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PLAYS 1683-1980
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Catalogue 233

PLAYS 1683-1980


À BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott. Angelo; or, The actress of Padua. A play in four acts. Altered and translated from the French.
New York: Samuel French. (French's Standard drama, no. CLXXVII.) [1857][1922]
Stereotyped text sl. misbound, 12pp ads. Stabbed and loose in 1922 wraps.
Stock #82017 full description >>
£15


ABBOTT, William. The Youthful Days of Frederick the Great. A new melo-drama. In two acts. ...
W. Sams; Baldwin, Cradock & Joy; &c. (Printed by T. Agg.) 1817

Stock #81310 full description >>
£35


ABRAHAMS, Henry. The Alderman's Gown: or, A trip to Paris. A farce, in one act. First performed at Punch's Playhouse and Strand Theatre, on Monday, October 6th, 1851. FIRST EDITION.
S.G. Fairbrother. [1851?]
Final ad. leaf for T.H. Lacy. Partly unopened & stabbed as issued; sl. dusted.
Stock #33456
£15


ADAMS, Florence Davenport. A Midsummer Frolic. A play for children.
Samuel French. (Children's plays, no. 6.) [c.1900]
Orig. pink wraps. v.g.
Stock #31643 full description >>
£12


PRESENTATION COPY

ADAMS, Walter Marsham. Zenobia; or, The fall of Palmyra: a tragedy. In three acts.
Mead & Co. [1870]
Orig. purple printed wrappers; creased at corners, spine reinforced with paper itself chipped.
Stock #81358 full description >>
£30


ADDISON, Joseph. Cato; A tragedy, ... (Bell's edition.)
At the Shakespeare Press, by the Etheringtons; for J. Bell. (Bell's British theatre.) 1779
Front. of Thomas Sheridan as Cato. Disbound.
Stock #81641 full description >>
£8


THE DRUMMER

ADDISON, Joseph. The Drummer: or, The Haunted-House. A comedy. ... 12mo.
Dublin: printed by S. Powell, for George Risk. 1725
Later blue card wrappers.
Stock #79490 full description >>
£40


ADDISON, Joseph. The Drummer: or, The Haunted House. ... 12mo.
Printed for the Proprietors, under the direction of John Bell. (Bell's British theatre.) 1792
Front. of Quick as Vellum. Disbound.
Stock #33171
£6


ADDISON, Joseph. The Drummer: or, The Haunted House. ... 12mo.
Printed for the Proprietors, under the direction of John Bell. (Bell's British theatre.) 1792
Front. of Quick as Vellum. Disbound.
Stock #74092
£6


ADDISON, Joseph. The Drummer: or, The Haunted House. ... 12mo.
Printed for the Proprietors, under the direction of John Bell. (Bell's British theatre.) 1792
Front. of Quick as Vellum. Disbound.
Stock #74093
£6


ADDISON, Joseph. The Drummer; or, The haunted house. A comedy. 12mo.
Printed for M. Dodsley, and D. Cooper. 1765
Some internal marks, name erased on title. Disbound.
Stock #32210
£15


ALBERY, James. Two Roses. An original comedy in three acts.
New York: Samuel French. (French's Standard drama, no. 387.) [c.1925?]
Orig. yellow printed wrappers. Near Mint. (AN)
Stock #81600 full description >>
£10


ALLEN, Cecil J. Mead. Burglary, or, Birds of a feather. A farce in one act.
Capper & Newton. (Lynn's Acting edition, no. XXXI.) [1896]
Dusted & sl. torn at spine. Disbound.
Stock #33781
£5


ALLINGHAM, John Till. Fortune's Frolic: a farce, in two acts; ...
Printed by Cooper and Wilson, for James Ridgway. 1799, July
Disbound.
Stock #80009 full description >>
£20


ALLINGHAM, John Till. Fortune's Frolic; a farce; ...
W. Simpkin, & R. Marshall, &c. (Oxberry's New English drama, no. LXXIII.) 1821
Front. port. of Edward Knight as Robin Roughhead. Unopened in orig. wraps; chipped & browned.
Stock #33410
£5


ALLINGHAM, John Till. Hearts of Oak; a comedy, in five acts. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane. FIRST EDITION.
Printed for James Ridgway. (S. Gosnell, printer.) 1804
Title marked. Disbound.
Stock #80356
£20


ALLINGHAM, John Till. Mrs. Wiggins.
John Dicks. (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 250.) [c.1885]
Disbound.
Stock #74094
£6


ALLINGHAM, John Till. Mrs. Wiggins: A farce, in one act, ...
John Cumberland. (Cumberland's British theatre.) [1826]
Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound.
Stock #35075
£6


ALLINGHAM, John Till. Mrs. Wiggins: a farce, in one act, ...
John Cumberland. [c.1835]
Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound.
Stock #68248
£8


ALLINGHAM, John Till. Mrs. Wiggins: a comic piece, in two acts. ... FIRST EDITION.
James Ridgway. 1803
Title sl. marked & creased, final ad. leaf. Disbound.
Stock #80339
£15


ALLINGHAM, John Till. The Weathercock. A farce.
Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy's Acting edition.) [c.1870]
Front. Disbound.
Stock #28901
£6


ALLINGHAM, John Till. The Weathercock: A farce, in two acts.
John Cumberland. (Cumberland's British theatre.) [1827]
Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound.
Stock #29422 full description >>
£10


ALLINGHAM, John Till. The Weathercock: A farce, in two acts.
John Cumberland. (Cumberland's British theatre.) [c.1830]
Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound.
Stock #29423 full description >>
£8


ALMAR, George. Jane of the Hatchet; or The siege of Beauvais. A melo-drama, in three acts.
J. Duncombe & Co. (Duncombe's edition.) [1840]
Front. by Findlay. Disbound.
Stock #33841 full description >>
£10


ALMAR, George. Peerless Pool, a melodrama, in two acts.
John Duncombe. (Duncombe's edition.) [1833]
Disbound.
Stock #33881
£8


ALMAR, George. The Bull-Fighter; or, The bridal ring. A romantic drama, in three acts, ...
John Cumberland. (Cumberland's Minor theatre.) [1838]
Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound.
Stock #30057
£8


ALMAR, George. The Charcoal Burner; or, The dropping well of Knaresborough, in two acts. ...
Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy's Acting edition.) [c.1860]
Front. Disbound.
Stock #28902
£6


ALMAR, George. The Clerk of Clerkenwell; or, The three black bottles: a romantic drama, in two acts, ...
John Cumberland. (Cumberland's Minor theatre.) [1834]
Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound.
Stock #30058
£8


ALMAR, George. The Clerk of Clerkenwell; or, The three black bottles: a romantic drama, in two acts, ...
John Cumberland. (Cumberland's Minor theatre.) [1834]
Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound; sl. marked actor's copy.
Stock #30059
£8


THE EVIL EYE

ALMAR, George. The Evil Eye! A melo-drama, in two acts.
Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Duncombe's edition.) [c.1855]
Front. after Findlay. Disbound.
Stock #33936
£8


ALMAR, George. The Mountain King, or, The castle burners! A drama, in two acts ...
J. Duncombe & Co. (Duncombe's edition.) [1834]
Front. by Findlay. Disbound.
Stock #33842
£10


ALMAR, George. The Shadow! A Mother's Dream: a romantic drama, in three acts, ...
John Cumberland. (Cumberland's British theatre.) [1835]
Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound; sl. marked.
Stock #29427
£8


FAMILY COPY

ANDRED, pseud. Bianca Capello. A tragedy in five acts.
James Cornish & Sons. [1879]
Orig. green cloth. v.g.
Stock #14383 full description >>
£25


ANDREWS, Miles Peter. Better Late Than Never.
John Dicks. (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 179.) [c.1885]
Orig. wraps.
Stock #30185
£8


ANDREWS, Miles Peter. Better Late than Never: a comedy. In five acts ...
Printed for J. Ridgway. 1790
Half title, final Epilogue leaf; tear in pp11-12 without loss. Disbound.
Stock #32216 full description >>
£20


ANDREWS, Miles Peter. Dissipation. A comedy, in five acts; ... The second edition.
Printed for T. Becket. 1781
Title & final leaf sl. stained. Disbound.
Stock #32217
£35


ANDREWS, Miles Peter. Dissipation. A comedy, in five acts; ... The second edition.
Printed for T. Becket. 1781
Waterstained. Disbound.
Stock #74095
£35


ANDREWS, Miles Peter. Dissipation. A comedy, in five acts; ...
Printed for T. Becket. 1781
Title & final leaf sl. browned. Disbound.
Stock #80334 full description >>
£25


ANDREWS, Miles Peter. Dissipation. A comedy, in five acts; ... The second edition.
Printed for T. Becket. 1781
Title browned, a few lines underlined. Disbound.
Stock #80353 full description >>
£25


ANDREWS, Miles Peter. The Reparation, a comedy. As performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
Printed for T. & W. Lowndes. 1784
Minor marking. Disbound.
Stock #79445 full description >>
£25


ANDREWS, Miles Peter. The Reparation, a comedy. As performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
Printed for T. & W. Lowndes. 1784
Dusted with some browning, title sl. torn at edges. Uncut and stabbed as issued.
Stock #80286 full description >>
£25


ANONYMOUS. (Twenty Minutes with a Tiger.) Taming a Tiger: a farce in one act adapted from the French. For private representation.
Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy's Acting edition.) [c.1860]
Disbound.
Stock #28904 full description >>
£5


ANONYMOUS. (Twenty Minutes with a Tiger.) Taming a Tiger: a farce in one act adapted from the French. For private representation.
Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy's Acting edition.) [c.1860]
Disbound.
Stock #28905 full description >>
£5


ANONYMOUS. (Twenty Minutes with a Tiger.) Taming a Tiger: a farce in one act adapted from the French. For private representation.
Samuel French. (French's acting edition, no. 1079.) [c.1880]
Orig. wraps.
Stock #28906 full description >>
£10


ANONYMOUS. A Larum for London or The seige of Antwerp. Together with The Spoyle of Antwerpe. By George Gascoyne.
Longmans. 1872
(The School of Shakespeare, no.1.) Contemp. grey cloth. v.g.
Stock #80106 full description >>
£30


BYRONIC GOTHIC DRAMA

ANONYMOUS. Astolfo; a dramatic romance: in three parts.
G. Purkess. (R.S. Francis, printer.) 1842
Following f.e.p. torn out. Contemp. half dark green roan; rubbed.
Stock #81378 full description >>
£500


ANONYMOUS. Bow Bell(e)s. (Mistaken.)
John Dicks. (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 493.) [c.1885]
Orig. wraps; torn.
Stock #30187
£8


ANONYMOUS. Bow Bell(e)s. (Mistaken.)
John Dicks. (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 493.) [c.1885]
Without wraps.
Stock #30188
£8


PATRIOTIC MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENTS

ANONYMOUS. Doing Our Bit, & The World's Greatest Song.
Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son. (Series of original dramas, no. 317.) [c.1890]
Orig. wraps.
Stock #28569
£5


ANONYMOUS. Doing Our Bit, & The World's Greatest Song.
Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son. (Series of original dramas, no. 317.) [c.1890]
Orig. wraps.
Stock #28570
£5


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