Condition: Very Good. Excellent condition. This book, originally sold in four volumes is bound in two beautiful volumes. Some of the tables of contents are missing, but that seems to be because they were never included when the two volumes were bound. The highest numbered page is 1274. There are 82 plays in this book. John Dicks published many popular, affordably priced fiction and drama. This collection contains plays by, translated by or altered or adapted by the following people ( in alphabetical order): Joseph Addison John Banim Isaac Bickerstaff Samuel Birch John Brown Lord Byron Mrs. Centlivre Vanburgh and Cibber James Cobb C. Coffey George Colman William Congreve Charles Dibdin Charles Dibdin, Jun George Farquhar E. Fitzball Samuel Foote David Garrick John Gay Oliver Goldsmith Henry Heartwell Prince Hoare Thomas Holcroft John Home Robert Jephson Douglas Kinnaird T. Knight M.G. Lewis Geo Lillo George Lillo Charles Macklin Phillip Massinger Rev. Charles Maturin Rev. H.H. Milm