A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS: A Comedy (1748); THE SHE-GALLANTS: a Comedy (1732); THE CONSTANT COUPLE or A TRIP TO THE JUBILEE: A Comedy (1738); SIR HARRY WILDAIR: A Comedy (1735) 4 PLAYS BOUND IN 1 VOLUME

12mo. (approx. 17 x 10cm) hardback in original 18th Century full calf, raised bands and gilt rules to spine. 83pp. plus 1pp. Epilogue; 83pp. plus 1pp. Epilogue; 94pp. plus 2pp. Epilogue, with engraved Frontispiece; 59pp. with engraved Frontispiece. Cast Lists to second, third and fourth plays. Contemporary ink initials to ffep. Occasional light foxing. Rubbing and slight cracking to top surface of calf of spine. A few slight marks and scuffs to boards. Overall a Good Copy. This is one volume of a large collection of uniformly bound mainly 18th century collections of plays (generally 4 or 5 per volume) from the collection of the Vaughan Jenkins family of the Manor of Priston in Somerset. They were mostly bought at the time of publication in London (c.1713 - 1765, but some as early as 1655) and uniformly bound. Many of the volumes have the initials MCJ (Mary Caroline Jenkins, 1731-1790) or ED (Elizabeth Davis, nee Jenkins, 1736-1810) who were the daughters of Elizabeth Jenkins (1712-1766) and William Jenkins (1688-1774), who became Lord of the Manor of Priston in 1757 when the family moved from London. These books all remained at Priston until being inherited by the uncle of the vendor of the collection.