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Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 150 pages. 8.25x6.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

0. 8°. xl, 477 p., hardcover. Bindung worn, cracked and browned. Pages foxed. Englisch Band.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition. First edition as stated. Publisher's illustrated wrappers as issued. A fine clean tight unmarked copy. Richly illustrated throughout, 84 pages. Also includes a conversation between Douglas Crimp and Jessica Beck. Uncommon exhibition catalog.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Two volumes, complete. Original publisher's green 3/4 leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards. Marbled endpapers. Marbling features colors of blue, white, and gilt. Top edge gilt. 6" x 9." All pages of both volumes, complete. Vol. I: [vii] viii-xl, [1] 2-477, complete. Vol. II: [1] 2-595, complete. At least one black-and-white frontispiece in Vol. I, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Pages have light age toning and occasional foxing. Slight corner and edge wear to covers. Spines are faded to a light green. Binding is tight. Very Good copies. Two-volume set containing the memoirs and a biography of John Philip Kemble. John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) was a British actor who came from an acting family. In his time, he was highly regarded as an accomplished actor who brought out the finest details of the characters he portrayed. Kemble played many roles including a number of Shakespearean characters. …

This is a stupendously bound set in a limited edition of 26 copies only. It is a biographical panoply of figures straddling the theatre world and also includes members of the English aristocracy. Each illustration is represented in three states. The enamel inlaid decoration is particularly fine. 'Edition Magnifique', limited to 26 copies lettered 'S'; 13 volumes (of 14, without Nell Gwyn), royal 8vo, (240 x 160 mm); each volume has 8 illustrations (in three separate states) including a frontispiece divided by tissue guards titled in red lettering, printed on vellum paper, usual age-toning and spotting to prelims, heavy spotting to Beau Brummel Vol. I and Lady Blessington; uniformly bound in original crushed light-blue morocco inlaid with gilt, red, and dark green florid decoration, decorative boards single-ruled in gilt, gilt top edges, five raised bands with spines gilt-lettered and red and gilt inlay, gilt floral-inlay doublures to pastedowns, green silk moirà endpapers, embossed heraldic emblem to front boards with motto 'Sic Fidem Teneo', each volume housed in a slipcase, exceedingly rare and precious set in overall near fine condition. …

Hardcover. Imperial Edition. All 14 volumes Very Good in boards. All 14 volumes number 624 from a limited 1000 copies. Gilded top text block edge for all 14 volumes. Light shelfwear on spine and panel corners of all 14 volumes. Front hinge starting on "Mrs. Sarah Siddons" Vol. 1, "Lord Chesterfield" Vol. 1, "Beau Brummell" Vol. 2, "Nell Gwyn". Light soiling on front panel of "Count de Grammont", "Nell Gwyn", and "The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington". Light soiling on rear panel of "Mrs. Sarah Siddons" Vol. 1 and "The Sheridans" Vol. 2, "Beau Brummell" Vol. 2, and "The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington". Small water stain on front panel of "Lord Chesterfield" Vol. 1, and "Beau Brummell" Vol. 2. Light scratching on front panel of "Lady Hamilton & Lord Nelson" Vol. 1. And "Mrs. Mary Robinson". …

First edition. First edition. Frontispiece portrait in Vol. I. 2 vols. 8vo. John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) was born into a celebrated theatrical family, which included Fanny Kemble, Charles Kemble, and Sarah Siddons; he seemed destined to be an actor, and did so, becoming one of the best and most famous of his generation; he later became a manager, and engaged in several picturesque controversies. He knew everybody in the theatre worth knowing, and his story, abundantly illustrated by portraits of many friends and colleagues, gives an inside glimpse of the English stage at one of its most significant periods of development. Bound in brown polished calf, t.e.g. Very good Frontispiece portrait in Vol. I. 2 vols. 8vo.…