THE DISCOVERY: A COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS. Written by Mrs. Frances Sheridan. Adapted for the Modern Stage by Aldous Huxley. London: Chatto & Windus, 1924. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-v] vi-vii [viii-xii] [1] 2-121 [122: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], original decorated boards with blue cloth shelf back, printed paper label affixed to spine panel, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, extra spine label tipped in at rear. First edition of this adaptation. The play was first acted in 1763 and first published in the same year. NCBEL III 858-9. A nearly fine copy in good decorated dust jacket with small chips at spine ends and along top edge of front panel, age-darkened spine panel, and some dust soiling. (#109590).
Price: $35.00
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