Shelfmark
Krr.2.02
Author
Title
[The wife: a tale of Mantua.]
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London? : s.n., 1830s?
Physical description
64 p. ; 19 cm.
Note
Pagination begins at p. 3 (wanting title-page).
Provenance
Manuscript inscription on p. 3: "Barry Sullivan / Theatre Royal / Drury Lane / London".
Binding
19th-century half-leather binding with marbled paper over pasteboard; blind roll at edges of leather on both covers. Spine rounded, with gilt titling ("The Wife.") and a transverse roll at head and tail. Textblock trimmed, rounded, and sprinkled red.
Copy-specific note
Rebound to be interleaved with blank sheets (of wove paper) between each printed page.
Copy-specific note
Ms. inscription (probably in Barry Sullivan's hand): "Barry Sullivan, London, Dublin, Edinburgh, New York, [unread], Melbourney, [?]Sidney[sic]." Annotations, underlinings, corrections (including set and stage directions) throughout the text, consistent with use as a performance copy.
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmark: Krr.2.14.
Copy-specific note
Bookseller's price on first upper endpaper recto.
Subject
English theatre 20th century.
Genre/Form
Plays
Genre/Form
Promptbooks
Added entry--name
Sullivan, Barry (Thomas Barry), 1821 - 1891 former owner.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50782