London, UK: Burke Publishing, 1953 Burke Publishing, London, UK. 1953. Hardcover. Stated First Published 1953. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; three small coffee spots on textblock edges. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped (21 shillings) small edge bumps and chipping to edges; lightly faded spine. Ivory cloth boards and spine with red and gilt lettering on spine in red shadowbox. 238 pp 8vo. This is the 7th volume in a series designed to illuminate the great human pleasures. Just as the world is a stage, the stage is a world between the box office and the back drop, the passions, pains, and pleasures of life fin ample room for expression. Between the first dramatic hush and the dying applause lies all that inspire that most radiant of pleasures-Theatre. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006964
Title: Theatre (Pleasures of Life Series)
Author: Harold Hobson
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Burke Publishing
Place of Publication: London, UK
Date Published: 1953
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: theater, theatre, plays, acting, stagecraft, auditions, pleasures, pleasures of life, live performances,
Bookseller catalogs: Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television;

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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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