YVONNE FFRENCH - Mrs. Siddons. Tragic Actress

London England, Derek Verschoyle, 1954. Revised and Reset, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo Hardback Hardback. Mrs. Siddons. Previous owners name written very neatly to inside cover. Orange cloth with gilt lettering. The original version of this book appeared before the war, but all the publisher's stock perished in the London blitz.A new edition has given me the opportunity of making certain revisions, and also of taking advantage of a considerable amount of fresh material previously inaccessible and of first importance to students of the period. Contents: Acknowledgements. Preface. The Road 1755-1782. Drury Lane 1782-1802. The Parting Genius 1802-1831. Mrs. Siddons's Repertory at Drury Lane. The Kemble Family. Bibliography. 256 pp. Frontispiece. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature).