A HANDBOOK FOR THE AMATEUR ACTOR
by Cartmell, Van H
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Garden City NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1936. First edition. Review copy, with slip laid in. Comprehensive manual on the fundamentals of casting, acting, and directing. Includes "George," a one-act play, with complete stage direction and a running commentary for the director, together with a descriptive glossary of stage terms. From the library of Milton Merlin, award-winning theatrical writer, director, producer and book review for the L.A. Times under editor Paul Jordan Smith. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with some mild chipping and browning to the spine; otherwise very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5697
- Title
- A HANDBOOK FOR THE AMATEUR ACTOR
- Author
- Cartmell, Van H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City NY
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- General, Cartmell, Van H. Theatre Drama Acting
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...