READER IN COMEDY: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THEORY AND CRITICISM

First edition, first printing. Softcover. Publisher's original illustrated card covers, with beige and white titles to the upper board and spine. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the spine faded and with light rubbing to the extremities. The contents, with a couple of very light dust marks to the bottom edge of the closed text block, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

'This unique anthology presents a selection of over 70 of the most important historical essays on comedy. Ranging from antiquity to the present, the readings are divided into historical periods and arranged chronologically with substantive introductions. Across its span it traces the development of comic theory, highlighting the relationships between comedy, politics, economics, philosophy, religion and other arts and genres' (publisher's blurb).