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New York: Benjamin Blom, 1972. Second Edition . Hardcover. Food/No Dust Jacket. An ex-library copy in green cloth of this large-format hardcover. The usual ex-libris markings, sound binding, clean/unmarked within. No dust jacket.

Troy, NY: Nims and Knight. Poor with No dust jacket as issued. 1891. Second Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Illustrated with 19 tissue-protected photogravure illustrations. Margaret "Peg" Woffington (1720-1760) was a well-known Irish actress in Georgian London. She danced and acted at various Dublin theaters until her success as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple" led to her being given her London debut at Covent Garden; she became well known as an actress thereafter. She lived openly with David Garrick, the foremost actor of the day, and her other love affairs (including liaisons with Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley and MP Charles Hanbury Williams) were numerous and notorious. John Augustin Daly (1838-1899) was one of the most influential men in American theatre. Drama critic, theatre manager, playwright, and adapter, he became the first recognized stage director in… Leer más

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HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

Philadelphia: Nims and Knight, 1891. hardcover. Frontispiece portrait, 18 full page black & white plates, (tissue guards). Folio, ornately gilt green cloth front cover, (title page loose). Large paper edition. (Philadelphia): Nims and Knight 1891. Very Good.<br/><br/>

New York: Nims & Knight, 1891. Second. hardcover. very good. 19 photogravure plates, tissue guards. 4to, full gilt tooled crushed leather, (backstrip rubbed), a.e.g. Troy: Nims & Knight, (1891). Second Edition. Very good.<br/><br/>

Philadelphia : Privately Printed for Augustin Daly , 1888. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 15.5" by 11.5". Unnamed. A very scarce first and limited edition of this charming tribute to Peg Woffington, illustrating her life and career as an actress by Augustin Daly. Signed and inscribed by the author, printed on large paper, and illustrated throughout. A limited edition to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author to the limitation page, this volume being number eighty four. A very scarce book, last seen in auction in 1987. This copy is also inscribed and signed by the author to the title page, "For A. Oakley, Hall Esq, one of my earliest friends in literature," dated May 1888. A tribute to the Irish actress and woman that was Peg Woffington (Margaret), illustrating here life and career. With a prologue, and exploring her life from the cradle to her death in 1760, discussing her roles and career development, as well as her experiences as a woman in the Georgian era, with and… Leer más