ABC of the Theatre.
by BURRA, Edward (illustrates). WOLFE, Humbert
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cresset Press, London., [1932]. First edition. Quarto. 51 pages. Rhyming couplets and Introduction by Humbert Wolfe. The brilliant drawings by Edward Burra include caricatures of such figures as J.M. Barrie, George du Maurier, John Galsworthy, Hannen Swaffer, Bernard Shaw, Lovat Fraser, Somerset Maugham, Noel Coward, Eugene O'Neill, Gordon Craig, Tallulah Bankhead, Edgar Wallace, etc. Decorative initials by Kathryn Hamill.As always, the ill-conceived silver dustwrapper has adhered to the boards. The front flap is splitting at the fold. Rubbing to edges and spine. Internally very good indeed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BURRAEDW014299
- Title
- ABC of the Theatre.
- Author
- BURRA, Edward (illustrates). WOLFE, Humbert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cresset Press, London.
- Date Published
- [1932]
- Keywords
- theatre
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Peter Ellis bookseller
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LONDON
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