Description

Title:
Memoirs of the Life of Charles Macklin, Esq.
ISBN: No ISBN
Book #: 016495

Author: Kirkman, James Thomas
Illustrator:
Publisher: Lackington, Allen, and Co.
Place: London
Year: 1799
Edition: First Edition

Book Cond.: Very Good Condition
Jacket Cond.: No Dust Jacket
Binding: Hardcover
Size: 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
Book Type: n/a
Signed:

Description / Comments:
Size: 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″. 2-volume set (complete). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Two volumes. Rebound in quarter leather with brown cloth over boards, gilt tooling and spine label, Volume I has a frontispiece portrait of Macklin, 471 pages; Volume II has 452 pages. Title continues: “Principally Compiled From His Own Papers and Memorandums; Which Contain His Criticisms on and Characters and Anecdotes of Betterton, Booth, Wilks, Cibber, Garrick, Barry, Mossop, Sheridan, Foote, Quin, and Most of His Contemporaries; Together with his Valuable Observations on the Drama, on the Science of Acting, and on various other Subjects: The Whole Forming a Comprehensive but Succinct History of the Stage; Which includes a Period of One Hundred Years.” Leather on spines is lightly stained, corners bumped, text block edges stained, scattered instances of staining in text. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 4 lbs 0 oz. Category: BIography & Autobiography; Theatre & Plays. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 016495.