Description
Signed limited edition of On Acting by Laurence Olivier.
Octavo, [2], 397pp, [3]. Full blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Full number line listed on the copyright page. Solid text block, light sunning to cloth, a near fine example. Housed in a matching blue cloth slipcase, with a photo of Olivier affixed to cover and facsimile signature stamped in gilt.
One of 250 signed special edition copies, this one numbered 241. Signed by Laurence Olivier on the limitation page.
Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) was a famed English actor and director, best remembered for a trilogy of Shakespeare films: Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948), and Richard III (1955). He is the namesake for the Laurence Olivier Awards, a British accolade for excellence in theater.
