America's First Hamlet
Overmyer, Grace
NY: New York Univ. Press, 1957. First First printing. Cloth, 439 pps. with index, bibliography. Biography of one of the least familiar important American stage figures, John Howard Payne. When remembered at all, it is as the author of "Home Sweet Home" but Payne was also the first American to play the role of Hamlet and spent 20 years as a respected player on the London stage. Fine, tight copy in edge-tattered dust jacket. Fine Cloth (Item ID: D7260)
$9.95