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Denver, CO: The Old West Publishing Company, 1941. Textblock is very clean and very tight; Silver dollar-sized stain on back cover that looks like a food or drink accident, otherwise lightly shelf worn; Lacks dust jacket; 322p., including notes and index. Wynar/Depp 8339.. First Edition. Tweed Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Plates. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
From Candles to Footlights by Schoberlin, Melvin - 1941
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Denver, Colorado: Old West Publishing Co. (Fred Rosenstock), 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Clean, tight 8vo, 322p. Signed and inscribed by Fred Rosenstock (the publsiher) to Donald Beaty Bloch (an eminent author and book collector) whose book plate "The Donad Beaty Block Collection" is on the ffe. The first book published by Rosenstock's Old West Publishing. A newspaper article about "Early Theaters and Saloons of Denver" laid in.
A well-written social history of the thousands of gold-seekers and emigrants who flocked to Colorado with the discovery of gold on Cherry Creek and Pike's Peak in 1859. It tells of the entertainments sought by the gold-seekers; theater in log structures or in gambling houses and eventually in elegant theaters and opera houses. It is a history of Western theater all the way from Colorado, to Virginia City, NV to San Francisco, CA, and the nationally famous actors and actresses who trod the boards in those places.
A well-written social history of the thousands of gold-seekers and emigrants who flocked to Colorado with the discovery of gold on Cherry Creek and Pike's Peak in 1859. It tells of the entertainments sought by the gold-seekers; theater in log structures or in gambling houses and eventually in elegant theaters and opera houses. It is a history of Western theater all the way from Colorado, to Virginia City, NV to San Francisco, CA, and the nationally famous actors and actresses who trod the boards in those places.
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- Keywords Colorado history, theater history, western American theaters, gold rushes, gold mining, American west theater history.
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From Candles to Footlights: A Biography of the Pike's Peak Theatre 1859-1876
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From Candles to Footlights: A Biography of the Pike's Peak Theatre 1859-1876
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The Old West Publishing Company, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 322 pages. The book presents the story of the actors and actresses during the first 18 years of the Colorado stage. There are extensive notes and bibliography. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Book covers are mildly soiled. Dust jacket, price-clipped, mildly soiled, with edge and corner wear and small edge chips.
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FROM CANDLES TO FOOTLIGHTS: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE PIKE'S PEAK THEATRE, 1859-1876
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DENVER, COLORADO: OLD WEST PUBLISHING CO.. VG/FAIR+. 1941. 1st Edition. PREV. OWNER SMALL NAME STICKER ON FRONT ENDPAPER; 20 B/W ILLUS PLATES; DJ HAS LARGE CHIPS FROM SPINE, CORNERS; .
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Denver: Old West. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket; Inscription on endpaper; jacket spine endsp chipped, light wear. .
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Denver: Fred A. Rosenstock, Old West Publishing Company, 1941. xviii, 322p., b/w illus., lightly chipped dj.
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From Candles to Footlights - A Biography of the Pike's Peak Theatre 1859 - 1876
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Old West Publishing Company, 1941-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. Signed by Author. signed copy ***please read*** a name stamp inside cover - name inside cover with light pencil also some note is the very back of the book in pencil - no marks on text - dj acceptable but has some scotch tape on the some of the edges - my shelf location bn6-e-13*
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From Candles to Footlights: A Biography of the Pike's Peak Theatre 1859-1876
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Denver: Fred A. Rosenstock, The Old West Publishing Company, 1941. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Preface by Barrett H. Clark. Tall octavo. 322pp. Illustrated. A bit of scattered foxing in the text, else near fine in very near fine dust jacket with a shallow sliver from the crown. Inscribed by the author "For Barrett H. Clark with the sincere thanks and appreciation for many kindnesses. May our idea for a real history of the American Theatre be Realized. Melvin H. Schoberlin." Clark was a board member of the Theatre Guild and was the executive director of the Dramatists Play Service and Samuel French, the foremost publisher's of plays in the 20th Century. A nice association.
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