Author: Thomas Holcroft
Title: Memoirs of the Late Thomas Holcroft, Written by Himself; and Continued to the Time of His Death, from His Diary, Notes, and Other Papers
Description: London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1852. Leather. A handsomely bound copy of Thomas Holcroft's memoirs, continuing up until his death in 1809. Thomas Holcroft (1745 Â 1809) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer. His novels include Alwyn (1780), an account, largely autobiographical, of a strolling comedian, Anna St. Ives (the first British Jacobin novel, published in 1792), and The Adventures of Hugh Trevor (1794 - 1797). Sympathetic to the early ideals of the French Revolution, Holcroft assisted in the publication of the first part of Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man in 1791. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally a trifle rubbed, some wear to the boards and extremities. Internally, firmly bound with generally clean pages throughout, save for some tidemarks and spotting to the rear. Textblock cockled. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Thomas Holcroft Leather Memoir Biography Leather None
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Title: Memoirs of the Late Thomas Holcroft, Written by Himself; and Continued to the Time of His Death, from His Diary, Notes, and Other Papers
Description: London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1852. Leather. A handsomely bound copy of Thomas Holcroft's memoirs, continuing up until his death in 1809. Thomas Holcroft (1745 Â 1809) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer. His novels include Alwyn (1780), an account, largely autobiographical, of a strolling comedian, Anna St. Ives (the first British Jacobin novel, published in 1792), and The Adventures of Hugh Trevor (1794 - 1797). Sympathetic to the early ideals of the French Revolution, Holcroft assisted in the publication of the first part of Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man in 1791. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally a trifle rubbed, some wear to the boards and extremities. Internally, firmly bound with generally clean pages throughout, save for some tidemarks and spotting to the rear. Textblock cockled. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Thomas Holcroft Leather Memoir Biography Leather None
Price: GBP 55.00 = appr. US$ 78.54 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: LTH29-C-2
- Book number: LTH29-C-2
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