Mr colman (5 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: Good. London, 1778; blue paper covers; markings on front cover; light wear to edges of covers; stain on front edge near bottom - this does affect most of the pages; text is unmarked; 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall.

Ten Plays bound in one volume by French (Vol.38), 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., rubbing to crns. and edges, tight binding, Good+ copy.…

Leather. Zustand: Good Only. A collection of four Georgian plays, performed at theatres across the UK. A lovely example of the popular theatre of Britain at the turn of the nineteenth century. This volume contains: The Jew; A Comedy, in Five Acts by Richard Cumberland, Esq. As Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Printed Under the Authority of the Managers from the Prompt Book With Remarks by Mrs. Inchbald Speed the Plough; A Comedy, in Five Acts; As Performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden by Thomas Morton, Esq. Printed Under the Authority of the Managers from the Prompt Book With Remarks by Mrs. Inchbald Mahomet the Imposter. A Tragedy, by the Rev. Mr Miller. As Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Regulated from the Prompt-Book, by Permission of the Managers, by Mr Hopkins Prompter John Bull: Or, An Englishman's Fireside. A Comedy in Five Acts As Performed at the Theatre Royal in Dublin by George Colman, Esq. With engraved frontispieces to two of the plays. In a half-calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, rather worn, with rubbing and wear to the extremities. Joints are cracked, and there is some slight loss to the backstrip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages have some foxing and handling marks throughout. Good Only. Unamed (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Near Fine. A handsomely bound copy of volume four of this short lived eighteenth century newspaper. The sixth edition of the work. Volume four only.Rebound in full morocco, with slipcase.Front blanks, rear endpapers and title page laid down. Front endpapers renewed.Volume four of The Connoisseur, a short lived newspaper, created by George Colman the Elder and parodist Bonnell Thornton. Contributors included William Cowper and Robert Lloyd, with the periodical running between 1754 and 1756. Rebound in modern morocco in slipcase. Externally in lovely condition. Slipcase is in lovely condition. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Front blank and title page laid down and front free endpaper renewed. Rear endpapers and blanks laid down. Contemporary ink inscriptions to preliminary leaves, including title page. The odd spot and handling mark. Near Fine. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover. Bound in full leather (brown). A rustic, early American, binding without ornament or lettering except for a few rudimentary horizontal lines on the spine indicating the cords. Boards are bowed; when the book is not on the shelf, it opens a few degrees of its own volition. Some library numbers handwritten in white ink on the spine. Library bookplate on the inside front cover (Haverhill Public Library). First page present is the title page. Some tattering and loss of paper/text at the outer edge of the title page and the first two pages of the "Epistle to the Reader". 118 pages. There is some chipping and curling and some loss of paper (margins only) on the last dozen or so pages. Pagination jumps from page 22 to page 25, but the text is correct and continuous, so this may be a pagination error, not a missing page. The bottom half of page 27/28 is torn out and missing. The leaf with page 29/30 is missing as well (this would be the first page of the second sermon). After pages 48, the next page is numbered 33, but the text runs correctly. The verso of that leaf is numbered 40; then the following page is numbered 51. Upper corner of the final leaf is missing, including some text. No blanks at the end. There is a previous owner's name written on the first page of the third sermon, "Samuel White of Haverhill." The book measures 3.75 x just under 6 inches. Margins cut close. Published by J Draper, who was printer to the Royal Governor for a time & a staunch loyalist for his whole career. From 1732 until his death in 1762, John Draper was the publisher of the Boston News-Letter. This is the second edition of Colman's sermons; it was first published in 1714; this edition printed when the Reverend was in his late 60's but still going strong. A scarce collection of sermon, Pre-Revolutionary American Imprint. Please email with questions or to request photographs.…