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(IRVING) BRERETON, Austin.
"H. B." and Laurence Irving.
With Eight Illustrations.
First edition, first impression of the biography of the father and son thespians. With a signed portrait of actor H. B. Irving tipped-in to the front pastedown and with an inserted signed photo of H. B. Irving in the two roles he played in the play The Lyons Mail. Additionally inscribed by the author on the final fly-leaf and with the author's autograph letter tipped-in to the front of the front of the volume. Also included is a quantity of both loose and tipped-in ephemera related to the career of H. B Irving, including theatre tickets, programmes, advertisements, news clippings, and a memorial pamphlet. A fantastic item of theatre history.
Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt, red top-stain. Portrait frontispiece and 7 plates. Ephemera related to H. B. Irving tipped-in throughout, bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown, ownership inscription to half-title. Lightly rubbed, spine and top-stain faded, foxing to edges. An excellent copy.
