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Orson Welles: Rise and Fall of an American Genius
by Higham, Charles
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Guild Publishing, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xiv, 388pp; central section of black and white photographic plates. Brown, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly rubbed spine ends, Small crease tear in spine heel. Text block edges starting to tan. Previous owner's name label on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket sun-fading, has very light shelf wear and chipping to edges. Examines the life and times of the teenage prodigy who had revolutionised the theatre, films and radio before he was thirty.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016536
- Title
- Orson Welles: Rise and Fall of an American Genius
- Author
- Higham, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Guild Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Hollywood, Actors, Orson Wells
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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