Payne, John Howard; et al. Collection of ten early 19th Century English plays, bound together Thomas Dolby et al., London and Glasgow 1819-1826 Very good, with only light scattered soiling 8 3/8 x 5 inches, contemporary smooth calf, gilt decoration on spine, black morocco spine label, binder's ticket of M. D'Rozario of Calcutta on front pastedown, light rubbing to tips, joints and edges, head of spine a bit bumped, A Briton resident in India during the 1820s evidently collected these plays and commissioned their binding. Included are the following works: 1) Philip Massinger, The Fatal Dowry...Altered and Adapted for Representation, As Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, January 5, 1825. London: Dolby, [1825]. First edition thus (original was 1632); 2) Peter Bayley. Orestes in Argos. London: Dolby, 1825. First edition; 3) James Sheridan Knowles. Virginius. Glasgow: Reid & Henderson, 1824. Sixth edition; 4) Payne. Brutus; or, The Fall of Tarquin. London: T. Rodwell, 1819. Sixth edition; 5) [Payne]. The Fall of Algiers: A New Opera. First Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, January 19, 1825. London: Dolby, [1825]. First edition, BAL 15787; 6) James Robinson Planche. A Woman Never Vext; or, The Window of Cornhill. London: Dolby, [1824] First edition thus (original by William Rowley was 1632); 7) John Poole. Tribulation; or, Unwelcome Visitors. London: John Cumberland, 1826. Second? edition; 8) Fawcett. The Barber of Seville. London: Dolby, [1824]; 9) Payne. Charles the Second; or, The Merry Monarch. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. First edition, BAL 15785, and 10) Oberon; or, The Charmed Horn. . .the Subject from the Celebrated Poem of Wieland. Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. London: J. Tabby, 1826. First edition. John Howard Payne (1791-1852) was the first American dramatist to achieve success abroad. Price: USD 1,250.00 other currencies   order no. WAS40176    inquire

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