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Click here to subscribeMatchbox Models of Yesteryear Code 2 issues - all are Y4 Duesenberg Model J Towncar (1) Y4 Code 2 reissue of the famous rare colour models - white, red chassis, yellow seats and hood; (2) Leipzig 2006 - two-tone blue with dates 30/9/2006; (3) similar but 1/10/2006; (4) 2/10/2006; (5) similar but 3/10/2006 - Near Mint to Mint in Excellent boxes. (5)
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Y9 1924 Fowler "Big Lion" Showmans Engine pair (1) dark maroon body, cream roof, gold cylinder block, copper boiler door, gold spiral roof supports, yellow spoked wheels, cream roof ends - rare issue, (2) similar but with maroon cylinder block - Excellent Plus clean bright examples in Fair to Good type A boxes. (2)
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Y12 1912 Ford Model T Van "Hoover" - rare code 2 promotional issue - mid-blue body with type 3 cast rear doors, white roof, tan seats, gold parts, gloss black chassis, gold 12-spoke wheels with certificate showing this to be 163 of 500 - Near Mint a clean bright example in an Excellent type I correct issue box.
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Y12 1912 Ford Model T Van "Birds Custard Powder" group (1) metallic blue body, yellow roof, black chassis, chrome parts, black seat, red 12-spoke wheels - rare issue; (2) royal blue body with gold parts - scarce issue; (3) Friday afternoon model or similar with unplated black parts and yellow 24-spoke wheels - Excellent to Near Mint in Good to Excellent type I boxes. (3)
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Y8 1914 Sunbeam Motorcycle and Milford Sidecar - chrome plated body with cast shut front forks, sidecar with axle brace, black plastic motorcycle seat, emerald green sidecar seat, bare metal 26-spoke wheels - rare issue - Excellent Plus in an Excellent Plus crisp type E1 box.
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Y11 1938 Lagonda Drophead Coupe pair (1) glossy gold body, dark red chassis, type B rear bumper, black seats, grille, folded hood and luggage trunk, brass 24-spoke wheels - rare issue; (2) similar but with dark maroon chassis - Excellent to Excellent Plus in Fair to Good type G boxes. (2)
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Y16 1904 Spyker Tourer - rare maroon body without gold trim, dark green seats, brass 12-spoke wheels with black knobbly tyres and with single ejector ring mark on base under rear axle - extremely rare - usual loose seats, a few small chips on raised edges but overall clean and bright, displays well - Good Plus unboxed.
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Y8 1914 Sunbeam Motorcycle & Milford Sidecar colour trial model - metallic gold body with cast shut front forks and with sidecar axle brace, black plastic motorcycle seat, rare black plastic sidecar seat, bare metal 26-spoke wheels - model has been loosely assembled for display purposes only not factory finished - generally Excellent unboxed.
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Y1 1911 Ford Model T Car - red body and chassis, black smooth hood, black seats and grille, red metal steering wheel, brass 12-spoke wheels, two holes to base, red painted windscreen and with twin brake lever - rare issue - Near Mint in a Good Plus type D3 box.
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Y5 1929 4.5 litre Bentley - glossy apple green body and chassis, green seats and tonneau, silver steering wheel and grille, silver 24-spoke wheels, silver plated parts, glossy apple green radiator shell, black racing number 5 and baseplate type A, very rare issue - very slight loss to racing numbers - Excellent Plus in a Good D1 box.
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear pair of harder to find issues (1) Y1 1911 Model T Ford Car - red, brass 12-spoke wheels, single brake lever, black plastic seats and grille and harder to find black textured roof; (2) Y16 1928 Mercedes Benz SS Coupe - silver, metallic chassis with cast diff to base, rare issue - Excellent to Near Mint in Good to Good Plus type F&G boxes. (2)
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Y7 1912 Rolls Royce harder to find pair (1) silver body, dark red chassis, brass 12-spoke wheels and with grey ribbed roof; (2) silver body, glossy red chassis, red ribbed roof, dark red seats and grille and with chrome 12-spoke wheels - rare issue - Excellent Plus to Near Mint in Fair to Good type F&G boxes. (2)
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear a pair of harder to find issues (1) Y1 1936 Jaguar SS 100 - milky white body and chassis, black seats and hood, chrome 24-spoke wheels and parts and with small side lights and symbole rivet; (2) Y16 1928 Mercedes Benz SS Coupe - metallic lime green body and bonnet, metallic dark (Stutz) green chassis, black seats, grille and textured hood, black textured rear luggage, chrome 24-spoke wheels, brass exhaust - rare issue - Excellent Plus to Near Mint in generally Good type H boxes. (2)
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear pair of harder issues to find (1) Y3 1934 Riley MPH - ruby red body, chrome parts, chrome 24-spoke wheels and with black plastic seat and grille; (2) Y16 1928 Mercedes Benz SS Coupe - metallic lime green body and bonnet, metallic dark (Stutz) green chassis, black seats, grille and textured hood, black textured rear luggage, chrome 24-spoke wheels and separate brass exhaust - rare issue - Excellent Plus to Near Mint in Fair to Good type H boxes. (2)
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Code 2 issues Y12 1912 Ford Model T Van - Matchbox Club Slovenia (1) Motor 100 in the rare reverse colour Planet Earth (to distinguish from rare original models the outer writing is of thinner script also the cream and blue are of a darker colour and small label to base), (2) Taystee large logo (decals are cropped quite close to "Old Fashioned Enriched Bread") - Excellent in Excellent blue and yellow card boxes. (2)
Breon O'CASEY (1928-2011) Untitled Handwoven rugLength 183 cm, including tasselsMaximum width 100cmLiterature - 'breon o'casey - Texts by Brian Fallon and Breon O'Casey', published by Scholar Press 1999, illustrated page 142.Exhibited - 1993, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia,2000 - 2001, Royal Hibernian Academy, Gallagher Gallery, DublinPurchased at the Helen Drutt Gallery, PhiladelphiaThis rare rug appears to be in truly excellent condition, with no damage or stains. The tassles also appear to be in excellent condition.
Terry FROST (1915-2003) Anchor, 1984 (Kemp 79) Etching and aquatintSigned and dated '84Numbered 8/25YPDL blind stamp, lower rightInnocent Fine Art, Clifton gallery label to versoPlate size 29 x 21cm, paper size 49 x 37cmThis rare etching has not been examined out of the frame but it appears to be in good clean condition apart from an adhesive stain along the upper margin.
Super Sale! Set of 2 Nightbreed framed displays. These beautiful framed displays, each with an overall size of 14 inches x 11 inches, is made up with a hand signed 10x8 photo, with the movie logo underneath. Hand signed by Oliver Parker (RARE autograph) as Peloquin, and Nicholas Vince as Kinski. These signed photos are guaranteed authentic and are supplied from one of the UKs leading autograph memorabilia companies. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Rare Robert Taylor Colour Print Titled Company of Heroes Signed in Pencil by the Artist, Rolland Whited, and Robert Dees. 262 of 400. Print Measures 33 x 24 inches. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Erich Hartmann and Gunther Rall Signed Robert Taylor Colour Print Titled Birth of a Legend. Further Signed by the Artist. Small minor scratch to print. Rare Lot. Measures Overall Print Size: 33? x 25?. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Arne Hovmand-Olsen (Danish, 1919-1989) for Warm Nordic, Denmark. Evermore walnut Mid-century Modern dining table. With two leaves. The dining table has been painted black.Provenance: From the Estate of Horst Rechelbacher, Osceola, Wisconsin.Horst Rechelbacher, the founder of Aveda and Intelligent Nutrients, was a pioneer in the field of safe and eco-friendly cosmetics. The same curiosity that led him to explore ways to improve the beauty industry led him to travel the world, collecting rare and beautiful objects as he went.Height: 28 in x width: 63 in x depth: 33 in.
A RARE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER COMBINATION SNUFF BOX by Xuan, retailed by Wo Shing, Shanghai, c.1880, rectangular with canted corners, the hinged cover with unusual latch to one side, the cover flat-chased with fruiting vine and engraved with characters. 4.5cm wide, 2.2 troy ouncesThe marks to the underside of the cover are clear. The latch and cover work well. In generally very good condition.
A RARE VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT CHRISTENING SET by Charles Edwards, 1879-1881, comprising plate, knife, fork and spoon, decorated with signs of the Zodiac. (4) Plate 16.5cm diameter, 9.1 troy ounces grossThe marks are clear. Cast handles to the knife and fork. Surface wear commensurate with age. No personalised engraving. In generally good condition.
Charles I AssociationGriffith (Matthew), Bethel: or, A Forme for Families: In which all sorts, of both Sexes, are so squared, and framed by the Word of God ....Printed by Richard Badger for Robert Allot, 1633, small quarto in eights, [24], 528 pages, additional engraved title page (Allot & Taunton, dated 1634 - see ESTC) which is laid down and has tear and chip to lower edge just entering image, repairs to lower edge of title and A3 (affecting recto border), some staining, marginal tear to E8, small hole in 2D4 affecting page numbers, inscription to verso of repaired blank before title reads 'King Charles the first's copy of this rare and curious work and with the Royal Arms impressed on the sides. From Dr. Barton's Collection' with recto inscribed by Barton, this blank is not the original A1 which may have been covered by the engraved title. All edges gilt, re-backed contemporary calf binding with gilt Royal Armorials to upper and lower boards. S103458[Despite the inscription, the armorials appear identical to the Charles II stamp 22a in the British Armorial Bindings database at the University of Toronto]
20 Plus Doolittle Raiders Signed 40th Anniversary of the First Operational Use of the Mitchell by the RAF FDC. Includes Lt Gen James H Doolittle Signature. Fantastic and Rare Item. A Must HaveAll autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 DM Medals Cover. 7 signatures including a rare signature. Flown in a Jet Provost Mk T3A. Signed by Air Marshall Sir Denis Crowley Milling, Group Captain H G Davies, Air Vice Marshal F L Dodd, Air Vice Marshal A V R Johnstone, Air Commodore Hon Sir Peter B R Vanneck, Wing commander H M Stephen and a rare sought after signature Wing Commander D E Kingaby DSO AFC DFM AE. certified copy 581 of 650All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
§ DAVID HOCKNEY O.M., C.H., R.A. (BRITISH 1937-) [UNTITLED FAX PRINT], 1999 timed 15/10/99 at 16:40 with printed message and signature, 16 sheets of A4 paper photocopied from a fax, with similar instruction sheet, together with 3 other Hockney items including Prints 1954-1995, Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1996 (first edition, 8vo, original wrappers, dust jacket, rare)Provenance:Provenance: David Lay, 27 October 2017, lot 124.
VIOLET ELMER (BRITISH 1907-1988) (ATTRIBUTED TO) FOR CARLTON WARE RARE VASE, CIRCA 1935 lustre-glazed earthenware, printed manufacturer's mark, painted '1/11586 / 4019', and 'B' in yellow, 26cm (10 1/4in) high; together with a CARLTON WARE VASE, lustre-glazed earthenware, printed manufacturer's mark, 14.5cm (5 3/4in) high; and a CARLTON WARE 'BABYLON' TUMBLER, lustre-glazed earthenware, printed manufacturer's mark, 6.5cm (2 1/2in) high
MINTONS LTD. ‘SECESSIONIST WARE’ VASE, 1903 relief moulded and block printed earthenware, printed 'MINTON LTD.' , impressed date cypher and 'Minton' and '18', incised '3504', 31.7cm (12 1/2in) high; together with a SECESSIONIST WARE VASE, 1903, impressed date cypher and 'Minton', incised '3504', 31.7cm (12 1/2in) high; a SECESSIONIST WARE VASE, 1903, printed 'MINTON LTD.', impressed date cypher 'Mintons', incised '3509', 31cm (12 1/4in) high; and a SMALL SECESSIONIST WARE JARDINIÈRE, 1902, moulded 'MINTONS LTD.', impressed date cypher and 'Minton', printed '28', 11.5cm (4 1/2in) high Note: Léon-Victor Solon (1872-1953), the son of famed Minton designer Marc-Louis Solon, was born in Stoke-on-Trent and joined Minton’s as a designer in 1895 with the intention of revitalising the firm’s competitive edge. By 1901, Solon was in need of an assistant designer and appointed a young John W. Wadsworth (1879-1955) to the position. Together, Solon and Wadsworth collaborated on what came to be Minton’s most successful Art Nouveau range: Secessionist Ware. In producing this range, the company sought to align itself with this highly progressive European art movement. However, the stylised decoration for this range also draws much inspiration from the avant-garde Glasgow School.Designs produced for the range were heavily characterised by a raised linear decoration using the slip-trailed technique. This method involves piping liquid clay by hand to form a raised outline using a tubular tool, which was squeezed so that the mixture flowed. The coloured lead glazes were then painted within the raised outlines, sometimes overflowing the lines and mingling with each other, before the finished piece was fired. The coloured glazes are particularly striking in their rich polychromy of bold tones, likely inspired by Solon’s personal interest in this ancient practice.Note: Beyond their distinctive decoration, pieces included in the range can be identified by the Minton’s factory marks specially designed by Solon and Wadsworth. One mark contains the words ‘Mintons Ltd’ in Art Nouveau lettering, in which the ‘S’ exaggeratedly sweeps back and underneath. Another more rare mark found on pieces from 1901-1903, features ‘Mintons Ltd’ framed in a square border. These earlier Secessionist pieces are likely to have been the work of Solon; designs produced after 1905 are attributed to Wadsworth, after his appointment to art director that year. Today, the designs of both men are held in high regard, and in particular, their designs for Minton Secessionist Wares for Minton’s are widely considered a significant contribution to the British Art Nouveau style between 1890 and 1914.
New York State. De Witt (Simeon), A Map of the State of the State of New York by Simeon De Witt, Surveyor General, Contracted from his Large Map of the State, New York, 1804, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, large inset title cartouche and compass rose, old folds, some adhesion scaring to verso, a few folds strengthened and repaired on the verso, slight marginal fraying and creasing, 565 x 690 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Ristow. American Maps and Mapmakers, pages 73-83. Rare. Copac lists only one institutional copy (British Library), although we have found other copies at Yale and The Centre for Brooklyn History.
Worcestershire. Taylor (Isaac), To The Right Honourable Earl of Coventry, Lord Lieutenant & Custos Rotulorum of this County...., This Map of the County of Worcester is most Humbly Dedicated by their Obedient and most Humble Servant, Isaac Taylor, Ross-on-Wye, 1772, large scale engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sensationalised into 16 pieces, each laid on to later card, each with a manuscript number, decorative uncoloured cartouche and mileage scale, compass rose, table of explanation set within a floriate border and a 'list of places taken from the Land Tax book', slight dust soiling, each sheet 255 x 255 mm, overall size if conjoined, approximately 1020 x 1020 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase, the case is heavily worn, frayed and split along the jointsQTY: (1)NOTE:A rare example of one of Isaac Taylor's fine large-scale county maps.
* Slavery. Portrait of Alice, circa 1805, uncoloured mixed method portrait, 130 x 80 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Alice is thought to have been the first black person born in Philadelphia and was the child of Barbadian slaves. She was alleged to have been born in 1686 and died in 1802. She was sent to work on Dunk's Ferry in Bucks County where she collected tolls and managed the service for around 40 years. Eventually, Alice became a famed oral historian and trusted source of information, visited by many to hear tales of her life in 18th-century Philadelphia. A lifelong worshipper at Christ Church Philadelphia, she was known for riding a galloping horse to church while in her nineties. Alice's life was recorded in Thomas Isiah's 'Memoirs of Remarkable Female Characters Ancient and Modern' published in 1804 and versions of her life story were published in the UK at the time of her death. Alice was never given her freedom and has since become an inspiring international symbol of survival. This portrait is based on an original painting sent to the UK from the United States and the surrounding vignettes represent different aspects of her life. The engraving is rare with only one other example discovered, held by the Barbados Museum and Historical Society.
Luynes (Honoré Théodore Paul Joseph d'Albert duc de). Voyage d'exploration à la mer Morte, à Petra, et sur la rive gauche du Jourdain, 4 volumes (including atlas), Paris: Arthus Bertrand, [1868-74], half-titles, 99 plates & maps (a few double-page), untrimmed & uncut, spotting (light & mostly confined to margins), original blue paper wrappers, atlas volume rebacked with black cloth (with later ties), lightly rubbed & marked, folioQTY: (4)NOTE:Hannavy, Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography I pp. 982-5 (Nègre); Parr & Badger I p. 33; Röhricht 2824 (calling for only 86 plates).An excellent complete set of this scarce expedition in bright original condition, chronicling Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. The atlas volume contains 64 photogravures providing one of the earliest photographic records of the region.'This rare book is closely connected with an important event in the development of photobook production, and with a unique photographic competition. In 1856 Honoré Albert, Duc de Luynes, archaeologist, scientist and connoisseur, initiated a competition ... to find the best method of photomechanical reproduction ... Rather than choosing the eventual winner of the competition [Alphonse Louis Poitevin] to make the photomechanical reproductions of [Louis Vignes's] negatives [from the Dead Sea expedition], the Duc selected Charles Nègre, who had also been shortlisted for the prize. Nègre had developed a photogravure method that produced beautiful prints ... [and] improved [Vigne's negatives] considerably ... The book ... remains one of the finest photomechanically printed books of the era' (Parr & Badger).
Nashe (Thomas, 1567-c.1601). A sammelband of 7 works, 1592-1600, comprising, in order: Nashes Lenten Stuffe, Containing, The Description and first Procreation and Increase of the towne of Great Yarmouth in Norffolke, 1st edition, 1599; Haue with you to Saffron-Walden. Or, Gabriel Harueys Hunt is vp, 1st edition, 1596; Pierce Penilesse His Supplication to the Diuell, 1593; Strange Newes, Of the intercepting certaine Letters, and a Conuoy of Verses, as they were going Pruilie to victuall the Low Countries, 1592; The Terrors of the night Or, A Discourse of Apparitions, 1st edition, 1594; [Attributed to John Lyly], Pappe with an hatchet. Alias, A figge for my God sonne, [1589]; A Pleasant Comedie, called Summers last will and Testament, 1600; all first or early edition issues published in London, all edges gilt, early 19th-century gilt-tooled calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, 4to (177 x 123 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Additional material bound in:A small portrait frontispiece of Nashe is mounted as frontispiece before the first title (19th-century reproduction from a 1597 original). At the start of the volume is a 4-page manuscript list of Nashe's works with notices of biographical accounts, written in a neat hand, probably by Robert Reeve, on laid paper with watermark of 'A. Smith'; a later manuscript note tipped in noting an account of Nashe's 2 plays published in the Retrospective Review for April 1828; this article copied in a neat contemporary hand and supplied on 3 part-folding pages at rear; a 4-page manuscript, in the same hand and on the same paper as the first list, giving a list of the volume's contents ('These have been long bound together in the same order'), and details of Nashe's works owned by the King's Library (24 items), the Marquis of Stafford (7 items), the Malone collection ('The Tragedie of Dido... by Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Nash Gent 1594'), the Garrick collection (Summers Last Will and Testament), the British Museum (6 items as referenced by Beloe's Anecdotes) and a final note by Reeve that 'Nash also wrote a play called "The Isle of Dogs” turned from a comedie into a tragedie. But it does not appear to have been printed.'Provenance: Thomas Smyth (possibly Sir Thomas Smyth of Hill Hall, Essex, c. 1602-1668): early name inscription to second title; Robert Reeve (died 1840), attorney-at law in Lowestoft, Suffolk: ownership inscription to front pastedown: ‘Robert Reeve, Lowestoft’; J[eremiah] J[ames] Colman (1830-1898) and his son Robert James Colman (1861-1946), of the J. & J. Colman mustard business, Norwich, Norfolk: armorial bookplates to front pastedown and front free endpaper.An extraordinary, and possibly unique, sammelband of rare works by the legendary prose writer Thomas Nashe. The only comparable items identified are a handful of multi-pamphlet volumes offered at auction centred on John Lyly and the Marprelate controversy. This collection of seven works was apparently bound by the former owner Robert Reeve, circa 1820, who notes that the items had been together in this order long since before he owned them. The missing two leaves in the final work are supplied in printed ‘facsimile’ and appear to have been specially set by Reeve at the time of binding; as such these two leaves are probably unique. For more information concerning editions and issue points the standard reference is the 5-volume works edition edited by Ronald B. McKerrow, 1904-10, with extra information obtained from ESTC, STC and Pforzheimer.Thomas Nashe (or Nash) was an Elizabethan playwright, poet, satirist and pamphleteer. He is often considered the most brilliant and inventive prose writer of Elizabethan England. His subject range was wide as demonstrated in these seven works here. It is thought he collaborated with his friend Christopher Marlowe on Dido, Queen of Carthage, Ben Jonson on The Isle of Dogs (now lost) and Shakespeare on the Henry VI plays. In pamphlets such as Pierce Penniless he was involved in a defence of the Church of England. He was attracted to the Martin Marprelate controversy by his hatred of puritanism, being employed by the bishops to write against the works of fictional character Martin Marprelate. His lengthy and vicious quarrel with Gabriel Harvey was instrumental in defining English prose style and became so troubling that the authorities closed down the printing presses and issued a life ban on writing to both Harvey and Nash (1599).Nashes Lenten Stuffe (1599) was Nashe’s last work and written after he went on the run from the London authorities following the furore surrounding a performance of his and Ben Jonson’s Isle of Dogs (1597). Have with You to Saffron-Walden was a response to Gabriel Harvey during their lengthy feud. Pierce Penniless contains an attack on both Richard Harvey, the astrologer and the Marinist, who, as part of the Marprelate controversy, had been waging a pamphlet war attacking the episcopacy of the Anglican church. Strange Newes contains Nashe’s fierce response to Harvey’s demolition of the recently deceased writer, Robert Greene. In The Terrors of the Night Nash sceptically considers dreams, nightmares, and apparitions, which he considers born of superstition, melancholy or imagination. Pappe with a hatchet is now believed to have been written by John Lily, though its inclusion here leaves open the idea that Nashe may have had some involvement in it, and besides it is one of the pamphlets in the Marprelate controversy. The last item, Summer’s Last Will and Testament, is Nashe’s only extant solo-authored play, a comedy notable for breaking new ground in the development of English Renaissance drama.For the unabridged description with full details of each individual work please see the virtual catalogues and description on our website.
Restoration Drama. A two-volume sammelband of 15 Restoration-era plays by Thomas Shadwell, John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee, Roger Boyle, Aphra Behn, Nathaniel Lee, William Mountfort, Joseph Banks, Nahum Tate, John Lacy, John Crowne, Edward Ravenscroft and Richard Brome, the majority 1st editions, 1670-1690, occasional browning (particularly to the first work of the first volume), some light spotting and marks (the majority of the contents generally in clean condition), later ink stamp of Cornwell House to front endpaper of each volume, contemporary uniform sprinkled full calf, gilt decorated spines, each volume titled in gilt Plays 1 and Plays 2, rubbed and some marks with short splits to head and foot of joints, small 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Contents: Volume I: Nathaniel Lee, The Massacre of Paris: a Tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal by her Majesties Servants, 1st edition, London: printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes, , 1690, [4],52,[4]pp.(A2,B-H4); Aphra Behn, The Young King: or, The Mistake. As 'tis acted at his Royal Highness The Dukes Theatre, 1st edition, London: printed for D. Brown, at the Black Swan, T. Benskin, and H. Rhodes, 1683, [6],63,[1]pp.; Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery, Mr. Anthony. A Comedy as it is acted by their Majestie's Servants. Never before Printed, 1st edition, London: printed for James Knapton, 1690, [4], 51, [1], b4 with slight loss to upper outer corner (affecting several words); John Dryden & Nathaniel Lee, The Duke of Guise. A Tragedy. Acted by their Majesties Servants, 1st edition, London: printed by T. H. R. Bentley and J. Tonson, 1683, [8], 76, [4]pp. (A-L4); William Mountfort, The Injur'd Lovers: or, The Ambitious Father. A Tragedy. Acted by their Majestie's Servants at the Theatre Royal, 1st edition, London: printed for Sam. Manship, 1688, [8], 72pp. (A-K4); [Aphra Behn], Romulus and Hersilia: or, The Sabine War. A Tragedy acted at the Duke's Theatre, 1st edition, London: printed for D. Brown, and T. Benskin, 1683, [4], 62, [2]pp. ([A]2,B-I4); John Banks, The Island Queens: or, The Death of Mary, Queen of Scotland. A Tragedy. Publish'd only in Defense of the Author and the Play, against some mistaken Censures, occasion'd by its being prohibited the Stage, 1st edition, London: printed for R. Bentley, 1684, [6], 70pp. ([A],B-I4,K3); Thomas Shadwell, Epsom-Wells, A Comedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre, London: printed by J. M. for Henry Herringman, 1676, [6], 96pp. (A3,B-N4,N3); Thomas Shadwell, The Sullen Lovers: or, The Impertinents. A Comedy, acted by His Highness The Duke of York's Servants, 1st edition, London: printed for Henry Herringman, 1670, [12], 76pp. (A-L4).Pforzheimer 591; Wing 853 (Massacre of Paris); Wing B1776 (The Young King); Wing 0487, ESTC R22129 (Mr Anthony); D2264 (The Duke of Guise); Wing M2974, ESTC R11790 (The Injur'd Lovers); Wing S878 (The Island Queens); Wing S2879 (The Sullen Lovers).Volume II: Nahum Tate, The Ingratitude of a Common-Wealth: or, The Fall of Caius Martius Coriolanus. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal, 1st edition, London: printed T. M. for Joseph Hindmarsh, 1682, [8], 64pp. (A-I4); Thomas Shadwell, The Squire of Alsatia. A Comedy, as it is acted by their Majestie's Servants, 1st edition, London: printed for James Knapton, 1688, [8], 88pp. (A-M4); John Lacy, The Old Troop, or, Monsieur Raggou. As it was acted at the Theatre Royal, 1st edition, London: printed for William Crook and Thomas Dring, 1672, [8], 62, [2]pp. (A-I4); Thomas Shadwell, The Humorists. A Comedy. Acted by his Royal Highnesses Servants,1st edition, London: printed for Henry Herringman, 1671, [18], 78, [2]pp.(3 leaves unsigned, a4,b2,B-L4); John Crowne, City Politiques. A Comedy. As it is acted by his Majesties Servants, 1st edition, London: printed for R. Bently, and Joseph Hindmarsh, 1683, [8], 79, [1]pp. (A-L4); Thomas Shadwell, The Virtuoso. A Comedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre, 1st edition, London: printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1676, [6], 88, [2]pp. (A-M4); Edward Ravenscroft, The Citizen Turn'd Gentleman. A Comedy. Acted at the Duke's Theatre, 1st edition, London: printed for Thomas Dring, 1672, [8], 108pp. (A-O4,P2); Richard Brome, The Northern Lass. A Comedy. As 'tis acted at the Theatre Royal, London: printed for D. Newman, 1684, [4], 68pp. (A2 B-I4,K2).Wing T190, ESTC R3412 (The Ingratitude of a Common-Wealth); Wing S2874, ESTC R11237 (The Squire of Alsatia); Wing L144A (The Old Troop); Wing S2851, ESTC R21339, Pforzheimer 873 (The Humorists); Wing C7378 (City Politiques); Wing C7378 S2883A (The Virtuoso); Wing M2383A (The Citizen Turn'd Gentleman); Wing B4879 (The Northern Lass).A rare collection of first edition restoration dramas bound in a contemporary binding, which includes Thomas Shadwell's first play The Sullen Lovers (loosely based on Moliere's Les Facheux, first published in 1662, and more loosely Le Misanthrope, first published in 1666), and the two plays regarded as Shadwell's best: Epsom Wells (1672), and The Squire of Alsatia (1688). Aphra Behn's The Young King is a scarce 1683 first edition of a play which was first performed in 1679, and according to ESTC is partly based on Gaultier de Coste's Cleopatre and Calderon's La Vida es Sueno. This copy contains two additional lines at the end of the prologue which are not present in the online version of the text provided by EEBO (though the final line is trimmed with partial loss of the text). The two lines read: 'Heaven bless the King but keeps the Land in peace / Or he'll be sweetly served by such as these'. Nahum Tate's The Ingratitude of a Common-Wealth is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, while Edward Ravenscroft's The Citizen Turn'd Gentleman is an adaptation of Moliere's Bourgeois Gentihomme and Monsieur de Pourceaugnac.The Injur'd Lovers is the first published play by the actor and dramatist William Mountfort (1664 – 10 December 1692), who was ambushed and murdered in Howard Street, Strand by the adventurer Captain Richard Hill, on the 9th December 1692. Captain Hill had perceived Mountfort to be his rival in love for Mrs. Anne Bracegirdle, an actress who first performed the role of Antelina in The Injur'd Lovers and had been annoyed by the captain's persistent attentions. Aided by the politician and rake Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, Mountfort was stabbed in the chest by Hill, and died of his wounds the following day. Following the attack Hill fled to France, while Lord Mohun was tried by his peers and (perhaps not surprisingly) acquitted by a vote of 69 to 14.
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