ALL FOR LOVE or THE WORLD WELL LOST: A Tragedy (1752); ALMANZOR AND ALMAHIDE or THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA BY THE SPANIARDS: A Tragedy. In Two Parts (1735); EASTWARD HOE or THE APPRENTICES: A Comedy [1751] 4 PLAYS BOUND IN 1 VOLUME

12mo. (approx. 17 x 10cm) hardback in original 18th Century full calf, raised bands, gilt rules to spine and boards. 95pp., plus 1pp. Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece; 2 Parts of Almazor and Almahide consist of: 94pp., plus 2pp. Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece; [6], pages numbered 103-177, plus 1pp. Epilogue and 14pp. Defence of the Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece; [4], 55pp, plus 1pp. Epilogue. Cast Lists to all plays. Contemporary ink initials to front pastedown. Occasional light foxing. Some light wear and rubbing to spine. 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.