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Cover of The Misfortunes of Arthur. By Thomas Hughes. With illustrations and notes by J. Payne Collier, Esq.

The Misfortunes of Arthur. By Thomas Hughes. With illustrations and notes by J. Payne Collier, Esq.

by Thomas Hughes, John Payne Collier

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">8vo. f. [1], pp. [2], 83. Signatures: A2 B-F8 G2.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">There are two copies in this collection. The present is in original tan printed wrappers, headed ‘No. III’, large paper. It is the only perfect copy known to us. The other is in half morocco, on ordinary paper and was John Mitford’s copy. It lacks the first half title. This could of course have been a re-separated fragment of Five Old Plays, but that seems unlikely (see below).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:norma

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