Archer, William

Henry Irving Actor and Manager: A Critical Study [provenance: Thomas Ridgway]

London: Field & Tuer, 1887. Hardcover. "Second Edition" -- at head of title page. Full imprint: London: Field & Tuer . . . Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; Hamilton, Adams & Co. 108, [4] p., frontispiece portrait of Henry Irving; 15 cm. Contemporary half calf with gilt-tooled spine decoration; marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers matching boards. This is no. 3 in the Vellum-Parchment Shilling Series of Miscellaneous Literature. No date of publication is given. This title in the series was first published in 1883. The series list ends with no. 4, Christmas Entertainments, which was published in 1887, indicating that this second edition of no. 3 was published that year. Advertisements on 4 unpaginated pages following text. Former owner's inscription on blank leaf preceding series page: "Thomas Ridgway. April 1889." In Good Condition: edges rubbed; lacking original leather spine label and 3 cm. of leather at spine; front hinge partially separated; pages are clean and tight. Good. Item #003858

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