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The Acting National Drama, Comprising Every Popular New Play, Farce, Melo-drama, Opera, Burletta, etc., Carefully Printed from the Prompting Copies. With Illustrations, by Pierce Egan, The Younger. Vol. 1. With a Portrait of J.R. Planche, Esq.
by Webster (Benjamin, Comedian) -editor
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.. 12mo and 8vo. Green half-calf & marbled boards, the spine stamped in blind and lettered in gilt on burgundy panels. Frontispiece portrait of J.R. Planche. A little wear to the tips and the base of the spine, moderate foxing and some discoloration to some of the plates, a very good copy. This is a bind-up of twelve plays, each with its own title page and a frontispiece by Pierce Egan (one play has an additional plate as well). Contributors include James Sheridan Knowles, J.R. Planche, J.S. Coyne, Benjamin Webster, Edward Fitz-Ball, Charles Dance, John Maddison Morton, George Blink, and R.B. Peake. This is Volume One only (WorldCat contains a listing citing "13 Volumes", 1840). Scarce.
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- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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- The Acting National Drama, Comprising Every Popular New Play, Farce, Melo-drama, Opera, Burletta, etc., Carefully Printed from the Prompting Copies. With Illustrations, by Pierce Egan, The Younger. Vol. 1. With a Portrait of J.R. Planche, Esq.
- Author
- Webster (Benjamin, Comedian) -editor
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.
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William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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About William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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- Gilt
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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