The Making of an Immortal (Signed)
By George Moore. NY: Bowling Green Press, 1927. Limited 1st edition. No. 654 of 1,240 signed copies. Printed by William Edwin Rudge in Mount Vernon, NY.
A comic play on the Shakespeare authorship question. A hit with contemporary audiences, playing to the dismay of Stratfordians and the delight of Baconians. Set at Whitehall and featuring as characters Queen Elizabeth I, Ben Johnson, Francis Bacon, and a somewhat hapless Shakespeare. 59 pp. Slender hardcover in smooth brown cloth. Leather spine label, lettered in gilt. Bookplate of Helene Vinton Brown. Clean and unmarked. Near Fine.