POLLY: written by Mr. Gay. Drawings by William Nicholson by…

POLLY: written by Mr. Gay. Drawings by William Nicholson

Edition: First of this edition

London: Heinemann, 1923. Small narrow quarto. Black cloth spine with paper label and blue boards with front cover label. pp xvi, (109), [3] + 8 colour plates with captioned tissue guards; b&w vignette drawings in text. Spine label foxed and lightly sunned; foxing to upper front cover and label; boards have some spotting and edges wear; offset yellowing to endpapers, yellowing to page edges; a good, tight copy otherwise, text clean, no owner names. Some music in text. "Polly, a musical play by J. Gay (q.v.), published in 1729. Its production on stage was prohibited by the lord chamberlain. The play is a sequel to The Beggar's Opera." (The Oxford Companion To English Literature 628).

Book ID: 43948
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