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The Beggar's Opera. Written by Mr. Gay, to Which Is Prefixed the Overture in Score: And the Musick to Each Song, by John Gay. Published by Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co. 1927 and printed in England by Richard Clay & Sons. 1st Ed Thus hardcover with 8 tipped in color illustrations by Claude Lovat Fraser on white paper pages w/tissue guards. The Beggar's Opera is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today. Ballad operas were satiric musical plays that used some of the conventions of opera, but without recitative. The lyrics of the airs in the piece are set to popular broadsheet ballads, opera arias, church hymns and folk tunes of the time. This is Nelson Doubleday's personal copy with his bookplate inside the front cover. Nelson Doubleday (June 16, 1889 – January 11, 1949) was a U.S. book publisher and president of Doubleday Company from 1922–1946.
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- Dimensions:Height: 10.25 in (26.04 cm)Width: 6.5 in (16.51 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1927
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. cover and spine has wear, foxing through-out.
- Seller Location:valatie, NY
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NPT Books, a division of N. P. Trent Antiques, was established in 1982 and serves clients in the US and around the world. We offer a large selection of used and out of print books mainly concentrating on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a large focus on 1st editions, signed and rare limited editions. Member of The Art and Antique Dealers League of America since 1996.
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