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Ballet in Action (SIGNED COPY)
by Severn, Merlyn
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1938. Gilt title on red cloth boards which have light rubbing to front and just a hint of wear to corner tips. Internally there is a name to front endpaper , some foxing to endpapers and some age toning to margins else a clean, tight unmarked copy. Top edge gilt. Possibly signed by Merlyn Severn to below the tipped in frontispiece. A large format volume of xxix + 128 pages. Tipped in frontispiece and numerous photographic illustrations. Introductory essay and critical notes by Arnold L. Haskell. Note on the photography of the Ballet. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.3 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 2. Signed by Author. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Goldring Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010885
- Title
- Ballet in Action (SIGNED COPY)
- Author
- Severn, Merlyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- BALLET PHOTOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ballet / Dance;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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