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, the second volumes of comedies - The Wonder, Rulea Wife and Have a Wife, The Suspicious Husband, The Conscious Lovers, & The Recruiting Officer, 70, 66, 74, 73, and 84 pages, each with indiviviual title page and 5 plates in total First Edition , front board missing, rear board well rubbed and loss of paper to boards, spine rubbed and chipped at head, occasional light spots and stains to pages, fair condition ,quarter brown calf with paper to boards, 5 raised bands 17.5 x 11 cm Hardback ISBN:

First edition thus, 12mo; [4];50;60;56;64,[2];80,[4]pp. With opening engraved frontispiece and general title page, and separate title pages, frontispieces and pagination/register for each play. In eighteenth century full leather over five raised spine bands with gilt lettered leather title and volume labels to second and third compartments respectively (binding a little worn, volume label chipped), remaining spine compartments gilt, original marbled endpapers, very light unobtrusive spotting to opening and closing leaves but overall a very clean example. ESTC separately lists each volume of Bell's extensive dramatic collection; this volume (ESTC N62198) is listed at 4 UK and 6 US institutional locations.

First edition thus, 12mo; [4];76,[8];96;83,[1];57,[3];81,[3]pp. With opening engraved frontispiece and general title page, and separate title pages, frontispieces and pagination/register for each play. In eighteenth century full leather over five raised spine bands with gilt lettered red title label to second compartment (slightly worn, volume label missing from third compartment, rear board dented midway along bottom edge), remaining spine compartments gilt, original marbled endpapers, very light unobtrusive spotting to opening and closing leaves but overall a very clean example. ESTC separately lists each volumes of Bell's extensive dramatic collection; this volume (ESTC N62143) is listed at 3 UK and 5 US locations.