Dibdin C Charles (2 results)

Condition: Good. reprint. Half calf over marbled boards, P+. vi+61+viii+65+viii+84+tp+vi+23+tp+iv+6+vi+8+ii pp, engraved frontis to each title, small diagram showing the 'desposition of the characters when the curtain falls', Ex Libris Baliol Holloway with his signature to the pastedown, upper board detached & spine missing, pages generally clean with a few marks & stains, occasional foxing, a fair set. Oxberry's New English Drama vols 10, 12, 8, 54, 59 & 9 respectively. A footnote on the title page after each title it reads 'With prefatory remarks. The only edition existing which is faithfully marked with the stage business, and stage directions, as it is performed at the Theatres Royal'. Six plays with introduction & notes by William Oxberry [ 1784 - 1824 ] the English actor who also wrote extensively on the theatre. Baliol Holloway [ 1883 - 1967 ] Shakespearian actor, pasted to the endpaper is a Low cartoon of him in probably his most famous role - Richard III. 425 grams.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First Edition (?). 16mo, 260pp. A crisp, clean, near fine copy in contemporary (or slightly later) 3/4 polished light brown calf over marbled boards. Contemporary bookplate on the front paste-down. Corners gently rounded, and the leather somewhat dried, but the black morocco spine label and gilt remain bright. Fresh and clean internally. Surprisingly scarce volume filled with lyrics by the English composer and songwriter. Dibdin's brother was similarly talented, as was his son, and his first cousin was Thomas Frognall Dibdin, the noted English bibliographer and book collector. Though there are a healthy number of copies in OCLC, we note no recent auction records for this title.…