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THE LIFE OF AN ACTOR
by PIERCE EGAN
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: METHUEN & CO., 1904 Full calf signed fine binding by Zaehnsdorf with 5 raised bands brown calf title slips gilt titles, 170 x 110 mm approx. gilt dentelles to turn ins. printed marbled made end papers, hand sewn two colour head and tail bands. top edge gilt xx + 264 pp. Frontis + 26 further coloured illustrations by Theodore Lane and several unspecified wood engravings. 1904 reprint founded on the First Edition by C S Arnold of 1825. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good (Book - heavy rubbing to leather at extremities with loss of colour particularly to spine, offsetting bands to margins of free end papers from leather turn ins, moderate foxing to prelims extending occasionally to margins, no previous owner name or insc. No other notable defects). An unpretentious tactile fine binding.
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 133531
- Title
- THE LIFE OF AN ACTOR
- Author
- PIERCE EGAN
- Illustrator
- THEODORE LANE
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- METHUEN & CO.
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- The Life of an Actor, Pierce Egan, Fine Signed Binding, Zaehnsdorf London, Performing Arts, Theodire Lane, Peregrine Proteus, The Theatre, Horatio Quill,
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- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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