QUINTANA, RICARDO (INTRODUCTION) — Eighteenth-Century Plays (Modern Library #224. 1)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1955]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition presenting 8 outstanding works of drama from the 18th century. Collection includes: Cato by Addison, Jane Shore by Rowe, Conscious Lovers by Steele, Beggars Opera by Gay, Tragedy of Tragedies (Tom Thumb the Great) by Fielding, London Merchant by Lillo, She Stoops to Conquer by Goldsmith, and the Rivals by Sheridan. Includes an introduction by Ricardo Quintana. --- In Toledano spine 8 / light green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 372 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1955 (though 1952 date appears in book). ML #224.1. --- With penciled notations to at least 3 of the plays, penciled doodle & discreet inked signature to front free endpaper, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with moderate age-toning, pencilings to front panel and a few small tears, else intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xxi, 484 pages. Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .