The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway by Otway, Thomas - 1768

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

London: C. Hitch & L. Hawes etc., 1757. Hardcover. Poor. Complete works of the 17th century dramatist. Full leather with gilt decoration and titling to spine. Marbled end-papers. Frontisportrait. Severe rubbing and wear to spines and joints. Front board of volume II detached. Others starting, one with previous owner's amateur repairs.. Toning within but contents clean. Poor but internally sound.

London: London: C. Hitch and L. Hawes, et al, 1757. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 x 6 1/4 in. Vol 1 - xiii, 308 pgs, plus epilogue. Vol 2 - 406 pgs, plus epilogue. Vol 3 - 382 pgs. Full contemporary calf with gilt rules, 5 raised bands, red calf gilt labels. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and ends of spine worn, covers have some rubbed areas, esp Vol 1. Minor cracking to joints, bindings solid. Text very clean. Engraved bookplate of Carlos B. Lumsden, with armorial device on all front pastedowns. Drama. RGR

London: C. Hitch and L. Hawes, D. Browne, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, J. Hodges, C. Bathurst, J. Brindley, C. Corbet, T. WAlker, A. Strahan, T. Longman, 1757. Full Leather. Very Good. 3 volume set. 17 x 10 cm. 16mo. xii 308 [2]pp, 406 [2]pp, 382pp. Fronsipiece portrait in volume 1. Contemporary brown leather boards with near spine. Black and red spine labels. New endpapers added. ESTC T52784.

London : London printed for C. Bathurst, T. Waller, J. Rivington, L. Hawes and W. Clarke and R. Collins, W. Johnston, T. Caslon, T. Longman, G. Corbet, W. Nicoll, T. Cadell, B. White, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson and J. Roberts, T. Davies, T. Becket, and M. Reeves, 1768. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copies in the original full aniline calf. Raised bands with a red morocco gilt-blocked label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and bumped as with age. Remain quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3 v. Contents; Vol. 1. Alcibiades. Don Carlos, Prince of Spain. Titus and Berenice. The cheats of Scapin -- v. 2. Friendship in fashion. The soldier's fortune. The atheist, or, The second part of the soldier's fortune -- v. 3. The orphan. The history and fall of Caius Marius. Venice preserv'd. Poems and letters. Subjects; Otway, Thomas 1652-1685 ; Correspondence. Portraits. English drama 17th century.

Frontis portrait to Volume I