Item #005785 The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield [provenance: the author and Thomas Ridgway]. Edward Robins.
The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield [provenance: the author and Thomas Ridgway]
The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield [provenance: the author and Thomas Ridgway]

The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield [provenance: the author and Thomas Ridgway]

London: William Heinemann, 1898. Hardcover. [8], 272 p., engraved frontispiece and 11 leaves of plates; 23 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stapled spine title. Top page edges green. No dust jacket. Small label on back fixed endpaper for The Times (Book Club), London. Pencilled notation on front fixed endpaper indicating that the book was purchased, presumably by the author, in 1936 at E. Joseph in London. Gift inscription on front free endpaper from the author to Thomas Ridgway, dated Feb. 1941. Edward Robins (1862-1943) was an American author and a president of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The recipient, Thomas Ridgway (1874-1943), was also an active supporter of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and was writing a biography of actor Edwin Forrest when he died. The subject of this biography is Anne Oldfield (1683-1730), an English actress. In Very Good Condition: slightly cocked; cover slightly rubbed; occasional light foxing; otherwise, clean and tight. Very Good. Item #005785

Price: $75.00