Various — Collection of Comedies
London, John Cumberland; T Dolby, c1826. Leather. A scarce collection of comedic plays bound as one. The Honey Moon by John Tobin, Amateurs and Actors by Richard Brinsley Peake, A Trip to Scarborough by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Soldier's Daughter by Andrew Cherry, The Road to Run by T. Holcroft, The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and The Hunchback by James Sheridan Knowles. Each play features and engraved frontispiece. Bound in a half calf binding with cloth covered boards, and gilt lettering to the spine. Externally, sound, but with shelfwear to the spine and extremities. Rear hinge is a little strained. Internally, generally firmly bound, intermittently bright and clean, with the odd spot. Some minor paper repairs. Good . Ill.: Cruikshank. Good .