The Beggar's Opera

London: Printed for Jacob and Richard Tonson 1761. Small 4to. (viii), 56, 46 pp. Dark brown half calf over brown cloth. Raised bands to spine with gilt lettering. Spine rubbed & gilt faded. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Lacks front endpaper. Scattered foxing. Title page trimmed and laid down. Vignette. With 46 plates of copper engraved music. Binding firm. .… Read more about this item

Gowans & Gray, Ltd, 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 118 pages. No dust jacket. Brown illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Ownership plate stuck to front free endpaper. Bookseller sticker… Read more about this item

NY: Doubleday, Page & Co. Published circa 1921. FFEP excised. Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers very edge and corner worn; head and foot of spine frayed and worn; Boards edge-worn and faded. 93p.. Quarter Cloth. Good. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Heinemann, 1921. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Boards are damaged and marked.Front end page missing.Tanning.Well bound.Reprint.Plates complete.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

William Heinemann 1923. Imperial octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

2nd impression Oct 1921. Heinemann - London.. 8 colour plates with tissue guards. Other black & white illustrations & music scores in text. Yellow paper covered boards with title label. Black cloth spine with title label (chipped). Very light foxing in places & a little wear on corners & edges. Contents generally VG. No dustwrapper (as issued?). .

London: William Heinemann, 1921. 2-4, vii-xiv, 93pp; coloured plates with tissue guards, some guards foxed; hand made paper, rough-cut page edges; pages numbered with roman numerals un-cut; limited edition No.26/430; eps. heavily toned; black boards with gilt decoration and title; scenes and costumes by C. Lovat Fraser; decorated spine in gilt; … Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company,, 1921. Hardcover - as published. VG- Fraser, C. Lovat (illustrator). Limited ed number 374 of 430 copes, hinge weak in places, spine shows wear, illus and tissue guards all good.

London: Little Blue Book Co. n/d.. The aim of this series is to provide the greatest masterpieces of literature". Pp 64. Toning to pages. P/b. G+.

London: William Heinemann, 1921. Limited Edition; # 80/430. Printed on hand made paper. 93 pages in very good, clean, white condition. Endpapers and edges a little yellowed. Illustrated with 8 tipped-in plates. Prefixed with the music to each song. Brown cloth with gilt titles and illustration. Covers, edges, corners and spine slightly rubbed. Few stains and scratches on the covers.… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Page & Company Wear, soiling, fading to covers, no date, circa 1929, bookplate of Charles Comfort (Canadian painter), blindstamp title page, 93pp, G+/--.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket.

PLEWSE NOTE THIS IS : The Beggar's Opera. Written by Mr. Gay, Nos hac novismus esse nihil, MART, Martin Secker August 1922 paperback, 2 inch tear to spine some foxing but still in good reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch

Angus & Robertson 1923 Paperback. Good.