Memoirs of Robert William Elliston, Comedian
London: John Mortimer, 1844
First edition. Octavo (pages 22.6 x 14 cm), all edges roughly trimmed. Frontspiece after Harlowe, 3 etchings by George Cruikshank. Original green cloth, very slight edgewear, lacking dust jacket. Sporadic foxing, a few light pencilled notations in the margin, overall very good. Collates [1 l.], xxxvi + 438 pp. + 4 ll. ill. with tissue guards, 1 l. ads (dated Dec. 1843), [1 l.]. Reference: Cohn 657 ("first series, first issue"). Provenance: Claude Smith, his pencil signature on front pastedown.
This memoir of Elliston, English comic actor and lessee of the Theater Royal, Drury Lane, wonderfully describes English theatre history in the early 18th century.
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