The Beggar's Opera
by John Gay
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 8.5". Claud Lovat Fraser. Illustrated with eight tipped in costume plates, this is a bright copy of Claud Lovat Fraser's illustrated edition of Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. A Limited Edition work, this is number two-hundred and eighty-five of four-hundred and thirty copies produced.Illustrated with eight tipped in colour plates from artist, designer and author Claud Lovat Fraser. Collated, complete.A first edition thus of John Gay's 1728 satirical ballad opera. With music was arranged by German composer Johann Christoph Pepusch, 'The Beggar's Opera' ran for sixty-two consecutive performances in 1728, making it the second longest run in theatre history up to that point. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with fairly significant spotting throughout. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 833F50
- Title
- The Beggar's Opera
- Author
- John Gay
- Illustrator
- Claud Lovat Fraser
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1921
- Size
- 10.5" by 8.5"
- Keywords
- ballad opera john gay beggar's opera Claud Lovat Fraser john gay
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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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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- Tipped In
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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