Shelfmark
Krr.2.18
Author
Title
Brown sugar : a light comedy in three acts / by Lady (Arthur) Lever.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London ; New York : Samuel French, 1921.
Physical description
95, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. (plans, portraits) ; 22 cm.
Series statement
(French's acting edition ; no. 2597)
Note
Manufacturer's information on final printed page: "Printed in Great Britain by Butler and Tanner [italics:] Frome and London".
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Publisher's advertisements on half-title verso.
Note
Representations of stage scenery for each Act, with descriptions of items (e.g., "16-inch green-painted china vase on bookcase"), their location, and stage lighting, on pp. 93-95 and on final unnumbered page [i.e., p. 96].
Provenance
20th-century armorial bookplate of Sir Christopher Lever, Baronet, on upper pastedown. Additionally, autograph letterhead postcard dated 7/1/2008, loosely inserted, from Sir Christopher Lever to Eton College School Library, recording donation.
Provenance
ALS dated 4.12.21, tipped in onto half-title, from Arthur Lever to Leon M. Lion (producer of 'Brown Sugar' at the Garrick Theatre, 1921), gifting this "bound copy . . . as a token of my appreciation" in acknowledgment of "the great admiration you had for my dear wife and her work".
Provenance
Ms. inscription on upper endpaper recto: "Leon M. Lion / Bushey 1921".
Provenance
Bookplate of Sir Christopher Lever on upper pastedown, obscuring another one underneath (an older Lever bookplate?).
Binding
Early 20th-century reddish-brown morocco over pasteboard. On upper cover, gilt lettering ("Brown Sugar" and "Lady (Arthur) Lever") within an ornamental gold-blocked frame; outer border comprised of a single gilt fillets. On lower cover, the fillets only. Spine rounded with five shallow bands, divided into compartments by transverse gilt fillets; compartments with gilt lettering as on title, and foliate tools. Turn-ins gilt with an ornamental foliate roll; pastedown and free endpapers of a light pinkish marbled paper. Textblock trimmed and gilt (on top edge only).
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmark: Krr.2.25.
Subject
English drama (Comedy) 20th century.
Added entry--name
Lever, Christopher, 1932 - ? donor.
Added entry--name
Lion, Leon M., 1879 - 1947 recipient, former owner.
Added entry--name
Butler and Tanner printer.
Added entry--name
Samuel French Ltd. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
United States New York.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50806