Congreve Mr (29 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4 vols. in one.(1) Nicholas Rowe. Fair Penitent. Pp. 84, (2). Printed for William Jones By John Chambers, No. 86, Dame Street, Dublin. (1795); (2) Mr. Congreve. The Mourning Bride. A Tragedy. 96pp. Printed by Graisberry and Campbell for William Jones No. 86, Dame Street, Dublin. (1791) ; (3) Aaron Hil…

Softcover. Condition: Poor. Disbound, no covers. Pages from the title page through page 22, inclusive, are detached but present. Title page has some very small holes where a name was heavily erased (between the title and sub-title). Slightly browned. Introduction pages closely trimmed. ; Approx. 4" wide by 6 3/8". With frontis.…

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. 8vo, bound in brown cloth covers. Covers are worn. Spine is bound in leather. Pages are clean. Please note the Image in this listing is…

Tree Calf. Condition: Fair. One of a number of similarly bound volumes of this 75 volume series I have on offer. They are still well bound but generally with some cracking to hinges & wear to extremeties of cover - please see pic. Minor spotting to end-pages otherwise interior in nice clean condition. Armorial bookplate inside c…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dustjacket. 88 +96+102+134 pages. 4 plays in one volume. No dustjacket. Light brown leather boards, wear to corners, darkened cross-banded and decorated leather to spine which has some surface-cracking, small losses to spine-ends, split to bottom front hinge, browned/discoloured end-papers, front b…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Collection of separately paginated dramatic works issued as Vol. 13 of Inchbald's's British Theatre, each play with its own title page and frontispiece; 12mo, in contemporary early nineteenth century half calf (somewhat worn with very minor loss to extremities, early owners ink inscription to fro…

Condition: Poor. New edition (first thus?). HB. Leather spine and corners over marbled paper-covered boards. Octavo. 62pp; 90pp, 63pp. With frontispiece engravings to the Beggar's Opera and Congreve's The Mourning Bride. Three plays published in one volume. Poor condition. The contents (pages) are fair to good, but the covers ar…

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Four plays bound in one volume. Period full calf leather, embossed and tooled, raised bands, professionally rebacked with original spine laid-on, (6.5 x 4.25 inches). Titles include: 1. Manlius Capitolinus. A Tragedy. London:1715. 59 pages, plus [3] page Catalog of Books at rear; illustrated with e…

Four books bound together, 8vo, 86+96+124+94pp, additional engraved titles and frontispieces. Contemporary ownership signature on title of first work, occasional light staining, amateur flower watercolour on recto of first frontis, modern ownership signature on endpaper. Half calf, marbled boards, worn, spine ends chipped, spine…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A very nice title, with engraved frontispiece portrait of Charles Earl of Dorset, title frontispiece, portrait frontispiece to Persius, and 22 other engraved plates. 12mo, cxi (dedicatory preface by Dryden), Table, 296 pages. In full contemporary calf, somewhat worn, front joint and hinge neatly…

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in contemporary full leather binding with four raised bands to the spine. The title panel on the spine has been lost. The spine has light chipping at the top and light edge cracking. The corners are bumped with some light rubbing. Browning to the edges of the endpapers. Th…

First Edition. Worn copy bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Back board starting. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered.Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description;…

First Edition. Worn copy bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Back board starting. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered.Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description;…

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…

Full Brown Calf. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. The title page states the titles but in fact the book has different plays to those stated , it has the country wife 105PP. The Rehearsal as it is now acted at the theatre Royal , by George , lthe bate Duke of Buckingham. to which is added a key or critical view of the au…

First Edition. Finely bound in qtr wine morocco over bright marble boards. Particularly well preserved and practically 'as new' with bright gilt titling. Scans on request. Highly uncommon, especially in this condition; 86 pages; Description: 1 p. L. , xi, [1], [13]-86, [2] p. Front. 15 cm. Form/Genre: Tragedies. Subjects: Drama-…

First Edition. Finely bound in qtr wine morocco over bright marble boards. Particularly well preserved and practically 'as new' with bright gilt titling. Scans on request. Highly uncommon, especially in this condition; 86 pages; Description: 1 p. L. , xi, [1], [13]-86, [2] p. Front. 15 cm. Form/Genre: Tragedies. Subjects: Drama-…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. c. 1778. Spine and colth boards damged, boards detached. Binding loose. Pages clear and bright. From the Private Library of Nicholas Toke. Plays include: THE MINOR; THE ORATORS; THE PATRON; JEPHTHA; THE KING AND The Miller of Mansfield, A DRAMATIC TALE; THE CHAPLET; THE CONTRIVANCES; CHRONONHOTONTHOLO…

Disbound. Condition: Good Only. A very scarce publication containing three poetical works from the later seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Very scarce. Published and sold at H. Hills, in Black-fryars, near the waterside. Comprised of the following three poems: 'A Letter from Italy, To the Right Honourable Charles, Lord H…