May Agate (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Minor shelf wear to binding. Small discolorations on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover - clean, no marks, clean inside, clean dj - from a private collection -.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. book has moderate fraying around edges, slight cocking to spine, moderate smudges and stains across cover, moderate sun fading to spine, title on spine faded but still readable, moderate foxing to 2/3 the textblock as well as inside cover front/back pages, owener plate on front inside cover, otherwise text is clear and book is a very readable copy.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. DJ with some wear, age tone.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 2nd prt. ***Please Read*** Book shows no shelf wear with no DJ - light pencil mark on front flyleaf, otherwise the interior is tight and clean with no marks on text - 223 pages - my shelf location so-h-55.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Tatty. 223 pages. Dustjacket in two pieces separated at rear hinge with losses to spine-ends, also moderately grimed all over. Hardback binding has some lightening to edges, wear with small creases to spine-ends, boards' corners a little curled. Foxing/some darkening to page-edges. Accompanied by a two sheet letter signed by the author to the owner of the book - owner's name dated 1945 to flyleaf in ink. Pages clean, binding sound. (Another copy dated 1946 - second impression with moderately marked dustjacket and for £8.00). Letter By Author.…

Original Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine copy. A few old newspaper clippiings have left some discoloration to the half title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 224pp. Purple cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Rubbed corners and spine ends, slightly tanned board edges; slightly cocked. Text block edges tanning Free endpapers just starting to tan, pages just starting to age, volume shaken. Otherwise, internally neat and clean, barring some very occasional margin markings. Dust jacket tanning, has light shelf wear and chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Life of Sarah Bernhardt. Nice clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 223 pages. B/w frontispiece of Sarah Bernhardt.

Half title, front. Orig. mauve cloth. v.g. in d.w.

Condition: Very Good. Original illustrated souvenir theatre programme. 24 printed pages. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEATRE PROGRAMMES.

Condition: Good. 8vo. Original wraps, soiled. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1126349661 64pp.Physical Description:63 pages illustrations, plates. .May Agate (1892-1960) was a British actress and author, known for her early 20th-century stage work with Sarah Bernhardt in Paris and London, rather than the 19th century. She was the sister of noted theatre critic James Agate and later wrote a biography of Bernhardt, Madame Sarah (1945). IMDbIMDb +2Birth: December 29, 1892, in Pendleton, Salford, England.Career Highlights: Made her stage debut with Sarah Bernhardt in La Samaritaine (1912) and appeared in Phèdre (1913).Film Roles: Appeared in School for Scandal (1930) and I Was a Spy (1933).Writing: Authored Madame Sarah (1945) and adapted works for radio.Death: February 27, 1960, in Brighton, Sussex, England. IMDbIMDb +1.…