Herbert G Wright Editor (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW. 1944 First Edition, Green linen boards/NF w/faded spine. DJ/None. Trace discoloration to endpapers. Popular theatre as indicators of changing social values. Study of the influence of popular Italian drama on English thought. Analysis, with translantion of, a drama of ill-fated lovers, Guiscardo & Ghismonda, by Boccaccio (c.1620 Italian play; MS 34312, archived in the British Museum). Guiscardo, of humble birth, is left-handedly known for "native worth"; young, widowed Ghismonda is daughter of Prince of Salerno, to whom Guiscardo is employed. Romantic love in a world when "heroes" necessarily had blood connections to high birth, legitimate or not.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. xii + 367 pp + 5pp adverts. Preface, Intrdocution, XXXIII Chapters with analytic topic headings, text with footnotes, index. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, 6" x 9" gray cloth boards with gilt spine letters. , manila DJ spine chipped and sun-tanned a bit, Size: Octavo. Book. …