FRIENDSHIP IN FASHION: A Comedy (1736); LOVE MAKES A MAN or THE FOP'S FORTUNE: A Comedy (1745); THE CARELESS HUSBAND: A Comedy (1750); The TENDER HUSBAND or THE ACCOMPLISH'D FOOLS: A Comedy (1735); THE SUSPICIOUS HUSBAND: A Comedy (1749)

Small 12mo. (approx. 17 x 10cm) hardback in original 18th Century full calf, raised bands, title label, gilt, and gilt rules to spine and boards. 107pp. plus 1pp. Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece; 83pp. plus 1pp. Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece; 94pp. plus 2pp. Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece; 78pp. plus 2pp. Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece; [10], 70pp. plus 2pp. Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece. Cast Lists to all five plays. Contemporary ink initials to ffep. Occasional light foxing. Spine somewhat rubbed with faint cracks to upper surface of calf. Very light rubbing and scuffs to boards and corners (please see photos). 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.