Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving
by STOKER, BRAM
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About This Item
William Heinemann 1906. FIRST EDITION, TWO VOL SET, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front boards, gilt portrait to front boards, deckled page edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xii + 372pp, vol 2- vi + 388pp, illus/plates- not counted but presumed all present, VG-/scruffy (heavy bruising to spines with vol 1 spine loose but attached, heavy cracking to hinges, moderate to heavy scuffing/chafing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, some tissue guards missing & plates loose but attached, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to gutters, faint library ink stamps to rear pastedowns of both vols)
Synopsis
Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving is the third book of nonfiction by Bram Stoker (the author of Dracula), published in 1906. It is a biography about the English actor Henry Irving.
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- Title
- Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving
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- STOKER, BRAM
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- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann 1906
- Keywords
- Henry Irving biography memoir actor English illustrated literature Bram Stoker first edition
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