Theatre

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  • BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN MAGNIFICENT FULL MOROCCO
    The Works of Shakspere. Imperial Edition. by SHAKESPEARE, William
    SHAKESPEARE, William
    The Works of Shakspere. Imperial Edition.

    London: Virtue & Co., 1875. 2 volume set, 15 inches tall. A tall and magnificent full morocco by Flude, Birch & Skelt, and with their ticket, with twin gilt raised bands and splendid gilt and blind tooling to the panels and boards. With fine gilt dentelles and all edges. Bookplate. Complete with all 39 full page engravings and 2 engraved vignettes on the title pages. Some light foxing and offsetting from a few plates, overall an usually clean and neat set of this monumental edition.

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  • FINE EDITION IN SPARKLING FULL CALF
    The Works of The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan. by SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley
    SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley
    The Works of The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

    London: Bickers and Son, 1873. 2 volume set, 9 inches tall. A superb Victorian full calf binding by Mansell. With gilt raised bands, delicate gilt tooling to the panels and very fine labels, in particular the radiant volume labels. The bookplates have been rubbed to obscure the name and there is considerable rubbing to the shoulders but still a sparkling set of these great theatrical works.

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  • CLASSIC BIOGRAPHY IN MOST ATTRACTIVE FULL CALF GILT
    A Life of William Shakespeare. by LEE, Sidney
    LEE, Sidney
    A Life of William Shakespeare.

    London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1898. Full calf, 7 1/2 inches tall. A most attractive binding by Zaehnsdorf with gilt raised bands, extravagant floral gilt tooling to the panels and contrasting red label. With the gilt embossed crest of Uppingham School on the upper board and their prize bookplate on the paste down end paper. Gilt dentelles and all edges. With portraits and facsimiles.

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  • DELUXE TALL LIMITED EDITION WITH HAND COLOURED PLATES IN FULL MOROCCO
    The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi. by SYMONDS, John Addington. (Translated into English).
    SYMONDS, John Addington. (Translated into English).
    The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi.

    London: John C. Nimmo, 1890. 2 volume set, 10 1/2 inches tall. A very fine full morocco binding by the great firm of J. Leighton of Brewer Street. With gilt raised bands, superb gilt tooling to the panels and boards, gilt dentelles and all edges. With the bookplate of Alfred de Rothschild. Some superficial marking to the binding, but a super set. From a limited edition of 210 copies with the etchings in 2 states and the 'Masks', illustrating the Italian Commedia dell' Arte, hand coloured. A wonderful set of the Memoirs of this great Venetian 18th century playwright in English.

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  • EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND BRIGHT FULL CALF FROM THE LIBRARY OF ALFRED DE ROTHSCHILD
    Memoirs of the Life of The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan. by MOORE, Thomas
    MOORE, Thomas
    Memoirs of the Life of The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

    London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. 2 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. An exceptionally fine and bright full calf binding with gilt raised bands, twin labels, the volume label being particularly attractive and splendid ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Twin gilt fillets frame the boards. Portrait. From the library of Alfred de Rothschild but without his bookplate. Foxing to the preliminaries, then perfectly clean. The great Dublin born playwright Sheridan wrote many works, still performed around the world today, including 'The Rivals', 'The Critic' and 'The School for Scandal'. In his private life he was as famous for his brilliant wit as for his appalling behaviour, particularly towards the women in his life and…

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    London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. 2 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. An exceptionally fine and bright full calf binding with gilt raised bands, twin labels, the volume label being particularly attractive and splendid ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Twin gilt fillets frame the boards. Portrait. From the library of Alfred de Rothschild but without his bookplate. Foxing to the preliminaries, then perfectly clean. The great Dublin born playwright Sheridan wrote many works, still performed around the world today, including 'The Rivals', 'The Critic' and 'The School for Scandal'. In his private life he was as famous for his brilliant wit as for his appalling behaviour, particularly towards the women in his life and his creditors, to whom he pointedly never paid his debts, as he believed paying his creditors "only encourages them." A superb copy of this entertaining biography.

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  • FINE EDITION IN CLASSIC VICTORIAN FULL CALF
    The Works of William Shakespeare. by SHAKESPEARE, William
    SHAKESPEARE, William
    The Works of William Shakespeare.

    London: Bickers and Sons, 1864. 4 volume set, 9 inches tall. A classic Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, elaborate gilt tooling to the panels and densely tooled labels. The prize block of Rugby School is on the upper boards and a neat ink inscription is on the reverse of the free endpapers dated Midsummer 1865. Offsetting facing the portrait frontispiece, otherwise perfectly clean. A splendid set of all of Shakespeare's works including his Sonnets.

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  • RARE TITLE IN STUNNING FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO
    The Works of George Peele. by PEELE, George
    PEELE, George
    The Works of George Peele.

    London: William Pickering, 1829-39. 3 volume set, 7 3/4 inches tall. A stunning full crushed morocco binding by 'The French Bindery Garden City N.Y.', in pristine condition. With raised bands, fine extra gilt tooling to the panels and a splendid gilt 'Cambridge panel' to each board. Gilt dentelles and top edge. With the bookplates of 'E.V.C.H'. and Beeleigh Abbey. George Peele was a 16th century English translator, poet, and dramatist, who is most noted for his supposed but not universally accepted collaboration with William Shakespeare on the play Titus Andronicus. He was renowned for his dissipated life style and little is actually known about his short life other than his remarkably influential output.

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  • SUPERB GEORGIAN 'COUNTRY HOUSE' HALF MOROCCO BOUND SET
    The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher. by BEAUMONT, Francis and FLETCHER, John
    BEAUMONT, Francis and FLETCHER, John
    The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher.

    Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Company, 1812. 14 volumes, 8 1/2 inches tall. A superb Georgian 'Country House' half morocco bound set with gilt raised bands, blind pallets and very handsome gilt centre tooling. Portraits. With the armorial book plate of Baldwin Bastard of Buckland Court. Some foxing especially to the preliminaries. This fine edition includes, for the first time from manuscript, Fletcher's tragicomedy 'The Faithful Friends'. Not printed in its own century, it is one of the most disputed works in English Renaissance drama. English dramatists Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher collaborated in their writing in the early 17th century.

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  • ELIZABETHAN DRAMATIST IN SPLENDID SIGNED FULL CALF
    The Dramatic Works of Robert Greene, to which are added his Poems. by GREENE, Robert
    GREENE, Robert
    The Dramatic Works of Robert Greene, to which are added his Poems.

    London: William Pickering, 1831. 2 volume set, 7 1/2 inches tall. Fine sets of Greene's works are difficult to find, this set, bound in full calf by by Garss & Co. has gilt raised bands, fine twin labels and ornate and dense gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Two Bookplates. There are some dark marks on the boards and on the top edge of the boards which do not effect the shape of the books or the text blocks. With a life of the author by Alexander Dyce. This Elizabethan Playwright was very popular in his day, but is now best known for a posthumous pamphlet attributed to him, his 'Groats-Worth of Witte, bought with…

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    London: William Pickering, 1831. 2 volume set, 7 1/2 inches tall. Fine sets of Greene's works are difficult to find, this set, bound in full calf by by Garss & Co. has gilt raised bands, fine twin labels and ornate and dense gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Two Bookplates. There are some dark marks on the boards and on the top edge of the boards which do not effect the shape of the books or the text blocks. With a life of the author by Alexander Dyce. This Elizabethan Playwright was very popular in his day, but is now best known for a posthumous pamphlet attributed to him, his 'Groats-Worth of Witte, bought with a million of Repentance', seen as an attack on William Shakespeare.

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  • FINELY ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN MAGNIFICENT FULL MOROCCO
    The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. With a Life by Thomas Campbell. by SHAKESPEARE, William
    SHAKESPEARE, William
    The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. With a Life by Thomas Campbell.

    London: Routeledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1862. 2 volume set, 9 1/2 inches tall. A rather magnificent full morocco with gilt raised bands, extra gilt panels and superb ornate gilt tooling around a heraldic crest to the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Double column. Engraved portrait of Shakespeare, engraved title page, full page engravings of scenes from Shakespeare's Plays and 45 full page extra illustrated engravings of Shakespeare's heroines. Some rubbing to the binding, loss of both free end papers and slight foxing to the tissues and portraits but still an impressive set.

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  • GOOD EDITION IN DELIGHTFUL REGENCY FULL CALF
    The Plays of William Shakespeare, Carefully Revised from the Best Editions. by SHAKESPEARE, William
    SHAKESPEARE, William
    The Plays of William Shakespeare, Carefully Revised from the Best Editions.

    London: Allason, Maynard and Blair, 1819. 9 volume set, 6 1/2 inches tall. A delightful Regency set in full straight grain calf with gilt raised bands and splendid gilt tooling to the panels. Frontispiece. Sporadic light foxing.

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  • A SPLENDID SET OF THIS AMUSING BIOGRAPHY
    Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian. by MATHEWS, Mrs. Anne Jackson
    MATHEWS, Mrs. Anne Jackson
    Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian.

    London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 4 volume set, 9 inches tall. A very good looking full Victorian calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and fine gilt tooling to the panels. Twin gilt fillets and corner tools frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edges. With the bookplate of Charles B. Cochran, the English theatrical producer. Embellished with 16 engraved plates, many folding. The life and career of Charles Mathews, celebrated English theatre manager and comic actor in theatre and entertainment in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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  • FINE SET IN FULL CAT'S PAW CALF
    Scelte Commedie. (Selected Comedy). by GOLDONI, Carlo
    GOLDONI, Carlo
    Scelte Commedie. (Selected Comedy).

    Padova: Zanon Bettoni, 1811, 1812, 1817. 6 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A beautiful set in full cat's paw calf with gilt raised bands, delicate gilt tooling to the panels and twin labels. The boards are framed within a pair of gilt fillets. Contains the bookplate with the inscription “Philosophemur" (let us philosophise), which belongs to Dr. James Musgrave. He owned many books worthy of note, including the later ownership of Sir Isaac Newton's personal library. Carlo Goldoni was perhaps the greatest Italian playwright and librettist of the 18th century, famed for his wit and comedic style. He wrote in Italian and French making much use of his native Venetian language. In the original Italian.

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  • SCARCE FIRST EDITION IN HALF MOROCCO
    My Life in Art. by STANISLAVSKY, Constantin
    STANISLAVSKY, Constantin
    My Life in Art.

    London: Geoffrey Bles, 1924. Half morocco, 9 1/2 inches tall. A simple though impressive half morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt raised bands and gilt framed panels. Gilt top edge. Profusely illustrated. Neat leather bookplate. A scarce first edition on the life of the outstanding character actor, and probably the greatest Russian theatrical producer and director of his day, whose influence and methods continue to this day.

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  • FINELY ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN HALF CALF BY RIVIERE
    The Works of William Shakespeare. Comprising: Histories & Poems; Comedies; Tragedies. by SHAKESPEARE, William.
    SHAKESPEARE, William.
    The Works of William Shakespeare. Comprising: Histories & Poems; Comedies; Tragedies.

    London: Dent, 1925. 3 volume set, 8 inches tall. A neat half calf by Riviere with gilt raised bands, twin labels and delicate gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt top edges. Decorated with 39 photogravures by E.J. Sullivan. Slight fading but still a bright and good looking set in lovely condition.

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  • HANDSOME LITTLE SET IN 18TH CENTURY SPECKLED CALF
    The Wandering Patentee; Or, A History of the Yorkshire Theatres, from 1770 to the Present Time. by WILKINSON, Tate.
    WILKINSON, Tate.
    The Wandering Patentee; Or, A History of the Yorkshire Theatres, from 1770 to the Present Time.

    York: Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1795. 4 volume set, 6 3/4 inches tall. A good looking 18th century full speckled calf with gilt pallets on a smooth back and twin labels. Speckled edges. Grand Armorial Bookplate. A few minor expert page repairs but overall a lovely set of the first edition.

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  • FINELY ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN SPARKLING FULL MOROCCO
    The Complete Works of Shakespeare. by SHAKESPEARE, William (MEADOWS, Kenny (illustrator))
    SHAKESPEARE, William (MEADOWS, Kenny (illustrator))
    The Complete Works of Shakespeare.

    London: London Printing and Publishing Company, c 1870. 3 volume set, 11 inches tall. Sparkling full morocco with gilt raised bands and superb gilt tooling to the panels and boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. With Splendid vignettes and full page illustrations by Kenny Meadows. A pristine set of this entertaining edition.

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  • WITH LEAF OF ADVERTISEMENTS, UNTRIMMED IN SUPERB FULL CALF
    The Critic, Or A Tragedy Rehearsed A Dramatic Piece in three Acts as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. by SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley
    SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley
    The Critic, Or A Tragedy Rehearsed A Dramatic Piece in three Acts as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane.

    London: T. Becket, 1781. Full calf, 9 inches tall. A very fine binding by Riviere with gilt raised bands, delightful gilt floral tooling to the panels and triple gilt fillets framing the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edge, the remaining edges untrimmed. An exceptionally clean and tall copy, being untrimmed. This volume does have the very rare leaf of advertisements but lacks the half title, which could be explained by the fact that it is in a later binding and that it was discarded, or could indicate it is not a true first. Slight splitting to the head and foot of the upper board but still perfectly firm and solid. A very nice copy of this great play.

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  • BOYDELL'S CELEBRATED FOLIO EDITION IN MAGNIFICENT FULL MOROCCO
    The Dramatic Works of Shakspeare. Revised by George Steevens. by SHAKSPEARE, William (Shakespeare)
    SHAKSPEARE, William (Shakespeare)
    The Dramatic Works of Shakspeare. Revised by George Steevens.

    London: John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. 9 volume set, 17 inches tall. A magnificent full Georgian morocco binding with wide gilt raised bands, splendid gilt tooling in the panels and on the boards, typical of the period. Gilt dentelles and all edges. With the armorial bookplate of Charles Augustus Wild. Most unusually there is absolutely no splitting to the joints, no repairs and no loss. There are dents and abrasions to the boards but overall a spectacularly fine copy. Embellished with 95 engraved tissue guarded plates, making a total of 97 with the portraits. There is a degree of foxing to the plates, as usual. "A Magnificent national edition, in which splendour of production was to go hand in hand with correctness of text" Updike.

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  • SCARCE WORK IN SPLENDID FULL CALF
    Two Loves and a Life. by READE, Charles and TAYLOR, Tom
    READE, Charles and TAYLOR, Tom
    Two Loves and a Life.

    London: Richard Bentley, 1854. Full calf, 6.5 inches tall. A splendid little full calf with gilt raised bands, triple labels and delicate floral gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Charles Reade, most well known for 'The Cloister and the Hearth', was a hugely popular Victorian novelist. Arthur Conan Doyle declared 'The Cloister and the Hearth' to be his favorite novel and Oscar Wilde called it Reade's "one beautiful book, after which he wasted the rest of his life in a foolish attempt to be modern". His very early Dramatic Works, such as 'Two Loves and One Life' written in collaboration with Tom Taylor, are extremely scarce, this copy being spectacularly well bound.

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