11-18-201211-18-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2621BBoston
November 18, 2012 11:00 AMCalender
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Dramatic Table Talk and Theater Biography.

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$180$150
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM

Description:

Dramatic Table Talk and Theater Biography.Illustrations of Shakspeare [sic] in Two Hundred and Thirty Vignette Engravings by Thompson from Designs by Thurston, London, [1830], calf spine, marbled boards; The Thespian Dictionary, London, 1802, front board becoming detached; An Authentic Narrative of Mr. Kemble's Retirement from the Stage, London, 1817, with portrait and two folding plates, contemporary calf spine and marbled paper boards, first signature detached; George Moore's The Making of an Immortal, New York, 1927, number 826 of 1240 copies, signed by the author, paper board, spine missing; The Life of Edmund Kean, London, 1835, contemporary calf spine and textured fabric boards, worn, bumped and abraded, title page and frontispiece quite foxed; Dramatic Table Talk, London, 1825, extra-illustrated, in three volumes, in half crushed brown morocco and marbled paper boards by Stikeman, well-preserved; and another copy of Dramatic Table Talk, London, 1825, also extra-illustrated in three volumes, with even more plates than the set above, in three volumes, crushed navy morocco and marbled paper boards by Stikeman.
Estimate $200-300

Keywords

London, Table Talk, Kemble, George Moore, author , paper board, Edmund Kean