Thomas Holcroft; William Hazlitt; Elbridge Colby - The Life of Thomas Holcroft

London, Constable & Company LTD, 1925. Cloth. A limited edition illustrated biography on the eminent Georgian dramatist Thomas Holcroft. Complete in two volumes.A limited edition, limited to 700 copies.The expanded autobiography of Thomas Holcroft, written by himself, then expanded to the time of his death from diary and papers by William Hazlitt. This edition is newly edited by Elbridge Colby.Holcroft was a dramatist, poet, and translator. He assisted Thomas Paine in publishing the first part of 'The Rights of Man', and was sympathetic to the beginnings of the French Revolution.This insightful biography explores Holcrofts' life and career with a personal touch.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece and six plates.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Some light marks to the boards and spines. Spines are a little faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only a few scattered spots. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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