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THE LIVES OF THE PLAYERS
by GALT, JOHN
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Moderate Wear and Scuffing/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. Two volumes in one. Panelled spine, lettered and dated in gilt. Green paper-covered boards with moderately-heavy soiling. Small 1/2" rubbed area at foot of front cover. All edges gilt. A total of 29 biographical sketches of English actors of the time. Included are Nell Gwinn, Charles Hart, Colley Cibber, Richard Savage, Mrs. Siddons, Mrs. Baddeley among many others. 315-308pp.. First Edition. 1/2 Black Calf. Moderate Wear and Scuffing/No Jacket. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013336
- Title
- THE LIVES OF THE PLAYERS
- Author
- GALT, JOHN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Moderate Wear and Scuffing
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1831
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Theater, Theatre, English Theatre, Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pritchard;
Terms of Sale
Glenn Books
All books are subject to prior sale. Books are guaranteed as described and may be returned to us within 10 days with immediate notice of intent to return the item.
About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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