Edmund Kean / by Harold Newcomb Hillebrand
1933, First Edition. New York : Columbia University Press. Very good copy in the original paper-labeled cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Signed and inscribed to Max Reinhardt by British actress Margaret Leighton. Item #444057
Physical description; viii pages, 1 leaf, 387 pages, 1 leaf frontispiece, plates, portraits, facsimiles 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Childhood -- Wandering years -- Waterford to Guernsey -- Opportunity -- Triumph -- The fruits of triumph -- Insolence and wine -- Managers and mismanagers -- The United States, 1820-21 -- Home again -- Cox vs. Kean -- The United States, 1825-26 -- Disintegration -- Death -- Time and the artist. Appendices: 1. Mrs. Clarke and Kean -- Kean's letter to Drury -- "Betterton" on Kean in Philadelphia -- Post-mortem examination of Kean's body. Subjects; Kean, Edmund 1787-1833. Actors Great Britain ; Biography. Actors. Great Britain.
Price: €85.00