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Published by Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, U.S.A., 1976
ISBN 10: 0812277058ISBN 13: 9780812277050
Seller: The Yard Sale Store, Narrowsburg, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reasonable and presentable hardcover book in a full dust jacket. A few chips and rips to the edges of the dustjacket. A bit of foxing to the page edge. Some shelf wear to the covers. Good binding and the text flows clearly. Enjoy this worthwhile hardcover edition. Book.
Published by Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, 1976
ISBN 10: 0812277058ISBN 13: 9780812277050
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Used: Good.
Published by [Philadelphia] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1976
ISBN 10: 0812277058ISBN 13: 9780812277050
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. "There was a challenge lately intended for the Duke of Buckingham upon Sir William Coventrys account. . . . The occasion . . .was a new play to be acted on Saturday last called the Country gentleman. . . . But the King hath prevented all; and the play is not acted."--Samuel Pepys, 2 March 1669 This edition makes available for the first time The Country Gentleman, a play written by Sir Robert Howard and the Duke of Buckingham, personally suppressed by King Charles II in 1669. Its vicious personal attack on Sir William Coventry provoked a scandal. Consequently, it was banned before public performance and very naturally never printed. The play was long presumed lost. Fortunately, Pepys recorded the whole affair in some detail, and his description of the play's central satiric scene with "two tables . . . with a round hole in the middle" made it possible to identify an untitled, undated, anonymous MS in the Folger Library as a complete scribal copy of the play. This find is only the second such recovery of a "lost" Restoration play in the twentieth century. The Introduction gives a full account of the play's scandalous genesis--a lurid tale of political intrigue, a prevented duel between members of the King's Privy Council, and a fall from high office. For those curious about how literary "discoveries" come about, the editors have added an account of the detective work which began with an odd entry in Annals of English Drama, and led from the Folger Library in Washington to artistocrats' private collections in England. The play itself is brisk, delicious comedy, featuring pairs of lovers caught up in the intrigues of rivals--all against motifs of city vs. country life and scathing satire of government "business." The Country Gentleman is both timely in its use of the gay-couple love game, and a surprisingly early precursor of the exemplary comedies of the 1690s. Ironically, this cheerful, witty play became the vehicle for satire which shook the whole government of England. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. The hinges have been meanded preserving the original covers and spine. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.
Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1976
Seller: Merandja Books, Cornwall, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A hardback book with both book and jacket in very good condition, dated 1976, First Edition. Inscription at the top of the first blank introductory page of the book.
Published by Dent & Sons, London, 1976
Seller: THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP, Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: vg. Dust Jacket Condition: vg-. xii + 163 pages; interior clean; gilt lettering & decor on red cover; price clipped dj in new protective mylar. Hardcover (dj).
Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 1976
ISBN 10: 0812277058ISBN 13: 9780812277050
Seller: Bob's Book Journey, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This edition makes available for the first time, The Country Gentleman, a play written by Sir Robert Howard and the Duke of Buckingham; personally suppressed by King Charles II in 1669. Edited by Robert Scouten and Robert D. Hume. Tan boards with red lettering on spine, 163 pp., illustrated jacket. Minimal shelf wear, previous owner's embossed seal with date (1983) written in ink on front free endpaper, otherwise very clean throughout, tight binding. Jacket has a tiny tear and chip on the top edge of the rear panel.
Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1976
ISBN 10: 0812277058ISBN 13: 9780812277050
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Hard Cover. Condition: VG++. Dust Jacket Condition: VG++. First Thus. Edited by Arthur H. Scouten and Robert D. Hume; previous owners inscription on ffep.; 163pp.
Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1976
ISBN 10: 0812277058ISBN 13: 9780812277050
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Light foxing on top page edges, else fine in a fine dustwrapper. Warmly Inscribed by the editor Arthur H. "Joe" Scouten to fellow poet Daniel Hoffman.
Published by J, 1967
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. 1967. J. M. Dent. First. Hard cover. Book- VG+. Dj- VG. 8.5x5.5. 163pp.
Published by J. M. Dent & Sons, London England, 1976
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Among the sixty-odd unprinted Restoration plays known once to have existed, none has seemed so tantalizing as The Country Gentleman. It was written by Sir Robert Howard and George Villiers, Second Duke of Buckingham, two of the best non-professional dranatists of the early restoration, and its satire provoked a scandal which rocked the government of England in the spring of 1669. Banned before performance, and very naturally never published, the play has always been presumed lost. We present here a complete edition of the Folger manuscript. Our introductary essays contains an account of the play and its place in Restoration comedy. But beyond that it recounts a lurid tale of political intrigue, a prevented dual between members of the King's Prive Council, and a fall from high office. 163 pp. ( We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. etc.).
Published by Dent London 1976, 1976
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo xi + 163pp., appends., The satirical restoration comedy The Country Gentleman provoked a scandal which rocked the English government in the spring of 1669.