Eliza Eliza: A Biography of Eliza Winstanley Tapa blanda - 1997

Mulini Press. Very Good. 1997. Paperback. 0949910724 . Stiff card wrappers, sunned spine. Internally clean, no ownerswhip markings, b&w illustrations, binding tight. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. ; 25 x 18 x 0.6 cm; 52 pages; Signed by Author .

Canberra: Mulini Press, 1997. Paperback large wide octavo, good plus condition, card cover, black & white drawings (some full-page), black & white author photo rear cover, spine slightly faded, last page bound upside down, minor edgewear, faint autograph (author's written dedication). 52 pp. Nancy Irvine records the fascinating story of Eliza Winstanley, one of the earliest Australian actresses and writers. Born in England and arriving in Sydney in 1833 she became an actress on the stage of the Royal Theatre. She achieved much success in the theatres of Sydney, Hobart and Melbourne, and then went overseas to London and New York. She gave up the stage in middle life and became the most successful editor of the family magazine 'Bow Bells', an English weekly. She wrote over 30 serials and novels some with an Australian background and story. Eliza returned to Australia about 1879 and died in Sydney in 1882.

The Mulini Press, Canberra, 1997. Softcover. Very Good. Size: 9"-10" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australian History; ISBN: 0949910724. ISBN/EAN: 9780949910721. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 36290. . 9780949910721