Description: MERCEDES: A Drama in Two Acts by Thomas Bailey Aldrich Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1894. First separate edition, revised from its appearance in MERCEDES, AND LATER LYRICS (1884). Tiny inked "45" to copyright page, else a sharp, clean, near fine copy in blue binding with gilt titles, decoration; no dust jacket. Tipped into the page facing the title-page is a vintage photo of the doorway to Aldrich's home in Boston. The poet's drama of the tragic love between a French soldier and a Spanish peasant, set in 1810; in the revised version, as performed at Palmer's Theatre with Maurice Barrymore and Julia Arthur. The play was first published in The Century Magazine in July 1884. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Boston and New York
Signed: No
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Subject: Performing Arts
Year Printed: 1894
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: First separate edtion, Original photograph
Author: Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Personalized: No
Region: North America
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Plays, Theater, Literary
