[Rarebooks] F/S Inscribed Copy of "Our American Cousin"

[Garry R Austin]

We offer for your consideration the following, net to all & postpaid 
@$1000.00.

From
Austin's Antiquarian Books
PO Box 730
Wilmington, Vt. 05363
mail at austinsbooks.com
802 464-8438


Taylor, Tom. Our American Cousin: A Drama, in 3 Acts. (New York): 
Printed, But Not Published, 1869.
First edition; duodecimo; pp; 46; original salmon paper wrappers; Very 
minor wear at edges and on spine, else very good. On the verso of the 
title-page is list of the cast at the first performance at Ms. Keene's 
theater on October 15, 1858, which included Joseph Jefferson.

Our American Cousin is a three-act play by English playwright Tom 
Taylor. The play is a farce whose plot is based on the introduction of 
an awkward, boorish, but honest American, Asa Trenchard, to his 
aristocratic English relatives when he goes to England to claim the 
family estate. The play first premiered at Laura Keene's Theatre in New 
York City on October 15, 1858, and the title character was first played 
by Joseph Jefferson. Although the play achieved great renown during its 
first few years and remained very popular throughout the second half of 
the 19th century, it is best remembered as the play U.S. President 
Abraham Lincoln was attending in Ford's Theatre when he was assassinated 
by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865.

This copy is inscribed on the front wrapper; "With The Author's 
Compliments & best wishes to his old friend, W.D.B.. Lyceum Theatre, 
London, Oct. 17th, 1886. W. D. B. was William D. Bishop of Bridgeport 
Ct. a banker and businessman.
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