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Drama - 19thc:

Monti, Vincenzo. TRAGEDIE DI VINCENZO MONTI FERRARESE
Firenze 1822 Stefano Audin. Hardcover large octavo. 3 plays: Aristodemo, Cajo Gracco and Galeotto Manfredi. Cover corners extreme tips worn. 341pp., engraved portrait of author as frontispiece. Full vellum with gilt trim and mounted leather spine label (label near fine) . All edges gilt. Good, some minor foxing throughout. Attractive book. (a10182)
$39.00Swoboda, Wilhelm. JOHN HEYWOOD ALS DRAMATIKER EIN BEITRAG ZUR ENTWICKELUNGSGESCHICHTE DES ENGLISHCHEN DRAMAS (original first edition)
Wien 1888 first edition Braumuller. In German. Octavo., 70pp., printed wraps. Near Fine. Original printing, not modern remake. (a36882)
$45.00Gravina, Gio. Vicenzo. DELLA RAGION POETICA LIBRI DUE
Venezia 1829 Alvisopoli. On Artistophanes, Catullus, Religion and Morality in Dante, Madame Colbert, etc. 12mo., 239pp., Nice copperplate portrait of author as frontispiece, papercovered boards with vellum spine. (Paper on boards is later and not original; vellum backstrip is original and in excellent condition but no title is present on spine.) Complete in one volume. Fairly Good, front inner hinge cracked, rear hinge tender but not yet cracked; end papers toned and brittle and chipping on edges; very light foxing throughout text. Binding secure. (a42567)
$85.00 Neafie, J. A. J. . HAROLDE, THE ENVOYE OR ARTOIS A TRAGIC PLAY IN FIVE ACTS
NY 1879 first edition. Plaindealer Steam Printing Establishment. Hardcover. 8vo., 91pp., original photograph portrait of Neafie mounted as frontispiece (strong, clear image, about 3.5 inches x 2 inches), 3/4 leather with red marbled boards. Previous owner tipped in 6 small drawings of famous people on front blank end paper. VG, cover a bit worn and rubbed. Rare. (a49937)
$295.00Gunthner, Engelbert. CALDERON UND SEIN WERKE
Freiburg 1888 Herdersche Verlagshandlung. In German. 2 volumes in one. 8vo., frontis portrait, 3/4 leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering on spine. Raised spine bands. Bright gilt lettering. VG+ leather a bit rubbed but a very nice looking book. Solid and clean; hinges not cracked in or out ; no owner marks; text clean; no tears, no chips, no stains. (a5824)
$75.00 Meier, Ernst . KALIDAFA'S SAKUNTALA EIN INDISCHES SCHAUSPIEL
Leipzig (c.1875) Bibliographisches Institut. In German, Sm.8vo., 158pp., green cloth with wide black trim on boards, red spine label with gilt lettering and lovely decorative end papers. VG, head of spine chipped (a58682)
$35.00 Ferretti, Jacopo . LA PAZZA PER AMORE MELODRAMMA IN DUE ATTI
Bologna (1836) Fabbri nelle Clavalure. Da Rappresentarsi Nel Teatro Comunale di Bologna il Carnevale del 1835, 1836. Drama by Rossini's librettist. In Italian. 12mo, 47pp., original printed wraps. Monastery stamps on title and verso. Good, some soiling, small chip from final page with no loss of text. (a59283)
$250.00 Pocock, I . ANYTHING NEW; A MUSICAL FARCE IN TWO ACTS
New York 1812. Published by Longworths, from the first London edition of 1811. 12mo., 39pp., attractive decorated wraps (blue fleurs de lis and rearing lion on white.) VG. (a60348)
$145.00 Bon, F. Augusto . COMMEDIE INEDITE (VOLUMES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Milano 1842-1843 L'Editore Pietro Manzoni. In Italian. Five volumes. 12mo/, 1/2 green leather hardcovers with black and green papered boards. Good, occasional slight foxing, some wear on edges and corners, two volumes have some cracking on outer hinges. Set of 5 volumes: (a64985)
$180.00 Raynouard . I TEMPLARJ TRAGEDIA
Milano 1805 Agnello Nobile. Tradotta da Franco Salfi. Octavo, 69 pages of notes and biographical information on the drama, 92 pages of text of the drama in Italian, followed by 4 pages of annotations, attractive fullpage engraving of a Templar as frontis, engraving on title page of eagle on pier with illuminated cross on his chest, 3/4 leather with blue paper covered boards and decorated spine with gilt trim and two mounted spine labels. Good, occasional light wear and spotting in text, corners worn, front has different dark blue paper than rear. (a64993)
$250.00 Gaetano (Andreozzi) Parigi . PIRAMO E TISBE TRAGEDIA
Cremona 1819 Presso Giacomo Dalla Noce. 72p. Small octavo. Hardcover. Pretty red and yello patterned boards with maroon cloth spine. spine label in gilt. VG. no ownership markings.Very Scarce. (a65077)
$140.00 Dibdin, Thomas . THE WILL FOR THE DEED A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS
NY 1806 D. Longworth. 12mo. (5.5 x 3.5 inches), 52pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. Good, light wear. (a73366)
$39.00 Reynolds, Frederick . THE DRAMATIST; OR, STOP HIM WHO CAN A COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS AS PERFORMED AT THE PHILADELPHIA THEATRE
NY 1818 D. Longworth. 12mo., 64pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. Stamp of historical society on title page; owner signed on titlepage (Garbriel Hamson, Park Theatre). Good. (a73369)
$25.00 Reynolds, Frederick . THE FREE KNIGHTS: OR THE EDICT OF CHARLEMAGNE A DRAMA IN THREE ACTS INTERSPERSED WITH MUSIC
NY 1810 (from the first London edition of 1810) D. Longworth. 12mo., 56pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. Good. (a73370)
$45.00 Dibdin, Thomas . THE CABINET, A COMIC OPERA IN THREE ACTS AS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRES COVENT GARDEN AND NEW YORK
NY 1809 D. Longworth. 12mo. (5.5 x3/5 inches), 56pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. Good, (a73404)
$45.00 Rogers, Stanley . COMIC CHARADES PART I
London n.d. (1890?) Samuel French. 12mo., 64pp., original printed wraps. Six elaborate charades, each designed when acted out to produce one of the following words: plaintiff, crumpet, locksmith, postmark, marriage and stagestruck. The charades are short humorous plays, each 3 acts in length, with a list of about 8 characters per play with scenes, settings and costumes. Near VG. (a7383)
$65.00 Romani, Felix . A ESTRANGEIRA MELODRAMA PARA SE REPRESENTAR NO REAL TEATRO DE S. CARLOS
Lisboa 1835 Typografia Lisbonensi. In Portuguese. Felice Romani, Italian dramatist, lived 1788-1865. 12mo., 125pp., wraps. Good, spine chipped. (a9173)
$85.00Howe, Julia Ward. THE WORLD'S OWN
Boston 1857 1st edition, first state, Ticknor and Fields. Hardcover sm octavo. A poetic drama also called Leonora, this play was written in 1856 while Howe was accompanying a group of antislavery emigrants to Kansas. In the play, the heroine in unable to fulfill a vow to kill her lover who has abandoned her and takes her own life instead. The play was not at all well-received when performed in NY in 1857. (James Notable American Women). 141p. plus 12p. publisher ads. , original cloth. Good, corners and spine ends worn down and top and bottom half inch of bckstrip is chipped. binding secure; boards soiled and faded. Hinges not cracked. (a9575)
$49.00 Dubois, J. B. . LA RUCHE CELESTE, OU LE SECRET DE L'HYMEN
Paris 1811 Barba. Pour Celebrere la Naissance du Roi de Rome. In French. Hardcover. Small octavo, 32pp., rebound in 3/4 vellum and gilt printed marbled boards and mounted leather and gilt spine label. Good, light wear. No ownership marks. Rare. (mu105)
$350.00 Simonnin et Brazier . LA JARDINIERE DE VINCENNES, MELODRAME-VAUDEVILLE, EN TROIS ACTS IMITE DU ROMAN DE CE NOM.
Paris 1807 Fages. "Representee pour la premeire fois a Paris sur le theatre des Jeunes-Artistes le Samedi 14 Mars 1807." Hardcover. Octavo, 56p., attractive later rebinding in 3/4 vellum with red marbled boards and spine label. VG, light wear. No ownership marks. (mu538)
$250.00 (Theatre Broadside or Program) . THEATRE APOLLO 1844
Samedi 13 Jullet 1844. "Une Chaine, Comedie en cinqu actes, et en prose, de M. E. Scribe." Lists personnage and acteurs. 8x10 inches, small decorative vignette, printed on one side only. 1.5 inch tear in margin (not affecting text), frayed around edges. Near VG. Original printing. (mu576)
$85.00