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Barry Duncan The St. James's Theatre - Its Strange & Complete History 1835 - 1957
London Barrie and Rockliff 1964 NO First Edition Cloth Very Good Very Good
406 pages. Blue cloth covers show light edgewear, red illustrated dust jacket bumped at spine top and bottom, moderate shelfwear and soiling, now in mylar. Clean three-inch tear to page 59/60 from bottom near fold - no other apparent internal damage. An excellent copy of this item, scarce in the US. Three sections of plates featuring numerous engravings and photographs of players and productions. Architectural plan of the theatre on inside covers and flyleaves. "... full of fascinating sidelights on social as well as theatrical history... a mine of plots of famous or forgotten dramas, spiritedly told, many in critical detail such as the first Oliver Twist, or the operetta which caused the libel action or Shaw's Androcles and the Lion. The illusions of half-a-dozen early magic-men are reported with the verve of an eye-witness..."
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17.58 USD
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