[Rarebooks] fa: 17th-18th Century ENGLISH THEATRE and SATIRE - Etherege, Beaumont & Fletcher, Fielding, etc.

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

A few 17th-18th C. English plays & satires, in first or early editions, 
ending early on Monday, April 2. No reserves, low opening bids, as per 
usual. They can be found at the URL below or by searching under the 
seller name arch_in_la.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZarchQ5finQ5fla

Many thanks,
Ardwight Chamberlain
L.A.

GEORGE ETHEREGE John Dryden - THE MAN OF MODE - 1676 - First Ed.
The title-page rebacked with a blank leaf from another, contemporary 
book, the verso bearing a lengthy account of births, marriages and 
deaths in what appears to be a 17th-century hand, reading in part: 
"Thomas Wasson his book ... in the year of our Lord god 1674 and if his 
age you wil [sic] know ... you will look and it will show born in the 
year of our Lord god 1648"...etc.

BEAUMONT and FLETCHER (& Betterton) - THE PROPHETESS - 1690
First edition of Thomas Betterton's adaptation of The Prophetess by 
Beaumont and Fletcher (also attributed to Fletcher and Philip 
Massinger), first published in 1647. Responding to the late 17th 
century "craze for opera," Betterton, a prominent actor and dramatist 
of the time, added numerous songs, choruses and "entertainments," the 
music for which was composed by Henry Purcell...

HUE AND CRY - Henry Fielding - 1739 Satire - SCARCE
A Hue and Cry After Part of a Pack of Hounds, Which broke out of Their 
Kennel in Westminster. To which is added, Modern Characters, by another 
Hand. London, Printed for F. Style, 1739. First Edition. Attributed to 
Henry Carey and Henry Fielding in the John Henry Wrenn catalogue. A 
rough-and-tumble satirical sketch of the Hanoverian and Jacobite 
factions of the time, presented as an advertisement seeking information 
about a pack of runaway dogs...

ANTICIPATION 1778 - AMERICAN REVOLUTION - GEORGE III
	Satire on PARLIAMENT - EDMUND BURKE - LORD HOWE etc. - in ORIGINAL 
WRAPS
[Richard Tickell:] ANTICIPATION. Containing the Substance of His 
M-----Y’s Most Gracious Speech to Both H----S of P--L-----T, on the 
Opening of the approaching Session, Together with a full and authentic 
Account of the Debate which will take place in the  H---e of C-----s, 
on the Motion for the Address, and the Amendment. With Notes. London: 
Printed for T. Becket, 1778. First Edition....
A satirical forecast — as noted on the cover, it was issued before the 
actual opening of Parliament — of the speech to be given by King George 
III, and the responses to it by Burke, Fox, Lord Howe, Lord North, and 
others. Contains a great deal of material on America and the War of 
Independence....

An APPENDIX TO JOHN BULL - Political Satire - 1712
An Appendix to John Bull Still In His Senses: Or, Law is a 
Bottomless-Pit. Printed from a Manuscript found in the Cabinet of the 
famous Sir Humphry Polesworth: And Publish'd, (as well as the three 
former Parts) by the Author of the New Atalantis. London : Printed for 
John Morphew, near Stationer's-Hall, 1712. First Edition...

Robert Gould - INNOCENCE DISTRESS'D (1689) - 1737 FE
[Robert] Gould: Innocence Distress’d: or, The Royal Penitents. A 
Tragedy. London: T. Longman, 1737. First Edition... This Restoration 
poet's first  — and never produced — tragedy in verse...

Richard Cumberland THE FASHIONABLE LOVER A COMEDY - 1772
[Richard Cumberland:] The Fashionable Lover; A Comedy: as it is acted 
at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. A New Edition. London: Printed for 
W. Griffin at Garrick's Head, 1772...