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1786 Plays Written for a Private Theatre
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Description
First Edition, Very Scarce
A very scarce first edition.
In this volume, playwright William Davies - about whom little is known - presents five plays not intended for public performance, works he instead intends to be confined to the 'private theatre' of the home.
These five plays, largely comic in nature, are titled 'News the Malady', 'The Mode', 'The Generous Counterfeit, 'Better Late than Never', and 'The Man of Honour'.
Retaining the original half title. Lacking the terminal errata leaf.
ESTC T101657
A very scarce work, of which no subsequent editions were published.
Condition
In the original cloth backed paper covered boards. Bumping to back strip head and tails, with small losses of paper to board perimeters. Joint heads and tails starting, with boards holding firm. Internally, generally firmly bound, but with binding lightly strained to centre, between pages 176 and 177. Pages age toned due to paper type, with spotting throughout. Small closed tear to title page tail.
Good
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