Esther Cloudman Dunn Introduction (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket present. The book is in fair condition. The hardcover shows signs of wear, particularly at the edges and corners. The spine is intact but exhibits some fraying and fading. The interior pages are yellowed with age but remain free of inscriptions or markings. There is no dust jacket present. The binding is slightly loose, indicative of its age, but all pages are securely attached.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. A Modern Library edition presenting an assortment of plays from the Elizabethan period: "Doctor Faustus" by Marlowe, "The Shoemaker's Holiday" by Dekker, "A Woman Killed with Kindness" by Heywood, "Volpone or the Fox" by Jonson, "The Maid's Tragedy" by Beaumont and Fletcher, "The Duchess of Malfi" by Webster, "A New Way to Pay Old Debts" by Massinger and "'Tis Pity She's a Whore" by Ford. With an introduction by Esther Cloudman Dunn. --- In Toledano spine 8 / pale green cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / faded green topstain / grey Kent endpapers / lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1950-63 (1950 date appears in book). ML #94.2. --- With small tear to cloth at head of spine, general mild age-toning to cloth & dulling to cover gilding, else a tightly-bound, sound copy.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xx, 721 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 721 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. This Modern Library edition includes an assortment of plays from the Elizabethan period: Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Marlowe, Shoemaker's Holiday by Dekker, Woman Killed with Kindness by Heywood, Volpone by Jonson, Maid's Tragedy by Beaumont and Fletcher, Duchess of Malfi by Webster, New Way to Pay Old Debts by Massinger, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by Ford. Edited, and with an introduction by Esther Cloudman Dunn. --- In Toledano spine 7 / brown balloon cloth / limp boards / gilt cover & spine lettering & decorations / maroon topstain / orange Kent endpapers / jacket style g / verso lists 246 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1937 (though 1932 date appears in the book). ML #94.2. --- With reading creases to spine, volume is otherwise clean, unmarked and tightly-bound. Fragile dust jacket with original $.95 flap price, chipping and small tears along edges else intact, and in removable mylar protector.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); xvi, 721, (6, ads) pages.…

hardback, small 8vo, 721pp, owner's name on flyleaf, page edges browning, otherwise clean and sound, red cloth, Very Good condition in frayed dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1932 WITH DUST JACKET. Eight Famous Elizabethan Plays. New York : The Modern Library. Stated First Modern Library Edition 1932 . 4 ¼" x 6 5/8". 721 pages. A NEAR FINE copy bound in dark brown balloon cloth (Toledano binding # 7); clean, orange Kent endpapers, dark brown, unblemished topstain. Tight, square binding with slight play due to thickness, bright gilt, sharp corners. The dust jacket is NEAR FINE- with minimal shelfwear, bright red bands, slight edgewear top spine, slight soiled spine, the panels are lightly rubbed. NOT price-clipped 95 cent present and bright. Back panel refers to 210 books confirming a first printing dust jacket. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.…