Toynbee william ed (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. 2 vols. Vol. I acceptable, vol. II good. Backstrip beginning to peel from v.1. Fading to spines. General shelf/age wear. Pages tanned but clean.

Gilt Decorated Cloth. Zustand: Good. xvi, 512 [and plates] ; vi, 543 [and plates] pp. Full red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to boards and spine; top-edge gilt. Uncut leaves. Spines are quite heavily sunned, and there are some mottling stains to rear of Vol. 1 and spines. Some bumping to extremities but bindings are sturdy and gilt bright. A bit of offsetting to endpapers and some light occasional foxing to edges of leaves but generally internally clean. Macready was one of the foremost stage actors of the 19th century, playing roles such as Othello and Richard III to great success in the West End. This edition of Macready's diaries contains further material on Macready, his contemporaries and intimate character sketches of Dickens, Thackeray, Browning, Bulwer, Procter, Forster, Talfourd and other Victorian celebrities. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. Large 8vo.…