Bells British Theatre Volumes (8 results)

Full Calf. Condition: Good. Most still well bound with wear to extremities as expected.6 x 4 inch. Only vol 12 would be described as poor which is missing it's spine (but otherwise still well bound together) & vol 25 has a little bit of spine missing (see pic) . Most of the black labels missing. All edges clean cut & 'speckle' decorated. Decorative bookplate of original owner John Spicer in each. Each play has it's own title page with printing dates generally between 1791 & 1796. Vols consist of (last few vols truncated by space availabe - please ask me for the complete list) 1. Comus, A Mask - Milton, Alchymist - Ben Jonson, Love for Love - Congreve, Rival Queens - Lee 2. Spanish Friar - Dryden, Boadicea - Glover, Minor - Foote, Refusal - Cibber 3. Fair Penitent - Rowe, Douglas - Home, Cato - Addison, Jane Shore - Rowe, Roman Father - Whitehead 4. Every Man In His Humour - Ben Jonson, Suspicious Husband - Hoadly, Grecian Daughter - Murphy, Choleric Man - Cumberland 5. Cleone - Dodsley, Isabella - Altered from Southern, She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not - Cibber, Discovery - Mrs Frances Sheridan 6. Distressed Mother - Philips, Earl of Essex - Jones, Medea - Glover, Gamesters - Shirley & Johnson, Battle of Hastings - Cumberland 7. Love make a man - Cibber, Alzira - Hill, School for wives - Kelly, School for lovers - Whithead 8. Maid of the Mill - Bickerstaff, Rule a wife - Beaumont & Fletcher, Careless Husband - Cibber, Revenge - Young 9. Orphan - Otway, Country Lasses - Charles Johnson, She Stoops to Conquer - Goldsmith, Black Prince - W. Shirley 10. Beaux stratagem - Farquhar, Gamester - Moore, Double Gallant - Cibber, Theodosius - Lee 11. Beggar's Opera - Gay, Chances - Altered from Beaumont & Fletcher, Miser - Fielding, Foundling - Moore 12. Bold stroke for a wife - Mrs Centlivre, All in the wrong - Murphy, Brothers - Cumberland, Siege of Damascus - Hughes. 13. Love in a village - Bickerstaff, Country Girl - Altered from Wycherly by Garrick, Conscious lovers - Steele, Recruitiing Officer - Farquhar 14. Fair Quaker of Deal - Charles Shadwell, Tancred & Sigismunda - Thomson, George Barnwell - Lillo, Clandestine Marriage - Colman & Garrick 15. Venice preserved - Otway, Lady Jane Grey - Rowe, Oedipus - Dryden & Lee, Ximena - Cibber 16. Busy Body - Mrs Centlivre, All for Love - Dryden, Constant Couple - Farquhar, Carmelite - Cumberland 17. Zara - Hill, Way to keep him - Murphy, Good Natured Man - Goldsmith, Earl of Warwick -Franklin 18. Philaster - Beaumont & Fletcher, Provoked husband - Vanbrugh and Cibber, Fashionable lovers - Cumberland, Countess of Salisbury - Hall Hartson 19. Mourning Bride - Congreve, Oroonoko - Southern, West Indian - Cumberland, Kin Charles I - Havard 20. Tender husband - Steele, Committee - Howard, Matural Joy - Cumberland, Jealous wife - Colman. 21. Lionel & Clarissa - Bickerstaff, Hypocrite - Altered from Cibber, Wonder - Mrs Centlivre, Amphytrion - Altered from Dryden.22. Albion Queens - Banks, Tamerlane - Rowe, Confederacy - Vanbrugh, Drummer - Addison 23. Merope - Hill, Mahomet - Miller, Cymon - Garrick, Plain Dealer - Wycherly, Fatal Curiosity - Lillo 24. Lady's Last Stake - Cibber, Cyrus - Hoole, Gleonice - Hoole, Orphan of China - Murphy. 25. The Gentle Shepherd - Ramsay, The Mistake - Vanbrugh, Ambitious step-mother - Rowe, Irene - Dr Johnson. 26. Mariamne - Fenton, Barbarossa - Brown, Relapse - Vanbrugh, Eurydice - Mallet. 27. The provok'd wife - Vanbrugh, The Funeral - Steele, The Royal convert - Rowe, Man of the World - Macklin. 28. The Double Dealer - Congreve, The Old Batchelor - Congreve, Henry the Second, Hull, Phaedra and Hippolitus - Smith. 29. Pericles - Shakspere, Busiris - Young, The Rehearsal - Buckingham, Albina - Mrs Cowley. 30. False Delicacy - Kelly, A word to the wise - Kelly, School for Rakes - Mrs Griffiths, The.

Twenty one [21] volumes. Duodecimo, uniform early polished calf, calf labels, gilt-decorated spine. Extra engraved titles, all entries with separate engraved frontises (few folded). Very Good; covers strong and tight with light shelfwear and scuffing. Leather, Sets, Literature, Theater, Theatre, Performing Arts. JBD.

First Edition. Full contemporary aniline calf, edge-worn and browned. Hinges cracked; all spines glazed (amateurishly) with a glossy resin. Bookplate of William Draper to each paste-down. Internally, exceptionally well-preserved. Scans on request. ; 0 pages; Subject: Theater (Plays) -England-London-History-18th century, Early works to 1800. Addison, Joseph, (1672-1719) . Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749) . Jonson, Ben, (1573? -1637) . Cibber, Colley, (1671-1757) . &c. &c. 100 plays, issued separately, each with seperate title-page, engraved general title page, and front. , showing an actor in a leading part. 15 Kg.

First Edition. Full contemporary aniline calf, edge-worn and browned. Hinges cracked; all spines glazed (amateurishly) with a glossy resin. Bookplate of William Draper to each paste-down. Internally, exceptionally well-preserved. Scans on request. ; 0 pages; Subject: Theater (Plays) -England-London-History-18th century, Early works to 1800. Addison, Joseph, (1672-1719) . Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749) . Jonson, Ben, (1573? -1637) . Cibber, Colley, (1671-1757) . &c. &c. 100 plays, issued separately, each with seperate title-page, engraved general title page, and front. , showing an actor in a leading part. 15 Kg.

", in 2 volumes each containing 5 books, 10 tissue-guarded engraved plates with titles (including 5 frontispieces per volume), engraved title page to each volume with varying scripts, tailpieces, inscription to half-title both volumes "Mary Ann Macy" Early Edition , slight rubbing to both volumes, much wear to spines both volumes with sections missing, splits to joints and hinges, some marking to first few and last pages with foxing throughout both volumes, last page and lower free endpaper stuck together on upper corner 1 volume, interior good condition, exterior fair condition , full calf, gilt decoration on labels to spines with blindstamped titles, gilt turn-ins, in sixes, 19.5 x 12 cms Hardback ISBN:

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Bound in matching full leather with burgundy title labels and gold (on black) numbers. Typographic bookplate of Rex A. Stone Walsall 1957 on front pastedown and earlier label of D.M.M. Milligan on early blank. Texts are generally fairly clean and tight and covers fairly clean but a bit worn. In particular four books are lacking the number on the spine (8 15 16 19) and twelve have covers loosening (1 10 11 13 14 17 19 22 23 29 32 33 34) but none actually detached. Minor label loss to spine of Vol 12. This set present reasonably well on the shelf but are being sold as a working set (or, in fact, part set, since 30 is mssing) and not really suitable for the collector. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY Packed weight 10 kilos. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 18mo. Vols. 2,4, 5, 6, 19, 20, 21. 1791-1793. Half calf, marbled paper boards. Engraved titles and frontispieces to each play. Leather is scuffed and worn, wear to corners, boards rubbed. Front joint to vol. 21 is cracked and loose. Bell's British Theatre was originally published by John Bell, Bookseller to HRH The Prince of Wales, between 1776-1778. It contains 140 plays across 21 books, of which 7 are offered here with 28 plays, including: Boadicea, Oroonoko, A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Lady Jane Gray, The Suspicious Husband, The Carmelite, She Stoops to Conquer, Alzira, The Discovery, The Revenge, Theodosius, The Rival Queens, The Earl of Essex, Jane Shore, Edward the Black Prince, The Conscious Lover, King Charles I, The Siege of Damascus, The Provok'd Wife, The Funeral, The Tender Husband, Beaux Strategem, The Spanish Fryar, The Distrest Mother, Amphitryon, The Foundling, The Good Natured Man, The Brothers. 0.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Bell's British Theatre - consisting of the most Esteemed English Plays, in Twenty-Two Volumes - Vol. 15 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1797.Hans Elektronisches Buch is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hans Elektronisches Buch newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.