Introduction Walter Starkie (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good, unmarked PB.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Brand New. abridged edition. 560 pages. 6.75x4.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. With dust jacket. Clean edition. Photograph available on request.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 1964-66 printing, Toledano 345.1, binding/jacket style 11k with blank verso, $2.45 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Ink name on front endpaper, jacket lightly rubbed. xlviii, 328 pp. Translated, edited and with an introduction by Walter Starkie. CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction: THE SPANISH THEATER; THE GALLANT, THE BAWD, AND THE FAIR LADY - Interlude-Extravaganza by Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita; THE MASK - Rustic Interlude by Lope de Rueda; PERIBANEZ AND THE COMENDADOR OF OCANA - Comedia in three acts by Lope de Vega; PEDRO, THE ARTFUL DODGER. Picaresque - Gypsy Comedia in three acts by Cervantes; THE JEALOUS OLD MAN - Interlude by Cervantes; THE PLAYBOY OF SEVILLE - Comedia in three acts by Tirso de Molina; THE MAYOR OF ZALAMEA - Comedia in three acts by Calderén; THE MYSTERY PLAY OF ELCHE - Musical Drama in two acts.

Paper Covers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Impression. 1966 first edition, first impression, first thus. Size octavo, 9" tall, 78 pages. Green thick paper covers with stepled spine, black titles to front cover, folding flaps. Condition very good, corners and stapled spine edge slightly rubbed, contents very clean. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. xxxii414p., lengthy introduction, very good first edition thus (Starkie intro) blue buckram cloth boards in dust jacket; heavy foxing to edges and endpapers but text-block is clean, gilt-titling is bright, the price-clipped jacket is somewhat edgeworn. The Cresset Library, general editor: John Hayward. Originally published in 1857 this is Starkie's new edition with his introduction. Sequel to "Lavengro".

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

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

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Princeton / Bollingen Paperback printing, 1976. Some wear along the edges, tips, and along the spine. Some rubbing wear to covers. Minor discoloration to pages. Some light creases along the spine. THIS IS A HEAVY ITEM. ALL ORDERS MIGHT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CHARGE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1961, 1ST EDITION THUS, EARLY REPRINT,VG+/VG+Larger Format, Tiny Extremites chips wear DJ, THICK BLACK CLOTH GOLD GILT ON SPINE CVR, INDEX 397 pgs , It is a philosophical adventure story of sorts. The book involves meetings with a number of eccentric characters. It also contains what could be called ethnographic material on the customs and views of the Romani women, GYPSY GENTLEMAN, The author obtains a valuable horse from his Romani friend Jasper Petulengro and eventually sells it to a Hungarian at the Horncastle horse fair. As with Lavengro, the story ends rather abruptly with the author's realisation that the Romani language has close links to the Northern Indian languages: he resolves to travel to India but Borrow himself did not do so.