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Music.- Opera.- Gay (John) The Beggar's opera. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn

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John Gay. Beggar's Opera Libretto Dated 1729: John Gay. Beggar's Opera Libretto Dated 1729. From the title page: The beggar's Opera As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-inn Fields. Provenance: Private estate collection.

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LITERATURE & LEATHER BINDINGS: LITERATURE & LEATHER BINDINGS. - John GAY. The Beggar's Opera. London: Printed for Jon Watts, at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court, near Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. 1728. Small octavo (7 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches;

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1922 BEGGAR'S OPERA by M. JOHN GAY antique LIMITED EDITION # 103 ILLUSTRATED: BEGGAR'S OPERA by M. JOHN GAY Limited edition, numbered copy (# 103) Illustrated London: Published for Daniel O'Connor, 1922 very good condition, minor wear of the binding Size 8 by 11 1/4" Reserve: $

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Lot of Early Music: Early music: A pair of scores for William Gay's "A Beggar's Opera" and "Polly" both 1788 and for voice, harpsichord and violin, bound in grey board by Harrison & Co, London, boards worn, scores very g

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18th C Leather English Plays Beggar's Opera: A leather volume of English plays from the 18th century including “The Beggar’s Opera”, written by Mr. gay, with music and engraved frontis, printed for W. Strahan, London, 1777. Four others. Fi

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1783 Fables of John Gay English Literature Poetry: 1783 Fables of John Gay English Literature Poetry Illustrated Thomas Bewick John Gay was an 18th-century English poet and opera composer best known for his masterpiece ‘The Beggar’s Opera’. Whil

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1793 FABLES John Gay Illustrated William Blake ART English Literature Poems: 1793 FABLES John Gay Illustrated William Blake ART English Literature Poems John Gay was an 18th-century English poet and opera composer best known for his masterpiece The Beggars Opera. While he is m

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Antique Playing Card Deck Songs Music Lyrics (Like Beggar's Opera) Square Corners Blank Back: Antique deck of playing cards, I have Found that this deck is in the British Museum (they are missing 4 Cards, Mine are Complete, and I have the Original Box as Well) they Date Them too The Second Qua

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Franz Schubert Signature: Prodigious Austrian composer (1797-1828) whose vast oeuvre comprised over 600 secular vocal works (mainly lieder), seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music, and a large body o

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Music, Edison Opera cylinder phonograph, Type SM, Model: Music, Edison Opera cylinder phonograph, Type SM, Model A, cygnet horn, oak, Exc working cond, 35.5"H x 20"W x 20.5"D.

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1935 GERSHWIN AUTOGRAPHED BOOK - PORGY & BESS: Rare deluxe limited edition PORGY AND BESS opera music book #161/250 dated 1935 by Random House NY and autographed by George and Ira Gershwin (Lyrics), Dubose Heyward (Lyrics and Libretto), and Rouben

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RARE Original Vintage 1870s Edw. Ancourt Alcazar Poster: Ancourt, Edward Alcazar D'Hiver - Armand Ben Lithograph ca. 1873 22 x 15.3 in. (56 x 39 cm) Printer: A. Fouquet. Paris Condition Details: (A) on linen, tiny edge tears #France #Theater, Opera #Music

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1678 Play All for Love World Well Lost Shakespeare: All for Love: Or, The World Well Lost. A Tragedy, As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal; and Written in Imitation of Shakespeare's Stile, by John Dryden, printed at London by Tho. Newcomb for Henry Herr

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1726 John Selden Complete Set. “Joannis Seldeni: John Selden Complete Set. “Joannis Seldeni jurisconsulti opera omnia, tam edita quam inedita”. London: by William Bowyer [vol. 2: S. Palmer; vol. 3: T. Wood] for J. Walthoe, G. Conyers, J. Knapton

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A celestial globe in the manner of Vincenzo Coronelli: 19th century Label marked: Orbis / Coelestis Typus / Opus a P Coronelli / Min Convent / Serenissimaeque Reipub. Venetue Cosmog / Inchoatum / Societat Gallicae Sumptibvs / Absolutum / Lvtetia Parisiorv

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Edison Opera Oak Cylinder Phonograph: Type SM, Model A, Anodized reproducer & crank, oak music master horn. SN-4299

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Music.- Opera.- Gay (John) The Beggar's opera. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn

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Music.- Opera.- Gay (John) The Beggar's opera. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn Fields, first quarto edition, third edition overall, title printed in red and black, 46pp. engraved music at end, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, B1 small hole to lower margin, a few small wormholes, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper 'Peregrine Greatheeds Book', contemporary half calf over marbled boards, sympathetically rebacked, spine gilt and with morocco label, Printed for John Watts, at the Printing-Office in Wildcourt, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, 1729; and 12 others, Beggar's Opera, 18th to 20th centuries, v.s. (13)

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Music.- Opera.- Gay (John) The Beggar's opera. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn

Name: Music.- Opera.- Gay (John) The Beggar's opera. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn
SKU: 149848486
Price: 360 GBP
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