Birmingham: Baskerville, 1772. Hardcover. 364 pages. 28.5 x 23 cm. Publius Terentius Afar better known in English as Terence was a playwright during the Roman Republic. He was the author of six comedies based on Greek originals. His plays form the basis for of the modern comedy of manners. First..... More
London: Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Andrew Cooke and william cooke, 1640. First edition. leather_bound. 36 unnumbered leaves. a2, b-I4, k2. 18 x 11 cm. "The plot line lies in the successive discovery of two brothers of a reigning queen, whose crown thus shifts from head to head." CHEL. Vol.6..... More
London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1646. First edition. leather_bound. 97 leaves. a3, b-f8, 2a-d8, 3a-b8 [leaving 2B3 unsigned]. There is no proof that the three sections herein are all bibliographically independent, belong together, and it is possible that they were sometimes issued, as they certainly sometimes occur, separately. The jump..... More
New York: Random House, 1957. First printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Folio, 29 x 22 cm. All the drawings originally appeared in the New Yorker from 1949 through 1957. With original double page color drawing on the free endpapers inscribed to Ruth Balsom and signed by Darrow. Whitney Darrow Jr. was a...... More