The Rivals a Comedy

London: John Wilkie, 1775. 2nd Edition . Very Good Plus. 5 x 8.25 inches (13 x 21 cm). Recent quarter black morocco leather binding with marbled boards. Spine has five raised bands and gilt title. Light staining to lower corner of first few pages, half title page has three small holes to the inner margin and an ink… Read more about this item

London: John Wilkie, 1775. First edition, the Rosenbach copy, of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's great stage comedy The Rivals, first performed at Covent Garden in January 1775. The plot turns on the young heiress Lydia Languish, whose addiction to romance novels leads her to expect high drama from her suitors: "I thought we were coming to the prettiest distress imaginable… Read more about this item

London: Limited Editions Club, 1953. Hardcover. Slight foxing to fore-edge. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Rene ben Sussan. Large octavo (7" x 10-3/4") bound in yellow linen buckram. Designed by Oliver Simon and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated with ORIGINAL COPPER ETCHINGS by Rene ben Sussan hand-colored in Paris. Copy #777 of 1500 SIGNED by… Read more about this item

London: Limited Editions Club, 1953. Hardcover. Some soiling to the covers. Very Good in a Very Good slipcase with uneven sunning. Rene ben Sussan. Large octavo (7" x 10-3/4") bound in yellow linen buckram. Designed by Oliver Simon and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated with ORIGINAL COPPER ETCHINGS by Rene ben Sussan hand-colored in Paris. Of a… Read more about this item

London: Limited Editions Club, 1953. Hardcover. Mild soiling to the covers. Near Fine in an intact, Good slipcase with the top edge abraded. Rene ben Sussan. Large octavo (7" x 10-3/4") bound in yellow linen buckram. Designed by Oliver Simon and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated with ORIGINAL COPPER ETCHINGS by Rene ben Sussan hand-colored in Paris.… Read more about this item

London: Limited Editions Club, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Good slipcase with the backstrip partly detached. Rene ben Sussan. Large octavo (7" x 10-3/4") bound in yellow linen buckram. Designed by Oliver Simon and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated with ORIGINAL COPPER ETCHINGS by Rene ben Sussan hand-colored in Paris. Copy #1062 of 1500 SIGNED by… Read more about this item

London: Limited Editions Club, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Rene ben Sussan. Large octavo (7" x 10-3/4") bound in yellow linen buckram. Designed by Oliver Simon and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated with ORIGINAL COPPER ETCHINGS by Rene ben Sussan hand-colored in Paris. Copy #1087 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the… Read more about this item

London: Printed for John Wilkie, 1775. FIRST EDITION (with catchword "EPI-" on page 100). 212 x 126 mm. (8 1/4 x 5"). x, [4], 100 pp., [1] leaf (Epilogue). Pleasing 19th century polished calf, French fillet border, very neatly rebacked preserving the original backstrip, raised bands, two black morocco labels with gilt titling, other compartments with gilt floral… Read more about this item

London: The Curwen Press, 1953. Limited edition. Hardcover. vg+/vg+ dj. 28 x 17.5 cm. Quarto. 149 pp. Yellow boards in slipcase. Number 210 of 1500. Signed by illustrator Rene Ben Sussan. Slipcase faded and a few pages beginning to fox, otherwise a beautiful copy.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1953. No. 1228 of 1500 copies signed by the artist. Fine in slipcase with some fading. No. 1228 of 1500 copies signed by the artist. xxi (iii), 149p. Introduction by John Mason Brown. Illustrated by René Ben Sussan with hand-colored plates, each with a tissue guard. Bound in gilt-titled yellow cloth.

NY: Dodd Mead and Company. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1897. Hardcover. A play as originally acted at covent-garden theatre in 1775. 39 b/w illustrations including the frontispiece, about half of them full page plates. All edges gilt, decorative boards also gilt. PON, flypage clipped, front and rear gutters cracked. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 8vo … Read more about this item

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Good. Good. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Barse & Hopkins, No Date. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated by Frank M. Gregory. Very good, book has light fraying of spine and cover corners starting, light yellowing of spine and cover, name of former owner front endpaper, yellowing pages. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not… Read more about this item

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012-03-16. Paperback. Good.

tredition, 2012-02-18. Paperback. Good.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Barse and Hopkins, New York. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover with fair DJ. No date found.....c.1915. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear. Binding loosening slightly but still intact. Dust jacket shows edge wear and tears with soiling.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

New York [no date]: Barse and Hopkins. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing Used. H Hard Cover. Very Good-. minor soiling to pictoral cloth; hinges slightly loose; owner's name in ink.

Barse & Hopkins. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Illustrated no DJ as issued Gently used with modest show of wear.age tanning, For Additional Information or pictures, Please Inquire.