Publication: New York: Doubleday & McClure Company, 1899.
Description: Novel based on the life and career of 18th-century Irish actress Margaret "Peg" Woffington, with an introduction by Austin Dobson and 75 black-and-white illustrations by Hugh Thomson, including frontispiece, title page, and in-text illustrations. First Doubleday edition. Bound in full green cloth over boards, stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, with elaborate star, cherub, and butterfly design; top edge gilt. 7.5 x 5.25 inches; li, [1], 297, [3] pages. Ink gift inscription dated "Xmas 1899" and pencil ownership marking on front free endpaper. Moderate edgewear, slight lean, moderate dulling of gilt on spine, and mild toning to the interior. A Very Good example of an attractive late-Victorian decorated publisher's cloth binding. The author's first novel, originally published in 1853.
