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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL ISSUE. First edition (same date on title and copyright pages; no additional printings listed). Hardcover, mauve pictorial cloth, (stamped gilt picture of Yankee Hill in rocking chair) , 246 pp + publisher's catalogue, illustrated with 6 tinted plates. Very good. Spine and edges of cloth faded, corners bumped. Internally, previous owner's signature (in pencil) erased small pencil marks on 8 or 9 pp, side edges of 7 or 8 leaves chipped (probably from careless opening of uncut leaves; text unaffected) , rare stray spot of foxing, otherwise tight, clean, unmarked and probably never really read. Autobiography; Victorian; drama; travel; acting; theater; vaudeville; Americana.…