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Ben Jonson's Volpone : A Loveless Comedy in 3 Acts, Freely Adapted by Stefan Zweig
by Jonson, Ben
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Williamsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
No Place Stated: The Viking Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. All extremities lightly bumped and a bump to the edge of the spine. Spine slightly darkened. Slightly shaken. Lacks the dust jacket. ; Volpone; Or, the Fox, first presented in 1605, is Ben Jonson's dark satire of high society, abuse of privilege, and the greed of Volpone's parasitic acquaintances who desire his worldly fortune. This is Jonson's drama rewritten into a different version for the stage by Stefan Zweig, the Austrian novelist and playwright. Ruth Langer translated this version from the German. In this "cleaned up" adaptation some of the lust and lechery has been removed, the dwarf, hermaphrodite, and eunuch have been written out of the story, and a courtesan has been written in. The cover, pastedown, and endpaper pattern; frontispiece; and initial letter were all drawn by Aubrey Beardsley and previously appeared in The Bodley Head edition. In brown, patterned cloth over boards. The fore edge of the block is uncut. This copy from the estate of James Russell, fine artist, and designer of Broadway and NBC stage sets in New York City, his ownership signature and hand-lettered initials on the front endpapers. Uncut fore edge. Rear endpaper and pastedown applied upside down for the reader's perpetual entertainment. A clean copy and about Very Good condition. ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; [1], 187 pages .
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- Bookseller
- 20 Ants Fine Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30
- Title
- Ben Jonson's Volpone : A Loveless Comedy in 3 Acts, Freely Adapted by Stefan Zweig
- Author
- Jonson, Ben
- Illustrator
- Aubrey Beardsley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus; First Printing
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- No Place Stated
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Play, Satire
- Bookseller catalogs
- PLAYS;
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