The Book of Martin Harvey by G.-A., R.N.:

London: Henry Walker CT3 - A hardcover book in very good condition that has bumped corners, darkened spine and free endpapers, lightly moisture soiled, tanning and light shelf wear with no dust jacket. With The True Story of "The Only Way" and other matters. Foreword by R.B. Cunninghame Graham. 10.25"x8", 176 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London.: Henry Walker. Undated, circa 1930. xvi, 176pp, colour frontis, illustrations. With The True Story of The Only Way and other matters. Foreword by R. B. Cunninghame Graham. Original buckram cloth, slightly edge browned. DW has a sellotape repair on the rear panel. Internally, occasional light margin foxing.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Henry Walker. [c.1930]. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by John Martin Harvey. Original beige cloth with gilt titles to the spine and upper board. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographic and illustration plates and a tissue-guarded colour frontispiece. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the spine and board edges darkened. The contents, with offsetting to the endpapers and to the page facing the half title from a loosely laid in Martin Harvey-related newspaper clipping, and with a previous owner's inscription to the front pastedown, are otherwise clean throughout. Signed and dated by John Martin Harvey (1863-1944) in black ink on the front free endpaper. Martin Harvey was an actor, stage manager and director who started his career in Henry Irving's Lyceum Theatre company in the late 1800s. He became a celebrated name in theatre and was knighted in 1921. Further details and images for any of the items listed are… Read More