Bell's British Theatre, in 21 Volumes [7 vols only]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: John Bell. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 18mo. Vols. 2,4, 5, 6, 19, 20, 21. 1791-1793. Half calf, marbled paper boards. Engraved titles and frontispieces to each play. Leather is scuffed and worn, wear to corners, boards rubbed. Front joint to vol. 21 is cracked and loose. Bell's British Theatre was originally published by John Bell, Bookseller to HRH The Prince of Wales, between 1776-1778. It contains 140 plays across 21 books, of which 7 are offered here with 28 plays, including: Boadicea, Oroonoko, A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Lady Jane Gray, The Suspicious Husband, The Carmelite, She Stoops to Conquer, Alzira, The Discovery, The Revenge, Theodosius, The Rival Queens, The Earl of Essex, Jane Shore, Edward the Black Prince, The Conscious Lover, King Charles I, The Siege of Damascus, The Provok'd Wife, The Funeral, The Tender Husband, Beaux Strategem, The Spanish Fryar, The Distrest Mother, Amphitryon, The Foundling, The Good Natured Man, The Brothers. 0.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013160
- Title
- Bell's British Theatre, in 21 Volumes [7 vols only]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Bell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Plays, Theatre, British Theatre, Bell's British Theatre, John Bell, Boadicea, Oroonoko, A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Lady Jane Gray, The Suspicious Husband, The Carmelite, She Stoops to Conquer, Alzira, The Discovery, The Revenge, Theodosius, The Rival
- Bookseller catalogs
- Plays; Theatre Studies;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Minotavros Books
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Whitby, Ontario
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...