Autrey Wiley (29 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint Edition. Repint of the 1940 edition.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

paperback. Condition: Good. 1945; paper covers; edge and corner wear; covers and pages toned; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 48 pages.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine in black boards. Clean tight and bright. No writing or other marks. We wrap and box our books for shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very Good Hardcover In A Very Good Dust Jacket. There Is A Gift Inscription And Signature From The Author On The Free End Paper. 358 Pages Including Appendices And Index. Prologues And Epilogues That Were Published Separately In The Seventeenth Century As Quartos, Folio Half-Sheets And Folios Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. HB F/G. Jacket torn. Remainder mark, DJ.

First printing. Brown buckram binding. Very slight bumping to corners of boards, otherwise very good condition throughout. Slight foxing of page edges and occasionally in pages. Overall book condition is very good. . Hardback. Printed pages: 358.

Cloth. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. (1940), 358pp, illus., some wear to cover, top corners lightly bumped, stain to bottom pg edges, a few margin markings.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo. 48pp. Very good in cream wraps.

Very Good; Spine is creased. Lacking dust jacket as issued. ; Most books shipped within 24 hours. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo.; 358 pages. Reprint edition. Binding is Hardcover.

Later Printing Hardcover near fine in rust-colored boards, no jacket; a tight square unmarked copy with small bookplate of actor Alan Young on the front pastedown; publishing date is estimated based on the excellent condition of the book; copyright page reads "First Published in 1940" but condition suggests a reprint.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Old owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book in slightly worn dust jacket (now in removable archival mylar sleeve). Very neat -- a handsome copy. Book.

Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDFirst edition. Very good in very good little chipped dust jacket.

Wiley, Autrey Nell (editor)., Kennikat Press, 1970, ncrd, cloth w/gilt spine title (hard cover), vg-fine (no dj), 358 pp with appendices & indices, B&W illus., 8vo, "The rare prologues and epilogues in this book have been long inaccessible.".

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. The cover is somewhat scratched. The edges have light tanning. 358 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).

1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xlv, 358 pages : frontispiece, plates, facsimiles (including music) ; 22 cm. Subjects: 1660 - 1700; Prologues and epilogues; English drama Restoration, 1660-1700; Drama 17th CenturyTheatre. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Edition. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1940. Very Good condition in a Near Fine dust jacket (price clipped). NO chips. NO tears. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Rear cover a little bumped. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. 1940. First Edition. With illustrations. Reprinted here for the first time are 42 inaccessible 17th century prologues and epilogues with biographical and bibliographical notes, proof of authorship, interpretive backgrounds, and variant readings. Many were first presented on the Restoration stage by actors who stepped outside the play to speak directly to the audience. Because they were usually published as folio half sheets, separately from the plays, few have survived in significant numbers. An important contribution to the history of drama, poetry, oratory, printing, and 17th century taste. Bound in the original brown cloth, stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 403pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Owner's name on Dust Jacket. (Literature, Drama, English Drama).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good- dust jacket. Chip and related tear to jacket base at spine. Owner bookplate inside front cover. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. xlv, 358, [4 ads] pp. Illustrated with several plates. Light abrading on the front fly from the partial erasure of several stamps (still slightly visible), still a nice very good or better copy in a price-clipped, near very good dust jacket with small chips and tears, and some soiling and a small light stain on the rear panel.

VG, stapled, in self-wrapper. Partly unopened. 48 p.; 23.5 cm. Lined-off titles with historical description and provenance. Binding is Pamphlet.

1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xlv, 358 pages : frontispiece, plates, facsimiles (including music) ; 22 cm. Subjects: 1660 - 1700; Prologues and epilogues; English drama Restoration, 1660-1700; Drama 17th CenturyTheatre. 1 Kg.

Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket: Short closed tear to front cover. Slight rubbing to corners. A little creasing and rubbing to ends of spine. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: First printing. Brown buckram binding. Very slight bumping to corners of boards, otherwise excellent condition throughout. . Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xlv, 358.

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xlv, 358 pages ; frontispiece, plates, facsimiles (including music) ; 22 cm. Contents; Prologue and epilogue to a comedie presented at the entertainment of the prince, 1642 -- Prologue to His Majesty at the first play presented at the Cock-pit in Whitehall, Nov. 19, 1660 -- Prologue to The revised alchemist -- Prologue to Calisto, 1675 -- Prologue to Pastor Fido -- Epilogues by Dryden, spoken before His Majesty at Oxford, March 19, 1680 -- Prologue and epilogue spoken at Mithridates, 1681 -- Prologue and epilogue to the Royalist -- Prologue and epilogue to Venice preserv'd, 1681, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue to the Loyal brother -- Prologue and epilogue to the City heiress, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue to the Emperor of Morocco, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue to Anna Bullen, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue to Like father, like son, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue to His Royal Highness upon his return from Scotland, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue to Her Royal Highness on her return from Scotland, 1682 -- To the duke on his return, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue at Oxford, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue to Romulus, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue to the king and queen, 1683 -- Prologue and epilogues to the Duke of Guise, 1683 -- A lenten prologue refused by the players -- Prologue and epilogue to the City politicks, 1683 -- Prologue and epilogue to Dame Dobson, 1683 -- Prologue and epilogue to Constantine the Great, 1683 -- Prologue and epilogue to the Disappointment, 1684 -- Prologue and epilogue to the Northern lass, 1684 -- Prologue and epilogue to Sir Hercules Buffoon, 1684 -- Prologue and epilogue A duke and no duke, 1684 -- Prologue and epilogue to Sir Courtly Nice, 1685 -- Prologue and epilogue to A commonwealth of women, 1685 -- Prologue and epilogue to the Opera -- Prologue and epilogue to Valentinian -- Prologue and epilogue to the Injur'd lovers, 1687 -- Prologue and epilogue to The squire of Alsatia, 1688 -- Recantation prologue spoken by Haynes, 1689 -- Prologue to King William and Queen Mary, 1689 -- Prologue and epilogue to the History of Bacon in Virginia, 1689 -- Prologue and epilogue to the English Fryer, 1690 -- Prologue to Love for love -- Musical prologues and epilogues -- Prologue to the Indian Queen, 1695 -- Prologue to The loves of Mars and Venus, 1697 -- Prologue and epilogue to the Island Princess -- Prologue and epilogue to The wheel of fortune, 1698. Subjects; Prologues and epilogues. English drama Restoration, (1660-1700). Prologues and epilogues ; Bibliography. English drama Restoration, (1660-1700) ; Bibliography. English drama Restoration. Prologues and epilogues. English drama Restoration, (1660-1700) Collected works. English drama Bibliography Restoration, (1660-1700). English drama Restoration, (1660-1700). Prologues and epilogues Bibliography. Prologues and epilogues. English drama Bibliography Restoration, (1660-1700). English drama Restoration, (1660-1700). Prologues and epilogues. Prologues and epilogues Bibliography. Drama. 17th Century. Theatre. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. Prologues and epilogues. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xlv, 358 pages ; frontispiece, plates, facsimiles (including music) ; 22 cm. Contents; Prologue and epilogue to a comedie presented at the entertainment of the prince, 1642 -- Prologue to His Majesty at the first play presented at the Cock-pit in Whitehall, Nov. 19, 1660 -- Prologue to The revised alchemist -- Prologue to Calisto, 1675 -- Prologue to Pastor Fido -- Epilogues by Dryden, spoken before His Majesty at Oxford, March 19, 1680 -- Prologue and epilogue spoken at Mithridates, 1681 -- Prologue and epilogue to the Royalist -- Prologue and epilogue to Venice preserv'd, 1681, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue to the Loyal brother -- Prologue and epilogue to the City heiress, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue to the Emperor of Morocco, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue to Anna Bullen, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue to Like father, like son, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue to His Royal Highness upon his return from Scotland, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue to Her Royal Highness on her return from Scotland, 1682 -- To the duke on his return, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue at Oxford, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue to Romulus, 1682 -- Prologue and epilogue to the king and queen, 1683 -- Prologue and epilogues to the Duke of Guise, 1683 -- A lenten prologue refused by the players -- Prologue and epilogue to the City politicks, 1683 -- Prologue and epilogue to Dame Dobson, 1683 -- Prologue and epilogue to Constantine the Great, 1683 -- Prologue and epilogue to the Disappointment, 1684 -- Prologue and epilogue to the Northern lass, 1684 -- Prologue and epilogue to Sir Hercules Buffoon, 1684 -- Prologue and epilogue A duke and no duke, 1684 -- Prologue and epilogue to Sir Courtly Nice, 1685 -- Prologue and epilogue to A commonwealth of women, 1685 -- Prologue and epilogue to the Opera -- Prologue and epilogue to Valentinian -- Prologue and epilogue to the Injur'd lovers, 1687 -- Prologue and epilogue to The squire of Alsatia, 1688 -- Recantation prologue spoken by Haynes, 1689 -- Prologue to King William and Queen Mary, 1689 -- Prologue and epilogue to the History of Bacon in Virginia, 1689 -- Prologue and epilogue to the English Fryer, 1690 -- Prologue to Love for love -- Musical prologues and epilogues -- Prologue to the Indian Queen, 1695 -- Prologue to The loves of Mars and Venus, 1697 -- Prologue and epilogue to the Island Princess -- Prologue and epilogue to The wheel of fortune, 1698. Subjects; Prologues and epilogues. English drama Restoration, (1660-1700). Prologues and epilogues ; Bibliography. English drama Restoration, (1660-1700) ; Bibliography. English drama Restoration. Prologues and epilogues. English drama Restoration, (1660-1700) Collected works. English drama Bibliography Restoration, (1660-1700). English drama Restoration, (1660-1700). Prologues and epilogues Bibliography. Prologues and epilogues. English drama Bibliography Restoration, (1660-1700). English drama Restoration, (1660-1700). Prologues and epilogues. Prologues and epilogues Bibliography. Drama. 17th Century. Theatre. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. Prologues and epilogues. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. No dust jacket. All pages unmarked and uncreased. Overall, sound and serviceable. xlv, 358 s. pp. Category: Literature & Literary; Prologues and epilogues; English drama--Restoration; Add. Inventory No: 220401ROSW023039.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). A superior edition of this literary criticism, complete with two letters signed from the editor. This work explores the prologues and epilogues of the Restoration period, and contains a history of prologues and epilogues, critical essays, appendices, and an index.Containing a handwritten note card as well as a typewritten letter from the author and a newspaper clipping about the release of the work. Addressed to Mr. P. J. Dobell of Dobell's Antiquarian Bookstore, Tunbridge Wells.Autrey Nell Wiley (1901-1990) was an American literary critic who was Professor and later Dean of Texas Women's University.Complete with an unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated, and with a full plate frontispiece illustration. In the publisher's original full cloth binding, with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart with just a little bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper has slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine but is otherwise in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 428.