The Italian Comedy: The Improvisation Scenarios, Lives, Attributes, Portraits, and Masks of the Illustrious Characters of the Commedia dell' Arte
by Duchartre, Pierre Louis and Randolph T. Weaver (translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair (Ex-lib., label at spine, inside front cover, at rear cover, inkstamping at bottom edge of pages. Light wear to cloth. Corn
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: The John Day Company, 1929. Hardcover. Fair (Ex-lib., label at spine, inside front cover, at rear cover, inkstamping at bottom edge of pages. Light wear to cloth. Corners bumped. Title page has two large tears. Some pages coming loose but are present. Pages rather clean.). Black cloth, with gilt titling at spine and front cover; 330 pp.; 217 illustrations, mostly bw but a few in color. A wonderful reference on the Commedia dell' Arte. Not the nicest copy, but the pages are rather clean.
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Details
- Seller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 145512
- Title
- The Italian Comedy: The Improvisation Scenarios, Lives, Attributes, Portraits, and Masks of the Illustrious Characters of the Commedia dell' Arte
- Author
- Duchartre, Pierre Louis and Randolph T. Weaver (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair (Ex-lib., label at spine, inside front cover, at rear cover, inkstamping at bottom edge of pages. Light wear to cloth. Corn
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The John Day Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Theater / Ballet ; Commedia dell' Arte ; ;
Terms of Sale
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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