Nigel Playfair Intro (5 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. cover shows minor wear and rubbing, pages are lightly tanned and foxed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book has very faint curling to some cover corners. Faint foxing along top/bottom edges; slight foxing to edges of page block. Light toning to ragged edge. Otherwise, pages are clean and crisp. Binding is strong and boards are sturdy. Dust jacket has light wear to corners. 0.5 inch total rip to top of spine; 1.5 inch rip to bottom of spine; 0.5 inch rips to top/bottom of front flap. Light toning to edges of covers. Slight rubbing across covers. Light foxing to flaps. Otherwise, jacket is intact. No other major wear or markings. All text and imagery bold and bright. Now in protective mylar cover. Photos upon request.…

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Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The first of this illustrated edition of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comic opera, with coloured plates. The first of this edition. In the publisher's original purple cloth binding. With a frontispiece, illustrated title page, twelve coloured plates, and twelve monochrome plates. Collated, complete. Including facsimile title-pages from the first edition of the Duenna playbill (1775) and of the programme of the Playfair-Sheringham production at the Lyric Theatre (1924). The volume contains Richard Brinsley Sheridan's famous three-act comic opera. At the time it was considered one of the most successful operas ever staged in England. With an introduction by Nigel Playfair. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Externally, fading to spine, with light bumping to the head and tail. Odd small mark to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. George Sheringham (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Vibrantly bound in quarter morocco, this is the illustrated first edition of Nigel Playfair's account of the history of the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith. The first edition, first impression.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seventeen plates, after Lovat Fraser, Sheringham, Zinkeisen and Kapp. Collated, complete.Playfair presents an account of the West London theatre that he revitalised in the early 20th century. The book recounts the Lyric"s origins and development, its architectural features, and its struggles before Playfair"s management.In a handsome quarter morocco binding. In a quarter morocco binding, with marbled paper covered boards, and with endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned, with instances of light spotting to first and last few leaves. Near Fine. After Lovat Fraser, Sheringham, Zinkeisen, Kapp (illustrator). book. …