New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Hardcover in navy blue cloth handsomely decorated and lettered in gilt. xvi+ 464 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs of notable 19th and early 20th century stage performers both in portrait and in their roles. A tight, bright, fine example. John Ranken Towse (1845-1933) was theater critic for the New York Evening Post from 1874 to 1927. Here he provides his memoirs of decades in the New York City theater scene, from the period just after the Civil War through the eraly 20th century. He recalls, amoung others, Edwin Booth, Joseph Jefferson, Tommaso Salvini, Henry Irving, Ellen Terry, and many others.

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: E27408B
Title: Sixty Years of Theater: An Old Critic's Memories
Author: John Ranken Towse
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1916
Keywords: theatre, theater, broadway, stage, drama, critics, actors, actresses
Bookseller catalogs: Theatre;

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

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