Stolne and Surreptitious Copies A Comparative Study of Shakespeare's Bad Quartos
Hart, Alfred
From Gotcha By The Books, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 25 March 2004
From Gotcha By The Books, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 25 March 2004
About this Item
A study of the relationship between Shakespeare's First Folio as published by Heminge and Condell in 1623 and the so-called 'Stolne and Surreptitious' copies of Shakespeare in circulation before that publication date; "?as where before you were abus'd with diverse stolen and surreptitious copies, maimed, and deformed by the frauds and stealths of injurious imposters, that expos'd them" - Heminge and Condell in their message to "To the Great Variety of Readers" prefacing the First Folio; chapters on the plots of the bad folios, vocabularies, style, verse structure, rhymed lines, etc; former owner's name-label to front pastedown, small worn patch front pastedown, small bookshop stamp to front endpaper, former owner's name to prelims, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper edgeworn and rubbed, worn patch to foot of spine, loss to head and tail of spine, spine browned, small dampstain to front near spine, price clipped. Dustwrapper. 478pp. 8vo. Very Good in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper Very Good in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 22717
Bibliographic Details
Title: Stolne and Surreptitious Copies A ...
Publisher: Melbourne University Press, Melbourne
Publication Date: 1942
Binding: hardbound
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
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