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Curtain Call
by Bridges, Nancye as told to Frank Crook
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0726904651
- ISBN 13
- 9780726904653
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Cassell Australia, North Ryde, New South Wales, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 139 pages, Prologue by author and index. Illustrated endpapers, being a pink and white illustration of a theatrical curtain. The text is illustrated with numerous black and white photographs from Australian variety history, black-and-white illustrations and facsimile reprints of handbills and theatre programmes. Maroon coloured boards with white writing on the spine. Photographic dustwrapper, showing a montage of Australian variety personalities against a pink and white background with black-and-white writing on the front panel and spine. A history of Australian variety Hall and vaudeville from the 1920s through to the 1960s. a clean copy, free of damage, and with no annotations This is the first Australian edition. Size: Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Australiana; Theatre; Australia; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0726904651. ISBN/EAN: 9780726904653. Inventory No: 0282471. . 9780726904653
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0282471
- Title
- Curtain Call
- Author
- Bridges, Nancye as told to Frank Crook
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0726904651
- ISBN 13
- 9780726904653
- Publisher
- Cassell Australia
- Place of Publication
- North Ryde, New South Wales
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Australian Variety Hall -- Vaudeville -- Musical Stars -- Oral History, Australian Variety Theatre -- 1920s-1960s -- History Art & Design; Australiana; Theatre; Australia; Sociology & Culture. Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 0726904651 EAN: 9
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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