Dramatic Table Talk Scenes Situations, Used (9 results)

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

leather spine with wear but intact, maroon cloth coards, marbled end papers, lacks 4 illus., illus present include folding frontis of interior of the Red Bull Playhouse, Fortune Theatre, folding facsimile letter to rear from Booth, folding chart of theatre history, 288pp of volume I only.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 326 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Cloth. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 288pp. vol.1, green cloth cover, front cover detathced, spine loose, pages a little yellowed with time but still clean inside and all present, pull out illustrations, some faint spotting on the outer edges. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Half Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Greenish morocco half leather with marbled boards and endpapers. Li, Xiii, 248; x, 288; ix, 317 pp. LACKING the illustration of the Old Drury Lane Theatre, a portrait of Shakespeare and an original letter of Sheridan in volume 3 (although this may be bound in at the end of volume 2). All other illustrations present as called for, with the frontis illustrations in volumes 1 and 2 bound in a bit further on. A collection of short anecdotes reflecting on the history or theater, commenting on notable actors, playwrights, plays, performances, etc., from ancient to the then present. With commentary on Shakespeare, brief mention of American theater, Harry Rowe, John Palmer, a riot at the Haymarket Theater, Chinese play, customs of the French theater, Charlotte Cibber, etc. GOOD condition, lacking the aforementioned plates. Leather rather scuffed along the hinges, with minor scuffing along the extremities and to the covers. Minor fading. Interiors solid, with some toning and scattered foxing, a bit heavier to the title pages and plates. A few pages cropped a bit shorter than others. Armorial bookplates of Roderick Terry present in each volume.

Half Calf. Condition: Very Good. 12mo. 17 by 11 cm. Including several engraved plates, some of them folding. Among these are reproductions of the autographs of leading actors, a letter written by Cibber Colley, Shakespeare's family tree, an illustration of the interior of the Red Bull Playhouse, etc. The contents are chock-a-block with theatrical anecdotes, both Enlish and the wider European stage, involving actors and playwrights. Dryness and rubbing to the leather. Blistering to the cloth. Contents generally clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Later (? ) half calf with marbled boards, five raised bands, TEG, marbled endpages. Three volume complete set. Vol 1: Engraved foldout frontis, three plates, engraved title, folding facsimile letter, folding chart. Li, [1] 288pp. Vol 2: foldout frontis (autographs) , engraved title, 5 plates, two foldout letters, x, 288pp. Vol 3: foldout Shakespear pedigree (with 2 tears along folds) , five plates, foldout letter. List of engravings at end of V3; all plates/foldouts present. Ix, [1], 317, [1]pp. Scattered foxing. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.

First Edition. First edition, foolscap 8vo, 3 volumes, pp. [xi]-xiii, [vii]-li, [1], [iii]-x, 288; [iii]-x, 288; [iii]-ix, 317, [1], [2] ads; engraved title pages and 21 engraved plates, 8 folding; original drab paper-covered boards and green paper shelfbacks, printed paper labels on spines; spines sunned and creased, text clean and sound; generally very good. The binding of these volumes is in a preliminary state. A list of the engravings is given in II, [318], with their (intended) page locations. Here, they are bunched together at the beginning of each volume, prior to being placed in their correct positions. Furthermore, the ordering of the preliminary pages has yet to be regularized.