The Reminiscences of Thomas Dibdin, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-Garden, Drury-Lane, Haymarket And Author of the Cabinet. Volume 1.
by Dibdin, Thomas
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry Colburn, 1827. . 8vo. 446 pp. Marbled paper-covered boards with half calf binding and gilt, paneled spine. Fair with chipped and shaken boards, chipped leather spine ands staining. Boards are completely detached from rest of book. Includes frontispiece gravure of Thomas Dibdin. From the collection of the late Frederick Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit.
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- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
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- 19-9705
- Title
- The Reminiscences of Thomas Dibdin, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-Garden, Drury-Lane, Haymarket And Author of the Cabinet. Volume 1.
- Author
- Dibdin, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Henry Colburn, 1827.
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Gravure
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- 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...