SIXTY YEARS OF THE THEATER: An Old Critic's Memories
by Towse, John Ranken
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York And London: Funk & Wagnalls Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1916. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering, multicolored artwork on top cover. There is wear at edges and head and tail of spine. Hinges cracked. Glassine over frontis partially separated. There are a few chips from the edges of a few pages. There a small stains at bottom edge of front pastedown and first few leaves, not affecting text. Other than library markings the pages are unmarked. ; Ex-Library; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 464 pages .
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- Seller
- James F. Balsley, Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 8650
- Title
- SIXTY YEARS OF THE THEATER: An Old Critic's Memories
- Author
- Towse, John Ranken
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls Company
- Place of Publication
- New York And London
- Date Published
- 1916
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Authors and Writers; Drama & Stage;
Terms of Sale
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
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About the Seller
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Williamsburg, Virginia
About James F. Balsley, Bookseller
My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.
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- Tail
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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