Colman inchbald (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With almost no library markings, In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN.…

Ten Plays bound in one volume by French (Vol.39), all plays printed from the acting copy, with Remarks, Biographical and Critical, by D.- G. (George Daniel). To which is added, A Description of the Costumes, - Cast of Characters,- Entrances and Exits, - Relative Positions of the Performers on the Stage, - and the Whole of the Stage Business, As performed at the Theatres Royal, London. Original engravings from various artists including Cruikshank : Hardback, half-bound in navy leather, gold spinal decs. and titles, marbled bds. edges and eps., 90 x 145 mm., 300g., crumpling and closed tears to the lower edge of first few pages of The Dramatist, rubbing to crns. and edges, tight binding, Good+ copy.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Three volumes bound as one. Bound in 3/4 leather with marbled paper boards. Gold stamped lettering and detailing on spine. First two endpapers are unattached, but the rest of the volume is strongly bound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Three plays, all from the same publishing company, bound together in one handsome volume. Most likely circa 1800.…

Cloth. Zustand: Good. A group of four plays acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket in one volume, each with critical remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. A collection of four British plays in one volume. Each printed under the authorrity of the managers from the prompt book and with remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. Dated from Copac and ESTC.Containing the following:The Dramatist; or, Stop Him Who Can! A Comedy in Five Acts by Frederick Reynolds. Dated from ESTC 1790, Ref. N64091.The first authorised edition; from the first performance at Covent Garden in May 1789. It printed in Dublin in a pirated edition the following year. No frontispiece.The Way to Keep Him; A Comedy in Five Actsby Arthur Murphy. Dated from Copac 1806. As performed at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane and Covent Garden. Originally performed in 1760 in three acts, later expanded to five due to its great success. Illustrated with a frontispiece.The Goodnatured Man; A Comedy by Oliver Goldsmith. Dated from Copac 1807. As performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Originally performed in 1768 with Mary Bulkley as Miss Richland and printed in the same year, a success for Goldsmith. Illustrated with a frontispiece.John Bull; or, the Englishman's Fireside: A Comedy in five Acts, by George Coleman, the Younger. Dated from Copac 1806. First authorised edition. As first performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in March 1803: there was a Dublin piracy the same year. The most successful play by this author. Illustrated with a frontispiece. In half calf binding over paper covered boards. Externally generally sound with fair shelf wear, considerable rubbing to boards and spine with minor loss to boards. Previous ownership ink inscription to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Minor staining mark affecting occasional leaf throughout, Pages lightly age tones, as usual. Illustrated with three frontispieces. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Good. Three popular stage works from Mrs Inchbald"s influential "British Theatre," each illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and accompanied by her critical remarks. In a contemporary full calf binding. Three separately issued plays bound in one volume. From the original issue of Mrs Inchbald"s British Theatre, published in separate parts during 1806-1807 and collected in twenty-five volumes in 1808. Each play is illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. Collated, complete. Comprising: John Bull; or, The Englishman"s Fireside: A Comedy, in Five Acts by George Colman the Younger. First performed at Covent Garden in 1803, a patriotic comedy centred upon the honest but impoverished tradesman Job Thornberry. Love in a Village: A Comic Opera, in Three Acts by Isaac Bickerstaff. First performed at Covent Garden in 1762, following the disguised lovers Rosetta and Young Meadows, each of whom enters domestic service while attempting to escape an arranged marriage, only to discover that they were intended for one another. The work became one of the most successful English comic operas of the 18th century. The Poor Gentleman: A Comedy, in Five Acts by George Colman the Younger. First performed at Covent Garden in 1801, a lively rural comedy with eccentric characters including Sir Robert Bramble and the chatty Doctor Ollapod. A compact theatrical collection combining two of Colman"s most successful comedies with Bickerstaff"s landmark English comic opera. In a contemporary full calf binding.Externally, generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, resulting in minor loss to calf. Shelf label to head of spine. Very slight warping to boards. One or two minor scratch marks to boards, with two more prominent to rear board. Slight creasing to spine. Worming to upper corners of front paste down and first few leaves until B4 of vol I. Minor worming to upper extremities of rear endpapers and leaves from H6 onwards. H5 of vol III fully detached, but present. B3-4 of vol I almost fully disbound, just holding to upper extremities. With these exceptions, text block firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots and handling marks. Edge wear to fully detached leaf, H5. Slight worming to lower corners of preliminary leaves, frontispiece and title of vol II. Good. None Stated (illustrator). book.…