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Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Ex library board book; usual stamps/markings. Published in 1950 by The Society for Theatre Research, London. Boards little creased otherwise a clean, sound copy. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 39C*.

Original souvenir theatre programme in illustrated blue and white folded paper printed on all four sides. 7'' x 5''. In Very Good condition. War-time production with the top of the programme mentioning 'Our Evening Performances are timed to allow you to catch the last Bus.' Member of the P.B.F.A. THEATRE PROGRAMMES.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. None (illustratore). First edition. A scarce first edition from the Society for Theatre Research, offering Charles Rice"s contemporary account and study of London"s theatrical world in the eighteen-thirties. In the publisher's original paper wraps.This volume is a first edition.This copy is one of the early monographs issued by the Society for Theatre Research after its founding in 1948, reflecting its mission to publish original sources and studies of British stage history.This volume covers a decade marked by the decline of the great patent theatres and the rise of minor housesand early London seasons of stars like Jenny Lind and Paganini.Charles Rice (18081856) was a London journalist and theatre critic who wrote extensively on the stage during the 1830s, his observations provide a rare contemporary record of London"s theatrical life in that decade.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, smart. Slight scattered spotting and age toning to extremities, heavier to rear wrap. Spine particularly age toned. The odd small crease to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot to first and last few leaves and fore edge. Very Good. book.