookplate in each (NCSU faculty Larry S. Champion) with scattered notes / underlines lightly in pencil; Bindings; v.1 Near Fine, v.2 slightly darkened, rubbed, edgeworn; endpapers foxed. Larry S. Champion; author of "Ben Johnson's Dotages" and many books on16th- 17th century English drama, History, Bibliography, Criticism & interpretation. …

hardcover. Condition: Good. Volume 7 No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Volume IV of the landmark Herford & Simpson critical edition of Ben Jonson's works. This volume includes four major plays: Cynthia's Revels, Poetaster, Sejanus, and Eastward Ho. It features the scholarly apparatus for which the Clarendon Press is famous, providing the most authoritative text for researchers and students of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama. Includes an attractive frontispiece reproduction of the engraved title page from the 1616 Folio. Overall Condition: Good (Reading Copy / Scholar's Copy). Binding: Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt emblem on the front cover. Key Defect: There is significant fraying and wear to the bottom outer corner of the front board, where the cloth has worn through to the board underneath (see photos). The other corners show light rubbing. Internals: Aside from the external corner wear, the interior is in excellent condition. The pages are clean, crisp, and bright. No markings, marginalia, or inscriptions. The binding remains firm and secure. Dust Jacket: Missing. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Title: Ben Jonson: Volume III (The Oxford Jonson) Editor: C. H. Herford and Percy Simpson Publisher: Oxford University Press / Clarendon Press Publication Date: 1986 (Reissued with corrections) Binding: Hardcover (Green Cloth) ISBN: 0-19-811354-4 Description: A very well-preserved copy of Volume III of the definitive Oxford University Press edition of Ben Jonson's works. This volume includes four of Jonson's significant early plays: A Tale of a Tub, The Case is Altered, Every Man in His Humour, and Every Man out of His Humour. Condition: Binding: Original green cloth with crisp gold lettering on the spine. Very minor shelf wear; corners are sharp. Interior: Clean and tight. No inscriptions, underlining, or highlighting. Pages appear bright and barely handled. Edges: Text block is clean with minimal foxing or dust soiling. A scholarly essential for any library of Renaissance drama or English literature. This 1986 corrected reissue ensures the highest level of textual accuracy for the reader.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. 1st editions. 2 volume set, volumes i & II. A Very Good set. 8vo., xx, 441; vi, 482 pp., illustrated with b&w plates. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles and designs. Moderate shelf wear, with spines sunned to a light brown-green.

Condition: Good. No Jacket. A very clean, sturdy copy of the ninth volume of the definitive 11-volume Herford & Simpson edition of Ben Jonson's works. This volume is critical for scholars, as it contains the historical survey of the text, along with stage histories and detailed commentary on the plays (from Every Man in His Humour to The Alchemist). The Herford & Simpson edition remains the standard scholarly reference for Jonson, unparalleled in its depth of textual analysis and historical context. Condition Report: Binding: Original Oxford dark navy blue cloth. No dust jacket. The cloth is in very good condition with minimal shelf wear. The gold gilt lettering on the spine is bright and sharp. Structure: The binding is tight and square. Boards are flat with sharp corners. Interior: Very clean throughout. No marginalia, underlining, or library stamps. Pages are crisp. (Note: Small circular "PME" stamp on the flyleaf, as seen in other volumes from this collection). Barcode/ISBN: 0198113509 (Confirming this is the 1960s Clarendon Press reprint). Features: Part of the most respected scholarly edition of Ben Jonson ever produced. Essential for university libraries or serious collectors of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama.…

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition thus. Volume VIII of the definitive eleven-volume Oxford University Press edition of the works of Ben Jonson. This volume includes Jonson's complete poems (Epigrams, The Forest, The Under-wood) and his prose works, notably Timber, or Discoveries and The English Grammar. Book Condition: Very Good. Bound in original dark green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Clean interior, tightly bound. Frontispiece portrait of the third Earl of Pembroke in excellent condition. Dust Jacket: Good to Very Good. Original tan paper jacket with green typographical border. Shows some light shelf wear and minor chipping to the edges/spine head (as seen in photos), but remains unclipped and largely intact. Features: A scholarly essential for collectors of 17th-century English literature and drama. Please see the attached pictures.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Date on title page. No additional date, edition or printing indicated. Near fine plus, if not fine hardback. Uncut top edges of leaves and only trivial signs of age/ wear/previous use: primarily a slight, if not very slight fading to spine and a light, if not very light 5/8 inch by 3/8 inch triangular bump to lower fore-edge corner of front cover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Date on title page. No additional date, edition or printing indicated. Near fine plus, if not fine hardback. Uncut top edges of leaves and only trivial signs of age/ wear/previous use.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No signatures. Most leaves unopened at top page edges (opened for commentary on The Alchemist). Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; Volume X only of an eleven volume edition of "The Oxford Jonson". This volume containing: "An Historical Survey of the Text - The Stage History of the Plays - Commentary on the Plays". xii, 710, [1], [1 (blank)] pages. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule and publisher's emblem on spine. Gilt compass illustration on front board with Latin motto "De est quod ducere orbem". Page dimensions: 226 x 142mm. This volume has commentary on the following plays: Epicoene, or The Silent Woman; The Alchemist; Catiline his Conspiracy; Bartholomew Fair; The Devil is an Ass; The Staple of News; The New Inn; The Magnetic Lady; The Sad Shepherd; Mortimer his Fall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No signatures. Leaves unopened at top page edges. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; Volume IX only of an eleven volume edition of "The Oxford Jonson". This volume containing: "An Historical Survey of the Text - The Stage History of the Plays - Commentary on the Plays". xvi, 732 pages + frontispiece + 1 plate "Engraved Title-Page of the Duodecimo, 1640". 3 full page facsimile illustrations within the pagination. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule and publisher's emblem on spine. Gilt compass illustration on front board with Latin motto "De est quod ducere orbem". Page dimensions: 226 x 142mm. This volume has commentary on these plays: A Tale of a Tub; The Case is Altered; Every Man in his Humour; Every Man out of his Humour; Cynthia's Revels; Poetaster; Sejanus; Eastward Ho; Volpone.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-Library hardcover book no dust jacket, usual library marks are present. Has some light reader wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition. Date on title page. No additional date, edition or printing indicated. Near fine hardback in fair plus, if not good dust jacket. Book has uncut top edges of leaves and only minor, if not trivial signs of age/ wear/previous use: primarily light, if not very light 1/2 inch by 3/8 inch triangular bumps to upper fore-edge corners of covers. Dust jacket has a 3 inch by 2 inch chip to head of spine; a 1/4 inch chip to heel of spine; moderate, if not minor water-spotting to lower 2 inches of spine; darkening to spine; and minor, if not trivial wear to corners and edges. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket. …

Condition: Very Good. 11 volumes, the set, 8vo., green cloth, gilt lettering with gilt emblems to front boards, b/w frontispieces; light foxing to edges of text block, otherwise near-fine, in mostly price-clipped dust-jackets, with some surface scuff marks and rubbing to extremities, overall a very good set.…