More stage favorites of the eighteenth century / by Lewis Melville [pseud.] With a frontispiece in color by Leslie Blanch and sixteen other illustrations
1929, 1st edition. London : Hutchinson. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Scattered foxing. Dust-wrapper detached and inserted in between pages. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #437054
Physical description: 286 p. col. front., ports. 24 cm. Series: Eighteenth-century sources for the study of English literature ; roll 123Contents
Frances Abington (née Barton), 1737-1815.--Sarah Siddons (née Kemble), 1755-1831.--Mary Anne ("Perdita") Robinson (née Darby), 1758-1800.--Dorothy Jordan (née Bland), 1761-1816. Subjects: Abington Mrs. (Frances Barton) 1737-1815. Siddons, Sarah 1755-1831. Robinson, Mary 1758-1800. Jordan, Dorothy 1761-1816. Actresses, English. Theater Great Britain History. Women ; Biography.
Price: €18.00