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AS PICTURED : FIVE IMAGES. First Edition, First Printing, 1939. 8vo; turquoise boards with gilt spine titles and publisher's motif - irregular areas of fading, but otherwise square and sharp-cornered. pp : viii + 333, with Frontis + 8 full-page illustrations. Chapters I - XIV include 'The Strolling Life'; The Players in Norwich (1669-1709, 1710-1750, 1750-1758); A note on the Players in Ipswich 1728-1750; The York Company (1705-1744, 1744-1765); The Theatres of Bath, 1705-1750; Simpson's Theatre, Bath, 1750-1756; The Bristol Company's Account Book; The Kentish Circuit (1723-1744, 1744-1765); Penkethman's Greenwich Theatre; The Richmond Hill Theatres, 1715-1768. Index. Tight, bright and clean - entirely free from foxing (just a few very minor spots here and there), no markings and inscriptions beyond a very small neat name to ffep. Small b/w ex-libris label of Philip Butterworth to front pastedown, obscured by foldover. Minor age-toning throughout. Dustwrapper price-clipped, missing rear foldover, edge losses to rear panel and larger loss to front, general browning, particularly to spine, which is largely complete. Now protected and enhanced by removable clear, paper-backed wrapper. SCARCE. FREE P&P IN UK. Shipping to non-UK customers quoted prior to purchasing. (25% proceeds to the Motor Neurone Disease Association). Seller Inventory # 1619
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