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Make-Believe: The Magic of International Theatre
by Collier, Richard
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0396086454
- ISBN 13
- 9780396086451
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1986. Stated first edition, first printing, inscribed by the author to a family member and signed (scrawled) Richard. A history of important actors/actresses by a well regarded military biographer and historian. Illustrated with black and white plates from photographs. White hardcover with black cloth spine, illustrated dustjacket. The book has a puppy chew at upper corner of front cover, good hinges, sound text block, transparent staining to top inside margins of endpapers and some very faint transparent stains to the last few pages, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and has a chip to the upper right corner of the front panel, light rubbing.. Inscribed by The Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045830
- Title
- Make-Believe: The Magic of International Theatre
- Author
- Collier, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0396086454
- ISBN 13
- 9780396086451
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- THEATRE HISTORY PERFORMING ARTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts - Fine, Decorative, Antiques, Performing Arts;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Inscribed
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
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- Spine
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