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The Life of an Actor
by Pierce Egan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Excellent condition.
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Pickering and Chatto, 1892. Excellent condition.. Edition: later edition, Binding: contemporary full decorative gilt marbled calf with geometrical designed gilt tooled boarder, spine with 6 densly gilt compartments of raised bands, red morocco label on two and four, all edges gilt, marbled paste down and free end papers., Notes: “This amusing work, written by the author of the celebrated ‘Life in London,’ was first published in 1825. As it has been out of print a number of years – for it is one of the few of Pierce Egan’s books not reprinted – we have been tempted to re-issue it in a similar form to the original edition, with all the numerous illustrations faithfully facsimiled and coloured by hand.” (Printer’s Note), Size: 8vo, Illustration: 27 handcoloured aquatint plates including the frontis, title in red and black and a printer’s device of an anchor is present., Pages: P. half-title, printer’s note, blank, frontis, title, printer’s imprint, iii-xvi, 1-257., Category: Book Performing Arts
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B2209
- Title
- The Life of an Actor
- Author
- Pierce Egan
- Book Condition
- Used - Excellent condition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pickering and Chatto
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Book Performing Arts
Terms of Sale
Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...