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Edmund Kean; The Story of an Actor
by Macqueen-Pope, W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Thomas Nelson & Sons, Edinburgh, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Robert Hodgson. 84 pages. Illustrated endpapers, showing various scenes of theatrical life in the 1800s. Illustrated frontispiece by Robert Hodgson. The text is illustrated, again by Robert Hodgson, with both black-and-white and coloured illustrations from Edmund Kean's life. Brown coloured boards with gilt writing on the front panel and spine. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and scuffing to the book corners. Shelfwear to the lower edges and there are dust marks and slight foxing marks to the paper edges. Faint tanning to the internal pages. Illustrated dustwrapper [ wraparound ), showing Edmund Kean upon the stage, with purple writing on the front panel and purple and black on the spine. The dustwrapper is rubbed, faded and quite grubby. Rubbing and chipping, with loss, to the dustwrapper corners, the top corner of the front panel being worse than the others. The dustwrapper background has become somewhat scuffed and rubbed. There is a 1.25 " tear along the front top spine gutter edge. Some foxing to the verso of the dustwrapper. A childs biography of one the 19th century's greatest actors -- Edmund Kean. This is the first UK edition. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Robert Hodgson. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Theatre; 18th Century; Inventory No: 0104081. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0104081
- Title
- Edmund Kean; The Story of an Actor
- Author
- Macqueen-Pope, W
- Illustrator
- Robert Hodgson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson & Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Edmund Kean -- Actor -- 18th Century -- Biography Biography & Autobiography; Theatre; 18th Century; Robert Hodgson Unbranded Macqueen-Pope, W. Edmund Kean; The Story of an Actor
- Bookseller catalogs
- 18th Century; Theatre;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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