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Gay John. The Beggar's Opera. William Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$5.03 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. ex library copy. Bump and wear to all edges, tear to rear joint which is detached. Pale foxing throughout. Plate loose.
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$6.35 + shipping
Description: Bound in yellow paper-covered boards, with black cloth spine & paper title labels; colour & line illustrations. Brief gift inscription dated 1921. Some light foxing. Title label on spine browned, with some discolouration to label on front board. Red stain on back board. Head & foot of spine a little worn. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Gay, John. The Beggar's Opera. William Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Eight plates in color; Textblock very clean and tight; Binding lightly edge rubbed and moderately corner-worn; and corner rubbed, some light surface soiling on front cover and page edges. The cloth spine is sunned, and worn at the tips; 93p.; This edition originally published September 1921, this copy being the November 1921 new impression. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$10.28 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 98pp, internally excellent, some wear to bottom of boards and dj. 8 tissued color plates by Lovat Fraser in frameable condition. He did the scenes and costumes for the production. Size: 8vo
Seller: Global Village Books, Bundall, QLD, Australia
Price: US$44.91 + shipping
Description: xiii+93 pp. illustrations by C. Lovat Fraser. In yellow boards with a black linen spine, showing some wear, boards corner rubbed, some wear to spine edges, some scattered light foxing otherwise fair/good.The illustrations are particularly attractive.
Seller: Saintfield Antiques & Fine Books, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Price: US$54.61 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1921 William Heinemann hardcover, chipped dj, with some shelfwear/edgewear, GOOD Standard-sized.
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$59.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: William Heinemann, 1921. New edition, 1921. Illustrated with eight tissue-protected color plates. Yellow hardcover with black cloth spine paper labels in red and green, orange dustjacket. Covers have rubbing and some foxing (age-speckling), good hinges, sound text block, many pages with light foxing (color plates not affected), no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has some shelf soil and rubbing, one minor chip to spine head. Includes the publisher's original advertising postcard. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: First Trade edition. 8 Color plates by Claud Lovat Fraser. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter black cloth and yellow boards. Very good 8 Color plates by Claud Lovat Fraser. 1 vols. 4to
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
GAY, [John] FRASER, Claud Lovat.. The Beggar's Opera.. William Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: xiv, 93 [1] pp. Scenes and Costumes by Claud Lovat Fraser, including tipped-in color plates. Large 8vo, publisher's gilt-decorated cloth, t.e.g. First of this edition; No 263 of 430 copies. Light rubbing to the cloth; tight and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Gay, John. The Beggar's Opera. William Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dustwrapper darkened, and chipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Price: US$100.38 + shipping
Description: London: William Heinemann, 1921. 4to. Orig. half green calf with marbled boards (lightly rubbed). Spine gilt, with raised bands and morocco titling label. T.e.g. other edges uncut. (xiv, 4, 94pp.). Illustrated by Claud Lovat Fraser with 8 tipped-in col. plates each with a captioned tissue-guard, illust. title-vignette, text-illusts., and musical scores. Ed. lim. to 430 numbered copies on hand-made paper only, signed by the artist. Foxing present on front end-pages. Front hinge cracked but holding.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
John Gay. The Beggar's Opera. William Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$151.43 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A handsomely bound copy of this illustrated work by John Gay. Illustrated with eight tipped in colour plates from artist, designer and author Claud Lovat Fraser. Collated, complete. Handsomely rebound in quarter morocco. With music 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. Handsomely rebound in quarter morocco. Externally in lovely condition. Fading to spine as is common with green morocco. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with scattered spotting. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Gay, John. The Beggar's Opera. William Heinemann 1921, London, 1921.
Price: US$160.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition signed by the set and costume designer Claud Lovat Fraser; number 37 of 430. Xiv, 93 pp. Gilt decorated black cloth boards, with some slight rubbing to guilding of front board. Slight marking to boards and minor wear at corners and spine ends. Binding firm. Internally clean and bright, with very minor darkening to endpapers and fore-edge. Printed on handmade paper and illustrated with Claud Lovat Fraser's line drawings and coloured plates. Commemorates Nigel Playfair's revival of the The Beggar's Opera, which ran between 1920-23 at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith for a then record-breaking 1,460 nights. This production had innovative set and costumes designed by English artist Claud Lovat Fraser and music arranged by Frederic Austin. 26.5 x 20.5 cm. Large 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
John Gay. The Beggar's Opera. William Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$205.32 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$242.45 + shipping
Description: Prefazione: Drinkwater John . Edizione: Prima edizione . Pagine: 94+IX . Illustrazioni: Musica e 8 tavole a colori disegnate da Claude Lovat Fraser (1890 - 1921) . Formato: 8° . Rilegatura: Cartonato giallo con etichetta applicata in copertina , dorso tela blu con etichetta editoriale applicata . Stato: Discreto . Caratteristiche: Copertina stanca. "L'opera del mendicante" ispirò Brecht nell'"Opera da tre soldi". La tecnica di riproduzione della musica ripresa dal volume del 1765 è di alta perfezione se si
Seller: Libreria Scripta Manent, ALBENGA, SV, Italy
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, Number 130 of 430 copies printed on handmade paper. 8 tipped-in Color plates by Claud Lovat Fraser. 93, [1] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full black cloth, t.e.g., rest uncut. Some minor rubbing, else fine 8 tipped-in Color plates by Claud Lovat Fraser. 93, [1] pp. 1 vols. 4to First edition, Number 130 of 430 copies printed on handmade paper.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: Edition limited to 430 copies (this, no. 418); 4to, pp. [4], 4, vii-xiv, 93, [1]; vignette title within ruled borders and printed in red and black, 8 tipped-in color plates by Claud Lovat Fraser, woodcut decorations and music in the text; contemporary full red levant with a large diamond lozenge enclosed by a single rule border, the binding signed on the rear turn-in "19 M. J. N. 22." The binding scuffed and worn; a good, sound copy. Inscribed, "This copy to Mrs. Nelson Doubleday with kindest regards from Sydney Pawling xxi.ix.21." With a 4-page tribute to Claud Lovat Fraser by John Drinkwater as part of the preliminaries. Pawling is likley the famous British cricketer from Middlesex.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.