Mrs cibber (11 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 5th or later Edition. 8th edition, contemporary brown calf spine contrasting label over marbled boards rubbed and worn, old retailer's label to paste-down containing: The Funeral; Love for Love; The Careless Husband; The Tender Husband; The Busy Body with title page vignette and frontispiece to each of the 5 plays, separate pagination for each play.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 4 volumes only, not the complete set. 32mo. Half-leather, 1 board detached, rubbing. Plays include: The Orphan of China, Every Man in his Humour, The Recruiting Officer, The Mayor of Garratt, A New Way to pay Old Debts, The Duke of Milan, The Orphan; or, the Unhappy Marriage, The Recruiting Sergeant, The Double Gallant, Which is the Man?, The Earl of Warwick, The Virgin Unmasked, The Way of the World, Edward the Black Prince; or, the Battle of Poictiers, Hit or Miss!, The Miser, Polly Honeycombe, The Earl of Essex, Lady Jane Grey, The Sultan; or, a Peep into the Seraglio, The Maid of the Oaks, Twenty Per Cent, The Merchant of Bruges, The Tender Husband, The Constant Couple, My Spouse and I, &c.…

No Binding. Condición: Very Good. A splendid original antique engraved portrait . Mounted - matted - and ready to frame. Mount size apprix 10 x 8 inches, 30 x 24 cms. Printed in 1777 and in excellent condition. Shows the actor as Monimia in the play the 'Orphan'.

Tree Calf. Condición: Good. Printed under the Authority of the Managers from the Prompt Book, Still well bound with wear to extremeties. Interior in nice clean condition. Most of the plays have a single sided engraving. No names or inscriptions. Each play paginated separately. No dates shown but believed to be about 1810. See my other listings for more identically bound volumes in this series. Reduced combined P&P available on request. Picture of this book available.…

No Binding. Condición: Very Good. A fine copperplate engraving, from 'Annals of The English Stage', 1888. Engraved size approx 5.5 x 4 ins, 14 x 10 cms. High quality, delicate engraving - scarce and most decorative and attractive. Mounted and ready to frame. Engraved By Annan & Swan (ilustrador).

Condición: Very Good. Hardback. Single volume of 8 comedy plays collected from spearate volumes of The British Theatre. Bound together, each with frontis, in contemporary half-leather over marbled boards, rubbed and chipped but sound, a few pages slightly marked, otherwise very good.

Condición: VG. DISBOUND TEXT (no covers) 153 x 96 mm. Not dated but about 1810. 86 pages.

Condición: VG. DISBOUND TEXT (no covers) 153 x 96 mm. Not dated but about 1810. 100 pages.

Five volumes bound as one. Frontispiece to each, that to the Cantlivre partly detached and worn on fore-margin. 8vo (6 3/8 x 4 inches), pages: 75:54:100:100:& 103. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt lettered direct "Plays". The front free endpaper inscribed "Ann Herbert June 3 1814". Headband split. Overall very good.…

Cloth. Condición: Good. Three separately issued John Bell theatrical editions bound together, comprising Congreve"s "The Mourning Bride," Cibber"s "The Refusal," and Frances Sheridan"s "The Discovery." Rebound in a modern brown cloth binding, endpapers renewed. Three separately issued plays from John Bell"s British Theatre, bound together in one volume. Compromising: 1791 The Mourning Bride. A Tragedy by William Congreve. ESTC No.: N19270. First performed and published in 1697, The Mourning Bride was Congreve"s only tragedy, a tale of dynastic conflict and concealed identity set in Granada. 1792 The Refusal; or, The Ladies Philosophy. A Comedy by Colley Cibber. ESTC No.: N24340. First performed at Drury Lane in 1721, Cibber"s comedy reworks Moliere"s Les Femmes savantes, incorporatingthe play into contemporary English society with allusions to the South Sea Bubble. 1792 The Discovery. A Comedy by Frances Sheridan. ESTC No.: N16641. First performed at Drury Lane in 1763, The Discovery is a comedy of courtship, secrecy, and misunderstanding. William Congreve (1670-1729) was one of the leading Restoration dramatists; Colley Cibber (1671-1757) was an actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate; and Frances Sheridan was an important 18th century novelist and playwright. An interesting sammelband of three late 18th century acting editions. Rebound in a modern brown cloth binding, endpapers renewed.Externally, very smart. Very slight rubbing to spine label. Slight shelf lean. Previous owner's inscription to preliminary blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages characteristically age toned with the odd light spot and handling mark to fore edge, more prominent to first and last few leaves. Leaves largely untrimmed, with occasional minor creasing, closed tears and wear to the margins. Good. None Stated (ilustrador). book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. c. 1778. Spine and colth boards damged, boards detached. Binding loose. Pages clear and bright. From the Private Library of Nicholas Toke. Plays include: THE MINOR; THE ORATORS; THE PATRON; JEPHTHA; THE KING AND The Miller of Mansfield, A DRAMATIC TALE; THE CHAPLET; THE CONTRIVANCES; CHRONONHOTONTHOLOGOS; DAMON AND PHILLIDA; THE TOY-SHOP; THE DEVIL TO PLAY; THE VIRGIN UNMASK'D; Sir John Cockle at Court; EDGAR AND EMMELINE; THE HONEST YORKSHIREMAN; THE STAGE-COACH; THE AUTHOR; THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY; THE ENGLISHMAN IN PARIS; THE KNIGHTS; ACIS AND GALATEA; MESSIAH; ARCADIA, THE SHEPHERD'S WEDDING; THE WHAT D'YE CALL IT; THE ORACLE; THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS; COMUS; Judas Macchabaeus; THE PRESS-GANG; THE MOCK DOCTOR; ALEXANDER'S FEAST; DEBORAH; THE LOTTERY; Joshua; THE LYING VALET; THE FARMER'S RETURN FROM LONDON; Daphnis and Amarillis; MISS in her TEENS; SOLOMON, AN ORATORIO; SAUL, AN ORATORIO; THE SCHOOL-BOY; The English returned from Paris; THEODORA; The Covent-Garden Tragedy; ZIMRI; NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…