THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SIR JOHN VANBRUGH by Vanbrugh, Sir John. Plays edited by Bonamy Dobree, letters edited by Geoffrey Webb - 1927

London: The Nonesuch Press. VG : in very good condition. Spines faded. Unopened. 1927. Limited Edition 1165/1300. Blue hardback board cover with blue cloth spine. 260mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). xliv, 239pp; 257pp; 290pp; xli, 284pp. Plans and b/w plates. The author [1664-1726] was an English dramatist and architect. Volumes I-III contain the Plays [edited by Bonamy Dobrée]; Volume IV Letters [edited by Geoffrey Webb]. Heavy set – extra shipping needed for overseas. .

London: Nonesuch Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 215, 257, 290 & 284 pages; Set #1319 of 1410. Spines have fading, otherwise would be near fine to fine. .

London: Nonesuch Press, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. Edition ltd. to 1300 sets, this one of 1190 on machine-made paper, 4 volumes, 4to, 10 plates, including a portrait of Vanbrugh and a floor plan of his Blenheim estate which he designed. Original blue buckram & blue papered boards, with paper spine label. Spine slightly sunned with minor mark. Overall, very good and sound. The plays were edited by Bonamy Dobree, and the letters by Geoffrey Webb.

Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1927. Edition ltd. to 1300 sets, this one of 1190 on machine-made paper, 4 volumes, 4to, 10 plates, including a portrait of Vanbrugh and a floor plan of his Blenheim estate which he designed; original blue buckram-backed paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spines; an occasional spot or stain, spines slightly sunned, else very good and sound. The plays were edited by Bonamy Dobree, and the letters by Geoffrey Webb.

The Nonesuch Press,. Near Fine. 1927. Hardcover. Spine a bit faded, but very lightly used ; Unnumbered set, one of 1300 printed .

Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1927. Edition ltd. to 1300 sets, this one of 1190 on machine-made paper, 4 volumes, 4to, 10 plates, including a portrait of Vanbrugh and a floor plan of his Blenheim estate which he designed; original blue buckram-backed paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spines; spines slightly discolored, else very good and sound. The plays were edited by Bonamy Dobree, and the letters by Geoffrey Webb.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927-1928. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 8". Not Stated. A smart complete four volume set of this limited edition collection of the work of English architect, dramatist and herald, Sir John Vanbrugh. Complete in four volumes. Limited to one thousand and three hundred copies of which this is number three hundred and forty. The works of Sir John Vanbrugh, an English architect, dramatist and herald, best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard, who wrote two controversially outspoken Restoration comedies. Volume one contains an introduction, The Relapse, The Provok'd Wife, A Short Vindication of The Relapse and the Provok'd Wife from Immorality and Prophaneness. Volume two contains Aesop: Parts One and Two, The Pilgrim, The False Friend, and The Country House. Volume three contains The Confederacry, The Mistake, A Journey to London, and The Provok'd Husband. Volume four contains The Letters, with a portrait frontispiece and a… Read More

New York : AMS Press, 1967. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Vol 1 - 4. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxli, 284 p. Subject: Vanbrugh, John Sir 1664-1726 Correspondence.

The Complete Works of Sir John Vanbrugh (Four Volume Set, Limited Edition). The plays edited by Bonamy Dobree; The letters edited by Geoffrey Webb. 1927 (MCMXXVII) The Nonesuch Press. Complete 4 volumes total 1155 pp. This edition has been printed and made in England for the Nonesuch Press. It is limited to 1300 sets of four volumes on machine-made paper (numbered 111 to 1410), and 110 sets on English hand-made paper (numbered 1 to 110). This is number 124.

Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. Near fine. 4 volumes, 4to; 10 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches (258 x 190 mm); pp. vol. 1, [4] xliv, 239 [1]; vol. 2, [10] 257 [5]; vol. 3, [10] 290 [4]; vol. 4, [4] xli [1] 284 [2], without the plates of houses, but with a frontispiece portrait of Vanburgh in vol. 4 Printed in monotype Caslon, with titles in Stephenson Blake Old face open. Quarter vellum binding with brown and white batik paper covered boards, deckled edges; title in gilt on spine. Interiors clean and bright, vellum spines lightly soiled. One of 110 copies (no. 86) on English hand-made paper, the remainder of the 1300 print run on machine made paper. [Dreyfus 49]. A complete collection of the plays and letters of Sir John Vanbrugh (1664 - 1726), "printed from the original quartos or octavos. the letters are for the first time gathered together... copied from the originals in the British Museum" [John Dreyfus. A History of The Nonesuch Press. London: 1981, p. 203]. Vanbrugh was an English architect,… Read More