Old Drury Lane: Fifty Years' Recollections of Author, Actor, and Manager (Complete in 2 Volumes)
by Stirling, Edward
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto and Windus, 1881. This handsome, complete two-volume set is in Good condition and provides a unique history of the London theatre, particularly the Drury Lane Theatre, throughout most of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Mademoiselle Rachel, Edmund Kean, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, David Garrick, and Charles Dickens all come to life within its pages through perceptive anecdotes. The books have green cloth covers with decorative illustrations in gilt and black, plus gilt spine lettering. There is light spine fading and rubbing at the spine tips and corners. Both volumes had a problem with split center hinges and have been repaired using Brodart's non-acidic hinge tape, where needed, to make the bindings secure again. The author, Edward Stirling, died thirteen years after these volumes were published, on August 14, 1894, at age 87, after a lifetime spent in the theatre. Domestic Media Mail shipping on this set will be adjusted to total $4.75. International buyers should email me for shipping charges. See photo. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Grimalkin Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000411
- Title
- Old Drury Lane: Fifty Years' Recollections of Author, Actor, and Manager (Complete in 2 Volumes)
- Author
- Stirling, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- British Theatre History
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Literature; Theatre, Movies, Plays and Screenplays; Biography and Autobiography;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Grimalkin Books
Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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