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by Eyre, Edmund John (1765-1816)
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Observations Made At Paris During The Peace; And Remarks In A Tour From London To Paris Through Picardy, ....... That May Amuse The Mind Of The Curious And Scientific
by Eyre, Edmund John (1765-1816)
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London: Robinson, and Longman and Rees, 1803. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good Leather Hardcover/No Dust Jacket As Issued.
Rebacked; Full calf, with four spine bands and leather title labels, edges speckled red. The bindings are very firm and square. Minor shelf handling. Text clean. Even toning to text. Occasional soiling/staining throughout. 8vo; xv, 393 pp. 21 by 13 cm (8.25 by 5 inches) First Edition, First Printing.. Edmund John Eyre was an English dramatist who left university to join a theater troupe. He became first a comedian, then an actor who appeared at Drury Lane.
Full Title: Observations Made At Paris During The Peace; And Remarks In A Tour From London To Paris Through Picardy, And To England By The Route Of Normandy; Containing A Full Description Of Every Object Of Curiosity In The French Metropolis And Its Environs; A Critical Review Of The Theatres, Actors, &c. And Every Interesting Particular That May Serve As Useful Companion To The Stranger, And Amuse The Mind Of The Curious And Scientific.
Rebacked; Full calf, with four spine bands and leather title labels, edges speckled red. The bindings are very firm and square. Minor shelf handling. Text clean. Even toning to text. Occasional soiling/staining throughout. 8vo; xv, 393 pp. 21 by 13 cm (8.25 by 5 inches) First Edition, First Printing.. Edmund John Eyre was an English dramatist who left university to join a theater troupe. He became first a comedian, then an actor who appeared at Drury Lane.
Full Title: Observations Made At Paris During The Peace; And Remarks In A Tour From London To Paris Through Picardy, And To England By The Route Of Normandy; Containing A Full Description Of Every Object Of Curiosity In The French Metropolis And Its Environs; A Critical Review Of The Theatres, Actors, &c. And Every Interesting Particular That May Serve As Useful Companion To The Stranger, And Amuse The Mind Of The Curious And Scientific.
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- Keywords Paris (France), Description and travel; Theater, France; 18th-century dramatists; playwrights; 19th-century dramatists and playwrights; 18th-century poets; 19th-century poets; English dramatists; Theater; Drama
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The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Graham Sutherland. One of a limited edition published in series 1939+ by The Limited Editions Club of New York., this being from set number 1249 of the original edition of 1950 sets, published for subscribers only. Internally the text and all illustrations are in Near Fine to Fine condition. Pages on front edge are uncut at section ends. An excellent copy of a member of a now-scarce matching set, all thirty-seven of which have been offered for sale individually at different prices by this bookseller. All those of which are still unsold are listed separately on this site, under their individual titles. Size: Large Book - between A4 and A3. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Deckled edges (rough cut), browned. Top edge gilt in good condition. Illustrator:…
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Observations made at Paris during the Peace; and remarks in a tour from London to Paris through Picardy, aud to England by the route for Normandy, etc
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Nijinsky, Romola. Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky. The Definitive Biography Copyright 1980. Simon and Schuster stated First Impression Thus. Number line starts with 1. EXLIB. Good Condition/ VG original dust jacket. 260 pages, indexed. ISBN0671411233. PERFORMING ARTS, RUSSIA, BALLET, VASLAV NIJINSKY. Summary: "The life of Vaslav Nijinsky is not merely a record of a great dancer's artistic triumphs; it is one of the strangest stories ever written. There is madness everywhere. From the child's first appearance with a troupe of wandering Russians to that last terrible performance, his "Marriage With God" , it is a growing chaos of madness, abnormality, distortion, genius and beauty." 260 pages, indexed. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4.
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The Plays Of Eugene O'Neill (Three Volume Set): Volume I: Strange Interlude, Desire Under The Elms, Lazarus Laughed, The Fountain, The Moon Of The Caribees, Bound East For Cardiff, The Long Voyage Home, In The Zone, Ile, Where The Cross Is Made, The Rope, The Dreamy Kid, Before Breakfast, Volume II: Mo
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