John lee lewes (10 Ergebnisse)

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Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the origina.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, contemporary gilt calf with morocco label. Tall 8vo a.e.g., c.pp248 [half-title required?], some slight wear & scuffing. Frontispiece creased in blank margin and with small piece nipped from blank lower corner. Else an attractive mellow copy. ** Scarce : provincially published verse : poems attractively titled in black letter. Includes c.50pp on the early Scottish hero William Wallace (the subject of the wood-engraved frontispiece); and 9pp on Keswick scenery. *** Comparatively little is known about Liverpool actor/manager John Lee Lewes, squeezed as he was between a famous father [Charles Lee Lewes, also an actor/manager] and a famous son [G. H. Lewes, writer/companion to George Eliot]. *** John Lee Lewes 'was also an actor and spent much of his life in Liverpool. For a time he managed the Theatre Royal.Besides editing his father's Memoirs, John Lee Lewes wrote two inconsequential collections of verse.but did not live long enough to have a very profound effect on his son's early life'. See Hirshberg: G. H. Lewes. **** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. First edition. Signed by the author, this scarce collection of poems is by John Lee Lewes, son of the comic actor Charles Lee Lewes. The first edition of this poetry collection. In the publisher's original boards. Several leaves remain uncut to the top edge. Signed to the half-title by the author with the dedication, 'Mr Fitchett with the sincere esteem of the Author'. The first edition of this collection. Lewes is regarded as a minor poet of this period. However, his family members are well-known. Lewes' father played many minor roles in the Covent Garden theatre before finding his first important role as Young Marlow in 'She Stoops to Conquer'. During his time at Drury Lane, Lewes played many Shakespearean parts. Upon his death, John Lee Lewes published his memoirs. George Henry Lewes was John's illegitimate son. George was an English philosopher and theatre critic known for his relationship with Mary Ann Evans. With a frontispiece. A large selection of nineteenth century poems, touching on subjects such as William Wallace and Keswick. In the publisher's original boards. Externally, rubbed to the spine, where there is some loss to the head and tail. Light marks to boards. Front joint and hinge are strained but firm. Author's inscription to the half-title. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Very small closed tear to the edge of page 144, no larger than half a centimetre. Just the odd spots to pages. Good. None (illustrator). signed by author. book.…