Unrecorded

The Substitute. An English Farce.

Edinburgh: William Grant, 1869.

Price: $1,000.00


About the item

21, [1] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Unrecorded. Full blue polished calf, gilt spine, with red morocco title labels, t.e.g., by Riviere & Son, wrongly ascribed to [Wilkie] Collins on one label. Near fine, light wear to tail of spine.

Item #301696

An unrecorded dramatic adaptation, or perhaps precedent, of James Payn's short story "An Aunt by Marriage," collected in 1879 volume of his short stories, High Spirits. We find record of the play being produced in London in 1876, but no record of this Edinburgh (or any other) printing of the play.