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186825981NY: Harper 1868. First Edition. Large 8vo pp. 275 4. Fifteen illustrations and a portrait of the author. Cover worn especially spine but interior tight. Some foxing and moisture staining. Harper unknown books
1868212657New York: Harper 1868. hardcover. very good. 15 illustrations portrait. Printed in double column 275 pages tall 8vo blind stamped maroon cloth spine faded and chipped. New York: Harper 1868. First Edition. Very Good.<br/><br/> Harper unknown books
1868WRCAM1491New York 1868. 2755pp. printed in double-column format. Original pictorial wrappers. Spine split and mostly perished cover slightly soiled else good. A most interesting contribution to American theatre history relating the author's experiences on the boards in Mobile Selma New Orleans St. Louis etc. Either the theatre crowd was a tougher bunch then or Smith had a facility for evoking violence and low behavior from his colleagues and audiences because his narrative is studded with all sorts of encounters of the meanest sort. Evidently travelling actors were not particularly welcome in some areas and Smith resorted on one occasion to impersonating Amos Kendall so he would receive civil treatment during an overnight stay. The author also makes room for bits and snatches of text extracted from trade papers newspapers and overheard conversations as well as utterances by others. Fascinating. HOWES S672. CLARK III:415. hardcover books
1868250977New York: Harper 1868. First. hardcover. very good-. 15 illustrations portrait. Printed in double column 275 pages original wrappers bound in and soiled tall 8vo full black leather rubbed. New York: Harper 1868. First Edition. Very Good.<br/><br/> Newspaper clippings pasted on the fly leaves. With a 3 page hand written letter by the author bound in.<br/><br/> Harper unknown books
1854213713Philadelphia: Peterson 1854. First. paperback. very good. Frontispiece portrait. 254 pages slim 12mo original pictorial wrapper spine chipped and reinforced with clear tape otherwise a very good clean copy. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson 1854. First Edition. Scarce.<br/><br/> A very important figure in the development of the American theater. Solomon Franklin Smith founded "the first genuine theatre west of the Mississippi in 1937 in St. Louis" ANB. He traveled and played extensively in the South including Alabama Georgia and Louisianna. Clark III: 240; Howes S671; Sabin 84240.<br/><br/> Peterson unknown books
186857679New York: Harper & Brothers publishers Franklin Square 1868. 8vo pp. viii 1 10- 275 1 4 ads; 15 illustrations and a portrait of the author; original pictorial wrappers; spine slightly chipped else near fine. Howes S-672; Hamilton 1625: "This appears to be a reissue of The Theatrical Apprenticeship 1846 with many changes and much new material. It contains the same 8 illustrations by Darley together with 7 additional illustrations." DAB reports this work to be a combination of his two autobiographical works published in 1846 and 1854 respectively. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square unknown books