1780 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF DAVID GARRICK VOL I by DAVIES THEATRE & THE STAGE ^

Description: I have here for sale a book entitled MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF DAVID GARRICK, Esq., Interspersed with Characters and Anecdotes of His Theatrical Contemporaries. The whole forming A History of the Stage, which includes a period of Thirty-Six Years by THOMAS DAVIES A New Edition, VOL I only for sale here, printed for The Author, London, in 1780. Here we have a biography of English actor, playwright, and theatre manager David Garrick (1717-1779) by Thomas Davies, a friend of Dr Samuel Johnson, who was in turn a friend of Garrick. This edition includes a full-page b/w portrait of David Garrick engraved from Mr Pingo's Seal for the Theatrical Fund on the frontispiece. Tan leather boards, front board detached, which are marked and worn around the edges and at the corners. Five raised bands with a brown title block, gilt lettering and gilt bands on the spine. half the title block is missing and there is wear to the leather. Light foxing to endpapers, and browning to title page and borders of last few pages. Evidence of book worm damage in last third of the book. All pages are firm and the book is in very good overall condition for its age. viii, 344 pages. 20 x 12.5 cm.We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if anything else takes your fancy. Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.

Price: 29.99 GBP

Location: Whitegate, Cheshire

End Time: 2024-12-24T18:51:57.000Z

Shipping Cost: 31.41 GBP