Love's Last Shift; or, the Fool in Fashion.
by Cibber, Colley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for John Bell, 1777. 12mo, pp. 83, [1] + frontispiece; [Bound with:] Vanbrugh, John. The Provok’d Wife. A Comedy. Edinburgh: Printed and sold by J. Robertson, 1774. 12mo, pp. 77, [1] + frontispiece; [And:] [O’Keefe, John]. The Poor Soldier. A Comic Opera, in Two Acts, as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. London: Printed in the Year 1786. 12mo, pp. 34; [And:] Cibber, Colley. She Wou’d and She Wou’d Not: or, The Kind Imposter. A Comedy. Edinburgh: Printed and sold by Martin & Wotherspoon, 1768. 12mo, pp. 105, [3]; [And:] Etherege, George. The Man of Mode. A Comedy. Edinburgh: Printed and sold by Martin & Wotherspoon, 1768. 12mo, pp. 95, [1]. 6 plays bound together in contemporary sheep, spine divided by raised bands, red and green morocco labels, other compartments tooled in gilt. A touch of light foxing. Somewhat marked, a few scrapes. Armorial bookplate of Jean Hay Pitfour to pastedown. ESTC T38716; T169064; T126422; T26014; T120132.
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Details
- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6018
- Title
- Love's Last Shift; or, the Fool in Fashion.
- Author
- Cibber, Colley
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for John Bell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1777
- Keywords
- Literature Drama
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About the Seller
McNaughtan's Bookshop
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Edinburgh, Midlothian
About McNaughtan's Bookshop
Established in 1957, McNaughtan's Bookshop is the oldest surviving secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland. Located in the basement of a listed 1820s tenement building at the top of Edinburgh's Leith Walk, we are the only open shop in Edinburgh holding membership of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association. We stock rare, antiquarian, and collectable books on all subjects, along with a substantial range of secondhand books for browsing. Our gallery space currently hosts Typewronger Books, offering new books and secondhand typewriters.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...