The King's jester : the life of Dan Leno, Victorian comic genius
by Anthony, Barry
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 1848854307
- ISBN 13
- 9781848854307
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About This Item
London : I.B. Tauris, 2010. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical Description: x, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: List of Illustrations; Foreword by Roy Hudd OBE; Acknowledgements; 1. Prelude; 2. An Inconvenience; 3. The Infant Wonder; 4. Nightmare Years; 5. Monarch in Wooden Shoes; 6. Leno's Grand Varieties; 7. The Talk of London; 8. Dame Durden and Mr Tambo; 9. The War Between the Sexes; 10. The Reign of Augustus; 11. Cruffins and Mumpets for Tea; 12. A Large, Genial Gentleman; 13. Popularity; 14. Regime Change in Drury Lane; 15. The Funniest Man on Earth; 16. Orlando Dando; 17. Grimaldi's Scissors; 18. The Living Image; 19. The Apotheosis of St Dancras; 20. Postscript; Notes. Subjects: Biographies; Comedians; Comedians Great Britain Biography; Leno, Dan, 1860-1904; Victorian London; Victorian period.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The King's jester : the life of Dan Leno, Victorian comic genius
- Author
- Anthony, Barry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 1848854307
- ISBN 13
- 9781848854307
- Publisher
- London : I.B. Tauris
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2010
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