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Published by Whittingham & Arliss, London, 1815
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First. 32mo. 'The good natured man ' by Dr. Goldsmith; 'The Concious lovers' by Sir Richard Steele; ' A New way to Pay Old debts' by Philip Massinger; 'The Orphan' by Thomas Otway; 'The Grecian daughter' by Arthur Murphy. leather w gilt decoration. Marbled pegs. internally VG w slight tanning to page edges. b/w illustrations. tight binding but leather spine missing. Book.
Published by London J. Tonson; J. Clarke et al; J. and R. Tonson; Jacob Tonson; J. and R. Tonson 1736; 1745; 1750; 1735; 1749, 1750
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Small 12mo. (approx. 17 x 10cm) hardback in original 18th Century full calf, raised bands, title label, gilt, and gilt rules to spine and boards. 107pp. plus 1pp. Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece; 83pp. plus 1pp. Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece; 94pp. plus 2pp. Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece; 78pp. plus 2pp. Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece; [10], 70pp. plus 2pp. Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece. Cast Lists to all five plays. Contemporary ink initials to ffep. Occasional light foxing. Spine somewhat rubbed with faint cracks to upper surface of calf. Very light rubbing and scuffs to boards and corners (please see photos). Overall a Good Copy. This is one volume of a large collection of uniformly bound mainly 18th century collections of plays (generally 4 or 5 per volume) from the collection of the Vaughan Jenkins family of the Manor of Priston in Somerset. They were mostly bought at the time of publication in London (c.1713 - 1765, but some as early as 1655) and uniformly bound. Many of the volumes have the initials MCJ (Mary Caroline Jenkins, 1731-1790) or ED (Elizabeth Davis, nee Jenkins, 1736-1810) who were the daughters of Elizabeth Jenkins (1712-1766) and William Jenkins (1688-1774), who became Lord of the Manor of Priston in 1757 when the family moved from London. These books all remained at Priston until being inherited by the uncle of the vendor of the collection. (Shelf 4) ** Pictures available upon request, if not already displayed here.** The shop is open 7 days a week. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Published by J. Rivington and sons, W. Strahan, W. Johnston, C. Bathurst, T. Davies, L. Davis, J. Dodsley, T. Longman, T. Lowndes, B. Law, T. Caslon, T. Becket, W. Nicoll, R. Horsfield, J. Bladon, B. White, E. Dilly, R. Baldwin, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, W. Hexney, W. Woodfall and J. Bew, London, 1776
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Full-Leather. Condition: Good. First Edition. Originally conceived as an eight volume edition as indicated on the title page of the first volume but expanded to twelve volumes and bound as a set. The first six volumes were published in 1776. The seventh was published in 1777 so may be a second edition. Volume VIII was published in 1776. Volumes IX to XII were all published in 1777. Mostly in good condition although one volume has a loose front board. Contemporary full leather binding. The title and volume number panels have been lost on all the volumes apart from one of the title panels. The spines have chipping at the tops and bottoms with loss in a few instances. There is also some cracking to the edges but the binding is generally secure. The corners are bumped with some rubbing and fraying and there is some light surface wear to the front and rear panels. Name of a previous owner in ink to the blank pages following the front free endpapers - Lady Wale of Shelford near Cambridge - and there is the bookplate of another family member to the front pastedowns. There is also the name of another family member in ink with the date 1783. Browning and some spotting to the pages at the front and back. Volume II has a line drawing to the reverse of the rear free endpaper. The text block of Volume IV is uneven with some sections protruding at the edges but the binding seems secure. Volume V has a half inch piece missing from the surface of the spine at the bottom and one of the blank pages at the front has been removed. The text block of this volume is also uneven with some sections protruding at the edges but again the binding seems secure enough. Line drawing of W. Pitt to the reverse of the rear free endpaper. Volume VI has a little more spotting to the pages at the front. Volume VII has a detached front board. Volume IX has a detached front board and the page immediately after the front free endpaper is loose. Volume IX has two sections protruding slightly - they are slightly loose but not coming away - and there is a crack to the spine. There is light browning to the pages with some spots and marks in places and in particular to the pages at the front of the books but the pages are otherwise generally unmarked. Heavy item due to it being twelve volumes so there will be an additional postage charge for overseas orders.
Published by John Bell and C, Etherington, London and York, 1776
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Full-Leather. Condition: Good. First Edition. Eighteen of the twenty volumes of this set of British plays. Volumes 4 (comedies) and 18 (tragedies) are missing. Volume 11 is present but the spine is completely split and the book is now in two parts. All the other volumes are in at least good condition with rubbing to the spine with some chipping to the top and bottom in several volumes. There is rubbing around the edges and some light discolouration to the front and rear panels. Volume 1 has a narrow two inch stain to the rear panel but there are no other heavy marks. Each volume has two title panels on the spine - at the top this has 'Bell's Theatre' and near the centre a panel with the volume number and the category (Tragedies, Comedies or Opera). Volumes 1,3,5,7,10,12,14,16 and 20 contain tragedies. Volumes 2,6,8,11,13,15,17 and 19 contain comedies and volume 9 contains operas. Some of these panels have unfortunately been lost with the top panel missing from three volumes and the volume panel missing from eight volumes. There is a browning to the page edges. Each volume has the original owner's bookplate - this was Alfred Octavius Hartley, M.A. of Steeple Ashton Vicarage in Wells in Norfolk. Browning to the endpapers. There is browning on the title pages of each volume and also at the beginning of each individual play - these are all individually paginated and each play has a title page and a pictorial frontispiece with several of these folding out. Some light browning and spotting through each volume but most of the pages are largely unmarked. Because this is a set of 18 volumes there will be an additional postage charge so if this is a concern please make contact before ordering so the different options can be discussed.