hollingshead byron (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Reyes, Jesse Marinoff (jacket design); Hobbing, Diane (book design) (illustratore). 1st Edition. As new condition maroon boards/brown spine/gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Illustrations; Introduction by Byron Hollinshead; Acknowledgments; Illustration Credits; and A Note About the Editor. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. "Twenty distinguished American historians vividly re-imagine twenty events of great drama and significance in our country's past. "What is the scene or incident in American history that you would like to have witnessed - and why?" This is the thought-provoking question that editor Byron Holingshead posed to twenty of our finest interpreters of American history with the invitation to write a personal essay answering it. The result is I Wish I'd Been There, a book that trains a lens on crucial moments of our past and brings them to vivid life. With these peerless scholars as their guides, readers will be transported to the Salem witch trials, the Lewis and Clark expedition, the raid on Harpers Ferry, the assissination of Abraham Lincoln, the Scopes "monkey trial," the beginnings of the Vietnam War, the voting rights march to Selma, and other turning points of our national drama. Contributors include Mary Beth Norton, Joseph Ellis, Jay Winik, Carol Berkin, Kevin Baker, Robert Cowley, Carolyn Gilman, Geoffrey Ward, Robert Dallek, and William Leuchtenburg, among other luminaries of the historical profession. I Wish I'd Been There is a marvelous concept, wonderfully and imaginatively executed. The result is an American pageant of character and event that will attract and delight readers of history." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. None (illustratore). Two very scarce programmes for the Gaiety Theatre, a now-closed West End theatre. Two very scarce programmes for shows at the Gaiety Theatre.'The Grasshopper' by Meilhac and Halvey, adapted by John Hollingshead, and 'Little Doctor Faust', by Henry J. Byron, performed in 1878. 'Faust' is a comical farce based off Goethe's novel.'Jack the Giant Killer' and 'Young Fra Diavolo', both by Henry J. Byron, performed in 1879.The Gaiety Theatre opened in 1864, located on the former site of the Lyceum. The theatre was known for introducing Edwardian music comedy to the public.At this time, the lessee of Gaiety was John Hollingshead. Under his management, the theatre became the first to install electric lighting in its auditorium.Henry James Byron was a prolific dramatist, who turned to the theatre after a short medical career. His father was the second cousin of Lord Byron. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, a little edge worn, 'Grasshopper' is more edge worn, with small chips and closed tears. Wraps are a little age-toned with light spots, and a few handling marks. Internally, unbound as issued. Pages are very lightly age-toned with a few spots. Very Good. book.