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Click here to see our other books! The Works of the late Ingenious Mr. George Farquhar: Containing all his Poems, Letters, Essays and Comedies, Publish'd in his Life-time. George Farquhar 1742 J. and P. Knaptop, G. Strahan, J. Clark and H. Lintot : London 6.5" by 4" 107, [1], 94, [10], 156, [2]; 86, 94, 98, 91, [3pp.] SUMMARY An early edition of the complete collected works of Irish dramatist and poet, George Farquhar, complete in two volumes. Early Edition,Leather Binding,Scarce Overall Condition: Good Only This book weighs 1 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 22.99 EU Postage : £ 16.99 European Postage: £ 17.99 Asia Postage: £ 22.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 28.99 DESCRIPTION The eighth edition. Complete in two volumes, uniformly bound in full calf. The collected works of Irish dramatist, George Farquhar, who was particularly known for his contributions to late Restoration comedy. This work contains all of Farquhar's poems, letters, essays and comedies published during his life. Volume I contains 'Poems, Letters and a Discourse upon Comedy', 'Love and a Bottle', 'The Constant Couple' and 'Sir Harry Wildair'. Volume II contains 'The Inconstant', 'The Twin-Rivals', 'The Recruiting-Officer' and 'The Beaux-Stratagem'. With a separate title page and pagination for each comedy; 'Love and a Bottle', 'The Constant Couple', 'Sir Harry Wildair', and all plays to volume II. Bound with original endpapers and blanks, without half titles. With a bookplate of welsh landowner and politician, John Myddelton and the ink inscription of E. S. Thompson. CONDITION Bound in full calf, with original endpapers and blanks, without half titles. Externally, worn, with the front board detached to I. Rubbing and marking to boards, with slight loss to the leather, particularly to the spine head and tail. Lacking spine labels. Remaining hinges are strained, with the front of I and rear of II tender. Bookplate to front paste down with ink inscription to the front endpaper. Lacking endpapers to I. Slight offsetting to title page to I. Internally, otherwise firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Overall Condition: Good Only GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques