Varney george leon (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Signed by author on front endpage. Front cover slightly soiled. Card laid in. (opera, actors, united states).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. Unpaginated, with a handful of black and white photographic plates. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Red cloth-covered boards; pasted black sand white photograph and gilt design on front, black titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed corners and spine ends, loss to head. Top text block edge tanned, remaining edges tanning. Endpapers starting to fox and tan; gutters cracked and strained, volume quite loose and pages ageing. Otherwise internally neat and clean. …

Hardcover. Presumed first edition/first printing. [12], 461, [1] p. Illustrations, Portraits, Plates. Cover has the title My Wanderings]. From Wikipedia: "Henry Clay Barnabee (November 14, 1833, Portsmouth, New Hampshire-December 16, 1917, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) was an American actor and operatic comedian, best known for playing the Sheriff of Nottingham in Reginald De Koven's Robin Hood. He also helped to found the opera troupe "The Bostonians" and was active in the Boston Ideal Opera Company. Barnabee was a member of Columbian Lodge in Boston, joining in 1865. He joined St. Andrew's Royal Arch Chapter in June of 1868, and DeMolay Commandery a few months later. His papers are held by the Portsmouth Public Library in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Contrary to legends, Barnabee donated the papers himself in 1908, and over saw the design of the initial exhibition." From an on-line posting: "Henry Clay Barnabee, was a comedians comedian. His career did span a true lifetime. He was great singer, performer, and most of all, a friend of the theater. He was a member of all the major theatrical groups. He was the founder the Bostonians, a performing group that worked all over the country for 25 years. Lastly he was an author of an autobiography. One of the copies of his book is in my library. I have enjoyed reading it." From an. Fair. No dust jacket. Signed by author. Cover worn. Front hinge cracked. Signed on fep. Pencil erasure residue on fep.…

VARNEY, George Leon, [Editor]. THE REMINISCENCES OF HENRY CLAY BARNABEE. Being An Attempt To Account For His Life, With Some Excuses For His Professional Career. Boston: Chapple Publishing Company, 1913. Illustrated. 8vo., brick-red cloth, stamped in gilt with an image of Barnabee on the front cover; 461 pages. First Edition. Barnabee [1833-1917] was an American actor and operatic comedian and was active in Boston-area theatre groups. Inscribed by Barnabee on the front endpaper: "Sincerely, Henry Clay Barnabee." Also with a signed presentation from actress Julia Dean on the front pastedown, to American stage and film actor Frank Craven: "To my dear Frank from Julia Dean" and inscribed by her again on the first page of the text: "Julia Dean- To Frank Craven." Dean [1878-1952] was a stage and film actress who began her career in the 1890s and ended up making silent pictures from 1915 to 1919. She then devoted her career to the stage until 1944 when she appeared in "The Curse of the Cat People" and later in noir classics like "Nightmare Alley." Craven is probably best remembered for originating the role of the Stage Manager in Thornton Wilder's "Our Town." Good or better (little wear spine ends and bit of fading to spine; contents clean & tight). $85.00.…