Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving [Two Volumes]
by Stoker, Bram
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York/London: The Macmillan Company, 1906. Stoker writes in his Preface that he knew the great actor/manager for three decades (having worked with him, starting in 1878). It is assumed that Irving served as the inspiration for Stoker's "Dracula" - perhaps an unwanted legacy. This memoir was published a year after Irving's death.. Very Good copies of the First American Edition. Two volumes, large and heavy octavos. Red cloth binding, ruled on the front cover, with Irving's profile in gilt. Titling and ruling in gilt on the spine. Clean texts with top-edge gilt, others rough-cut. Volume One is xiii, 372 pages; colour frontis illustration and 17 others within. Volume Two is vii, 385 pages, indexed; with a frontis illustration and 17 others within. Top edges are gilt; others rough-cut. Light bumping, with wear to the head and foot of the spines. Volume Two has some small black spots on the spine (ink?) and some scuffing on the rear. . First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006026
- Title
- Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving [Two Volumes]
- Author
- Stoker, Bram
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York/London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre/Drama;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Quercus Rare Books
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Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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