The Beggar's Opera. Written by Mr. Gay; To Which is Prefixed the Musick to each Song

London: William Heinemann, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth, front cover and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Very good. 93 pages. 26.5 x 20 cm. Limited edition, copy 40 of 430, printed on hand-made paper (350 copies for UK and 50 for USA). Full page, tipped-in color portraits with tissue guards of all the characters in the play. Laid-in, the original Programme of the play presented at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith on June 5th, 1930 at 8.15. Fraser died in 1924 at the age of thirty-one at the height of a brilliant career. Tiny owner inscription pastedown front endpaper. Front cover slightly abraded.