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Published by John Bell, Book Seller to the Prince of Wales, 1791
Seller: Barbers Book Store Online, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 3 1/4 X 5 1/2". Nicely rebound in buckram. A little occasional foxing. A nice book. Numerous steel engravings. Visit Barbers Book Store in down town Fort Worth where we have sold fine books since 1925.
Published by London D. Midwinter et al; W. Feales; Jacob Tonson; Jacob Tonson; J. Tonson 1739; 1736; 1735; 1735; 1734, 1739
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Small 12mo. (approx. 17 x 10cm) hardback in original 18th Century full calf, raised bands and gilt rules to spine and boards. 107pp. with engraved frontispiece; 72pp., with engraved Frontispiece; 81pp. plus 2pp. Epilogue, with engraved Frontispiece; [16], pages numbered 403-465, plus 2pp. Epilogue, with engraved Frontispiece; 82pp. plus 2pp. Epilogue, with engraved Frontispiece. Cast Lists to all 5 plays. Contemporary ink initials to ffep. Occasional light foxing. Spine rather rubbed and worn. 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 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.