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The Life of Emma Thursby
by GIPSON, Richard McCandless
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The New York Historical Society, 1940. Hardcover. Small 4to. Orange cloth with gilt lettering. xxii, 470pp. Largely uncut. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, illustrations, marbled endpapers. Near fine. Dust jacket front panel survives, archivally mounted to matching brown stock to create complete jacket (Brodart encased), with diecut oval spine opening to reveal gilt spine title. Tight and attractive first edition (limited to 2000 copies printed on handmade rag paper) of this biography of the popular American stage and concert singer (1845-1931). Inner flyleaf bears a handsome presentation inscription and signature from Ina Love Thursby, the book's dedicatee: "For Gertrude Gale / Hoping she will cherish as / I do, these wonderful memories / of dear sister Emma -- / Ina Love Thursby / Feb. 21st 1941."
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40849
- Title
- The Life of Emma Thursby
- Author
- GIPSON, Richard McCandless
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The New York Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- FILM THEATRE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Music;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most major credit cards and PayPal. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned. Member ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, The Manuscript Society.
About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been serving book lovers, collectors and institutions since 1991. Our inventory of quality out-of-print books spans 50 subjects, while the extensive autograph holdings have a decidedly historical bent, reflecting personages from every field of human endeavor.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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