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GAY, John (1685-1732). A collection of works by or relating to John Gay including: The Wife of Bath. A Comedy . London: Bernard Lintott, 1713. 4 o. Woodcut figure on half-title. Half calf. Rothschild 911. -- Poems on Several Occasions . London: Jacob Tonson and Bernard Lintot, 1720. 2 volumes, 4 o. Speckled calf. Foxon p. 295. -- The Fan . London: J. Tonson, 1714 [1713]. 2 o. Self wrappers, stabbed as issued, uncut. Foxon G47. -- Rural Sports. A Poem . London: J. Tonson, 1713. 2 o. Self wrappers, stabbed as issued, uncut. Foxon G66. -- Letter to a Lady . London: Bernard Lintott, 1714. 2 o. Disbound. Foxon G52. -- An Epistle to the Most Learned Doctor W----d--------d . London: T.W., 1723. 2 o. Thick paper wrappers. Foxon E416. -- A Panegyrical Epistle to Mr. Thomas Snow . London: Bernard Lintot, 1721. 2 o. Thick paper wrappers. Foxon G64. -- Achilles. An Opera . London: J. Watts, 1733. 8 o. Mottled calf by Riviere. Provenance : Earl of Birkenhead (bookplate). -- The Distress'd Wife. A Comedy . London: Thomas Astley, 1743. 8 o. Half morocco. -- Two Epistles; One, to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington; The Other, to a Lady . London: Bernard Lintot, [1717?]. 8 o. Calf (rebacked). Provenance : Ralph Edward Gathorne-Hardy (bookplate). Foxon G88. -- The Second Part of the Beggars Opera . London: Sold by T. Read, 1729. 8 o. Calf (front cover detached). An unauthorized (?) edition of Gay's Polly . -- [ANONYMOUS, sometimes attributed to Nicholas Amhurst]. A New Ballad, Inscribed to Polly Peachum . London: A Moore, [1728]. 2 o. Thick paper wrappers. Later edition. Foxon N65. Together 13 volumes, FIRST EDITIONS unless otherwise noted, several with the bookplate of William A.M. Burden, condition varies. (13)