Ladies First: The Story of Woman's Conquest of the British Stage by MACQUEEN-POPE, W - 1952

W.H. Allen, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. No Edition Remarks. 384 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and boards with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear and liquid marks to boards.

Illus. Tall thick 8vo. London, 1952.<br/> <br/>

W.H.Allen, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. No Edition Remarks. 384 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

W.H. Allen, 1952-01-01. First Edition. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). First Edition. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

London: W. H. Allen. Good. 22 x 14cm. Hardcover. 1952. 384 pages. Light foxing. No dj. .

W. H. Allen, London, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Various. Signed by the Author on Half Title Page. illustrated with 16 black-and-white plates, indexed. The front end page is a facsimile of a playbill, and someone has written 6d in ink at the top right-hand corner. The half title page has a lengthy inscription by the author dated 27/11/57. Dustiness of the top edge of the text block, light rubbing of the base edge of the boards, and there are three short white lines at the lower right-hand corner of the front board. This is a book about the Actresses who have graced the stage of our country, a stage whose history is without rival in the world and which today still holds its premier position. When Charles II came into his own again, a travelled, experienced, and broadminded king, he reopened the theatres which had been closed, and at the same time he opened the door to women, and the English actress I arrived. It is the story of those… Read More

1st 1952. W.H.Allen - London.. The story of woman's conquest of the British stage. B&w photographs. Fine. No dustwrapper. .

W. H. Allen London 1st 1952 HB 'The Story of Woman's Conquest of the British Stage'. Red cloth, worn and rubbed, small tear in the spine, red stain to front edge, some age spotting. 384pp 0

London:: W. H. Allen,, 1952.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Ink date on front free endpaper; otherwise a nice copy in a dust jacket with a few small chips and light use.. 8vo,. Illustrated.