- Octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & the spine with decorations in gilt on the front cover. The top edge is gilt. The spine is faded and the covers are rubbed and soiled along the edges. [16], 439 & [1] pages, with 38 photographic illustrations on 33 plates. The book is cracked at page 88. Good.

First edition. The first appearance of James Barrie's 5-page appreciation of Frohman.

Presentation copy, inscribed and signed in ink by Isaac Marcosson and also signed by Daniel Frohman, on the front endpaper.

An entertaining biography of the agent and theatrical producer Charles Frohman, illustrated with portraits of such reknowned actors and actresses as William Gillette, John Drew, Clyde Fitch, Maude Adams, Margaret Anglin, and Ethel Barrymore, as well as portraits of other theatrical personalities including James Barrie, and Arthur Pinero.

THEATER; STAGE; BIOGRAPHY; PRODUCER; BOOKING AGENT; FIRST EDITION; CHARLES FROHMAN; MANAGER; PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS; LITERATURE; 1ST EDITION; JAMES BARRIE; WILLIAM GILETTE; MAUDE ADAMS; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; ISAAC MARCOSSON; DANIEL FROHMAN; APPRECIA