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Charles Major, writing under the pseudonym of Edwin Caskoden, was the author of When Knighthood Was in Flower. It was his first novel and was an immediate success. This was the novel that engendered the late 19th and early 20th centuries craze for historical fiction. Major said of Roselle Knott's performance as Mary Tudor, that, ".she stepped right out of my book". The beautiful Roselle Knott was a famous actress widely admired by critics and beloved by the public. There are two excellent photo portraits of her in costume as Mary Tudor - one the frontispiece and the other within the text. There are several photographic views and drawings done from photographs of the play in progress. What a fine piece of stage history this is. ************************************* SERIES : The Theatre Edition Series / TITLE : When Knighthood Was in Flower, or, The Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of his August Majesty, King Henry the Eighth . Rewritten and Rendered into Modern English from Sir Edwin Caskoden's Memoir / AUTHOR : Edwin Caskoden (Pseudonym of Charles Major, 1856 -1913) / IMPRINT : Grosset and Dunlap / PLACE : New York / DATE : No date [circa 1908] / EDITION : Early Reprint / STATUS : This edition OP / DETAILS : Trade hardcover; Contains half-tone plate illustrations of the stage production - some are stage photographs and some are drawings made from photographs; Roselle Knott starred as Mary Tudor, and a handsome photograph portrait of her is the frontispiece. 359 pages plus 12 pages of publisher s list; approximately 5" x 7 1/2" (12mo); decorated red cloth-covered boards and spine - the spine has the title, etc. printed in white; the front board has the title, etc and a depiction of Windsor Castle stamped in white. *************************************** CONDITION … VERY GOOD… This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars and imperfections noted :: EXTERIOR Mild overall wear - including modest surface rub, with a few scattered small spots - there is compression to spine exteriors, and a small surface tear near the spine head - for the most part quite presentable. The text-block edges are toned and slightly foxed, else clean. / BINDING Solid pages open easily - it's obvious that the book has been read, but gently. / INTERIOR Toning to the end-papers, a few scattered minute spots and a bit of light foxing - else clean and presentable throughout with but modest signs of use. The photographic illustrations present nicely. No marking, no marginalia, no signatures. Seller Inventory # 2363
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