Author: WYNDHAM, HORACE.
Title: The Magnificent Montez. From Courtesan To Convert
Description: First Edition; 8vo; pp. 288, 24 pages advertisements; portrait frontispiece, 23 full page plate illustrations, appendices, index, original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, moderate foxing to first few and last few pages; dustjacket has some bumps and small chips, closed tears to some corners edges and spine, spotting to page edges; a good copy. London, Hutchinson & Co. [1935]. Includes some loose associated newspaper articles. Chapters include Lola Down Under in Sydney and Melbourne and an interesting view of the Theatre of the time, Peregrine Bingham presides over a case of Bigamy in America. Illustrations include Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket circa 1843, Fanny Eisler, Porte Martin Theatre, Paris; the infamous "Spider Dance",

Keywords: Victoria Theatre Australia Lola Montez Peregrine Bingham Ballarat goldrush