Author: John Jackson
Title: The History of the Scottish Stage
Description: London, Peter Hill and G. G. J. Robinson, 1793. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this brilliant and thorough guide to the history of Scottish theatre ESTC citation number T36525.With a half-title and a separately paginated appendix. Contains a full page 225, with xviii-xxii absent from the appendix as called for. Bound with new endpapers.A marvellous first edition of this guide to Scottish theatre as told by a controversial contemporary, John Jackson, actor and manager of the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh. It is described as containing 'a distinct narrative of some recent theatrical transactions, the whole necessarily interspersed with memoirs of his own life&apos. This edition is in a half calf binding with marbled boards, with a simple gilding to the spine and speckled decoration along the foredge. Externally very smart with just some rubbing in places. Internally firmly bound, pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .
Keywords: theatre scotland theatre history scottish stage scotland None
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Title: The History of the Scottish Stage
Description: London, Peter Hill and G. G. J. Robinson, 1793. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this brilliant and thorough guide to the history of Scottish theatre ESTC citation number T36525.With a half-title and a separately paginated appendix. Contains a full page 225, with xviii-xxii absent from the appendix as called for. Bound with new endpapers.A marvellous first edition of this guide to Scottish theatre as told by a controversial contemporary, John Jackson, actor and manager of the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh. It is described as containing 'a distinct narrative of some recent theatrical transactions, the whole necessarily interspersed with memoirs of his own life&apos. This edition is in a half calf binding with marbled boards, with a simple gilding to the spine and speckled decoration along the foredge. Externally very smart with just some rubbing in places. Internally firmly bound, pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .
Keywords: theatre scotland theatre history scottish stage scotland None
Price: GBP 425.00 = appr. US$ 606.89 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 747R2
- Book number: 747R2
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