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Bell's British Theatre,: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays ... 1777 [FULL LEATHER BOUND] by John Bell - 2019

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Bell's British Theatre,: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays ... 1777 [FULL LEATHER BOUND]

by John Bell

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2019. SUPER DELUXE EDITION. New. Antique look with Golden Leaf Printing and embossing with round Spine completely handmade binding(extra customization on request like Color Leather, Colored book, special gold leaf printing etc.) Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back [1777]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure in old look so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - English, Pages 381. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED. (Normal Hardbound Edition is also available on request.)
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Bells British Theatre: Selected Plays
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BELL'S BRITISH THEATRE: FARCES -- 1784 Volume Three

by Bell, John (editor) and Byrne R. S. Fone (Introductions and Notes)

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NY: Ams Press. Near Fine with no dustjacket. 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. This volume contains: The Citizen by Arthur Murphy; The Toy-Shop by Robert Dodsley; The Golden Pippin by Kane O'Hara; The Englishman in Paris, and The Englishman Return'd from Paris by Samuel Foote; The intriguing Chambermaid by Henry Fielding; Polly Honeycombe by George Colman; Captain O'Blunder by Thomas Sheridan; The Author by Samuel Foote; The Miller of Mansfield by Robert Dodsley; The Padlock by Isaac Bickerstaffe; Catharine and Petruchio by David Garrick; The Register-Office by Joseph Reed; and Cymon altered from D. Garrick. Fone's introduction and notes are for this reprint edition. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 403 pages .
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BELL'S BRITISH THEATRE: SELECTED PLAYS 1791-1802; 1797 Volume One

by Bell, John (editor) and Byrne R. S. Fone (Preface)

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NY: Ams Press. Near Fine with no dustjacket. 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. This volume contains The School for Fathers by Isaac Bickerstaffe; The Hypocrite altered from Colley Cibber; The Plain Dealer altered from William Wycherley by Isaac Bickerstaffe. The preface by Fone is for this AMS reprint edition. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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BELL'S BRITISH THEATRE: FARCES -- 1784 Volume Two

by Bell, John (editor) and Byrne R. S. Fone (Introductions and Notes)

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NY: Ams Press. Near Fine with no dustjacket. 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. This volume contains: The Mayor of Garrat by Samuel Foote; The Reprisal by Tobias Smollet; The Devil to Pay by Charles Coffey; The Lying Valet by David Garrick; The Virgin Unmask'd by Henry Fielding; The Lyar by Samuel Foote; The Cunning Man by Charles Burney; The Old Maid by Arthur Murphy; Thomas and Sally by Isaac Bickerstaffe; Chrononhotonthologos by Henry Carey; Neck or Nothing by David Garrick; The Lottery by Henry Fielding; The Musical Lady by George Colman; and Midas by Kane O'hara. Fone's introduction and notes are for this reprint edition. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 365 pages .
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BELL'S BRITISH THEATRE: SELECTED PLAYS 1791-1802; 1797 Volume Six

by Bell, John (editor) and Byrne R. S. Fone (Introductions and Notes)

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NY: Ams Press. Near Fine with no dustjacket. 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. This volume contains: The Natural Son, The Fashionable Lover, The Choleric Man, and The Battle of Hastings, all by Richard Cumberland. Fone's introduction and notes are for this reprint edition. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays

by John Bell

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Bell's British Theatre: Second edition with illustrations by James Roberts

by John Bell

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Incomplete run of 17 volumes (of 21) of the second edition of John Bell's British Theatre, the first published in 1776-78.Volumes 1-12 and 14-19 (missing volumes 13, 14, 20, 21), each with five plays complete, with all 17 frontispieces and 85 fold-out theatrical portraits by James Roberts, engraved by Reading, Thornthwaite, Walker, etc. Portraits include actors, actresses and opera singers of the Georgian stage including Sarah Siddons, Thomas Sheridan, David Garrick, Ann Barry, Mary Ann Yates, Joseph Vernon, Priscilla Hopkins, Ann Brown, etc.Vol. 1: Tragedies: Zara by Aaron Hill, Venice Preserved by Thomas Otway, Jane Shore by Nicholas Rowe, The Siege of Damascus by John Hughes, The Distrest Mother by Ambrose Philips. Vol. 2: Comedies: The Provok'd Wife by John Vanburgh, Every Man in his Humour by Ben Jonson, The Beaux Stratagem by George Farquhar, The Old Batchelor by William Congreve, The Committee by R. Howard.Vol. 3: Tragedies: The Earl of Essex by Henry Jones, Tamerlane by Nicholas Rowe, The… Read More
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Bell's British Theatre: First edition with illustrations by Samuel de Wilde

by John Bell

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Complete set of 18 volumes of the first edition of John Bell's British Theatre with the de Wilde portraits."In 1793, the year of his first bancrupty, the beleaguered Bell bound up and sold the first 90 numbers of the new de Wilde-illustrated edition without general volume title pages." (Kalman A. Burnim and Philip H. Highfill Jr.). This set conforms to that description: volumes 1 to 18, each with five plays complete with all 90 title pages and theatrical portraits by Samuel de Wilde, engraved by John Chapman, lacking volume titles. Portraits include actors, actresses and opera singers of the Georgian stage including Sarah Siddons, John Philip Kemble, Robert Baddeley, Isabella Mattocks, Charles Lee Lewes, Harriet Pye Esten, Elizabeth Billington, Anna Maria Crouch, Anna Selina Storace, Joseph George Holman, Elizabeth Younge (later Pope),etc.Vol. 1: Comus by John Milton, Maid of the Mill, School for Fathers and Love in a Village by Isaac Bickerstaff, The Beggar's Opera by John Gay. Vol. 2: Venice… Read More
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