ACCOUNT OF THE TERRIFIC AND FATAL RIOT AT THE NEW YORK ASTOR PLACE OPERA HOUSE
by [NEW YORK CITY]
First Edition
Price: $150.00
- Bookseller: Charles Agvent, ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: 004549
- Format: Original printed wraps
- Book condition: Covers soiled, tear at rear; marginal stains. Decent copy.
- Illustrator: Frontis. of riot scene
- Edition: First Edition
- Publisher: Ranney
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1849
Book Description
New York: Ranney, 1849. First Edition. Original printed wraps. Covers soiled, tear at rear; marginal stains. Decent copy.. Frontis. of riot scene. 32 pages. Sensational & detailed account of the riot that had as its origin a petty quarrel between Edwin Forrest, thought by many to be the first great American actor, & the British actor William Macready. The result was the "sudden death or mutilation of more than fifty citizens," many of whom were innocent bystanders. The riot scene frontis. repeated at the rear inner wrap.
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