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Library of 55 Uniformly Leather Bound Plays : Pinero, Shaw, Hauptmann, Stevenson

Library of 55 Uniformly Leather Bound Plays : Pinero, Shaw, Hauptmann, Stevenson

Regular price £1,750.00 GBP
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55 Volumes of Uniformly Bound Plays

Varoius authors and publishers. All 55 books were published between 1893 and 1902.

For sale we have a fantastic leather-bound library of plays. There are 55 volumes in all and these have been uniformly bound in green goatskin with cloth sides and gilt to top edges, and marble endpapers.

CONDITION
All books are in very good condition and all the bindings are very good. Pages clean throughout. Some have bookplates to the inside front covers. A very good lot.

THE LIST OF BOOKS WITH THEIR PUBLICATION DATES:

1. Liberty Hall; An Original Drama in Four Acts by R C Carton (1900)
2. Three Plays for Puritans; The Devil's Disiple, Caesar & Cleopatra, Captain Brassbounds Conversation by Bernard Shaw (1901)
3. Lonely Lives; A Drama by Gerhart Hauptmann (1898)
4. Sunken Bell; A Fairy Play in Five Acts by Gerhart Hauptmann (1900)
5. The Weavers, A Drama of the Forties by Gerhart Hauptmann (1899)
6. Hannele; A Dream Poem by Gerhart Hauptmann (1894)
7. Deacon Brodie; Or a Double Life by W E Henley & Robert Louis Stevenson (1897)
8. Admiral Guinea; A Drama in Four Acts by W E Henley & Robert Louis Stevenson (1897)
9. Macaire; A Melodramatic Farce in Three Acts by W E Henley & Robert Louis Stevenson (1897)
10. Beau Austin; A Drama in Four Acts by W E Henley & Robert Louis Stevenson (1897)
11. Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant by Bernard Shaw *in Two Volumes* (1901)
12. Plays of Sydney Grundy *in Two Volumes* (1898)
13. The Man in the Street by Louis N. Parker (undated, circa 1900)
14. La Princesse Lointaine by Edmond Rostand (1902)
15. The Fantasticks; A Romantic Comedy in Three Acts by Edmond Rostand (1900)
16. One Summer's Day by H V Esmond (1900)
17. The Wisom of the Wise; A Comedy in Three Acts by Mrs Craigie (1901)
18. Osbern and Ursyne; A Drama in Three Acts by John Oliver Hobbes (1900)
19. The Second Mrs Tanqueray; A Play in Four Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1900)
20. The Princess and the Butterfly, or the Fantasticks; A Comedy in Four Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1898)
21. The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith; A Drama in Four Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1901)
22. The Benefit of the Doubt; A Comedy in Three Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1896)
23. The Schoolmistress; A Farce in Three Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1900)
24. The Amazons; A Farcical Romance in Three Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1895)
25. The Cabinet Minister; A Farce in Four Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1898)
26. The Times; A Comedy in Four Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1900)
27. Dandy Dick; A Farce in Three Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1900)
28. The Gay Lord Quex; A Comedy in Four Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1900)
29. The Magistrate; A Farce in Three Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1901)
30. Trelawny of the "Wells"; A Comedietta in Four Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1899)
31. Iris; A Drama in Five Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1902)
32. The Weaker Sex; A Comedy in Three Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1894)
33. Sweet Lavender; A Domestic Drama in Three Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1902)
34. The Hobby-Horse; A Comedy in Three Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1898)
35. The Profligate; A Play in Four Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1898)
36. Lady Bountiful; A Story of Years; A Play in Four Acts by Arthur W. Pinero (1891)
37. The Case of Religious Susan; A Comedy in Three Acts by Henry Arthur Jones (1901)
38. The Tempter; A Tragedy in Verse in Four Acts by Henry Arthur Jones (1898)
39. The Physician; An Original Play in Four Acts by Henry Arthur Jones (1899)
40. The Crusaders; An Original Comedy of Modern London Life by Henry Arthur Jones (1893)
41. Carnac Sahib; An Original Play in Four Acts by Henry Arthur Jones (1899)
42. A Rogues Comedy; A Play in Three Acts by Henry Arthur Jones (1898)
43. The Masquerades; A Play in Four Acts by Henry Arthur Jones (1899)
44. Saints and Sinners; In Five Acts by Henry Arthur Jones (1891)
45. The Liars; An Original Comedy in Four Acts by Henry Arthur Jones (1901)
46. The Triumph of the Philistines; A Comedy in Three Acts by Henry Arthur Jones (1899)
47. Original Plays (Second Series) by W S Gilbert (1899)
48. Original Plays (Third Series) by W S Gilbert (1899)
49. A Tyranny of Tears; A Comedy in Four Acts by C Haddon Chambers (1900)
50. Caste; An Original Comedy in Three Acts by T W Robertson (undated c1900)
51. The Idler; A Play in Four Acts by C Haddon Chambers (1902)
52. The Awakening; A Play in Four Acts by C Haddon Chambers (1902)
53. Andromache; A Play in Three Acts by Gilbert Murray (1900)

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