xvi, 300pp; twelve black and white plates (inc. frontispiece). Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine ends. Pages tanning uniformly, mildly affecting plates. Lavender endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket protected by Brodart-style sleeve, mirrors book damage, price clipped. 8vo. With an introduction by the Countess of Rosse. Biography of the Linleys which will be of great interest to social historians as well as to all concerned with the theatre of the time.