Large paper copy of the first edition, with frontispiece by Hogarth.
COLLIER, John Payne.—The Poetical Decameron, or ten conversations on English Poets and Poetry, particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I. By J. Payne Collier . . . Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; . . . 1820. 8vo, two volumes, red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Stikeman.
COLLIER, John Payne.—Lives of the Original Actors in Shakespeare's Plays. By J. Payne Collier. [London] Printed for the Shakespeare Society. 1853. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
The second title, "Memoirs of the Principal Actors in the Plays of Shakespeare," is dated 1846.
COLLIER, John Payne.—A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English Language, alphabetically arranged, which during the last fifty years have come under the observation of J. Payne Collier. F.S.A. New York, David G. Francis . . . 1866. 8vo, four volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back and side panels, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
Large paper copy. Collier's last literary labour, and one of the two copies printed on drawing-paper, at the Riverside Press. Seven autograph letters of the author are inserted.
COLLIER, John Payne.—A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English Language 1866. 8vo, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews.
One of five copies printed on India paper.
COLLIER, John Payne.—Trilogy. Conversations between three friends on the emendations of Shakespeare's text contained in Mr. Collier's corrected folio, 1632, and employed by recent editors of the poet's works. Printed for Private Circulation only. Part I.—Comedies. [Part II.—Histories. Part III.—Tragedies.] London: T. Richards, 37, Great Queen Street. [1874] 4to, three parts in one volume, red levant morocco, gilt fillets, gilt top, uncut edges, with the original covers bound in, by The Club Bindery.
COLLIER, John Payne.—The History of English Dramatic Poetry to the time of Shakespeare: and Annals of the Stage to the Restoration. By J. Payne Collier, Esq., F.S.A. A new edition. [woodcut] . . . London: George Bell & Sons, . . . 1879. 4to, three volumes, half brown morocco, uncut edges.