Buy this book on-line Bird, Robert Montgomery; Arthur Hobson Quinn, Editor : The City Looking Glass; A Philadelphia Comedy, in Five ActsPrinted for The Colophon by Pynson Printers. New York. 1933, 1933
Cloth; silver spine label. Dust jacket. Limited edition of 465 copies. Page sides and bottoms uncut. Unopened pages. Robert Montgomery Bird is a singularly interesting figure in the history of American drama. He began to write plays in 1827. From the Introduction: "The City Looking Glass, printed here for the first time, was written in July, 1828. It is a comedy in which life in Philadelphia is portrayed with a reality that is ahead of its day". Characters in the play include Ravin, a gentleman swindler who has an ambition above the counterfeiting and pocket picking of his brother Ringfinger; Diana, an heiress he wishes to marry, and others. A controversy erupts in the fourth act over the issues of slavery, the tariff and states rights, which brings the period vividly before us.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Bird, Robert Montgomery; Arthur Hobson Quinn, Editor : The City Looking Glass; A Philadelphia Comedy, in Five Acts. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, livres illustrées, incunabula, atlases and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |