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Lot 77

MIDDLETON (THOMAS)
The Mayor of Quinborough: A Comedy, FIRST EDITION, Henry Herringman, 1661

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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MIDDLETON (THOMAS)

The Mayor of Quinborough: A Comedy, FIRST EDITION, red crushed morocco gilt, g.e. [Wing M1984; Greg 815(AI); Pforzheimer 697], small 4to (180 x 130mm.), Henry Herringman, 1661

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Provenance: Thomas J. Wise, bookplate and a 3-page autograph letter signed, presenting the book to Edmund Gosse ("I am able to send you a duplicate play in a condition fit for you to add to your library. I find myself with two copies of Middleton's 'Mayor of Q'..."); Gosse's bookplate on rear paste-down.

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