ACTORS AND ACTRESSES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES / From the Days of David Garrick to the Present Time. Edited by Brander Matthews and Laurence Hutton. Volume 4: Macready and Forrest; and Their Contemporaries. (Volume 4 only)
by (Archer, William; Hutton, Laurence; Winter, William; et al)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Cassell & Company, Limited, (1886).. (1886).. Good. - Octavo, red cloth profusely decorated in gilt & black. The top edge is gilt. The covers are bumped & the spine is faded with the head & tail chipped. Half-title, title, [1] leaf & 319 pages. The front edge of the front endpaper is chipped. There are extensive pencil notes on the last page of the text & the blank verso with minor pencil underlining & markings in the margins throughout. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11070
- Title
- ACTORS AND ACTRESSES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES / From the Days of David Garrick to the Present Time. Edited by Brander Matthews and Laurence Hutton. Volume 4: Macready and Forrest; and Their Contemporaries. (Volume 4 only)
- Author
- (Archer, William; Hutton, Laurence; Winter, William; et al)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Cassell & Company, Limited, (1886).
- Date Published
- (1886).
- Keywords
- THEATER; THEATRE; STAGE; ACTORS AND ACTRESSES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES; BRANDER MATTHEWS; LAURENCE HUTTON; WILLIAM ARCHER; WILLIAM WINTER; WILLIAM CHARLES MACREADY; EDWIN FORREST; CHARLES KEAN; CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CEN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre;
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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