London: George Routledge & Co, 1854. First edition thus. Brothers Dalziel. Read More about The Fables of John Gay Illustrated. With an Original Memoir, Introduction and Annotations by...
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London: Jacob Tonson … and Bernard Lintot, 1720. First edition. Read More about Poems on Several Occasions
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London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and J. Watts; Printed for J. and P. Knapton …; and T. Cox …, 1746; 1747. Read More about Fables by the Late Mr. Gay. The Sixth Edition. [and] … Volume the Second. The Third Edition
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London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, n.d. [1717 or 1720?]. The second epistle, first published in 1714, has a separate titlepage reading: “An epistle to a lady, occasion'd by the arrival of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. The fifth edition.” The date is uncertain (v. Rothschild). Read More about Two Epistles; One, to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington; The Other, to a Lady
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London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1793. First Stockdale edition and first with the Blake plates, later issue with short "s" throughout. With 12 Plates by Blake. The Stockdale edition of Gay’s Fables with 12 engravings by Blake, who freely adapted his source material. Ray considers this one of the best..... Read More about Fables … with a Life of the Author
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London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1793. First Stockdale edition and first with the Blake plates, first issue with the long 's' throughout. With 12 Plates by Blake. A tall copy in contemporary binding of the Stockdale edition of Gay’s Fables with 12 engravings by Blake, who freely adapted his source..... Read More about Fables … with a Life of the Author
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London: Printed by Darton and Harvey, for F. & C. Rivington, B & B. White, T. Longman, B. Law & Son [and 1 others], 1793. The illustrations are copies of the 1793 Stockdale edition, re-engraved in an oval form. Cf. Gumuchian, no. 2682. The "Life of John Gay, p [iii]-xiv..... Read More about Fables by … with a life of the author [by Samuel Johnson] ; and embellished with a plate to...
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Salisbury: J. Easton, 1798. First edition of Coxe's Life. Read More about Fables ... Illustrated With Notes and the Life of the Author. By William Coxe
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London: C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. and R. Tonson, 1757. Read More about Fables by the Late Mr. Gay
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London: T. Hepinstall, 1796. Elegant Edition. Read More about Fables by … with a life of the author [by Samuel Johnson
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London: Printed for Jacob Tonson … and Bernard Lintot, 1720. First edition. Read More about Poems on Several Occasions
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London: Printed for Thomas Astley, at the Rose in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1743. First edition, with half-title. Read More about The Distress'd Wife. A Comedy
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London: Published by Daniel O'Connor at 90 Great Russell Street, 1922. Large Paper Issue. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Large Paper Issue. Gay's most famous poem. Read More about Trivia: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London. With an Introduction by W.H. Williams, M.A
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London: Heinemann, 1923. First edition thus, Number 235 of 385 copies on hand-made paper and signed by the Artist, William Nicholson. The Sequel to The Beggar's Opera, Signed by Nicholson. Read More about Polly: an Opera. Being the Second Part of the Beggar's Opera
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London: William Heinemann, 1921. First edition, Number 130 of 430 copies printed on handmade paper. Read More about The Beggar's Opera. Prefaces by John Drinkwater, and Claud Lovat Fraser
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London: Heinemann, 1923. First edition, Number 335 of 350 signed by the artist. The Sequel to The Beggar's Opera, Signed by Nicholson. Read More about Polly: an Opera. Being the Second Part of the Beggar's Opera
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