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Cibber, Colley. An apology for the life of Colley Cibber, comedian, and late patentee of the Theatre-Royal. Written by himself. Golden Cockerel Press, [London], 1925.

Price: US$43.75 + shipping

Description: Edition limited to 450 copies (this, no. 310), 2 volumes, tall 8vo, pp. [4], ix-xii, 158; [4], 163, [3]; ex-James J. Hill Library with stamps and accession numbers on spines; original white cloth-backed paper-covered boards.

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

Cibber, Colley. An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian, and Late Patentee of the Theatre-Royal.. Golden Cockerel Press, 1925.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Two matching volumes quarter bound in creme buckram over grey boards with darkened spines. With 160 and 163 pages of clean text and illustrations, other than markings to the endpapers and limited to 450 numbered copies. With the bookplate of Norman J. Sondheim, American collector of fine press books affixed to the front pastedown.

Seller: Gaabooks, West New York, NJ, U.S.A.

Cibber, Colley. An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian, and Late Patentee of the Theatre-Royal [2 volumes]. Published by The Golden Cockerel Press, Leominster, 1925.

Price: US$77.97 + shipping

Description: ,xii, 160 and 163 pages, no.231 of 450 limited editions, printed in green and black with illustrated capitals Limited Edition , spines and corners bumped, damp mark to top of boards, light foxing to endpapers, pages clean, good condition , quarter cloth and paper covered boards, gilt titles to spines , octavo, 27 cm x 17 cm Hardback ISBN:

Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom

Cibber, Colley.. An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian, and Late Patentee of the Theatre-Royal.. N.p. [Waltham St. Lawrence]: Golden Cockerel Press, 1925., 1925.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Octavo. Two volumes. I: [xii], 160 pages; II: [i], 163, [i] pages. Limited to 450 copies; this is No. 56. Cloth spine over boards. Fine. With initial letters by Eric Gill. Upper cover of first volume marked with a circular sun stain and someone must have inserted a sharp object on the lower cover piercing through the cover and leaving a pinprick on the free endpaper.

Seller: Sam Gatteno Books, Grosse Pointe, MI, U.S.A.

Cibber, C. An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian, and Late Patentee of the Theatre-Royal. Written by Himself. Two volume set. Golden Cockerel, UK, 1925.

Price: US$103.96 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Cibber's fascinating memoir. Vol 1; pp.160. Vol 2; pp163. No. 53 of 450 copies. Unread copy; some pages uncut.

Seller: Anytime Books, London, United Kingdom

CIBBER,, Colley.. AN APOLOGY FOR THE LIFE OF COLLEY CIBBER, COMEDIAN, AND LATE PATENTEE OF THE THEATRE-ROYAL. Written by Himself.. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925., 1925.

Price: US$121.95 + shipping

Description: 2 volumes. Vol. 1; xii+160pp. Vol. 2; [vi]+163pp. Large 8vo. Quarter cloth on papered boards. Foxing to edges and generally throughout. Edges uncut. A very good set. . 450 copies of which this is no.68.

Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia

(Golden Cockerel Press) Cibber, Colley. An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian and late Patentee of the Theatre-Royal Written by Himself. The Golden Cockerel Press, [Waltham Saint Lawrence, Twyford, Berkshire], 1925.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: Gill, Eric. Number 113 of 450 copies. With initial letters by Eric Gill printed in blue. 2 vols. 4to. The dramatist's ingenuously frank autobiography and description of the Restoration and early 18th theatre. Cibber (1671-1757) was an actor, and the author of the comedies The Careless Husband, and Love's Last Shift; he was also generally considered one of the worst poets to hold the office of Poet Laureate (which he did for the last 27 years of his life)--it was, he cheerfully admitted, strictly a political appointment for being a good Whig. Chanticleer 29 Buckram and boards. Spine slightly sunned, else fine With initial letters by Eric Gill printed in blue. 2 vols. 4to

Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.