first edition Hardcover
1884 · London
by Farrar, J Maurice
London: D. Bogue, 1884. Hardcover. 86p., hardbound first edition in 10x7.5 inch boards, frontispiece portrait in photogravure, rubricated titlepage, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, dark blue diced cloth with gilt titles and black rulings, a handsome production somewhat worn with handling and age; spine slightly sloped with light handling grime and sunning to spine panel; offset color marks back cover, expect tiny abrasions at the rims. Endsheets lightly foxed. A good copy. Biographical work on the Sacramento-born actress who reached the heights of her fame in England.
(Inventory #: 208824)