The Art of the Puppet
by Baird, Bil
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- fine/fine
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. )NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING THROUGH AMAZON, , B&N.)First edition. Oversized in red cloth hardcovers. 251 pp. with index. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white photographs, reproductions, etc. Master puppeteer and puppet designer and craftsman Bil Baird recounts trhe history of his art from ancient days to the 20th century. Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket. Difficult to find in true first edition and especially in this condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E10116
- Title
- The Art of the Puppet
- Author
- Baird, Bil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- puppets, puppeteer, entertainment, children, performing arts,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Jacket
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