Bowman, Anne.

Charade Dramas for The Drawing-Room. With Illustrations. [Acting Charades by Anne Bowman].

London, George Rutledge and Sons, no year (c.1895). Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 114 pages plus 6 pages of advertising. Original advertising endpapers and pastedowns present. With 8 illustrations (including the Frontispiece). All the illustrations show children acting a scene. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Frontispiece and a few of the other 7 illustrations cleanly detached but in very good condition. Binding a little shaky but still intact and rather firm. Ex Libris / Bookplate of J.B. Findlay to pastedown. Extremely rare !

This rare children’s book shows children theatre and Charade Acting and practice of oration. Several of the charades have a local theme like the Scottish Highlands or names which are locally connected to the Scottish Highlands (Mc Lomond – Plays in a Highland Castle) / Charade III is mentioning a Lord Dellington, who has a “peculiar antipathy to Ireland” / etc.

• Keywords: British Children’s Fiction – 19th century · Catalogue Three – Literature by Women · Catalogue Two – Children’s Books · Children’s Books Rare · Theatre – Rare · Victorian Drama · Victorian Play · Victorian Plays · Victorian Theatre Plays for Children
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 110092AB

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