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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Life of Mrs Jordan: Including Original Private Correspondence, and Numerous Anecdotes of Her Contemporaries.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Life of Mrs Jordan: Including Original Private Correspondence, and Numerous Anecdotes of Her Contemporaries.

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Paperback / softback. New. This two-volume biography presents the extraordinary and moving story, from acclaim to obscurity, of Dorothy Jordan (1761-1816), the celebrated comic actress, lover of Prince William, Duke of Clarence, and contemporary of Sarah Siddons. It was published in 1831 by her friend, the playwright and biographer James Boaden (1762-1839).

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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Paperback / softback. New. This two-volume biography presents the extraordinary and moving story, from acclaim to obscurity, of Dorothy Jordan (1761-1816), the celebrated comic actress, lover of Prince William, Duke of Clarence, and contemporary of Sarah Siddons. It was published in 1831 by her friend, the playwright and biographer James Boaden (1762-1839).

Paperback / softback. New. This two-volume biography presents the extraordinary and moving story, from acclaim to obscurity, of Dorothy Jordan (1761-1816), the celebrated comic actress, lover of Prince William, Duke of Clarence, and contemporary of Sarah Siddons. It was published in 1831 by her friend, the playwright and biographer James Boaden (1762-1839).

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

GB: Edward Bull, 1831. Frontispiece (bit browned and offset on to title page) in Vol 1 and folding frontispiece in Vol 2. These books were purchased by Whitehaven Library for £3/10/0 (perhaps in the 1940s) as is shown by the original catalogue entry (in Vol 2) and a newspaper clipping (in Vol 1). It was then described as "full polished calf, the backs richly gilt in compartments, with raised bands and morocco labels". Bookplates of a man with initials FED in ecah volume but (strangely) each of a slightly different design White ink shelf numbers have been mostly rubbed off base of spines leaving slight scarring. Volume 1 has a small label scar to front endpaper. Both endpapers have minor glue residue where labels have been neatly removed. Some spotting to prelims and a few other pages. Otherwsise this is still a rather pleasant set with an interesting provenance. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY Packed weight 1500g. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG-/No DW.

London, Edward Bull, 1831 3rd. Two volumes, hardback 9 x 5.5 inches. Quarter bound calf leather and patterned blue cloth to boards. Full floral gilt decorations to spines, gilt lettering to leather spine labels, numbered labels with inset blue details. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Extremities rubbed, corners bumped and nicked. Fading to board edges and front of vol.1. Bookplates to endpapers “William Carr.” Frontis portrait tanned/darkened, faint water staining to edges, offsetting and foxing to main title page opposite. Mild foxing spots and handling marks to pages, repair to tear on corner of facsimile letter. Else tight copies. 368 & 364pp. Illustrated with a B&W engraved frontis portrait in vol.1. and a fold-out facsimile letter in vol.2.

London: Edward Bull, 1831. SEE PHOTOS. Beautifully bound with black leather spine and corners over marbled paper-covered boards. The binding is in Fine condition Spine with five raised bands and 6 compartments brightly gilt tooled/lettered. Handsome marbled endpapers. SEE PHOTOS. Internally Very Good. Light foxing on only a few pages. 2 volumes complete, bound as one. 5.5" wide by 8" tall. Previous owner's name in light pencil (easily erased). Sharp corners. Pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated with frontispieces: an engraved portrait of her in Vol. 1 and folding facsimile letter in Vol. 2. The best biography of the actress Dorothy Jordan (1762-1816), who, according to the DNB "excelled every performer… on the English stage." "As an actress in comedy Mrs. Jordan can have had few equals" and her "singing was like the twang of Cupid's arrow." Leigh Hunt, after praising her artless vivacity, said: "Mrs. Jordan seems to speak… Read More

London: Edward Bull, 1831. First Edition. Octavo. In two volumes, extra-illustrated with 36 extra-plates and portrait of which one is in color and one is folding of with protective oversheets (paper not tissue) Handsomely bound in 3/4 brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gilt. all edges gilt. A fine fresh set with frontispiece to volume I nearly detached. Dorothy Jordan (1761-1816), Actress; mistress of William IV Dorothy Jordan (Mrs. Jordan) (Dorothea Phillips) made her theatrical debut in England and was quickly hailed as London's leading comic actress. In 1790 she became mistress to the Duke of Clarence, afterwards King William IV. Despite the high-society scandal of their relationship, the actress and the Duke lived together for twenty contented years in which she bore him ten illegitimate children. She continued to act, often supporting the profligate Duke from her impressive income. Their life together ended cruelly in 1811… Read More