MacReady's Reminiscences and Selection from His Diaries and Letters [ Complete in 2 Volumes ]
by Macready William Charles [ Edited and Inscribed By Sir Frederick Pollock. Mrs George Crowe ]
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Very Good
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co, 1875. Inscribed on free endpaper '' Sir Frederick Pollock is proud to have been asked by his friend Mrs George Crowe to write her name in this copy of Macready's Reminiscences -and thus to associate it with the memory of a great artist who was very dear to him. 20th March 1875 ''. Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 23x15.5.cm. Collation, xi,[1],476,28,[4]pp, x,486pp,each volume has a frontis, and vignette illustration on title page. Bound in original publishers cloth, with gilt lettering, blind stamped lines. Cloth lightly rubbed, some abrasion wear, short split on spine and hinge joint. Both binding in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean. A very nice set. Signed by Author. Publishers Cloth. Near Very Good. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012177
- Title
- MacReady's Reminiscences and Selection from His Diaries and Letters [ Complete in 2 Volumes ]
- Author
- Macready William Charles [ Edited and Inscribed By Sir Frederick Pollock. Mrs George Crowe ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1875
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Actors. William Charles MacReady
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Signed/Inscribed By Author;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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George Jeffery Books
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Vignette
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