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FIRST EDITION, pp xxxv, (1, blank), 106, with half-title, 8vo,
recent wrapper: a small strip neatly cut from the upper blank
margin of the half-title removing the recipient’s name but
leaving “Authors Kind Regards”: some light browning, but a
very good copy.
Shee (1769–1850), Dublin born portrait painter and writer, here
emerged as a poet to favourable reviews: it ran to three editions and
influenced the founding of the British Institution in 1807.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
RALEGH (Sir Walter): -
Anderson (Sir Henry Lacon).
The character of Sir Walter
Raleigh. The essay to which the premium was adjudged at the
East-India College, Herts, November 27th, 1838.
Printed by J. L.
Cox and Sons,
1839. FIRST (?ONLY) EDITION, pp 23, (1), with
half-title, 8vo, recent wraps: : very good-nice.
A rare work by this
Indian administrator (1807-79): not in NUC, NSTC or COPAC
(2)
[RICHARDS (Alfred Bate) ].
John Brown’s “Hard Lines”;
being a royal marriage ode, and stanzas on the death of [Sir
Henry] Havelock: to which are prefixed and added a few pages
of unpalatable truths; by John Brown, Englishman.
Holyoake
and Co. … C. H. Biddle
[1858]. FIRST (?ONLY) EDITION, 46-
pages, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
COPAC
(Newcastle and BL) gives this to Richards (1820-76), dramatist,
journalist and chief promoter of the volunteer movement of 1859:
NSTC (BL only) does not.
(3)
CRUIKSHANK: -.
Dolly and the Rat, or the Brisket family.
A burlesque, tragic, comic, operatic parody on The Maid and
the Magpie, with songs, &c. &c. In two acts. Now performing
with acclamations of applause at the Olympic Theatre.
Printed
and published by Duncombe …,
1823. FIRST EDITION, with
frontispiece by G. Cruikshank of Mr Vale as Dickey Scrag in
contemporary hand-colouring, pages 28, (4, adverts), 8vo, recent
wrapper: light fingering, a good, sound copy.
COPAC has L only. Adapted by Isaac Pocock from “La Pie voleuse” by
L. C. Caigniez and J. M. T. Baudouin d’Aubigny. Sometimes attributed
to Douglas Jerrold.
(4)
ENGLAND (John), first RC bp of Charleston.
Oration,
delivered on the anniversary of the Literary and Philosophical
Society of South Carolina, on Wednesday the 9th of May 1832,
in the cathedral church of St. Finbar, in the city of Charleston.
Charleston: Printed by William S. Blain,
1832. FIRST EDITION,
44-pages, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
COPAC
has L only, but there are six copies in NUC.
(5)
BABO (Joseph Marius von).
Otto of Wittelsbach; or the
choleric count. A tragedy. In five acts. Translated from the
German of James Marcus Babo. By Benjamin Thompson, Esq.
London: Printed by J. Cundee … for Vernor and Hood …,
1800. With
frontispiece, pages (4), 96, 8vo, recent wrapper: a large and very
good copy. (6)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
402
.
SHERIDAN (Richard Brinsley).
A Trip to Scarborough, a
comedy. As performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane.
Altered from Vanbrugh’s Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger.
Dublin:
Printed by R. Marchbank …,
1781
FIRST IRISH EDITION, pages vi [i. e. iv], (2), 42, 49-72,
complete thus and with page ‘iv’ numbered ‘vi’, 12mo, recent
paper wrapper: some light browning, but a good, sound copy.
w
ith a prologue by Garrick.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
LADY, A.
Cross Partners, a
comedy. In five acts. As performed at the Theatre Royal in the
Hay Market. By a Lady.
Dublin: Printed for P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J.
Moore, W. Jones, J. Rice, G. Draper,
1792. FIRST IRISH
EDITION, pages (4), 65, (1, blank), (2), 12mo, recent paper
wrapper: lightly foxed, but a good, sound copy
Presumably a piracy, this may precede the London edition. ESTC
locates 10 copies, only one of which is in the UK.
(2)
CENTLIVRE (Susanna).
The Gotham Election, a farce.
London: Printed and sold by S. Keimer, at the Printing-Press in Pater-
Noster-Row,
1715. FIRST EDITION, pp (18), 25 - 72, complete
thus, 12mo, recent wrapper: a very good copy.
ESTC locates
eleven copies. The first English play to deal directly with electioneering
and vote-rigging. It was considered too inflammatory to be staged in the
turbulent election year of 1715 (ODNB).
(3)
[COBB (James) ].
Love in the East: or, adventures of twelve
hours: a comic opera, in three acts. Written by the author of
The Strangers at Home. As performed at the Theatre-Royal,
Drury-Lane.
Dublin: Printed by William Porter, for Messrs.
Wilkinson, Burnet, Chamberlaine (and 16 others) …,
1788. FIRST
IRISH EDITION, pages vi, (2), 64, with the half-title, 12mo,
recent wrapper: lightly foxed, but a good to very good copy
The dedication signed: J. C. i. e. James Cobb.
(4)
FENTON (Elijah).
Mariamne. A tragedy …
Dublin: Printed
for Benjamin Gunne,
1759. Pages 63, (1), 12mo, recent paper
wrapper: cut close at heaf affecting some running headlines and
with a clean tear without loss in four leaves, otherwise a very
good copy
Stratman 1750. ESTC locates copies at L, D, Dt, Dp and 4 in USA.
(5)
[BETTERTON (Thomas) ].
Barnaby Brittle: or, A Wife at
Her Wit’s End: a farce; in two acts: as it is now performing with
universal applause at the Theatre-Royal, Covent Garden.
Altered from Moliere and Betterton; with additions.
Dublin:
Printed by George Perrin, No. 10, Castle-Street,
1790. Pages 35, (1,
blank), 12mo, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy. (6)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
403
.
[SHERIDAN (Richard Brinsley) ].
The School for
Scandal, a comedy; as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in
Crow-street. The fifth edition..
Dublin: Printed in the Year,
1788
Pages 76, (2), (1, adverts), 12mo, recent paper wrapper: a good
to very good copy.
A rare early Dublin edition of Sheridan’s famous
comedy. The advertisement leaf is for “new plays and farces just
published and sold by John Parker, No. 72, Grafton-street”.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
ANDREWS (Miles Peter).
Dissipation. A comedy in five acts; as it is performed at the
Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane. The second edition.
Dublin:
Printed by H. Chamberlaine, for the Company of Booksellers,
1781.
FIRST IRISH EDITION, pages vi (i. e. viii), (4), 59, (1, blank),
complete thus, 12mo, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
Despite the title-page statement, the only Dublin printing.
(2)
COLMAN (George), the younger.
The Mountaineers. As it
is performed, with the utmost applause, at the Theatre Royal,
Hay-Market, London; and the Theatre Royal, Crow-Street,
Dublin. The music selected and composed by Dr. Arnold,
organist and composer to His Majesty.
Dublin: Printed by Thomas
McDonnell, No. 50, Essex-Street,
1794. FIRST IRISH EDITION?,
pp 62 and advert leaf, 12mo, recent wrapper: a very good copy.
Possibly the first Dublin edition: there was another Dublin edition of
the same year with the imprint “Printed for the Booksellers”.
(3)
MORTON (Thomas).
A cure for the heart-ache, a comedy,
in five acts, as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden.
Dublin: Printed by G. Folingsby, No. 59, Dame-Street,
1797. FIRST
IRISH EDITION (?), pages 72, (2), 12mo, recent paper
wrapper: a very good copy.
(4)
LEE (Sophia).
The Chapter of Accidents: a comedy, in five
acts, as it is performed in the Theatre-Royal in the Hay-Market.
Dublin: Printed by J. and R. Byrn, for the company of booksellers
1781. FIRST IRISH EDITION, pages xi, (1), 71, (1, blank),
12mo, recent paper wrapper: some light old marginal staining,
but a very good copy.
Lee (1750-1824), novelist and playwright, planned this, her first play,
while in debtors’ prison with her father in 1772, and had written a novel
before that.
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