Love a-la-mode;

(Plays. Irish) [MACKLIN (Charles)]

Love a-la-mode;

a comedy as it is acted at the Theatre, Smoke Alley, Dublin.

Description: 1 catchword and 'Finis' cropped, pp. 26 (recte 25), [1], 8vo,[bound with:] [Colman (George)] The mountaineers; a play, in three acts, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Hay-Market. Printed for the curious, and not sold by the booksellers in general, 1794, pp.48, [and:] O'Keefe (John) The prisoner at large: a comedy. In two acts. As performed at the Theatre Royal in the Hay-Makket [sic], with universal applause. Dublin: Printed for the Booksellers, 1788, slightly browned, pp. 47, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, red lettering piece, minor wear, the Easton Neston copy with label and Sir Thomas Hesketh's armorial bookplate, good

Publication Details: [Dublin:] Printed for the Booksellers, 1793

Notes: A very nice little Sammelband of 3 scarce printings of popular comedies, 2 by Irish authors and Dublin printed. On the verso of the last leaf of Love a-la-mode is a curious 'List of unpublished Irish plays', including this one, and others not Irish. All 3 of the plays are rare. ESTC list 3 copies of the first, Bodley, Harvard, NYPL; 2 copies of the second, Library Company Philadelphia and the Newberry; and 1 only of the thrid, Princeton.

Bibliography: (ESTC N4564, N47287, and N39685)

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Price: £1,500

Subject: Literature

Published Date: 1793

Stock Number: 52704

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