THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. THE ONLY EDITION EXISTING WHICH IS FAITHFULLY MARKED WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS AND STAGE DIRECTIONS AS IT IS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRES ROYALE
by John Gay
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
Boston: Wells and Lilly. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1822. First US Edition. Hardcover. Pagination: 71 pagesWidth: 3.75" Height: 5.75". First American edition of this famous work. (Evans 6673 ]. This printing is presumably Amer. Imprints 8805 (MeB only) , and is not in OCLA, which lists only a printing with an added N. Y. Imprint & "Oxberry's New English Drama No. 8" on the title page). In Fine blue clamshell box. .
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- Title
- THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. THE ONLY EDITION EXISTING WHICH IS FAITHFULLY MARKED WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS AND STAGE DIRECTIONS AS IT IS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRES ROYALE
- Author
- John Gay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Publisher
- Wells and Lilly
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1822
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