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Massinger (Philip). The Plays, with Notes Critical and Explanatory, by W[illiam] Gifford, 4 volumes, 2nd edition, London: G. & W. Nicol et al, 1813, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, half-titles to volumes 2-4, all edges gilt, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, early 20th-century mottled burgundy calf by Zaehnsdorf, gilt-decorated spines with leather spine labels and floral onlays, slight edge wear, 8vo, together with: Marlowe (Christopher), The Works, with Notes and Some Account of his Life and Writings by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, 3 volumes, London: William Pickering, 1850, half-titles, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edges gilt, 20th-century crimson half morocco gilt over cloth by Sawyer, gilt-decorated spines, 8vo, plus Webster (John), The Dramatic Works, edited by William Hazlitt, 4 volumes, London: John Russell Smith, 1857, half-titles, some spotting, mostly at front and rear, ownership signatures of Walter Pater to front flyleaf of each volume (one inner margin neatly repaired), volumes 1 & 2 with later ownership signature of Laurence A. Waldron, dated 13-14 April 1905, to preceding flyleaves, Waldron's armorial bookplate to front pastedowns and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to rectos of facing endpapers, top edges gilt, early 20th-century blue-green morocco over cloth, gilt-decorated spines with floral motifs, minor edge wear, 8vo (Quantity: 11) Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate). Prior to William Foyle, the final set was owned by Walter Pater (1839-1894), English essayist, art and literary critic (ownership signatures); Laurence Ambrose Waldron (1858-1923), Irish businessman and politician.