London: Pickering and Chatto, 1892. Excellent condition.. Edition: later edition, Binding: contemporary full decorative gilt marbled calf with geometrical designed gilt tooled boarder, spine with 6 densly gilt compartments of raised bands, red morocco label on two and four, all edges gilt, marbled paste down and free end papers., Notes: “This amusing work, written by the author of the celebrated ‘Life in London,’ was first published in 1825. As it has been out of print a number of years – for it is one of the few of Pierce Egan’s books not reprinted – we have been tempted to re-issue it in a similar form to the original edition, with all the numerous illustrations faithfully facsimiled and coloured by hand.” (Printer’s Note), Size: 8vo, Illustration: 27 handcoloured aquatint plates including the frontis, title in red and black and a printer’s device of an anchor is present., Pages: P. half-title, printer’s note, blank, frontis, title, printer’s imprint, iii-xvi, 1-257., Category: Book Performing Arts

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Bookseller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: B2209
Title: The Life of an Actor
Author: Pierce Egan
Book Condition: Used - Excellent condition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pickering and Chatto
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1892
Keywords: Book Performing Arts

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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...
Device: Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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...
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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....