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Charles Stonehill. The Complete Works of George Farquhar, Vol.I. The Nonesuch Press, 1930.
Price: US$25.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1930. Limited Edition. 401 pages. No dust jacket. Blue paper covered boards with blue cloth spine and lettering. Copy 612 from 900 copies. Volume I. Hinges are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front pastedown. Rough cut pages. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate scuffing to edges and corners. Visible wear marks to boards.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A very large 2 volume set. Has edge wear with bumped corners. Has cloth showing on both front hinges but fully attached. Volume 1 has gift inscription signed by Charles to the Smiley's who put their names in both books. Has rough cut pages and just a little aging. Table of Contents v. 1. Introduction. Love and a bottle. The constant couple, or A trip to the jubilee. Sir Harry Wildair, being the sequel of the Trip to the jubilee. The inconstant, or, The way to win him. The twin rivals v. 2. The stage-coach. The recruiting officer. The beaux stratagem. The adventures of Covent-Garden. Correspondence. Love and business, in a collection of occasionary verse and epistolary prose. A discourse upon comedy. Love's catechism. Three epilogues, with a prologue and miscellaneous poems. Barcelona. Will only ship media mail in US at the 6 pound rate. No Priority or overseas Size: 10 1/4h x 8 3/4w
Seller: Warren Hahn, Pleasant View, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two volumes bound in grey paper over boards with navy cloth backstrip and paper label. Spines faded, corners worn through, some moisture staining of boards, offsetting of free endpapers, some foxing of pastedowns; yet internally solid, clean, and unmarked; some leaves unopened. Limited to 900 sets on machine-made paper numbered 101 to 1000 (this is copy 902). Farquhar was born in Ireland in 1677 and died in 1707. Volume 1: 401 pges; volume 2: 443 pages. Large and heavy set, and buyer will probably be asked for additional postage.
Seller: Purpora Books, Comox, BC, Canada
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Light blue paper boards, blue cloth spine with light blue title block and dark blue lettering. Untrimmed pages. Volume 1 is 401 pp. Volume 2 is 443 pp. This edition is limited to 900 sets of two volumes, of which this is 758. v. 1. Introduction. Love and a bottle. The constant couple, or A trip to the jubilee. Sir Henry Wildair, being the sequel to the Trip to the jubilee. The inconstant, or, The way to win him. The twin rivals.--v. 2. The stage-coach. The recruiting officer. The beaux stratagem. The adventures of Covent-Garden. Correspondence. Love and business in a collection of occasionary verse and epistolary prose. A discourse upon comedy. Love's catechism. Three epilogues, with a prologue and miscellaneous poems. Barcellona. Good+ (age toning to pages. library bookplate inside front covers, text is otherwise clean and clear.)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NOTE: This oversize/heavy set will require additional charges for international shipping, please inquire prior to ordering; vol. I, xxxv, 401, vol. II, 443 pages; one quarter dark blue cloth over grey paper, black titles over grey paper spine label; limited and numbered edition, #514/900; many uncut leaves; clear plastic dust jackets; wear to paper over boards, corners bumped and rubbed, spines sunned, bookplate of previous owner to front pastedown of v. I and to rear pastedown of v. II (upside down); very good minus copies.
Seller: Gold Beach Books & Art Gallery LLC, Gold Beach, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes, quarter buckram and paper-covered boards, spine labels, thick small 4to., xxxv, 401, (1); (ii), 443, (1) pages. One of 900 sets on machine-made paper. Attractive bookplates, spines faded to a uniform brown, board edges worn, very good copies in archival mylar. Additional shipping required.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$57.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 443. Original publisher's black buckram over green papered boards, lettered black on spine label. Volume two only. Odd volume. Slight fading, otherwise very good. Bookplate on the front pastedown of Stanley William Sykes.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Light foxing on endpapers, cloth a bit faded, points worn, sturdy binding ; Limited edition #629/1000 copies; X X
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume I. xxxiii, 401 pp, note as to the text, prefatory note, introduction, chronological table, Love and a bottle, A Comedy; The Constant Couple, or A Trip to the Jubilee, A Comedy; Sir Harry Wildair, Being the Sequel of the Trip to the Jubilee, A Comedy; The Inconstant, or The Way to Win Him, A Comedy; The Twin-Rivals, A Comedy; textual notes explanatory notes. Volume II. 443 pp, The Stage-Coach, A Comedy; The Recruiting Officer, A Comedy; The Beaux Stratagem, A Comedy; The Adventures of Convent-Garden; Correspondence; Love and Business, in a Collection of Occasionary Verse and Epistolary Prose; A Discourse Upon Comedy; Love's Catechism; Three Epilogues, with a Prologue and Miscellaneous Poems; Barcellona, a Poem; textual notes, esplanatory notes. Limited Edition, 1930. "George Farquhar (1677-1707) was an Irish dramatist. He is noted for his contributions to late Restoration comedy, particularly for his plays The Recruiting Officer (1706) and The Beaux' Stratagem (1707). This edition has been printed and made in England for th Nonesuch Press. It is limited to 900 sets of two volumes on machine-made paper (numbbered 101 to 1000) and 100 sets on English hand-made paper (numbered 1 to 100). This is number 212." Penciled notes in Margins. Light edgewear, and faded spine. Vol. II. toned endpapers. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting. Navy blue clothedbacked paper-covered boards, and blue paper title plates with black lettering to spine. Size: Large 8vo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$87.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF GEORGE FARQUHAR, IN TWO VOLUMES. EDITED BY CHARLES STONEHILL. Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1930. This is # 447 of the 900 sets printed on machine-made paper (there were 100 produced on hand-made paper). These volumes are 10 1/2" x 8" bound in 1/4 cloth (with paper spine labels) and board covers. There is some modest wear at the corners with the tips exposed; and there is some darkening along the gutters of both volumes (possibly from the binding glued?). Otherwise this is a nice solid and sound set. The editor Charles Stonehill has inscribed volume one on the title page (by crossing out his printed name) and writing: "For W. L. Lewis from Charles Stonehill."
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quartos, clothbacked boards, untrimmed fore and bottom edges, paper labels on spines Copy no. 262 of 1000 on regular paper.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
FARQUHAR, George. The Complete Works of George Farquhar. Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury, 1930.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. 4to, blue cloth-backed decorative boards; spine faded. Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1930. Very good (+). Limited edition. One of 1000 copies.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Edited by Charles Stonehill. 2 vols. (xxxv401; 443p.), original half-cloth with plain boards, quarto format, original deckle edges, No. 376 of 900 sets on machine-made paper.
Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$109.20 + shipping
Description: 4to in eights. xxxv, 401[1]pp; [vi], 443[1]pp. Original cloth backed boards, printed paper spine labels, uncut/unopened. Spines faded, corners worn, Vol II spine label slightly chipped, eps browned.
Seller: John Turton, Crook, United Kingdom
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes. Uncut and unopened. With original invoice from John & Edward Bumpus, Ltd. to Alfred Reginald Allen, Philadelphia, 1930. Dr. Allen was a prominent Philadelphia physician who is most famous for founding the Savoy Company to perform Gilbert & Sullivan Operettas. Linen backed paper bindings. Original spine labels. Limited Edition. Number 846 of only 900 sets. Very nice set. PRESS/W43 Language: eng
Seller: FAMILY ALBUM, Kinzers, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Edition limited to 1000 copies, this one of 900 on machine-made paper, 2 vols., 4to, pp. xxxv, [1], 401, [1]; [6], 443, [1]; original blue buckram-backed blue paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spines; facsimile title-pp. in the text; spines slightly discolored, else a very good, sound set. Dreyfus 66.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$142.47 + shipping
Description: 2 vols., 4to., First Edition thus, on laid paper, free endpapers mildly browned; original dove-blue laid paper boards, navy blue buckram backs with paper labels, uncut, upper board of first volume lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 900 NUMBERED COPIES
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. 4to gray paper-covered boards; navy blue spines (faded to brown), paper labels; endpapers foxed. One of 900 copies on machine-made paper
Seller: Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books, A.B.A.A., Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$152.64 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Monotype Caslon with Stephenson Blake Old Face Open. One of 900 (1000) sets on machine made laid paper watermarked 'Nonesuch'. Quarter dark blue buckram with light blue Ingres paper sides; light blue title labels at the head of the spines. A very good bright set.
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$190.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Number 81 of 100 special limited sets on English hand-made paper. Two Volumes. Quarto's. xxxv, 401pp & 443pp. Quarter bound in vellum with decorative papered boards. Minor rubbing to extremities, vellum has yellowed [as usual]. Contents clean and bright. Fore and tail edges uncut. Overall a 'Very Good' set. Heavy - additional postage required. "George Farquhar (1677¿1707) was an Irish dramatist. He is noted for his contributions to late Restoration comedy, particularly for his plays The Recruiting Officer (1706) and The Beaux' Stratagem (1707)", both of which can be found in volume II of this set.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Price: US$699.61 + shipping
Description: Edited by Charles Stonehill. Two Volumes, Quarto. xxxv, 401[1]pp; [vi], 443[1]pp. Quarter Vellum over decorative design boards, uncut. This Edition printed Limited to 900 sets on machine made paper and 100 Sets on English hand-made paper and this Set being Number 98. Fine Copy. Fine Set. Scarce.
Seller: HALEWOOD : ABA:ILAB : Booksellers :1867, PRESTON, United Kingdom