{"product_id":"the-plays-of-nathan-field-nathan-field-1st-edition","title":"The Plays of Nathan Field, Nathan Field — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: Austin, The University of Texas Press, 1950\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. x, [iv], 346.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Good. The original blue cloth boards exhibit significant, uneven sun-fading and toning, with the spine notably darkened and lightly rubbed at the head and tail. The binding remains firm and square, presenting a structurally sound volume. The text block edges show typical age-toning and mild dust-dulling to the top edge, though the internal pages remain clean, bright, and free from tearing or significant foxing. Contains a standard previous owner's signature in ink to the front free endpaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is the first edition of William Peery's scholarly compilation of the Jacobean actor and playwright's surviving works, featuring a frontispiece portrait of Nathan Field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eThe front free endpaper bears a neat, standard previous ownership signature in ink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eThis specific edition remains scarce on the open market, appealing primarily to institutional libraries and scholars of early modern English drama seeking the definitive text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eA meticulous scholarly presentation of the surviving plays of Nathan Field, a notable Jacobean actor and dramatist who performed alongside contemporaries such as William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. Edited by William Peery directly from the original seventeenth-century quartos, this volume provides comprehensive introductions, detailed textual notes, and the definitive playscripts, offering an essential reference work for the study of early modern English theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55645500146003,"sku":"6571","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261022_115745.jpg?v=1793190015","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-plays-of-nathan-field-nathan-field-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}