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Burton, Richard Francis, 1821-1890. A Glance at the "Passion-Play.". W. H. Harrison, London, 1881.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: frontis, 168p. Original red silky cloth, beveled edges, with gilt double border on front cover enclosing gilt lettering. Blind double border on back. 19 cm. Backstrip moderately faded. Light fraying at corner tips. About a dozen small spots on cover. All edges gilt. Bookplate (Burke Casari). 1883 signature of E. Berryman of the Oxford Mission Press and bookshop in Calcutta. Penzer's Burton Bibliography at page 106.
Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard. A Glance at the Passion Play. W. H. Harrison, London, 1881.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. An attractive copy with light wear to the edges. The book is in great shape with minor discoloration to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy with a custom acetate cover to protect the book.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard. A Glance at The "Passion Play". W.H. Harrison, 33 Museum Street, London, 1881.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Frontispiece of 'The Crucifixion Scene at the Passion Play at Oberammergau.' Title page printed in red and black, each page of text is bordered by a bright red line. 168 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Penzer p. 106 Original red cloth gilt, a.e.g., by Smith. Spine a little dull, a near fine copy. Small book label of E. F. Gye on pastedown Frontispiece of 'The Crucifixion Scene at the Passion Play at Oberammergau.' Title page printed in red and black, each page of text is bordered by a bright red line. 168 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
BURTON Richard F.. A Glance at the 'Passion-Play'.. , 1881.
Price: US$1338.42 + shipping
Description: London: W. H. Harrison 1881. Small octavo bound by Zaehnsdorf of London in contemporary full polished calf slight discolouration to upper front board with gilt borders on front & rear boards and inside dentelles. Spine gilt in compartments with raised bands and morocco title-label. Top edge gilt. 168pp. This item contains a frontispiece several diagrams and musical notations in text. The title-page is printed in red and black ink and the text is printed within a red-lined border. Both the front and rear cloth covers and the original lettered spine strip are neatly mounted and bound in at end of text. First edition. This is a lovely first edition copy of Burton's account of his 1880 visit to Oberammergau to see the great 'Passionsspiel'. Burton explains: I went to the 'great religious drama in the beautiful Highlands of Bavaria' neither to scoff nor to prayââ ¦ My object was artistic and critical with an Orientalistic and anthropological side; the wish to compare haply to trace some affinity between the survival of the Christian 'Mystery' and the living scenes of El-Islam at Meccah. p. 13. Burton was ultimately unable to draw any great comparison between the two p. 160. He doesn't seem to have found the experience particularly edifying. Burton concludes that "if you must 'do' the Passionsspiel do it and leave the place as fast as you can with all the edification you may." p. 14
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Burton, Richard. A Glance at the Passion Play. W H Harrison, London, 1881.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 168 pp. Penzer p 106. Becoming scarce. Burton traveled to Bavaria to see if there was any connection between the survival of "Christian Mystery" (the great religious drama in the highlands of Bavaria) and the living scenes at Ek-Islam and Meccah. Publisher's presentation copy in orig. red gilt cloth, slightly darkened at edges & spine. Endpaper cracked but hinges are firm. Rare in orig. cloth. Better than vg.
Seller: Trophy Room Books, Agoura, CA, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard F.. A glance at the "Passion-Play.". W. H. Harrison, London, 1881.
Price: US$1875.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, small 8vo, pp. 168; title-p. printed in red and black, pages ruled in red throughout; frontispiece, 3 illustrations in the text, a number of pages of printed music; spine slightly discolored and one small, unobtrusive stain, else very good and sound in original red cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine, a.e.g. Penzer, p. 106; Casada 36: "Burton went to Bavaria in 1880 with an object 'artistic and critical, with an Orientalistic and anthropological side, the wish to compare, haply to trace, some affinity between this survival of the Christian "Mystery" and the living scenes of El-Islam and at Meccah' . The book is now quite rare."
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Burton, Richard. A Glance at the Passion Play. W. H. Harrison, London, 1881.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy bound in the publisher's original cloth. The book is in excellent shape with minor wear to the edges. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy housed in a custom red slipcase for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.