[Rarebooks] fa: 17th & 18th CENTURY BRITISH THEATRE and DRAMA - Fielding, Cibber, Shakespeare, Jonson, etc.

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

An assortment of (mostly) 17th-18th century plays and/or books related 
to the theatre, ending Sunday, May 6. They can be found at the URL 
below or by searching under the seller name arch_in_la.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZarchQ5finQ5fla

Thanks again,
Ardwight Chamberlain
L.A.

Including...

HENRY FIELDING: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or The Life and Death of Tom 
Thumb the Great. London: Printed by and for J. Watts, 1751. With the 
frontispiece by WILLIAM HOGARTH...

THE LIFE OF THOMAS BETTERTON, TRAGEDIAN... London: Printed for Robert 
Gosling, 1710. FIRST EDITION. An exceptionally nice, fresh copy of a 
very uncommon title...

COLLEY CIBBER: An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian, 
and Late Patentee of the Theatre-Royal... London: Printed by John Watts 
for the Author, 1740. A lovely example of the true FIRST EDITION, 
self-published in a "large, sumptuous quarto" format by Cibber 
himself...

[HENRY FIELDING?:] An Apology for the Life of Mr. T......... C....., 
Comedian... London: J. Mechell, 1740. FIRST EDITION. A parody of Colley 
Cibber's memoirs, commonly attributed to Fielding...

CHARLOTTE LENNOX: Old City Manners. A Comedy. Altered from the original 
Eastward Hoe, written by Ben Jonson, Chapman, and Marston. By Mrs. 
Lennox. As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane. London: 
1775. First Edition...

HANNAH MORE: Percy : A Tragedy. 1784...

COLLEY CIBBER: Love Makes a Man, or The Fop's Fortune. 1751...

BEN JONSON: The Alchemist. 1 of 100 copies in vellum; custom slipcase. 
London: Noel Douglas, 1927.

S. Schoenbaum: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE : A Documentary Life. One of 200 
hand-numbered copies printed on Goatskin Parchment and signed by the 
author, this being no. 117. Fine, unread, in a Very Good or better 
Slipcase...

The Life and Death of Richard the Second. By Mr. William Shakespear. 
London: Printed for J. Tonson,  1734. Engraved frontispiece by Du 
Guernier...

and more...