First edition, first impression. 286pp, with monochrome plate frontispiece and 16 further monochrome plate illustrations. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth a little rubbed around a slightly faded spine, slightly pushed at spine ends. Hint of toning to endpapers and first and last few leaves else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
Mary Anderson (1859-1940) was a successful and celebrated American actress to transfered to the London stage for period. She returned to London after a breakdown and later married Antonio Fernando de Navarro, returning only to the stage for fund-raising performances during the first world war. But the real joy of her autobiography is the insight she gives to others - she had a remarkable knack of knowing all the right people and cultivating friendships with the talented and learned.
