Author: Cunningham, Peter
Title: The Story of Nell Gwyn. And the Sayings of Charles the Second. Related and Collected by Peter Cunningham, F.S. A. With the Author's Latest Corrections. Portraits and All Original Illustrations Edited with an Introduction, Additional Notes and a Life of the Author by Henry B. Wheatley F.S. A.
Description: London, W.W. Gibbings, 1892. Three quarter red morocco over pink cloth boards, pink marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, gilt designs and titles to spine, silk bookmark. lxii, [1], 224 pp. Illus. with b/w plates. Sm. 4to. 192 of 250 numbered copies. The life of Nell Gwyn, an actress from a humble background who went on to star at the Drury Lane and was a mistress to many including Charles II, whom she bore two sons. Very good+, corners worn. A handsome copy.
Keywords: Britain, Illustrated Books, , Britain, Illustrated Books, Theater, Nell Gwyn, 17th c., English Theater, Actors and Actresses,
Title: The Story of Nell Gwyn. And the Sayings of Charles the Second. Related and Collected by Peter Cunningham, F.S. A. With the Author's Latest Corrections. Portraits and All Original Illustrations Edited with an Introduction, Additional Notes and a Life of the Author by Henry B. Wheatley F.S. A.
Description: London, W.W. Gibbings, 1892. Three quarter red morocco over pink cloth boards, pink marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, gilt designs and titles to spine, silk bookmark. lxii, [1], 224 pp. Illus. with b/w plates. Sm. 4to. 192 of 250 numbered copies. The life of Nell Gwyn, an actress from a humble background who went on to star at the Drury Lane and was a mistress to many including Charles II, whom she bore two sons. Very good+, corners worn. A handsome copy.
Keywords: Britain, Illustrated Books, , Britain, Illustrated Books, Theater, Nell Gwyn, 17th c., English Theater, Actors and Actresses,
Price: US$ 125.00 Seller: Kaaterskill Books
- Book number: 22968
- Book number: 22968