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The Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington with Pictures of the Period in which She Lived
by J. Fitzgerald Molloy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1884. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated . Scarce first trade edition of this biographical work on the life and career of Irish actress Peg Woffington, complete in two volumes. First trade edition, published in the same year as a limited deluxe edition. Complete in two volumes. A scarce work. Biographical sketch of the life and times of Peg Woffington, Irish actress and socialite of the Georgian era. She enjoyed a successful career in her life time, which inspired Charles Reade and Tom Taylor's play Masks and Faces, and a novel by Reade titled Peg Woffington. By J. Fitzgerald Molloy.Illustrated with a frontispiece to vol. I. With twenty-four leaves of publisher's advertisements to rear vol. II. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, faint marks to boards. Thomas Jefferson McKee's bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 841A39
- Title
- The Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington with Pictures of the Period in which She Lived
- Author
- J. Fitzgerald Molloy
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hurst and Blackett
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1884
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- first editions peg woffington biographies peg woffington
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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