The Pageant of America: The American Stage (Vol. XIV); Independence Edition
by Oral Coad, Edwin Mims
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: United States Publishers Association, 1929 United States Publishers Association, New York. c1929 by Yale University. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Retired library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a library stamp on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good; glue remnant of check-out slip and pocket on page 2-3; wear to head, tail, and tips; wear through fabric on the head and upper and lower tips; index number on spine. No DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine; liberty seal on the front board in gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 362 pp 4to. The is a volume that covers the history of the American stage and its actors and actresses from the days of Jamestown to the advent of motion pictures (pre-1930). With hundreds of black and white photographs and copies of playbills this book details the great theaters of the east coast, the host of great producers, the great productions they put on to entertain the public, and the roles that the stars and starlets played on stage. A very detailed coverage of the early American theater and acting in general. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014412
- Title
- The Pageant of America: The American Stage (Vol. XIV); Independence Edition
- Author
- Oral Coad, Edwin Mims
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- United States Publishers Association
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American stage, American theater, actors, actresses, stars, starlets, stage actors, theater companies, city theaters, plays, play producers, play directors,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Americana;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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