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Title

The Old Batchelor.

A Comedy.

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The Double Dealer

A Comedy

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Love for Love

A Comedy

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The Mourning Bride

A Tragedy

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The Way of the World

A Comedy

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Written by Mr. Congreve.

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Early Editions

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Half Leather Binding

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Author

William Congreve

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Year of Publication

1774

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Publisher

London: Printed for W. Fox

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Description:

London: Printed for W. Fox., 1774, Early Editions.

Half brown calf/brown cloth binding, bound by Hatton of Manchester, four comedies and a tragedy in one volume including The Old Batchelor, The Double Dealer, The Mourning Bride, Love for Love and The Way of the World.

Gilt title on red label, 5 raised bands with blind tooling separating 6 compartments, 5 of which have blind tooled detail.

Pagination: iv, Dedication to Lord Clifford (page numbered 72), [v-xi], 12-82pp, 1 page Epilogue, 1 blank ; [13], 14-87pp, 1 page Epilogue; [9], 10-103pp; [9], 10-67pp, 1 page Epilogue; [11], 12-92pp, 2 page Epilogue.

Tear with loss to the margin of page 101 in Love for Love, without impacting any text; closed tear to page 33, 34 of The Mourning Bride impacting the text, without loss.

The title page for The Old Batchelor is darkened.

Approximately 7 ¼ inches tall.

Condition Report

Externally

• Spine – good condition – gilt titles on brown label with gilt decoration to the panel, 5 raised bands with blind tooled decoration separating 6 compartments, 5 of which have blind tooled decoration, gently worn top and tail with a small scuff to the leather at the top of the spine.
• Joints – good condition – sound, gently rubbed.
• Corners – good condition – bumped and worn.
• Boards – good condition – half brown/brown cloth boards with blind tooled lines separating, there are a couple of scuff marks at the top of the front board where the leather joins the cloth, the rear board also has some of the leather missing in the bottom left hand corner together with some spotting.
• Page edges – good condition – top edge slightly darkened, all pink.
• See above and photos.

Internally

• Hinges – good condition – sound.
• Paste downs – good condition – plain green, front paste down has the book binders label in the top left hand corner.
• End papers – good condition – plain green, internal free end papers are tanned with some foxing.
• Title – good condition – there are in fact 4 title pages, all of which are tanned and foxed.
• Pages – good condition – 4 comedies and one tragedy in one volume including The Old Batchelor, The Double Dealer, The Mourning Bride, Love for Love and The Way of the World, pages are tanned and foxed throughout.
• Binding – good condition – gently worn.
• See photos

Publisher: see above.
Publication Date: 1774
Binding: Hardback

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