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Published by Methuen & Co., 1952
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1952. First Published. 152 pages. Illustrative jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Light creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Minor tanning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends. Noticeable sunning to spine. Notable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.
Published by Methuen & Co, London, England, 1952
Seller: Jay's Basement Books, Sonora, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. 152pp. inc. index. owners name on ffep .edge wear, small piece missing, closed tears to non - clipped price DJ. Book and text, clean with tight binding no tears. Illustrated with frontispiece in color and 12 halftone plates. size 6 x 9" tall.
Published by Methuen & Co., Ltd., UK, 1952
Seller: alsobooks, Cupertino, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
HC. Condition: g. 1st ed. Some underlining on a few of the early pages, the remainder of which are clean and unmarked. This is a solid and straight ex-library copy, marked as such. Hinges have been reinforced. Contains 13 illustrations within this rather comprehensive examination of a most interesting part of theatrical history. A sound and readable example. No dj. 152pp.
Published by Methuen & Company, Limited, 1973
ISBN 10: 0416790100ISBN 13: 9780416790108
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. 1st Edition. Chips and tears to jacket.
Published by -/English/Methuen & Co LTD,London 1973 ., 1973
Seller: Fabri Antiquariat Dr. Jürgen Aschoff, Ulm, BW, Germany
The Burlesque - Tradition in the English Theatre after 1660. With thirteen half-tone plates. OLnbd mit OSU 152 S.
Published by Methuen & Co, 1952
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:
Published by Methuen, London, 1952
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: good. Color frontis, lightly illustrated in b/w. 152 pages. Slim 8vo, green cloth. London: Methuen, (1952). A good usable copy--chips and paper damage to upper margins of several pages at rear, sunned spine.
Published by Methuen & Co, 1952
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:
Publication Date: 1973
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Frontis. illus. b/w. thin 8vo, cloth, d.w. London: Methuen & Co., (1973). vg.
Published by London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1952
Seller: Theatreshire Books, Dacre, NYK, United Kingdom
green cloth, colour frontis., 152pp., good condition, bookplate of Selwyn House School with newspaper clipping of the School's chairman pasted into front end paper.
Published by Methuen & Co, 1952
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Some light foxing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:
Published by Methuen & Co., London, 1952
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: G to G+. Dust Jacket Condition: G. First English Edition. 152 pp, color frontis and other b/w illustrations, the book and contents are solid and tight, the pages are clean with some foxing on first and last few pages, owner name is inked on front endpaper, the covers are tight with some wear and soil, the front cover edge has a 3" long cloth wrinkle and the rear cover has a 1 1/8" bump on side that has been repaired , the dust jacket has wear, mostly on front, and soil mostly on rear, a very solid and usable book.
Published by Methuen & Co., Ltd, 1952
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Slight odor. Book has soft smudging to edges, a touch of fraying to lower corner tips, soft creasing to the top/bottom of spine, heavy foxing to textblock and throughout text.otherwise book is in very good condition. Pages are clean, crisp and presentable with tight binding, and a sturdy spine. Dust jacket has many signs of wear: rubbing and smudging to exterior, noticeable foxing, significant edgewear predominantly to upper edges, fraying to the top of spine, several small tears to upper edges with folding tear to the front edge, moderate corner wear.otherwise dust jacket is in good condition. Shape has retained form, legible and colorful; now protected in an archival cover to prevent further wear. Overall, a very nice copy.
Published by Methuen, 1952
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: GOOD. 1st Edition. 1952. Methuen. First. Book-Good, extremities rubbed, spine sunned. Black titles on spine of green book. 9x5.5. 152pp. Colour drawing frontis and 12 b/w drawings.
Published by Methuen, London, 1952
First Edition
xvi+152p., color frontispiece, preface, introductory, footnotes, illustrated with 13 plates, summary, bibliography, index, very good first edition in nice openweave cloth caseing gilt. Davenant and Buckingham, Duffett, John Gay, Henry Fielding, Sheridan, W.S. Gilbert, Shaw, Leacock. Max Beerbohm, pantomime and ballet etc. From p.23: "Burlesque in France was stunted in its youth by a surfeit of laughter. In England, though strongly influenced both by Scarron and Boileau, it was to grow up into an adult and peculiarly English joke".
Published by Barnes & Noble Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1973
ISBN 10: 0064712354ISBN 13: 9780064712354
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Book
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Cover. Good hardcover with no dustjacket, slight wear, hinges slightly worn, previous owner's stamp.
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Published by London Methuen, 1952
Seller: Chaucer Head Bookshop, Stratford on Avon, Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback, 221mm x 142mm green cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, xvi prelims, 152+pp. plus index, Black and white illustrations. Reading copy only/NoWrapper. Book is ex-libris and also ex-lib, with sundry stickers and stamps, front endpaper removed. Some staining to boards, foxing to block edges and general light wear from handling, pages and plates clean overall and binding still good. Excellent account of the burlesque tradition as used by English dramatists from the Restoration through to the time of G.B. Shaw and Max Beerbohm. Catalogue: Theatrical History. Keywords: theatre, Sheridan, Shaw, Gilbert.
Published by London: Metheun, 1973
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Reprint Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xvi, 152 p. illus. 23 cm. Notes: Reprint of the 1952 ed. Bibliography: p. 142. Contents: The nature of burlesque -- The progress of Burlesque -- Travesty and mock-heroic -- The burlesque tradition in the English theatre after 1660. Davenant and Buckingham -- Thomas Duffett -- John Gay -- Henry Fielding -- Henry Carey -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan -- John Hookham Frere and George Canning -- Thomas Dibdin, Charles Dickens, and the English melodrama -- The Jolly Jack Tar joke -- J.R. Planché -- W.S. Gilbert -- Bernard Shaw -- Stephen Leacock -- Max Beerbohm -- Pantomime and ballet. Subjects: English drama History and criticism. Burlesque (Literature). Burlesque (Theatre) England. Theater Great Britain History. drama in english burlesque, 1660 ca 1920 critical studies. Genre: Bibliography. Burlesques. History. Illustrated 1 Kg.
Published by London: Metheun, 1973
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Reprint Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xvi, 152 p. illus. 23 cm. Notes: Reprint of the 1952 ed. Bibliography: p. 142. Contents: The nature of burlesque -- The progress of Burlesque -- Travesty and mock-heroic -- The burlesque tradition in the English theatre after 1660. Davenant and Buckingham -- Thomas Duffett -- John Gay -- Henry Fielding -- Henry Carey -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan -- John Hookham Frere and George Canning -- Thomas Dibdin, Charles Dickens, and the English melodrama -- The Jolly Jack Tar joke -- J.R. Planché -- W.S. Gilbert -- Bernard Shaw -- Stephen Leacock -- Max Beerbohm -- Pantomime and ballet. Subjects: English drama History and criticism. Burlesque (Literature). Burlesque (Theatre) England. Theater Great Britain History. drama in english burlesque, 1660 ca 1920 critical studies. Genre: Bibliography. Burlesques. History. Illustrated 1 Kg.
Published by Methuen & Co., London, 1952
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
First Edition
First Edition. 152 pp. White endpapers. Green cloth with gilt titles. Corners bumped. Red DJ with colour illustration. Faded spine, small chips, light wear along the edges. VG+/VG.
Publication Date: 1952
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
Methuen & Co. London. 1952. First Edition. Hardback. DW. Colour frontis + b/w illustrations. Generally a clean and bright copy in price clipped and worn wrapper.
Published by Methuen, London, 1952
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good PLUS. First Edition. Hardback 1952. 1st edition. 152 pages with index. Colour frontispiece. All 12 listed black & white plates are in place. Front end paper has an inscription. No other inscriptions. Clean & tight. Flat pages. Jacket has some edge wear. JACKET SPINE IS FADED. Front flap is not price-clipped: 18s. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref OFPCRA.