The School For Scandal

The Decorations by Thomas Lowinsky. Oxford, B. Blackwell for the Shakespeare Head Press, 1930, 4to, pp. xxvii, 145; quarter vellum over patterned paper boards, gilt titling to the spine. Limited edition of 475 copies on hand-made paper (& 7 on vellum). Set in Caslon old face (impeccable typography by Bernard Newdigate), and with 38 drawings by Lowinsky. - [Clark, Checklist… Read more about this item

New York and London: Hodder & Stoughton. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. N.d., circa 1911. 4to. 196 pp. 25 tipped-in color plates. Interior clean. Discoloration along rear joint

London, New York and Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911 A very good copy of the first trade edition - undated but 1911 in the original decorative cloth binding with 25 colour plates and numerous designs and in text illustrations by Hugh Thomson. This was one of series of lavish quarto illustrated editions, produced by Hodder annually in the run up… Read more about this item

Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London: Theatre Royal, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1831. Printed in black ink on light green colored paper. Sheet measures 13.25 by 8.25 inches (33.66 by 20.96 cm). Two minor closed tears to the top edge and a chipped corner. Image on request.

Oxford : Shakespeare Head Press, 1930. First edition. Vellum. Very Good Indeed. 11.5" by 8". Thomas Lowinsky. A limited vellum edition of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal. A limited edition, with four hundred and seventy five copies printed. In vellum. The School for Scandal is a comedy of manners play written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and was… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, c. 1911. Finely bound by Asprey. Quarto, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 25 tipped in color plates by Hugh Thompson. In near fine condition. The School for Scandal is a play written… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd Mead, 1892. Book. Illus. by Frank M. Gregory, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Dodd Mead, 1892. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. Frank M. Gregory, Illustrator. First Edition, with MDCCCXCII on title page, 1892 on copyright page. Clean decorated turquoise cloth boards with raised silver, ivory and black cameo at… Read more about this item

Dublin: Printed for J. Ewling, n.d. [1799?]. 213 x 130 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/4"). vi, 93, [3] pp. Full green levant by Riviere and Son (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in), raised bands, two compartments with gilt titling, gilt-ruled turn-ins. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Charles Lilburn; with two old catalogue descriptions laid-in. Williams, p.… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton Another finely illustrated book by Colraine artist Hugh Thomsom 1860-1920 his twenty five tipped in delicately executed prints of water colours are truly beautiful. The boards are a trifle rubbed at the edges with profuse gilt emblems of fans and regency people are all over the front board and spine. 196pp.. First Thus. Decorated Boards Hard… Read more about this item

Very Good copy. Pages clean and unmarked. Only slight shelf wear apparent. "The intrigues of such aptly named characters as Lady Sneerwell, Sir Joseph Surface, Lady Candour, and Sir Benjamin Backbite have amused theater audiences for more than two centuries. They are the invention of the Irish-born playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and they unfold, collide, and backfire… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton 1911. 4to. no date [1911] 196 pp, illustrated with 25 colour tipped in plates. Lilac cloth decorated with mauve and gilt lettering. Some darkening to the spine, and light scattered foxing. . Very Good. Decorated Cloth. 1911.

London; New York; Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 8". Hugh Thomson. A handsome copy of this work by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, profusely illustrated with numerous plates throughout. A theatrical work by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Undated, dated using Copac. Sheridan was a 18th century… Read more about this item

New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. First Hugh Thomson edition. Hardcover. very good. Quarto. (11" x 8") Gray decorated cloth. 25 tipped in lovely color plates by Hugh Thomson. Pictorial endpapers. Light rubbing to head and tail of spine.

Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Thomson, Hugh. Very good condition with no wrapper. Lovely decorated lilac cloth covers, gilt titles. 25 exquisite tipped-in colour plates and other b/w text illustrations. 195 pages. 10.75 x 8 inches. Spine and rear cover have faded from lilac to grey. Red and black marks to rear… Read more about this item

London : Century Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper (provenance), now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; Century press classics. Physical description; 138 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Contents; St. Patrick's day / Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, (1751-1816). Subjects; English… Read more about this item

London ; New York : Macmillan, 1896. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. All edges gilt. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 365 pp.: illustrations ; 19 cm. Contents; Rivals / Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. Subjects; Sullivan, Edmund J. (Edmund… Read more about this item

Oxford, Uk: Oxford, Printed For Members of the The Limited Editions Club, 1934. Limited/Numbered . Hardcover. Collectible, VG+`. Rene Ben Sussan. With an introduction by Carl Van Doren and hand-coloured etchings by Rene Ben Sussan. Limited edition of 1500 copies [this is number 601], designed by Francis Meynell and printed under his supervision at the Oxford University… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1895. Hardcover. Near Fine. Early printing. Gilt stamped green cloth, all edges gilt. Illustrated by Frank M. Gregory. Spine a shade darker, extremities modestly worn, gutter cracked, else about near fine.

New York and London: Hodder & Stoughton. Three Quarters Morocco. Very Good. N.d., circa 1911. 4to. 26.5 by 20 cm. 196 pp. 25 tipped-in color plates. Rebacked, preserving virtually all of the original red morocco spine, other than a corner piece at the lower extremity. Still, spine heavily scuffed, with extremities dry.… Read more about this item

Dover Publications, 1991-01-01. Paperback. Good. 5x0x8.