The Beggar's Opera
by Mr. Gay
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Rubbed to boards, with slight surface loss to front cover; light foxing and offsetting to endleaves; minor toning throughout. Ve
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Rubbed to boards, with slight surface loss to front cover; light foxing and offsetting to endleaves; minor toning throughout. Very good. YLG-15.
Mr. Gay. Claud Lovat Fraser, illustrator. The Beggar's Opera. London: William Heinemann, 1921. Limited edition, No. 21 of 30 presentation copies.
Signed by Claud Lovat Fraser.
Small quarto. 93pp. Illustrated, with mounted color plates by Fraser. Publisher's black pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, top edge gilt.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15
- Title
- The Beggar's Opera
- Author
- Mr. Gay
- Book Condition
- Used - Rubbed to boards, with slight surface loss to front cover; light foxing and offsetting to endleaves; minor toning throughout. Ve
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Signed, Limited Edition, Illustrated, Plays, Theatre, Opera, Claud Lovat Fraser
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Addison, Texas
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