c1939 The Book of Martin Harvey

Description

Colour Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, With Dustwrapper

A later edition, dated from ink inscription. First published in 1930. In the publishers original red cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Inscribed by Martin-Harvey on the front free endpaper: 'To Mrs Hardy, with all good wishes, Martin Harvey 1939'. Illustrated throughout with photographic and illustration plates and a coloured frontispiece. This is a commemorative volume published circa 1930, celebrating the life and career of Sir John Martin-Harvey (1863-1944), a distinguished English stage actor and manager, renowned for both his performances and his contributions to the stage. Complied and edited by R. N. Green-Armitage (R.N.G.-A.), the book includes a foreword from R. B. Cunninghame Graham. This edition is printed and engraved in Great Britain at the Burleigh Press, Lewin's Mead, Bristol.