Published by Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, U.S.A., 1976
ISBN 10: 0812277058 ISBN 13: 9780812277050
Seller: The Yard Sale Store, Narrowsburg, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: USED_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 [Philadelphia] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1976
ISBN 10: 0812277058 ISBN 13: 9780812277050
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: USED_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 University of Pennsylvania Press, 1976
ISBN 10: 0812277058 ISBN 13: 9780812277050
Seller: Bob's Book Journey, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. 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 J. M. Dent & Sons, London England, 1976
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: USED_NEARFINE. 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 J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, London, 1976
Seller: George Longden, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: USED_GOOD. A little bumped at corners of boards and a little rubbed at head of spine, with slight splits at top of hinges. Faint spotting on top edge. No dustjacket. 205 x 135 mm. xii, 164 pp. Book.
Hardcover. Condition: UNSPECIFIED. Good condition. Dust jacket has some scuffing and bumping wear at edges.
Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection, 1976
ISBN 10: 0812277058 ISBN 13: 9780812277050
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: USED_ASNEW. Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection, 1976
ISBN 10: 0812277058 ISBN 13: 9780812277050
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: NEW.
Published by Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, 1976
ISBN 10: 0812277058 ISBN 13: 9780812277050
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: NEW. 176 pages. 5.50x0.44x8.00 inches. In Stock.
Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection, 1976
ISBN 10: 0812277058 ISBN 13: 9780812277050
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
Condition: NEW.
Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection, 1976
ISBN 10: 0812277058 ISBN 13: 9780812277050
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
Condition: USED_ASNEW. Unread book in perfect condition.