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Creator:
Farquhar, George, 1677?-1707
Title(s):
The complete works of George Farquhar : in two volumes / edited by Charles Stonehill.
Additional Title(s):
Half-title: Works of George Farquhar
Published/Created:
Bloomsbury : The Nonesuch Press, 16 Great James Street, W.C., MCMXXX [1930]
Plymouth : William Brendon and Son, Ltd., [1930]
Physical Description:
2 volumes ; 26 cm
Holdings:
Reference Library
PR3435 A1 1930 (LC)
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR3435 .A1 1930 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR3435 A1 1930 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/5290301
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"This edition has been printed and made in England for the Nonesuch Press. It is limited to 900 sets of two volumes on machine-made paper (numbered 101 to 1000) and 100 sets on English hand-made paper (numbered 1 to 100)."--Verso of title page.
Dreyfus, J. History of the Nonesuch Press, 66
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is no. 41 of 900. One of 100 copies on English hand-made paper. Bound in quarter vellum with yellow and brown batik paper covered boards.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is no. 467 of 900. Bound in dark blue quarter buckram wih light blue paper covered boards.
Subject Terms:
English fiction.
Hilles, Frederick W. (Frederick Whiley), 1900–1975. -- Provenance.
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London.
Contributors:
Nonesuch Press, publisher.
William Brendon and Son, printer.
Stonehill, Charles Archibald, 1900–1955, editor.
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  • v. 1. Introduction. Love and a bottle. The constant couple, or A trip to the jubilee. Sir Henry Wildair, being the sequel to the Trip to the jubilee. The inconstant, or, The way to win him. The twin rivals
  • v. 2. The stage-coach. The recruiting officer. The beaux stratagem. The adventures of Covent-Garden. Correspondence. Love and business in a collection of occasionary verse and epistolary prose. A discourse upon comedy. Love's catechism. Three epilogues, with a prologue and miscellaneous poems. Barcellona.

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