Volpone Fox Comedy First Acted (19 results)

Condition: New. In.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Limited Edition. Quarto, 163pp., illustrated by Rene Ben Sussan. A very good or better copy in the publisher's patterned cloth with reddish cloth spine. Spine sunned, else a crisp, fresh copy. In the publisher's tight-fitting slipcase, visibly foxed on the interior, with some minor wear to extremities; about very good. Issued with a plain brown dust jacket, not present here. One of 1500 limited copies SIGNED by Ben Sussan on the limitation page. One of the most unjustly under-valued LEC's from this era, with vibrant illustrations "colored through stencils" (colophon).

Condition: New. In.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Tall cloth boards with red-and-white decorative pattern on front and rear covers, red spine with gold-color lettering, xxv, 163 pp., color illus., housed in a slipcase with same decorative pattern as the boards. Copy number 1097 of a Limited Edition of 1500 copies. SIGNED by the illustrator. A book in excellent condition. Slipcase with minor wear on bottom edge in Very Good condition. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Size: 8x12 inches, 187pp., illus. #1465 of 1500 copies signed by the artist. End sheets lightly age toned else very good plus condition with text clean and binding sound in a very good slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited edition. SIGNED by the illustrator. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light Bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Numbered 1374 of 1500 signed limited edition copies. Slipcase lightly scuffed, otherwise intact. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by illustrator.

cloth-backed boards, slipcase. Limited Editions Club (illustrator). small 4to. cloth-backed boards, slipcase. xxv, 163+(1) pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Sussan (LEC 236). Fine in a later slipcase, which is near fine. With a new introduction by Louis Kronenberger and illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan. Designed by Francis Meynell and printed at the Oxford University Press under the direction of Charles Batey. Colored via stencils in France.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Sussan, Rene' Ben (illustrator). 1st Edition. Original printed cloth with brown and tan designs on both covers. Spine is rust color with gilt lettering on spine. 8 X 12 inches. Copy has 18 painted illustrations by the illustrator. Several pages are uncut. From the colophon, "Of this edition of Volpone or The Fox fifteen hundred copies have been made for the members of The Limited Editions Club. It has been designed by Francis Meynell and printed by Charles Batey, Printer to the University, at the University Press Oxford, on a paper made for it by William Nash, Limited. The illustrations by Rene' ben Sussan have been printed and coloured through stencils in France. This copy is number 1434 and is signed by the illustrator." Copy comes in matching slipcase. Slipcase is slightly sun faded on tip edge. Pages are very clean and complete. Binding is tight. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Einband - fest (Hardcover). Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. xxv, 163, [1] pp., illustrated, tall 8vo, patterned cloth over boards, plain brown dustjacket, slipcase. With collotype illustrations hand-stenciled in color in Paris by René ben Sussan (with his signature on colophon page). Designed by Francis Meynell. No. 521 of 1500 copies. Printed in Oxford's Fell types on all-rag paper made in the mills of William Nash in Oxfordshire. Laid in is The Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club (July 1953; Number 242) describing this work in detail, and the publication announcement. A largely unopened copy; fine and fresh. Dustjacket fine, with a couple of trivial nicks. Slipcase is near fine, with a couple of corners lightly rubbed, small bump to one corner. Overall, a fine, well-preserved copy. Limited Editions Club Bibliography 236.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Sussan, Rene (illustrator). Limited. With a new introduction by Louis Kronenberger and color illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan. 163pp. 4to, brown cloth-backed patterned boards, plain brown d.w., matching patterned board slipcase; uncut edges. Oxford: The Limited Editions Club, 1952. A fine copy, unread with unopened leaves. One of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Octavo. 96pp. Title-page in red-and-black. Disbound. With the frontispiece.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Hardback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

in contemporary panelled calf, rubbed at extremities, joints split at head and foot but still sound, with contemporary manuscript markings in the early scenes of the first work, ?Johnson [Plays]? in a contemporary hand on front and rear endpapers with the addition of the word ?Blue? on the rear endpaper, with the eighteenth century engraved heraldic bookplate of Edward Duke on the front pastedown and the later pictorial bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst on the front endpaper. 12mo (158 x 94 mm), pp. 102, closed tear on p. 21; [2] blank, 95, [1]; 96; 96; 87, text considerably browned throughout, with scattered staining in the text, cut a little close to some of the the running titles but with no loss, An attractive volume of plays printed in London by Henry Hills. The first four plays bound in the volume are by Ben Jonson and include two of his best-loved comedies, Volpone and The Alchemist. Shadwell?s adaptation of Shakespeare?s Timon of Athens was first performed at the Duke?s Theatre in February 1677/1678 and was first printed by J. M. for Henry Herringman in 1678. No record exists of a performance of Shakespeare?s original play prior to Shadwell?s version. The main difference between the two plays - except for Shadwell?s rewording of it - lies in the addition of love interest with a jealous fiancée and a mistress for Timon. Shakespeare?s original masque of Amazons in the first Act is replaced by a bucolic interlude where Cupid and Bacchus, with a chorus of nymphs and satyrs, argue for the supremacy of love or wine. Shadwell?s version of the play became very popular, particularly when Henry Purcell composed some incidental music for it in 1694 and Thomas Betterton took the title role. ESTC t31273; t31272; t31271; t31270; t31269.