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STAGE DECORATION
by Cheney, Sheldon
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good +
- Seller
-
Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Benjamin Blom, 1966. xxii, + 138pp., plus [268] unpaginated. B/white frontispiece and intext line illustrations to pp. 138. Then follows [approximately half the volume] 127 b/white halftone plate illustrations, sequentially numbered at rear, with illustration on recto page, related text on adjacent verso. Book clean, slightly cocked. Spine firm. Charcoal grey cloth nominally sunned on foot. Leaves clean. Printed, price-clipped dustjacket mildly edgeworn, noticeably sunned on spine. First published: New York, 1928. Reissued 1966 by arrangement with the author, Sheldon Cheney, 1886-1980. Contents include: Preface, Part 1/ Stage Decoration [i-xiv]. Part 2/ Pictorial Record Of Stage Forms and Decoration From The Beginnings to 1900. Part 3/ One Hundred Examples Of Modern Stage Decoration. Part 4/ Index. Book weight approx. 1.25KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote.. 1st Thus. Original Cloth Hardcover + D/J. Very Good/Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003564
- Title
- STAGE DECORATION
- Author
- Cheney, Sheldon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Edition
- 1st Thus
- Publisher
- Benjamin Blom
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- NOISBN, ART AND DESIGN, THEATRE STAGE DECORATION, SET CHENEY, SHELDON, 1886-1980
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts and Crafts; Entertainment;
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
Diversity Books - Terms of Sale: All PRICES quoted are in Australian DOLLARS. Books may be returned within seven days of receipt if found to be incorrectly described. Australian buyers: We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and direct deposit to Commonwealth Bank account. International buyers: We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express. International buyers have the choice of FAST AIRMAIL [approx.3-10 business days, depending on destination]or STANDARD AIRMAIL [approx. 10-25 business days, depending on destination] Please EMAIL regarding ARTICLE FOR SALE, AVAILABILITY, PAYMENT and POSTAGE/HANDLING OPTIONS.
About the Seller
Diversity Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Korumburra, Victoria
About Diversity Books, IOBA
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
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