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The Life of Mr. James Quin Comedian, With the History of the Stage from His Commencing Actor to His Retreat to Bath. Illustrated with Many Curious and Interesting Anecdotes of Several Persons of Distinction, Literature, and Gallantry. To Which is Added A Supplement of Original Facts and Anecdotes, Arranged from Authentic Sources. Together with the Trial for the Murder of Mr. Bowen.
by [QUIN, James.]
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Reprinted from the edition of 1766 (the year of Quin's death), octavo, pp. 107. Tissue-guarded frontis portrait. Title page laid out attractively in red & black. Erratum note, bottom-edge. p. 107. Previous owner tasteful book-plate on front paste-down. Free front and rear end-papers with rectangular toning, as from clippings laid in long ago. GOOD and sound in the publisher's beveled cream-colored boards, lightly foxed, with black leather spine label, gilt lettering in gilt border.
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- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
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- The Life of Mr. James Quin Comedian, With the History of the Stage from His Commencing Actor to His Retreat to Bath. Illustrated with Many Curious and Interesting Anecdotes of Several Persons of Distinction, Literature, and Gallantry. To Which is Added A Supplement of Original Facts and Anecdotes, Arranged from Authentic Sources. Together with the Trial for the Murder of Mr. Bowen.
- Author
- [QUIN, James.]
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London Reader, 1887.
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- 0.00 lbs
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ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
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