Thomas Shadwell; George Saintsbury [Ed.] — The Mermaid Series: Thomas Shadwell

London; New York , T. Fisher Unwin Ltd.; Charles Scribner's Sons, [1926]. Cloth. A smart copy from the celebrated Mermaid Series, retaining a scarce Ernest Benn dust wrapper and preserving Shadwell"s spirited Restoration comedies. In the publisher"s original cloth binding. Retaining an Ernest Benn original dust wrapper advertising the wider Mermaid Series to the rear panel, oval price-clips to spine.  This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc, from a copy held at Senate House Library, University of London.  This edition offers a selection of the finest works of Thomas Shadwell, including The Sullen Lovers and The Squire of Alsatia. A handsome volume from the celebrated Mermaid Series, a landmark late nineteenth and early twentieth century collection devoted to restoring and popularising the great dramatists of the Elizabethan and Restoration stages. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Very slight shelf wear to extremities. Light offsetting to endpapers. Dust wrapper, smart. Oval price-clip to spine of dust wrapper. Slight edge wear to extremities resulting in the odd small closed tear, chip, and crease to extremities. Light soiling and discolouration to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.