Boaden john (7 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 150 pages. 8.25x6.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

0. 8°. xl, 477 p., hardcover. Bindung worn, cracked and browned. Pages foxed. Englisch Band.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition as stated. Publisher's illustrated wrappers as issued. A fine clean tight unmarked copy. Richly illustrated throughout, 84 pages. Also includes a conversation between Douglas Crimp and Jessica Beck. Uncommon exhibition catalog.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two volumes, complete. Original publisher's green 3/4 leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards. Marbled endpapers. Marbling features colors of blue, white, and gilt. Top edge gilt. 6" x 9." All pages of both volumes, complete. Vol. I: [vii] viii-xl, [1] 2-477, complete. Vol. II: [1] 2-595, complete. At least one black-and-white frontispiece in Vol. I, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Pages have light age toning and occasional foxing. Slight corner and edge wear to covers. Spines are faded to a light green. Binding is tight. Very Good copies. Two-volume set containing the memoirs and a biography of John Philip Kemble. John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) was a British actor who came from an acting family. In his time, he was highly regarded as an accomplished actor who brought out the finest details of the characters he portrayed. Kemble played many roles including a number of Shakespearean characters. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. no dates, circa 1829. 145x95mm. Contemporary half leather. *13 Georgian dramatic comedies bound together all with their original frontispieces, and " Printed from the Acting Copy, with Remarks, Biographical and Critical, ----- to which is added, a description of the costume, cast of the characters, entrances and exits, relative positions of the performers on the stage, and the whole of the stage business. As now performed at the Theatres Royal, London: Embellished with a Fine Engraving, By Mr. Bonner, from a Drawing taken in the Theatre, By Mr. R. Cruikshank."* ** Caroline Boaden : William Thompson or, Which is He - A Farce in Two Acts; J. B. Buckstone : Happiest Day of My Life - A Farce in Two Acts; Butler, Richard (Earl of Glengall) : The Irish Tutor, or, New Lights - A Comic Piece in One Act; Andrew Cherry : The Soldier's Daughter - A Comedy in Five Acts; Mrs Inchbald : Animal Magnetism - A Farce in Three Acts; James Kenney : The Illustrious Stranger or, Married and Buried - An Operatic Farce in Two Acts; W. T. Moncrieff : Giovanni in London or, The Libertine Reclaimed - An Operatic Extravaganza in Two Acts; Thomas Morton : Town and Country - A Comedy in Five Acts; W. C. Oulton : The Sleep Walker or Which is the Lady? - A Farce in Two Acts; John Howard Payne : Charles the Second or, the Merry Monarch - A Comedy in Two Acts; John Howard Payne : The Lancers - An Interlude in One Act; R. B. Peake : The Duel or, My Two Nephews - A Farce in Two Acts; J. Thomas G. Rodwell : A Race for a Dinner- A Farce in One Act.** Previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper, otherwise a very good collection, without any damage, library stamps, inscriptions or other markings. Images available on request. Robert Cruikshank (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Imperial Edition. All 14 volumes Very Good in boards. All 14 volumes number 624 from a limited 1000 copies. Gilded top text block edge for all 14 volumes. Light shelfwear on spine and panel corners of all 14 volumes. Front hinge starting on "Mrs. Sarah Siddons" Vol. 1, "Lord Chesterfield" Vol. 1, "Beau Brummell" Vol. 2, "Nell Gwyn". Light soiling on front panel of "Count de Grammont", "Nell Gwyn", and "The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington". Light soiling on rear panel of "Mrs. Sarah Siddons" Vol. 1 and "The Sheridans" Vol. 2, "Beau Brummell" Vol. 2, and "The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington". Small water stain on front panel of "Lord Chesterfield" Vol. 1, and "Beau Brummell" Vol. 2. Light scratching on front panel of "Lady Hamilton & Lord Nelson" Vol. 1. And "Mrs. Mary Robinson". …

First edition. First edition. Frontispiece portrait in Vol. I. 2 vols. 8vo. John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) was born into a celebrated theatrical family, which included Fanny Kemble, Charles Kemble, and Sarah Siddons; he seemed destined to be an actor, and did so, becoming one of the best and most famous of his generation; he later became a manager, and engaged in several picturesque controversies. He knew everybody in the theatre worth knowing, and his story, abundantly illustrated by portraits of many friends and colleagues, gives an inside glimpse of the English stage at one of its most significant periods of development. Bound in brown polished calf, t.e.g. Very good Frontispiece portrait in Vol. I. 2 vols. 8vo.…