Ben Jonson: Volume III: A Tale of a Tub; The Case is Altered; Every Man in His Humour; Every Man out of His Humour
by [Ben Jonson]; C.H. Herford, Percy Simpson, Evelyn Simpson (editors)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Oxford University Press (Clarendon). Used - Very Good. Cloth, dj. Oxford University Press, first edition, 1927. 8vo. xv + 608 pp. Small dent and a dampstain (one-inch diameter) at top of spine. Moderate fading to spine, but titles still bright. Wear at spine ends and corners. Former owner's bookplate on ffep. Expected age-toning to text block, with discoloration to half title page (perhaps from former laid-in newsclipping). Internals otherwise clean and bright. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S79170
- Title
- Ben Jonson: Volume III: A Tale of a Tub; The Case is Altered; Every Man in His Humour; Every Man out of His Humour
- Author
- [Ben Jonson]; C.H. Herford, Percy Simpson, Evelyn Simpson (editors)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (Clarendon)
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