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Richard Mansfield: The Man and the Actor
by Wilstach, Paul
- Used
- Good
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. First Edition. Leather Binding. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvii+[3]+498pp., with b/w plate throughout. Bound in three quarter brown morocco over light green marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine with raised bands, matching marbled endpapers. T.e.g. With engraved bookplate of Albert William True on front pastedown. A Good copy; Rubbing to the leather in places; lacks rear endpaper and one page of the index, front free endpaper creased; front hinge cracked and partially detached.52 b/w illus / Plates.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L007003
- Title
- Richard Mansfield: The Man and the Actor
- Author
- Wilstach, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Performing Arts THEATER MANSFIELD, RICHARD BIOGRAPHY WILSTACH, PAUL BINDING, , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
Arundel Books stunning new store is located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, and has an eclectic stock that will satisfy both the avid reader and discriminating collector.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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