Kemble John Philip Boaden James (3 results)

0. 8°. xl, 477 p., hardcover. Bindung worn, cracked and browned. Pages foxed. Englisch Band.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two volumes, complete. Original publisher's green 3/4 leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards. Marbled endpapers. Marbling features colors of blue, white, and gilt. Top edge gilt. 6" x 9." All pages of both volumes, complete. Vol. I: [vii] viii-xl, [1] 2-477, complete. Vol. II: [1] 2-595, complete. At least one black-and-white frontispiece in Vol. I, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Pages have light age toning and occasional foxing. Slight corner and edge wear to covers. Spines are faded to a light green. Binding is tight. Very Good copies. Two-volume set containing the memoirs and a biography of John Philip Kemble. John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) was a British actor who came from an acting family. In his time, he was highly regarded as an accomplished actor who brought out the finest details of the characters he portrayed. Kemble played many roles including a number of Shakespearean characters. …

First edition. First edition. Frontispiece portrait in Vol. I. 2 vols. 8vo. John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) was born into a celebrated theatrical family, which included Fanny Kemble, Charles Kemble, and Sarah Siddons; he seemed destined to be an actor, and did so, becoming one of the best and most famous of his generation; he later became a manager, and engaged in several picturesque controversies. He knew everybody in the theatre worth knowing, and his story, abundantly illustrated by portraits of many friends and colleagues, gives an inside glimpse of the English stage at one of its most significant periods of development. Bound in brown polished calf, t.e.g. Very good Frontispiece portrait in Vol. I. 2 vols. 8vo.…