Steele Mr Richard (11 results)

Half - Leather. Condition: Good. 1795, 1795, 1795, 1794, 1791 respectively. Performed at Theatre Royal covent garden, or Drury Lane. five plays in one. '19' to spine. Rubbed, bumped, title label missing to spine, spine ends chipped, bookplate and number to front endpapers, pp clean, plates bright. Size: 16mo. …

Full Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Five "Comedies" published in London between 1776 and 1777. Full polished calf with red leather spine label. Spine is a little faded and chipped on ends. Appears to be lacking a second spine label. Some moisture tide marks in contents and scattered mostly light foxing. Other general light wear, though overall a solid and fairly clean copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G HB rebound ex Chicago Library 63pp browned title. First edition not in BL. complete. Book.

Hardcover. First edition. 4to., recently rebound with a calf spine, marble boards, (64)pp. LACKING TWO LEAVES F2 and F3 (pp.43/44, 45/46) top edge trimmed affecting page numbers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second printing, with year printed "MDCCXIV" Engraved frontispiece by Guernier after Laguerre, woodcut tailpieces. [xvi], 318 pp. 12mo. Poetical miscellany with works by Steele and others. With three Pope first appearances, including his translations of the Wife of Bath's Prologue and an excerpt from the Odyssey. Three poems by John Gay are printed here for the first time. The first edition is distinguished by the misprint of the date on the title-page; it was corrected in the second edition. Contemporary decorated calf. Spine worn with outer hinges slightly cracked but holding. Engraved frontispiece by Guernier after Laguerre, woodcut tailpieces. [xvi], 318 pp. 12mo Bookplate of noted collector John Mack.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 5th or later Edition. (16), 68 pages. 140x80mm. Contemporary blind stamped calf. Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729) essayist, dramatist and politician. Born in Dublin, Steele's father was a well known attorney in that city, with a country house at Monkstown. On the death of his parents, Steele passed at an early age into the care of his uncle Henry Gascoigne, private secretary to James Butler, first Duke of Ormond. Educated at Oxford, he pursued a career in the army until able to support himself through a combination of advantageous marriage, political appointment and literary endeavor. The writing of 'The Christian Hero' was occasioned by his involvement in a duel, where he seriously injured a fellow Irishman named Kelly. Its style is unlike that of the devotional or inspirational manuel of the time and gives strong hints of Steele's later celebrated essay style. This is a very attractive little copy of the fifth edition with the blind stamped initials BB on front cover and a contemporary bookplate with crest of pierced mullet and fleur de Lis, initialed E S R. Advertisement at front for 'Books lately Printed and Sold by Owen Lloyd.' Without any damage, library stamps, inscriptions or other markings.…

A collection of 9 Plays and 6 Essays bound in 2 Volumes. 12mo. (approx. 16.5 x 10cm) hardbacks bound in 18th century style quarter tan calf with raised bands, dark brown morocco title labels, gilt to spines and marbled boards. All except the Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray have titles pages and most of the plays have engraved frontispieces excepting Sir Courtly Nice, The Beaux Stratagem and The Drummer. Small modern bookplates to each front pastedown and elegantly hand-written list of contents to early blanks. Occasional light foxing. A VERY GOOD SET. (Shelf 4) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. 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.…

Full Brown Calf. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. Another scarce volume of early English plays (please see our catalogue no on ABE 003628 for a matching volume, ) Bound in full calf some damage to the leather general wear and some tears spine shows it is split in the middle but strings are holding hinges starting but holding well gilt title and embelishments to the compartments faded to almost gone strips of leather missing on the boards not but still too bad with polish on. First play the funeral by Sir Richard Steele 93pp. Next the Gentleman Dancing Master 1735 by Mr Congreve, 118 pp. next the Double Dealer by Mr Congreve 1735, 107pp. Lastly the Relapse or viture in danger by SirnJohn Vanbrugh 1740, Sir John Vanbrugh Designed Blenham palace 206pp. all with an epligue all with an engraved frontise plate all comedys. Fine book plate of Sir John Reade. Illustrated with Engraved Frintices (illustrator).…

Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A charming sammelband consisting of five very scarce eighteenth century editions of literary works, including poetry and plays. Present in this volume are:The 1754 edition of the play 'The Distrest Mother, A Tragedy' by Mr Philips. This is a translation and adaptation of Racine"s "Andromaque". Illustrated with a frontispiece. ESTC reference T34733A 1753 edition of Sir Richard Steele's play 'The Funeral: or, Grief a-la-Mode. A comedy'. ESTC reference T184180The 1751 fifth edition of Robert Blair's poem 'The Grave'. With a final advertisement leaf. ESTC reference N17830The 1728 edition of Mr Sterling's edition of the poem 'The Loves of Hero and Leander', with some further short translations from Greek authors. Illustrated with a frontispiece. ESTC reference T102931The 1754 twelfth edition of the dramatic monologue 'The Fair Circassian', with several further poems included.With the bookplate of lawyer and book collector David Stather to the front pastedown, and a handwritten contents list to the rear blank.A charming work filled with very scarce examples of eighteenth century poems and plays. Rebacked, in a quarter calf binding with marbled paper covered boards. Light rubbing to boards, otherwise externally very smart. Bookplate to front pastedown. Inscription to rear blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age tone, but generally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Thick octavo. Bound in contemporary leather over worn marbled boards. All edges dyed red. Solid, but somewhat worn binding and cover. Scattered foxing. Includes 36 plays, most with frontispiece illustrations preceding the title. 10 of the plays are by William Shakespeare. Contemporary signature of Charles Coxwell. Coxwell has hand written the table contents. The plays are separated into Tragedies: 1. Theodosius, 2. King Charles the First, 3. Philaster, 4. Coriolanus, 5. The Roman Father, 6. Electra, 7. Oedipus, 8. Timon of Athens; and Comedies: 9. The Suspicious Husband, 10. The Funeral or Grief a la Mode, 11. The Beggar's Opera, 12. The Busy Body, 13. The Drummer, 14. As you like it, 15. The Rehearsal, 16. The Merchant of Venice, 17. Rule a Wife, & Have a Wife, 18. The Inconstant, or the Way to Win Him, 19. The Constant Couple, 20. Trip to the Jubilee, 21. The Spanish Friar, 22. The Orators, 23. Taste, 24. The Minor, 25. The Tempest, 26. The Englishman in Paris, 27. The Knights, 28. The Beaux Stratagem, 29. The Conscious Lovers, 30. The Midsummer Night's Dream, 31. Much ado about Nothing, 32. King Henry the 8th, 33. The Merry Wives of Winsor, 34. All's Well, that ends well, 35. The Provoked Wife, 36. The Recruiting Officer.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1715 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 111 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 111.…