The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston - 1911

London: John Lane, 1912. Handsomely bound in period 3/4 Red Levant and Marbled Boards, gilt titles at spine, top edge gilt, ribbon marker, with 16 black and white plates by Aubrey Beardsley. A Fine and quite lovely copy of this classic Oscar Wilde play. . First EditionThus. 3/4 Levant and Marbled Boards. Fine. Illus. by Aubrey Beardsley . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Ditchling Common, Hassocks, Sussex, England : Saint Dominic's Press, 1932. SCARCE in collectible condition, #49 of 200 copies printed at Saint Dominic's Press. Quarter blue leather over blue cloth boards, gilt lettering at spine, illustrations by Dunstan Pruden. Hilary D. C. Pepler was the founder of Saint Dominic's Press and an associate of Eric Gill and G. K. Chesterton. Very Good Plus, the boards a bit rubbed, text clean and bright. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo. Limited Edition.

London: John Pearson, 1872. RARE. This edition not seen at auction since 1949. (RBH). Tissue guarded frontispiece portrait Vol. I. The bookplates of prominent San Francisco banker John Dempster McKee. Three volumes with 1872 title pages and the 1760-61 title pages. Handsomely bound in contemporary half dark brown pebbled morocco over brick pebbled morocco, the backs with blind tooled decorations and gilt lettering, marbled end papers and edges. Near Fine, light rubbing at edges. Susanna Centlivre ( ca. 1669-1723) was "one of the most successful playwrights of her time, Susanna Centlivre was also one of the most performed female playwrights after her death. With a popularity that stretched from the 18th century well into the 19th, at least one of her plays was performed somewhere for nearly two hundred consecutive years" ( Andrea Watson Canning, Juggernaut Theatre Co.). Second Edition. Pebbled Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885. English Jacobean poet and playwright, (1580-1627). One of 350 copies printed and the type distributed. Eight volumes in publisher's cloth, gilt lettering at spines, brown endpapers, bookplates of Mary Rebecca Thayer, dated 1919, who was a professor of English at the College of Wooster. Very Good set, Vols. I and VI with hinges cracked yet bindings holding nicely, rear brown end page missing Vol. VIII, small tears to cloth at spine ends. Overall a quite attractive and SCARCE set, most pages uncut. Due to weight will require additional postage charges for priority or international mail. Please inquire. . First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

London: Tinsley Brothers, 1882. " from original papers in the Lord Chamberlain's Office, the State Paper Office, and other sources." xii, 437; viii, 463 pages. SCARCE in contemporary fine binding. Bound in half calf over marbled boards, the circular armorial bookplates of William Rule Westwood Chafy-Chafy, Rous Lench Court and the blindstamp of W.& H. Smith Booksellers, Evesham front end pages. A Very Good set in tight bindings, boards a bit rubbed. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John Lane, 1912. Handsomely bound in period 3/4 Red Levant and Marbled Boards, gilt titles at spine, top edge gilt, ribbon marker, with 16 black and white plates by Aubrey Beardsley. A Fine and quite lovely copy of this classic Oscar Wilde play. . First EditionThus. 3/4 Levant and Marbled Boards. Fine. Illus. by Aubrey Beardsley . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Ditchling Common, Hassocks, Sussex, England : Saint Dominic's Press, 1932. SCARCE in collectible condition, #49 of 200 copies printed at Saint Dominic's Press. Quarter blue leather over blue cloth boards, gilt lettering at spine, illustrations by Dunstan Pruden. Hilary D. C. Pepler was the founder of Saint Dominic's Press and an associate of Eric Gill and G. K. Chesterton. Very Good Plus, the boards a bit rubbed, text clean and bright. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo. Limited Edition.

London: John Pearson, 1872. RARE. This edition not seen at auction since 1949. (RBH). Tissue guarded frontispiece portrait Vol. I. The bookplates of prominent San Francisco banker John Dempster McKee. Three volumes with 1872 title pages and the 1760-61 title pages. Handsomely bound in contemporary half dark brown pebbled morocco over brick pebbled morocco, the backs with blind tooled decorations and gilt lettering, marbled end papers and edges. Near Fine, light rubbing at edges. Susanna Centlivre ( ca. 1669-1723) was "one of the most successful playwrights of her time, Susanna Centlivre was also one of the most performed female playwrights after her death. With a popularity that stretched from the 18th century well into the 19th, at least one of her plays was performed somewhere for nearly two hundred consecutive years" ( Andrea Watson Canning, Juggernaut Theatre Co.). Second Edition. Pebbled Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885. English Jacobean poet and playwright, (1580-1627). One of 350 copies printed and the type distributed. Eight volumes in publisher's cloth, gilt lettering at spines, brown endpapers, bookplates of Mary Rebecca Thayer, dated 1919, who was a professor of English at the College of Wooster. Very Good set, Vols. I and VI with hinges cracked yet bindings holding nicely, rear brown end page missing Vol. VIII, small tears to cloth at spine ends. Overall a quite attractive and SCARCE set, most pages uncut. Due to weight will require additional postage charges for priority or international mail. Please inquire. . First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

London: William Pickering, 1831. Two volumes in fine stamp-signed bindings by Hayday of full polished calf, gilt backs, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Very Good, title labels mostly lost, hinges showing some wear, scattered spotting to end papers only, corners rubbed, small stamp of Tilden Library dated 1895 verso of title pages. Interiors clean and lovely. A rather uncommon Pickering publication with a quite interestin New York City provenance. Samuel Jones Tilden (1814-1886) was a former New York governor who had run for U.S. president in 1876. He went down in history as the first man to win the popular vote, but lose the electoral vote. His personal book collection comprising some 20,000 volumes, along with a good portion of his estate became the driving force behind the foundation of the New York Public Library. . First Collected Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.