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Jon Gay. Poems on Several Occasions - (2 vols.). H. Lintot & J. and R. Tonson, London, 1737.

Price: US$88.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: John Gay (1685 â₠" 1732) was an English poet and dramatist member of the Scriblerus Club He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728) This is a two volume collection of Gay's works, including poetry, a play (Dione), letters and other works It is full leather bound, 260 pp and260 pp in overall good condition, except for the boards of vol 1 coming loose and the front board of vol 2 being detached Text blocks are sound, with only modest age toning An early owner's armorial bookplates are affixed on the inside of the front covers, Squier Calthrop, Boston (Apparently Squier Calthrop, Gentleman of Boston , Lincolnshire, d 1827) .

Seller: Stanley Louis Remarkable Books, Saint Charles, IL, U.S.A.

Gay, John:. Poems on Several Occasions (2 Bände).. London, printed for H. Lintot and J. and R. Tonson,, 1737.

Price: US$88.92 + shipping

Description: 260, 260 S. Sprache: Englisch. *-*-*-*- SHIPPING COSTS to other EU-COUNTRIES occasionally may be less than indicated. To OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD they may be different (often less or rarely more, according to the weight and wether you wish insurance). -*-*-*-* Sprache: Englisch Ledereinband der Zeit; Einbände vor allem am Rücken etwas stärker berieben und an den Außengelenken (insbesondere des ersten Bands) stellenweise angebrochen; Ecken teilweise gestaucht; mit Exlibris; Seiten papierbedingt ganz leicht gebräunt; sonst gut erhaltenes Exemplar.

Seller: Antiquariat Walter Markov, Bonn, Germany

GAY, John. Poems on Several Occasions. London, 1737.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Description: Illustrated with 2 copperplates, vignettes. Bookplates on front attached endpapers. 2 vols. 12mo, full calf (a bit dry and rubbed, hinges repaired). London: H. Lintot, 1737.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

GAY, John.. POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.. London: printed for H. Lintot and J. and R. Tonson, 1737.

Price: US$195.03 + shipping

Description: Two volumes, 12mo, pp. [iv], 260; [iv], 260; with an engraved frontispiece in volume I, and two plates (one in each volume); an attractive copy in contemporary calf, minimal rubbing to the joints, spines numbered (the second volume numbered upside down). Contemporary signature on title of Elizabeth Parker, 1744; and armorial bookplates of Edward Parker of Browsholme, Yorks. Third London edition of Gay's miscellaneous poems, including The What d'ye call it, his first play. NCBEL II 497.

Seller: Christopher Edwards ABA ILAB, Henley-on-Thames, OXON, United Kingdom