Dance charles esq (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. Limited Edition. The book, slipcase and acetate sleeve are in excellent condition. Limited edition of 1,000 copies. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 67 pages.

First Edition. Duodecimo pamphlet, pp., 42. Original publisher's camel-coloured paper wraps. Illustrated frontispiece by Pierce Egan the Younger, depicting a scene from the play. Titles to upper cover, publisher's advertisements to lower cover. Bookplate to verso of upper cover. Slight toning and wear to edges of wraps, paper covering spine wearing, with loss to tips. Frontispiece toned, but contents otherwise clean and bright. A Very Good copy. Theatrical Waltoniana, describing the life and times of the author of 'The Compleat Angler' (1653). Scare, only four copies located in institutional holdings. Coigney p., 392.…

20 x 8-1/2 inches. Folio. 20 x 8-1/2 inches. Folio. Charles Dance was a prolific nineteenth-century playwright whose popularity has accredited him with being the founder of a new order of burlesque. Nevertheless, OCLC does not locate any copies of the Old English Gentleman. Printed on white silk with loss to top right corner not effecting text; tear entirely across the middle.…