First Edition. 1838. Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian. By Mrs Mathews.

Title: Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian. Complete in 4 volumes. 
Author: Mrs Mathews.
Publisher: Richard Bentley: London. Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 
Published Date: Vols I & II 1838. Vols III & IV 1839
 
The biography of the comedian Charles Mathews was written by his wife, Anne Jackson Mathews, and contains details of the comedian's life and career in theatre and entertainment in the 18th and 19th centuries. 
 
Four volumes bound in the original publishers cloth with faded gilt lettering to the spine. Each volume is in good overall condition, though they are all showing signs of wear, with surface scuffing/marks to the boards, rubbing and bumping to the corners wear, including fraying/splitting to the cloth at the head and tail of the spine. All shown in the photographs provided. Despite the external wear, all volumes are solidly bound. Yellow endpapers. The contents are age toned with moderate foxing to the preliminary pages, endpapers, and illustrated pages, and then light foxing throughout. The fore-edges are rough in places. p.135 of volume I detached but in situ. 
 
Overall a good set - uncommon to find a complete set in the original cloth.