Author: Arthur Gilbert A' Beckett
Title: A Volume of Playscripts and Promptbooks
Description: London, Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1866-c1875. First edition. Cloth. A unique item of London theatre, being Gilbert Arthur A'Beckett's own copy of his collection of plays and promptbooks, with annotations throughout. A remarkable survival. A vanishingly scarce collection of plays and promptbooks, being Gilbert Arthur A'Beckett's own copy with his name and address and several notes through the text by him. Contains the following works: Lending a Hand A Farce, In One Act, published 1866.In The Clouds; A Glimpse of Utopia, published 1873.Christabel; or The Bard Bewitched, published c1870. Lacking title page and additional preliminary leaf.The Last of The Legends, published 1873. With songs by W. H. C. Nation. An Utter Per-Version of The Brigand, published 1867.The White Pilgrim, published 1874. With Herman Merivale. Old Sunshine, published c1875. Original title page replaced with handwritten title page. Errata leaf tipped in to recto of new title page.The Happy Land, published 1873.With Beckett's name and address hand written by the author to front pastedown, and additional annotations and crossing out by the author. The most significant of which is an additional thirteen lines of text handwritten by Beckett to the final leaf of 'Old Sunshine&apos.  In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Joints strained with significant crack to front joint. Board may detach despite careful handling. Bumping to extremities. Marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally clean with age toning and the odd mark to the occasional leaf. Lacking title page and additional preliminary leaf to Christabel. Original title page to Old Sunshine replaced with handwritten title page. Errata leaf tipped in to recto of new title page. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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