A. P. Herbert; Nigel Playfair; John Galsworthy — Riverside Nights

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this humorous drama from A. P. Herbert and Nigel Playfair. First edition. Illustrated with three plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A humorous drama written as "an entertainment" for the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith by Sir Alan Patrick Herbert, an English humorist, novelist, playwright, and law reformist, and Sir Nigel Ross Playfair, an English actor and director, known particularly as actor-manager of the Lyric Theatre in the 1920s. Illustrated by John Rutherford Armstrong, a British artist and muralist who also designed for film and theatre productions. With an introduction by John Galsworthy, an English novelist and playwright. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear and minor fading to the extremities. Minor bumping to the board edges. Original unclipped dust wrapper is worn with light wear and chipping to the extremities resulting in loss to the panels and spine. The odd small closed tear with the odd mark to the panels. Light sunning to the spine and panel edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and minor age toning to the extremities. Very Good . Ill.: John Armstrong. Very Good/Good Only.