Carlell, Lodowick. The Tragedy of Osmond the Great Turk, or the Noble Servant. Golden Cockerel Press, 1926.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Near fine hardcover, edition limited to 550 copies, this being #196. Paper label at spine missing a small piece. Jacket in pieces. Printed from the edition of 1657, with an introduction by Allardyce Nicoll. 59 pages. M05962

Seller: The Groaning Board, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

Edward Sharpham; Edward Lodowick Carlell. Cupid's Whirligig; The Tragedy of Osmond the Great Turk, or the Noble Servant; The Fool Would be a Favourit: or, The Discreet Lover. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1926.

Price: US$153.70 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A limited edition reprint of three seventeenth century play. A limited edition set containing reprints of three seventeenth century plays. The present copy of 'Cupid's Whirligig' is number 112 of 550 printed. The present copy of 'Osmond the Great Turk' is number 316 of 550 printed. The present copy of 'The Fool Would be a Favourite' is number 223 of 550 printed. Set in London, Edward Sharpham's play 'Cupid's Whirligig' is a city comedy involving a husband consumed by jealousy after he suspects his wife of having affairs with other men. Sharpham's play, along with the later two works by Ladowick Carlell are all accompanied by useful introductions by Alladyce Nicholl who was Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of London. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding over hard boards. Externally, generally smart. With a mark to the rear board of volumes II and III respectively, with some discolouration of the cloth to volume I near the front joint. Lightly bumped to the head and tail of volumes II and III. Internally. firmly bound, with bright and clean pages throughout. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom