Peg Woffington

New York: Printed [by the De Vinne Press] for the Grolier Club, 1887. ONE OF 250 COPIES on Holland paper and two on vellum. 180 x 110 mm. (7 1/8 x 4 1/2"). Two volumes.. GRACEFUL BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), upper cover framed by multiple gilt fillets interlaced at corners,… Read more about this item

George Allen: London, 1899. THOMPSON, Hugh. With an introduction by Austin Dobson and illustrations by Hugh Thompson. The first of Reade's fictional prose works, a novel of manners based on his own play 'Masks and Faces' (1852), telling the story of the eighteenth-century actor Margaret Woffington. Octavo, elaborate gilt devorated cloth, all-edges gilt, frontispiece and illustrated title page by… Read more about this item

London: George Allen, 1899. First UK Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. Hugh Thomson. 5 1/2 X 7 5/8 Inches. 298 PP. First edition in original red cloth binding. PO name on half title. Light toning to text. Binding a bit worn and slight lean. A nice copy for reading and/or use. Based on the exploits of English actress… Read more about this item