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The Beggar's Opera
by John Gay
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good Only
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann Ltd , 1923. Cloth. Very Good/Good Only. 10" by 6" . C Lovat Fraser. A charming illustrated edition of John Gay's ballad opera 'The Beggar's Opera' with illustrations by C Lovat Fraser. A new edition. Ballad opera in three acts originally written in 1728 by John Gay. Presented in this edition with music prefixed to each song. An Augustan drama, the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today. The opera premiered at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in 1728 and ran for 62 consecutive performances, the second-longest run in theatre history up to that time. A satire of Italian opera. Featuring coloured frontispiece and seven further plates as well as numerous illustrations in text. Collated, complete. Scenes and Costumes by C Lovat Fraser. In the unclipped dust wrapper. With newspaper clippings concerning the opera, including a colourful illustration for the opera loosely inserted. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding. Externally smart with light wear to extremities, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine. Boards only lightly marked. Dust wrapper with chipping to extremities, wraps detached from spine. Dust wrapper with light loss to head and tail of spine, which has darkened. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 871A7
- Title
- The Beggar's Opera
- Author
- John Gay
- Illustrator
- C Lovat Fraser
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- 10" by 6"
- Keywords
- john gay opera drama ballad opera
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- New
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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