Published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1974
ISBN 10: 0333158385 ISBN 13: 9780333158388
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1974. Based on the author's thesis, Oxford. Hardback. Original dark-blue cloth; gilt lettered spine. In cream pictorial dust-jacket (not price-clipped). Purple end-papers. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (viii), 212 pages. Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-206). Index. CONTENTS: Introduction: the benevolence of laughter -- Comic poetry of the Commonwealth -- Hudibras -- Last instructions to a painter -- John Dryden -- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester -- Rochester: the major satires -- Conclusion. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, C.H.S., Cumberland, D.L.S. Everyman, G. K. C., Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
Published by Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, United Kingdom, 1972
ISBN 10: 0710071574 ISBN 13: 9780710071576
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680) was an English libertine, a friend of King Charles II, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry. Criticisms are by 17th-20th century writers such as Dryden, Defoe, Pope, Voltaire, Dr Johnson, hazlitt, Tennyson and Edmond Gosse. CONDITION Blue bds (unworn) pp xii 275 in original DJ. Slight faults include small ding the size of a nail head to rear bd and DJ, name to ffep and very sl wear to spine ends of DJ. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.