Cumberland's British Theatre: 7 chapbooks bound into 1 volume
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
London: G.H. Davidson or John Cumberland. Hardcover. Good. Cruikshank and others. Seven chapbooks of Cumberland's British Theatre bound in one: No. 88, The Lord of the Manor by General John Burgoyne; No. 105, Rosina by Mrs. Brooke; No. 134, The Siege of Belgrade by James Cobb; No. 136, The Poor Soldier by John O'Keeffe; No. 228, The Haunted Tower by James Cobb; No. 238, The Castle of Andalusia by John O'Keeffe; and No. 423, Billy Taylor by J.B. Buckstone; original chapbooks bound with their covers; Nos. 88, 105, 136, 228, and 423 have Cruikshank frontispieces, frontis of No. 134 MISSING. 16mo, bound in black cloth with gilt-stamped leather title piece added to spine; overall, good (cocked; boards soiled; 0.75inch tear to top joint end and small tear to bottom joint end of front board; chip to cloth on spine head; foxing and toning to pages; original covers edgeworn, creased, and lightly chipped; waterstains to top edge of Lord of the Manor, Rosina, and Siege of Belgrade; cracked at p26-7, last page and rear cover of Rosina, and rear cover of Rosina and front cover of Siege of Belgrade; cracked at p42 and rear cover of Poor Soldier; cracked at p50-1 and p60 and rear cover of Castle of Andalusia).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Page 1 Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6137
- Title
- Cumberland's British Theatre: 7 chapbooks bound into 1 volume
- Illustrator
- Cruikshank and others
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G.H. Davidson or John Cumberland
- Place of Publication
- London
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama;
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Page 1 Books
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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