The Rivals

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. The Rivals. New York and London: White and Allen, (1889) . Folio. xx,61pp. Multicolored pictorial green cloth, gold lettering and decoration to front and spine. Top edge gilt. Aquarelle frontispiece with protective tissue. Illustrated with 5 reproductions of color aquarelle prints and 38 b/w reproductions of drawings by Frank M. Gregory, all with protective tissue. A five-act comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816). One b/w and one color plate detached but present. Head and tail of spine chipped and worn, wear to corners. Heavy soiling to boards. Pulling to edges of some pages. Fore and bottom page edges untrimmed as issued. Binding in fair, interior in good condition. fair. Hardcover. (22338) $85