first edition Hardcover
1888 · Academy of Music, New York
by BRADY, James Jay (Townsend Walsh)
Academy of Music, New York: E.A. McFarland & Alex. Comstock, Publishers, 1888. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 12mo. pp. [3-8] 9-83 [84-90]. Extra-illustrated with a large gelatin silver photograph of Denman Thompson and his grandchild mounted on the front free endpaper (recto). The letterpress text is illustrated throughout with wood-engravings (many full-page). Bound in maroon pebble grain cloth, gilt spine, edges sprinkled red. Illustrated bookplate of Townsend Walsh on the front pastedown. Near fine. Biography of Denman, a noted American comedic actor and playwright. Townsend Walsh, an American playwright, theatrical press agent, author, and historian of the circus, is best-known for his biography of the Irish actor Dion Boucicault. A unique, handsome copy. (Inventory #: 285109)