Southerne Mr Thomas (4 results)

Half Black Morocco. Condition: Light edge and Corner Wear. No Jacket. Reprint Edition. Grey pebbled cloth. Red leather spine label, panels with gilt floral designs. All medges dyed red. Fore-edge sunned, corn tips worn. Please note that this is Volume the Second alone. First published in 1693. This volume holds five plays: "The Maid's Last Prayer", "The Fatal Marriage", Oroonoko", "The Fate of Capua", and "The Spartan Dame". Quite a clean copy throughout. 416pp. + epilogue. Thomas Southerne (1660-1716) was an Irish dramatist. Size: 6 1/2" x 3 3/4".…

Condition: Good. Printed for W. Chetwood at Cato's-Head, in Russell-street, Covent-Garden; and T. Jauncy at the Angel without Temple-Bar, London, 1719. DISBOUND TEXT (No covers). 8 and 72 pages. Leaf 71/2 is an epilogue by Major Richardson Pack. Body of text is fairly clean but quite closely trimmed Title page dust marked. Last few leaves have an old noticeably damp stain. In modern plain white wrappers with modern title label. A good working copy.…

Gilt-panelled calf. Condition: Good+/ VG. 2nd collected edition (1st-1713). Vol. One: front board detached, marbled endpapers+ (2 blank leaves)+ a2-b4+346+(2 blank leaves), inc. 4 plays with full t.p.s head and tail-pieces throughout, red edges, silk place-marker; main internal fault is extensive and occasionally very heavy tanning, including to end-papers, though affected paper has not become fragile, the detached front board should be relatively easy to refix; covers clean with gilt-ruled double lines to edges and gilt decorated panelled spine, black Vol. 1 label present but titles label missing, gilt-deckled edges, slight rubbing to top outer corners; Volume Two: blank fly after endpaper, t.p.+ A2-A5+10-418, 5 plays with individual t.p.s, head and tail pieces throughout, tanning fairly extensive but not so bad as Volume 1.otherwise all as Volume One but front board secure though joint cracked, again top spine label missing. All the t.p.'s dated 1721 but a previous owner has pencilled '2nd collected edn' verso front endpaper. The plays were all first performed in 1680s through to early 1700s, though not all first performances dated, his last play did not appear until 1726, otherwise those in this collection seem to be complete, all have dedications and original cast lists. He is best remembered for Oroonoko. This is the prefered edition as it includes 'The Spartan Dame' which was first performed in 1719.…

In 16°, piena pelle coeva con nervi, tit. e fregi in oro al dorso, 3 tragedie in 1 Vol.: pp. (8)-59; 90-(2); (8)-79. Buon es. LGB.