The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists: Philip Massinger, Volume One (with the bookplate of Joseph William Chitty, wicket-keeper for the MCC and Oxford Rower)

Philip Massinger, edited by Arthur Symons

Published by Vizitelly & Co, 1887

About this Item

First edition. Hardback, bound in the decorative cloth. 19 × 12cm, 496pp. Not signed but with the book plate of Joseph William Chitty, a judge and Liberal politician, and sportsman in his younger days. Among his many sporting achievements were keeping wicket for the MCC in 1846/1847, and being part of the Oxford University crew for the 1849 Boat Race. Contains five plays by seventeenth century dramatist Philip Massinger: The Duke of Milan, A New Way to Pay Old Debts, The Great Duke of Florence, The Maid of Honour, and The City Madam. Condition: A good copy. There is some tanning to the spine and rubbing to the boards but the book remains in good readable condition, and with an interesting provenance. Seller Inventory # 015178

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists: Philip...

Publisher: Vizitelly & Co

Publication Date: 1887

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition