Mes Amours: Poems: Passionate and Playful: Written to Me By People Celebrated and Obscure and My Answers to Some of Them
by Dolaro, Selina
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke, and Company, 1887. Selina Dolaro (1849-1889) was an operatic singer, manager, playwright, and novelist. She made her first appearance on the London stage in "Chilperic" (Lyceum, 1870). The vocalist became Director of London's Royal Theatre in 1875, while starring in "La Perichole." Dolaro joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1875 and again in 1882. In 1879 the artist went to New York and appeared as Carmen at the Academy of Music. Dolaro later performed in comic opera on the New York stage. A talented writer, Dolaro authored a play called "In the Fashion" (later "Fashion"), several novels, including "Bella Demonia", published shortly after her sudden death of a stroke in 1889. Mes Amours contains a selection of verses some of which were written by Dolaro. Includes annotations, references and comments by Dolaro, some of which are comedic in content. 74 pp. Illustrated. Tiny scuff on the margin of the preface page. Front cover is gilt embossed with a photo of Selina Dolaro. Decorative endpapers. Minor rubbing to corners and spine edges. Upper rear corner slightly bumped. Copyright date on title page stated:1888. Copyright date stated on copyright page:1887. Edition is not stated. Exceptional for its age. Scarce.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- GlobalAcademics
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PO-13
- Title
- Mes Amours: Poems: Passionate and Playful: Written to Me By People Celebrated and Obscure and My Answers to Some of Them
- Author
- Dolaro, Selina
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Not Stated
- Publisher
- Belford, Clarke, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago and New York
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- Literature, Poetry, Drama, Theater, Stage, Comedy, Acting, Opera, Novels, Music, Playwright, Writing,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Drama/Theater;
- Size
- 8vo
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