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Cawthorn's Minor British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed Farces and Operas (Complete in 6 volumes) by David Garrick / Arthur Murphy / Henry Fielding / Charles Dibdin / Isaac Jackman / Robert Jephson / Joseph Reed / Isaac Bickerstaff [Jonathan Swift] / Frances Brooke / John Till Allingham / Hannah Cowley / Charles Macklin / John Burgoyne / George Collier / - 1805-1807

by David Garrick / Arthur Murphy / Henry Fielding / Charles Dibdin / Isaac Jackman / Robert Jephson / Joseph Reed / Isaac Bickerstaff [Jonathan Swift] / Frances Brooke / John Till Allingham / Hannah Cowley / Charles Macklin / John Burgoyne / George Collier /

Cawthorn's Minor British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed Farces and Operas (Complete in 6 volumes) by David Garrick / Arthur Murphy / Henry Fielding / Charles Dibdin / Isaac Jackman / Robert Jephson / Joseph Reed / Isaac Bickerstaff [Jonathan Swift] / Frances Brooke / John Till Allingham / Hannah Cowley / Charles Macklin / John Burgoyne / George Collier / - 1805-1807

Cawthorn's Minor British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed Farces and Operas (Complete in 6 volumes)

by David Garrick / Arthur Murphy / Henry Fielding / Charles Dibdin / Isaac Jackman / Robert Jephson / Joseph Reed / Isaac Bickerstaff [Jonathan Swift] / Frances Brooke / John Till Allingham / Hannah Cowley / Charles Macklin / John Burgoyne / George Collier /

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London: John Cawthorn, 1805-1807. 1st Edition . Good. 3.75 x 5.75 inches (9.5 x 14.5 cm). Rare complete set. Six volumes in full mottled calf leather bindings. Gilt decorative border to boards, marbled endpapers, speckled page edges. Bindings worn and rubbed, lacking all labels, solid bindings with all boards attached. Each play has a title page and engraving after Samuel de Wilde. Contents: Vol 1: Garrick, D. High Life Below Stairs; Murphy, A. Three Weeks after Marriage; Fielding, H. The Tragedy of Tragedies, or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great; Dibdin, C. The Quaker; Dibdin, C. The Deserter. Vol. 2: Garrick, D. The Guardian; Murphy, A. The Apprentice; Garrick, D. Bon Ton; or, High Life Above Stairs; Murphy, A. The Citizen; Jackman, I. All the World's a Stage. Vol. 3: Jephson, R. Two Strings to your Bow; Garrick, D. The Lying Valet; Reed, J. The Register Office; Bickerstaffe, I. The Sultan; Fielding, H. The Mock Doctor. Vol. 4: Brooke, Mrs. Rosina; Bickerstaffe, I. The Padlock; Allingham, J.T. Fortune's Frolick; Cowley, Mrs. Who's the Dupe?; Macklin, C. Love a la Mode. Vol. 5: Garrick, D. Catherine and Petruchio; Burgoyne, General. Richard Coeur de Lion; Dibdin, C. The Waterman; Collier, G. Selma & Azor; Knight, T. The Honest Thieves. Vol. 6: Fielding, H. The Intriguing Chambermaid; Garrick, D. Miss in Her Teens; Ravenscroft, E. The Anatomist; Sheridan, R.B. The Critic; Arnold, S.J. The Shipwreck. Overall condition is Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £15.25; USA £31.95; Oceania £31.00; Rest of World £25.65. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 3.75 x 5.75 inches (9.5 x 14.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 12mo.
  • Bookseller Tarrington Books GB (GB)
  • Book Condition Used - Good
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher John Cawthorn
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1805-1807
  • Keywords Fiction
  • Size 3.75 x 5.75 inches (9.5 x 14.5 cm)