- Seller Inventory #: 009353
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Illustrator: Illustrated
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The Atlantic Monthly Press
- Place: Boston
- Date published: 1924
- Keywords: HISTORY OF ACTING ACTORS
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1924. First edition, SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR on second free endpaper. Paper over cloth spine, paper spine label. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece engraving, protective tissue. 41 additional plates. 294 pp. Ex-library with spine label, stampings on two edges, additional stampings and pocket to rear. Barcode to rear board. Rubbing to front board. Good condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paper over cloth. Good. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
top edge gilt : The top of the text block (the edges the pages that are visible when looking directly down at the top of a closed book) has been decorated with a gold-like finish.
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. Also known as the back.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
