The diaries of William Charles Macready, 1833-1851 / edited by William Toynbee ... with forty-nine portraits ... [complete in two volumes]

Macready, William Charles (1793-1873)

1912, First Edition. London : Chapman and Hall. Very good library copies both in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Covers show generalised wear; spines uniformly sun-toned with some small tears to the ends. Edges lightly foxed; minor library marks remain internally. Frontispieces retain their tissue guards. This is a publisher's presentation set, distinguished by the uninked stamp impressed to each title page. A well-preserved example of this desirable issue. Item #452692

Physical description; complete in 2 volumes : frontispieces, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; "In 1875, two years after Macready's death, his Reminiscences and selections from his diaries and letters, edited by the late Sir W.F. Pollock, bart., were published by Messrs. Macmillan. At that time it was thought desirable to withhold a considerable portion of the diaries, but after the lapse of nearly forty years the reasons for this suppression no longer hold good, and the most important of the omitted passages are accordingly given, for the first time, in the present work."--Volume 1, preface. Subjects; Macready, William Charles (1793-1873) -- Diaries. Actors -- Great Britain -- Biography. Theater -- England -- History -- 19th century.

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