Anonymous Henry Mackenzie (5 results)

Hardback. Text in old-style German lettering. Leather spine and corners. Good only: Covers worn, spine chipped, hinges weak; lacks front blanks and FFEP.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. THE MAN OF FEELING A New Edition, 1799) with THE MAN OF THE WORLD (2 Vols, Fifth Edition, 1795) and JULIA DE ROUBIGNE (Fifth Edition, 1795) (Three Works in Five volumes). Bound in uniform full brown leather (175 x 107 mm) with twin gold rules to spines. Title labels and circular volumes numbers (1-5) to spine are probably not original but are neatly executed. Armorial bookplates of R. Anderson. Some wear to hinges/joints but all covers holding well. Books are in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.…

Eighth Edition. Very good copies bound in full contemporary polished tree-lined calf. Decorative gilt tooling to spine with gilt-blocked leather labels. Single line gilt border to front and rear panels. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Marbled endpapers. Internally, pages are particularly clean considering the age of the volumes. Previous owner's inscription, dated 1790, to ffep. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: From the library of Eric George Hatfield Moody with his bookplate to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1 pages; Physical description: 3v. ; 12mo. Subjects: Great Britain -- Periodicals -- Newspapers -- Early works to 1800. Referenced by: ESTC T069569. 1 Kg. …

Eighth Edition. Very good copies bound in full contemporary polished tree-lined calf. Decorative gilt tooling to spine with gilt-blocked leather labels. Single line gilt border to front and rear panels. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Marbled endpapers. Internally, pages are particularly clean considering the age of the volumes. Previous owner's inscription, dated 1790, to ffep. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: From the library of Eric George Hatfield Moody with his bookplate to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1 pages; Physical description: 3v. ; 12mo. Subjects: Great Britain -- Periodicals -- Newspapers -- Early works to 1800. Referenced by: ESTC T069569. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, being a bound collection of seven (7) Dublin, Ireland-based plays of classic and redone, again-performed plays. Bound in early calf leather with spine label reading "Select Tragedies," though rubbed, and with gilt-stamped bands. Tips bent slightly, one scuffed to boards. Binding slightly dry, splitting to gutter to first paste-down, but yet fully intact and stands easily by itself on the shelf. Removed bookplate inside front flap, owner marks there now, occasional annotations, slight, gentle toning, some leaves are creased a bit and/or are lightly soiled, several small tears to pages, but again, overall Good condition, and it looks great on the shelf. The bound volume comprises: Dorothea Celisia. Almida, A Tragedy. As it is Performed at The Theatre Royal, in Drury-Lane. By a Lady. Dublin: Printed for W. Wilson, J. Exshaw, H. Saunders, H. Bradley, W. Sleater, D. Chamberlaine, J. Potts, J. Williams, W. Colles, R. Moncriefe, and T. Walker, 1771. Prologue by William Whitehead, Esq, spoken by Mr. Reddish. [6], 7-58, [2] pp. including Epilogue, by Mr. Garrick, spoken by Mrs. Barry. Adapted and translated from Voltaire's 'Tancrède'. John Hoole, Cleonice, Princess of Bithynia: a tragedy, as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. Dublin, Ireland: W. Spotswood, for the United Company of Booksellers. Prologue written by Thomas Vaughan, Esq., spoken by Mr. Bensley. [7], 8-54 [4] pp., plus an Epilogue by Mrs. Bulkley. Thomas Otway. Venice Preserved; Or, A Plot Discovered. A Tragedy. Dublin: Printed by P. Wogan, No. 23, Old Bridge, Dublin, Ireland, 1794. [6], 7-59, [1] pp. [Henry Mackenzie]. The Prince of Tunis. A Tragedy. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh, Scotland. Dublin, Ireland: Printed by Byrn and Son, No. 18, Sycamore Alley, Dublin, Ireland. For the Company of Booksellers, 1779. [9], 10-68, [2] pp. First published at Edinburgh in 1773; published anonymously. Thomas Southerne. Isabella: Or the Fatal Marriage. A Play. Alter'd from Southern. As it is now performing at the Theater Royal in Drury Lane. Dublin, Ireland: Printed for P. and W. Wilson, and W. Sleater, 1769. [5], 6-60 pp. Original title, The Fatal Marriage: Or, The Innocent Adultery, which first appeared 1694. Robert Merry. Lorenzo, A Tragedy in five acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. Dublin, Ireland: Printed for W. Wilson, P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, J. Jones, A. Grueber, W. Jones, G. Draper, R. White, and J. Rice, 1791. iv, [2], 64, [2] pp. Lacks title page [pp. i-ii]. Name "Elizabeth Wilson" inked to p. iii in a period hand. Wife of one of the booksellers? [Horace Walpole]. The Count of Narbonne, A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden by Robert Jephson, Esq., and with his Prologue. Dublin, Ireland: Printed by R. Marchbank, for the Company of Booksellers, 1781. [10], 4-57, [5] pp. Adapted from 'The Castle of Otranto', by Horace Walpole. Prologue by Edmond Malone, spoken by Miss Yonge. NOTE: According to C.B.E.L. this is the first edition. [Paul Hifferman, Henry Jones, and Reddish]. The Heroine of the Cave. A Tragedy. As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Dublin, Ireland: Printed by W. Spotswood, for the United Company of Booksellers, 1775. Prologue by Mrs. Reddish. Dedication by Dr. Paul Hiffernan, to "All virtuous wives, The following finished pattern of connubial attachment, and heroic exertions of true [italicized] and become female firtitude . . . " Several pages of publisher's advertisements of other recently published plays. 60 pp. "Dedication signed: Paul Hiffernan. Apparently left unfinished by Henry Jones of Drogheda, with additions and alterations by Hiffernan." All in, a fine omnibus edition of Dublin-published and England-performed plays of the period in a period binding and with all flaws noted.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage.…