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Humbert Wolfe, Edward Burra: ABC of the Theatre 1932 First Edition

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Humbert Wolfe, Edward Burra: ABC of the Theatre 1932 First Edition

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ABC of the Theatre by Humbert Wolfe, illustrated by Edward Burra.
First edition by Cresset Press, London, 1932.
Rhyming lampoons by Humbert Wolfe with the brilliant caricatures by Edward Burra of George du Maurier, John Galsworthy, Bernard Shaw, Somerset Maugham, Noel Coward, Eugene O'Neill, Gordon Craig, etc. Decorative initials by Kathryn Hamill.
Humbert Wolfe CB, CBE (1885-1940) was an Italian-born British poet, man of letters and civil servant.
Edward John Burra CBE (1905 - 1976) was an English painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.

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Name: Humbert Wolfe, Edward Burra: ABC of the Theatre 1932 First Edition
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