Description: Click here to see our other books! Souvenir of King Arthur by J. Comyns Carr as Presented at the Lyceum Theatre, 12th January, 1895 by Henry Irving J. Comyns Carr 1895 Cassell & Co., Ltd : London 6.5" by 9.5" unpaginated SUMMARY A very scarce collection of illustrations as based on Comyns Carr's play King Arthur. Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,Scarce Overall Condition: Good Only This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 19.99 EU Postage: £ 15.99 European Postage: £ 16.99 Asia Postage: £ 21.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 25.99 DESCRIPTION First edition. Scarce work. With thirteen plates. Collated complete. A souvenir for those attending the play 'King Arthur' by J. Comyns Carr as at its first performance on 12th January 1895. This work includes a list of all cast, scenery, and illustrations of key scenes. At this time, King Arthur was played by Henry Irving, an English stage actor of the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager for taking responsibility of supervising all parts of the productions for season after season at the West End's Lyceum Theatre. The play was written by Joseph William Comyns Carr, an English drama and art critic, author, poet and playwright. Carr also wrote essays, books, plays, librettos, English-language adaptations of foreign works and stage adaptations of Dickens novels and classic tales like 'King Arthur' and 'Faust'. CONDITION In the original illustrated paper binding. Externally, sound with slight rubbing and chipping to the boards. A few marks to the rear board. Boards detached. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Contemporary ink inscription to the title page. Overall Condition: Good Only GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques
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Author: J. Comyns Carr
Publisher: Cassell & Co., Ltd
Binding: Paperback
Special Attributes: Yes
Language: English
Fiction Subject: Plays, Theatre & Scripts
Illustrator: J. Bernard Partridge and Hawes Craven
Original/Facsimile: Original
Original/Reproduction: Original
Signed: No
Year Printed: 1895
Place of Publication: London
Weight: 0.750000
Country/Region of Manufacture: London
