GAY, John. The Beggar's Opera. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn Fields ... the third edition, London: for John Watts, 1829, 4°, title in red and black, 46-pages of engraved music (a few light marginal spots) [bound with:] John GAY. Polly: An Opera. Being the second Part of the Beggar's Opera, London: printed for the Author, 1729, 4°, title in red and black, 31-pages of engraved music, 2 works bound in one volume, contemporary speckled calf, spine decorated gilt in compartments, red morocco lettering-piece (joints cracked at head and tail of spine, extremities and spine somewhat rubbed), bookplates of White Wallingwells and Mark Dineley.

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GAY, John. The Beggar's Opera. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn Fields ... the third edition, London: for John Watts, 1829, 4°, title in red and black, 46-pages of engraved music (a few light marginal spots) [bound with:] John GAY. Polly: An Opera. Being the second Part of the Beggar's Opera, London: printed for the Author, 1729, 4°, title in red and black, 31-pages of engraved music, 2 works bound in one volume, contemporary speckled calf, spine decorated gilt in compartments, red morocco lettering-piece (joints cracked at head and tail of spine, extremities and spine somewhat rubbed), bookplates of White Wallingwells and Mark Dineley.

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