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Tour de Farce (Signed)
by Rix, Brian
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0340522658
- ISBN 13
- 9780340522653
- Seller
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About This Item
London, UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 298pp, central section of black and white photographic plates. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Text block edges just starting to tan. Signed and inscribed by author on half-title 'To Zena - Love & best wishes Brian Rix'. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has tape repaired tear to spine heel, very light shelf wear, chipping to top edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. The author tells the history of touring theatres and strolling players from Thespis to Branagh, and recalls his own life spent in the theatres, dirty dressing rooms and boarding houses of many provincial towns.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013020
- Title
- Tour de Farce (Signed)
- Author
- Rix, Brian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0340522658
- ISBN 13
- 9780340522653
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Whitehall Theatre, Theatre, Signed Books
- X weight
- 0 kg
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Edges
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