j m dent e p dutton everyman's library (193 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good++. No Jacket. Cvr art by Neil Breeden (illustrator). light edgewear, price blacked thru at top of rear cover. Owner name at top of inside front cover. Clean bright text, no stamps, no other writing. Size: 7" X 4 1/2". Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A 1969 reprint edition of the 1910 issuance. An ex-library copy of an Everyman's Library reprint edition presenting the first novel written by Charlotte Brontë. Though she wrote it before her notable "Jane Eyre" and other works, it was first published after her death. The story is semi-autobiographical, and draws on her experience as a teacher in Brussels as a young woman. Also with two chapters from author's "Emma", her unfinished novel, which is preceded by an introduction by William Makepeace Thackeay entitled "The Last Sketch." With an introduction by Margaret Lane. --- In EL larger format binding style 4. Full green cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling and gilt interlocked "EL" in script at tail of spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Fair-only copy, with considerable evidence of former ownership by a lending library: rubberstamping, torn-out front free endpaper, sticker, cocked spine and general wear. Overall, the book is complete and fully readable.; Ex-Library; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xii, 260 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A 1954 reprint of the 1910 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition presenting the first novel written by Charlotte Brontë. Though she wrote it before her notable "Jane Eyre" and other works, it was first published after her death. The story is semi-autobiographical, and draws on her experience as a teacher in Brussels as a young woman. With an introduction by Margaret Lane. Everyman's Library number 417 in their "Fiction" series. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 4. Full rust cloth-covered boards with spine titling and "EL" in script at tail of spine in gilt; orange topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A sound, unmarked copy, though with prior owner's signature to front free endpaper and the beginnings of a split near rear of volume (which hasn't affected the stability of the binding).; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xii, 244 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A 1932 reprint of the 1911 issuance. The lengthy poem of Robert Browning is presented in twelve books, and tells of the life and trial of Count Guido Franceschini and other characters. Per D. A. Ross, within this work Browning's ". . .deepest insight into womanhood" is displayed. With an introduction by John Bryson and notes by C. W. Hodell. This poem is volume 3 in Everyman's Library's series of Browning's Poems and Plays. Entry 502 in EL Poetry and the Drama series. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 4. Full violet cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling and interlocked 'EL' at tail of spine; orange topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- An excellent copy: bright, tightly-bound and clean, though with prior owner's signature and a rubberstamping to front free endpaper, inked price to half title.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xv, 534, 8 (ads) pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A 1966 reprint of the 1906 issuance. An ex-library Everyman's Library edition of Anthony Trollope's famous 1857 novel, "Barchester Towers." The work is the sequel to "The Warden," and is one of six in the author's "Chronicles of Barsetshire." Includes an introduction by Michael Sadleir. Everyman's Library catalog no. 30. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 4. Full purple cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling and interlocked "EL" at tail of spine; orange topstain. In green dust jacket with 'Everyman's Library' surrounded by scrollwork to front panel. --- Evidence of former ownership by Sacramento Public Library limited to rubberstampings, pocket, stickers and tape on covers; else a sound, fully readable copy. Intact, bright dust jacket not in library's mylar wrap, but in new removable archival mylar protector.; Ex-Library; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xiii, 462 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A 1941 reprint of the 1907 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition of Anthony Trollope's novel, the first in his Barsetshire series. "The Warden" was first published in 1855 and was followed by the sequel, "Barchester Towers." Includes an unattributed introduction, likely by series editor Ernest Rhys. An entry in Everyman's Library Fiction series. E.L. no. 182. --- In EL binding style 3 with full red cloth-covered boards and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- This Fair-only copy is rather brittle, with tears along edges of spine, dulling to spine gilding, dings to cover edges and general age-toning to leaves, else intact and complete.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; x, 310 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. An Everyman's Library edition of the fourteenth and final completed novel by Charles Dickens (1812-1870), first published serially in 1864. "Our Mutual Friend" is concerned with a case of mistaken identity, and explores the greed and general corruption that sometimes accompanies the accumulation of money. Includes an introduction by G. K. Chesterton. Entry 294 in Everyman's Library Fiction series, edited by Ernest Rhys. Undated, but possibly published c.1918-24. --- In flatback binding style 1, full carmine cloth-covered boards with Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, dark topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at frontis. Lacks the dust jacket. --- A Fair-only copy with missing title page, tears to cloth at front and rear joints, prior owner's signature & penciled notations to first few pages. The post-WWI imitation gold leaf to spine has tarnished to mostly black, else an intact, fully readable copy. Note: This book is damaged and is priced accordingly.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xx, 779 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. A 1966 reprint of the 1911 issuance. A selection of six 17th-century plays by English dramatists Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. The two collaborated in the writing of two of the plays. With an introduction by M. C. Bradbrook. A glossary is included at rear of volume. Number 506 in Everyman's Library Drama series. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 4. Full plum cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling and interlocked "EL" in script at tail of spine; orange topstain. Volume wrapped in fuchsia dust jacket with black & white image of the two playwrights to front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, sturdy copy, though with prior owner's signature to half title and that person's notations to one play (The Burning Pestle). Jacket with chafing to extremities, mild sunning to spine & a few scratches, else bright, intact and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xiii, 475, 4, 16 (ads) pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A 1965 reprint edition of the 1908 issuance. An ex-library copy of the second published novel by Charlotte Brontë. "Shirley," which followed her "Jane Eyre," first appeared in 1849 under her Currer Bell pseudonym. The story is set in Yorkshire amidst labor unrest in the textile industry following the Napoleonic Wars. With an introduction by Margaret Lane. Entry 288 in Everyman's Library fiction series. --- In EL larger format binding style 4. Full green cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling and gilt interlocked "EL" in script at tail of spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Fair-only copy, with considerable evidence of former ownership by a lending library: rubberstampings (including de-accession stamps), tears, sticker, tape removal traces, and general wear including crayon marks to last few leaves, but remaining tightly-bound and fully readable.; Ex-Library; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xiv, 511 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A 1948 reprint of the 1929 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition featuring ten of the author's humorous plays. Volume I only (of two). Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673), who wrote under his theatrical name Molière, used these plays to skewer French society of his day. Translated from the French by H. Baker and J. Miller, and with an introduction by Frederick C. Green. Number 830 in Everyman's Library "Poetry and the Drama" series. --- In Everyman's Library binding style 3 in full green cloth and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover and brown topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A sound copy, though with endpaper sticker, whitish mottled discoloration to front panel, brown dampstain to back panel and at least one penciling, otherwise tightly-bound and intact.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xix, 427 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A 1957 reprint of the 1912 issuance. Volume two only (of 2). Per Ross, p. 102, "This classic 'travel book' about England describes tours made on horseback by Cobbett through twenty-seven English counties. . .in various years from 1821 to 1832." With an introduction by Asa Briggs and index at rear of volume. Number 639 in Everyman's Library Travel series --- In EL larger format binding style 4. Full blue cloth-covered boards with spine titling and interlocked "EL" in script at tail of spine stamped in coppery alloy. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Fair-only copy, with considerable evidence of former ownership by a lending library: rubberstamping, sticker, torn-out front free endpaper, tape and sticker removal traces and general wear. Overall, this book is complete and fully readable. Does not include de-accession statement or stamp.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; v, 335 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A 1962 reprint edition of the 1948 issuance. An ex-library copy of an Everyman's Library edition of the 1903 novel by Henry James (1843-1916). "The Ambassadors" was first published in 12 parts in the North American Review, and is the story of a prosperous American who realizes that there is more to life than he thought when he visits Europe. With an introduction by Frank Swinnerton. Entry 987 in Everyman's Library Fiction series. --- In EL larger format binding style 4. Full green cloth-covered boards with spine titling stamped in a coppery gilt alloy and gilt interlocked "EL" in script at tail of spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Fair-only copy, with considerable evidence of former ownership by a lending library: rubberstampings, sticker, tape and sticker removal traces and general wear. Overall, this book is complete and fully readable, though with frequent penciled notations to the text.; Ex-Library; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xiv, 370 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A 1962 reprint edition of the 1910 issuance. An ex-library copy of an Everyman's Library reprint edition of the author's 1742 satirical novel, which originally included the sub-title: "Written in imitation of Cervantes, author of Don Quixote". With an introduction by A. R. Humphreys. Entry 467 in Everyman's Library Fiction series. --- In EL larger format binding style 4. Full rose cloth-covered boards with spine titling stamped in a coppery alloy and gilt interlocked "EL" in script at tail of spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Fair-only copy, with considerable evidence of former ownership by a lending library: rubberstampings, torn-out rear endpaper, sticker, sticker removal traces and general wear. Overall, the book is complete and fully readable. ; Ex-Library; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); xxiv, 280 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A 1957 reprint edition of the 1906 issuance. An ex-library copy of the historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, which is centered around a mythical third Jacobite rebellion and has been described as perhaps the most autobiographical work written by Scott. Includes the author's famous short story "Wandering Willie's Tale" starting at page 112. Includes glossary of archaic terms at rear of volume. Everyman's Library #141, an entry in EL's "Fiction" series. --- In EL larger format binding style 4. Full green cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling and gilt interlocked "EL" in script at tail of spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Fair-only copy, with considerable evidence of former ownership by a lending library: rubberstampings, sticker, tape and sticker removal traces, and general wear, but remaining complete and fully readable.; Ex-Library; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); vii, 458 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A 1960 reprint of the 1906 issuance. An ex-library copy of Charles Reade's highly-regarded 1861 novel, set in the 15th century and following the travels of author's Gerard Eliassoen character as he travels around Europe. With an appreciation by Algernon Charles Swinburne. Everyman's Library #29, an entry in EL's "Fiction" series. --- In EL larger format binding style 4. Full black cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling and gilt interlocked "EL" in script at tail of spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Fair-only copy, with considerable evidence of former ownership by a lending library: rubberstampings, sticker, tape and sticker removal traces, and general wear, but remaining intact and tightly-bound. Does not include de-accession statement or stamp.; Ex-Library; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xi, 692 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Four comedies by the ancient Greek dramatist Aristophanes (c.450-c.385 B.C.) are presented in this Everyman's Library edition. Includes his "The Acharnians", "The Knights", "The Birds" and "The Peace". Rendered into English by J. Hookham Frere. Introduction by John P. Maine. Number 344 in Everyman's Library Classical series, the first of two collections of plays by Aristophanes in the Everyman's Library series. --- In flatback binding style 1, full pale green cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, brown topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page endpapers & frontis. Lacks a dust jacket. --- The cloth is quite brittle, especially at the spine; with quite noticeably sunned and yellowed spine, small tears to head and edges of spine and some age-toning to leaves, otherwise a sound, unmarked copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); xiii, 253 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Volume I only (of two). The diary of Englishman Samuel Pepys was begun in 1660 and has been described as Britain's most celebrated diary. This edition deciphered by the Rev. J. Smith, and edited by by Lord Braybrooke and with a note by Richard Garnett. Entry 53 in Everyman's Library 'Biography' series. --- A 1936 reprint edition, in Everyman's Library binding style 3 with full pink cloth and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed "shell" to cover & brown topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With severely sunned spine (and barely readable spine titling), and a spot of soiling to back cover, else a clean, bright, firmly-bound copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); ix, 666, 2, 8 (ads) pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. A 1970 reprint of the 1956 revision. An Everyman's Library edition presenting several medieval miracle plays, including the well-known "Everyman." These Corpus Christi pageants are often short dramas acted out by trade guilds as individual episodes in the larger Corpus Christi cycle. With editor A. C. Cawley's revised and re-edited text, with original wording but with modern spellings; and with definitions of some difficult or archaeic terms. Includes an introduction by Cawley. Entry 381 in Everyman's Library series. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 4. Full blue cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling and interlocked 'EL' at tail of spine; orange topstain. In light blue dust jacket with Eric Fraser drawing to front panel. --- An excellent copy: bright, tightly-bound and clean, though with retailer's price notation on front free endpaper. Price-clipped jacket is well-preserved, though with a little creasing and chafing to extremities; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xxi, [3], 3-266 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 4.5 X 7 inches. 312 pages. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good, owner's name on FEP, otherwise unmarked. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, with several chips and closed tears, now in mylar protection. This Everyman's Library edition offers five Elizabethan comedies: "Ralph Roister Doister" by Udall, "Endimion" by Lyly, "The Old Wives' Tale" by Peele, "Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay" by Greene and "James the Fourth" by Greene. With an introduction by Ashley Thorndide and a glossary. Number 492 in Everyman's Library Poetry & Drama series. --- A 1951 reprint edition, in Everyman's Library binding style 3 with full olive cloth and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed "shell" to cover and brown topstain. Green jacket features Ravilious EL-on-shell design to cover. -.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition Thus. An undated, probable first Everyman's Library edition (1908) of a pair of short works of fiction by Charles Reade (1814-1884), perhaps best known for his "The Cloister and the Hearth." Both stories have been described as comedies of manners. Everyman's Library #299, an entry in EL's "Fiction" series, edited by Ernest Rhys, who has supplied a brief introduction. --- In 'flatback' binding style 1, full ribbed red cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, brown topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page, endpapers & frontis. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Good-only copy with somewhat shaken binding, soiling to cover and a few tears to cloth at mid-spine.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; ix, [5], 330 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A 1917 reprint of the 1906 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition of Charles Reade's highly-regarded 1861 novel, set in the 15th century and following the travels of author's Gerard Eliassoen character as he travels around Europe. With an appreciation by Algernon Charles Swinburne. Everyman's Library #29, an entry in EL's "Fiction" series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In 'flatback' binding style 1, full ribbed red cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, dark topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page, endpapers & frontis. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Good-only copy with prior owner's signature to front free endpaper and partial split at front of book, else a sound, otherwise unmarked copy.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; [6], 7-703 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. A 1941 reprint of the 1907 issuance. An ex-library Everyman's Library edition of Anthony Trollope's novel, the first in his Barsetshire series. "The Warden" was first published in 1855 and was followed by the sequel, "Barchester Towers." Includes an unattributed introduction, likely by series editor Ernest Rhys. An entry in Everyman's Library Fiction series. EL no. 182. --- In EL binding style 3 with full carmine cloth-covered boards and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover and brown topstain. In dust jacket with Ravilious 'knot' to front panel. --- Evidence of former ownership by a lending library limited to front free endpaper sticker & inked notation and slip pasted to rear paste-down; also with a 1.5 cm circular open tear to cloth at spine and somewhat discolored cloth, else a clean, tightly-bound copy. Somewhat fragile jacket with a number of tears (especially along spine), and chips, moderately darkened spine, else mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Ex-Library; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; x, 310, 16 (ads) pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. A 1955 revision of the 1907 issuance. Volume two only (of three) presenting the poetry of the great English romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850). Edited by Philip Wayne. Entry 311 in Everyman's Library Poetry & Drama series. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 4. Full green cloth-covered boards with spine titling and interlocked "EL" in script at tail of spine, both in gilt; orange topstain. Volume wrapped in green dust jacket with unattributed drawing of harp-and-quill pen to front panel. --- A Fair-only copy, with conspicuous dampstaining to textblock edges & dampness-caused discoloration to cloth, otherwise clean, tightly-bound and sturdy. Jacket with dampness-caused green color transfer from cover, else intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. Note: This item is damaged and is priced accordingly.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xxii, 542, 8 (ads) pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. First edition, 1931. Everyman's Library presents the works of four 17th Century English poets: Sir John Suckling (78 poems), Richard Lovelace (103 poems and 42 translations), Thomas Carew (125 poems) and Edward Herbert, First Lord Herbert of Cherbury (70 poems). With an introduction by R. B. Howarth. Entry 873 in Everyman's Library Poetry & the Drama series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In Everyman's Library binding style 3 with full green cloth and spine titling in gilt, blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover and brown topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With sunning to spine and spots of discoloration to cloth, prior owner's signature to front endpaper, minor soiling to endpapers, else an unmarked, tightly-bound copy.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xxviii, 386 pages.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A 1912 reprint of the 1910 issuance. An Everyman's Library reprint edition of the author's 1742 satirical novel, which originally included the sub-title: "Written in imitation of Cervantes, author of Don Quixote." With an introduction by George Saintsbury. Entry 467 in Everyman's Library Fiction series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In flatback binding style 1, full carmine ribbed cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page, endpapers & frontis; brown topstain. Lacks the dust jacket. --- A decent copy: tightly-bound and sturdy, though with sunned spine and prior owner's signature to front free endpaper, along with discreet penciled check-marks scattered through the text.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); lii, 387 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. An undated, probable first Everyman's Library edition (1906), so indicated by lack of subsequent printings on the copyright page. Benvenuto Cellini was a 16th century Florentine artist, sculptor and goldsmith. The story of his life is so energetically told in this autobiography that it has become a treasured classic. Translated from the Italian by Thomas Roscoe. Entry 51 in Everyman's Library "Biography" series, edited by Ernest Rhys, who has supplied a prefatory note. --- In 'flatback' binding style 1, full ribbed grey cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, brown topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page, endpapers & frontis. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Good-only copy, with repaired tears to cloth at head of spine, repaired rear hinge and dulling to spine gilding, otherwise a stable, sturdy copy. ; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); 528 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Sir Walter Scott's 1816 novel is an early element in his series, "Tales of My Landlord" and is set in southwest Scotland. Edited by Ernest Rhys, who supplies a brief introduction, end notes and glossary. Everyman's Library #137, fiction series. --- In flatback binding style 1, full carmine cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, faded brown topstain. Lacks a dust jacket. --- About 1/4 inch of cloth is missing at head of spine, with crossed-through prior owner's inked information to front paste-down, with pencilings on perhaps as many as 12 leaves, partial split at front gutter and minor discoloration to covers; else a clean, firm copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); xi, 454 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. A 1938 reprint of the 1906 issuance. An ex-library Everyman's Library edition of Anthony Trollope's famous 1857 novel, "Barchester Towers." The work is the sequel to "The Warden," and is one of six in the author's "Chronicles of Barsetshire" series. Includes an introduction by series editor Ernest Rhys. An entry in Everyman's Library Fiction series. EL no. 30. --- In EL binding style 3 with full carmine cloth-covered boards and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover and brown topstain. In dust jacket with Ravilious 'knot' to front panel. --- Evidence of former ownership by a lending library limited to sticker & inked notation on front free endpaper, and slip pasted to rear paste-down; also with a few spots of sunning to cloth at spine, else a clean, tightly-bound copy. Fair-only, fragile jacket with a number of large chips and tears (especially along spine); wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Ex-Library; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); [7], 4-462, 4, 8 (ads) pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A 1956 reprint of the 1937 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition presenting a selection of five plays, written in the first half of the 20th Century, by English authors such as W. Somerset Maugham, Noel Coward, A. A. Milne and others. With an introduction by John Hadfield. A 1975 news clip obituary for R. C. Sherriff (one of the playwrights) is laid in. Entry 942 in Everyman's Library Poetry & Drama series. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 4. Full rose cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling and gilt 'EL' in script at tail of spine; orange topstain. In red-orange dust jacket with with 'Everyman's Library' surrounded by scrollwork to front panel. --- With prior owner's dated signature to front free endpaper, discreet Pretoria bookseller label to front paste-down, otherwise an unmarked, tightly-bound copy. Unpriced, unclipped dust jacket with mild spine sunning, else bright, intact and wrapped in removable clear plastic protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; x, 354, [4, ads] pages.