John Galt Etc (2 results)

1st edition (Wolff 2393). 364 pp. 8vo. Binding - Mr Fine (spine a bit sunned/period engraved bookplate). Text block - VG (usual bit of browning & staining). Modern half calf with marbled boards & eps, executed in a period style. Red leather title label. TEG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Octavo. Bound in contemporary full leather. Gilt lettering on red Moroccan spine label. Gilt tooling on spine and board extremities. Speckled page ends. Rebacked spine. Wear and loss to spine. Bound by the King of Hanover, Ernest August I. His handwriting on verso of first play, naming the works held in this volume. Library stamp of Ernest August with Coat of Arms of Hanover on reverse of title page. Three play are mentioned in contents but absent. Hinge crack where missing volumes should be present. Tear and fraying along spine. Binding held by spine label. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily. Titles of the plays bound in this volume are: King James the second, or, The revolution of 1688 : a dramatic poem : with historical and other notes, by John Crawford Whitehead, 1828The mermaid : an interlude in two acts, by John Galt, 1814 The castle of Paluzzi, or, The extorted oath : a serious drama in two acts, by R. J. Raymond, 1818Gonzanga : a drama in five acts., John Galt, 1814 Villario : a play in five acts., John Galt, 1814The Spaniards, or The expulsion of the Moors; an heroic drama., ed. by John Galt, 1814br>Ernest Augustus I was King of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until his death in 1851. He was the fifth son and eighth child of George III, who reigned in both the United Kingdom and Hanover. After his brother, William IV's death, his niece became Victoria I of England and he ascended to the throne of Hanover.…