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Duffield and Company, 1910. Hardcover. Fair. Book shows heavy wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ boards scuffed and soiled; scratched; moderate edge wear/ corners and spine bumped and frayed/ spine heavily rubbed and soiled/ tops of pages slightly water stained/ several pages slightly soiled

[New York: Charles Frohman, 1911]. First Edition. Oblong folio (28x34.75cm.); original photo-illustrated string-bound card wrappers, yapp edges; unpaged; photographic illus. throughout. Some shallow chips and tiny losses to wrapper extremities, none affecting text or illustrations, spine nearly split, some foxing to contents, else About Very Good. Deluxe souvenir brochure issued in conjunction with one of Adams's last Broadway appearances. (The actress, who achieved fame in 1905 playing the lead role in J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan," would retire in 1916.) "Chantecler", which criticised the modernist movement and promoted idealism, was considered rather unusual for being set in a barnyard, the protagonist, played by Adams, a rooster. The present item is illustrated with dozens of stills from the original Broadway production, showcasing the exquisitely realistic costumes and set design.