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Seller's Description:
Very good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 2 volumes. 8vos. pp xxxiii, 530 & xvi, 563. Uncut. 28 photogravures, 95 half-tones. Slightly faded signed presentation from David Belasco: 'Happiness and success to/ you and yours, now and/ always/ faithfully David Belasco. ' Also signed by his son-in-law, Morris Gest: 'Dec. 2nd-1935/To Dear Mr. & Mrs. Sterling/with much love/ Morris Gest'. Highly attractive bookplate of David Belasco loosely inserted showing winged goddess and youth. 2 volumes. VG+ handsome books.
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Seller's Description:
Two vols. 8vo, pp. 530, 563. Illustrated with portraits of Belasco, his family, and actors of the time. Vol. I inscribed on the flyleaf by David Belasco on July 9, 1924. A little watermark on the foredge. Besides inscribing the book, Belasco has added a holograph caption under one photograph. Covers little water-stained, Vol I has a hinge tender and one repaired. VG. Biography of the American playwright and producer, noted for success in developing talents of actors and for his methods of stage setting and lighting. Author of, or collaborator in, May Blossom (1884), The Girl of the Golden West (1905), The Return of Peter Grimm (1911) and others. Monumental biography of theatrical producer and playwright David Belasco, written by William Winter (1836-1917), a drama critic for the NewYorkTribune who was close friends with Belasco for more than 30 years.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Very good. No dust jacket.; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 530, 563 pages; Moffat Yard & Co HC 2 volumes. 1st edition. Original ribbed blue green cloth with titles boldly blocked in gilt to spines. Top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Solid and clean volumes with just light rubbing to cloth at tips and lower edges of boards. Illustrated with numerous tissue guarded photogravure plates and black and white photographs. Light abrasion to front pastedowns from prior owner's removal of his personal bookplates. Solid clean example; VG. Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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Poor/No Jacket. Signed by Author Ex-Library Usual ex-library features, some marked through. Inscription and apparent signature of Belasco on first page. Pages have occasional marks and bent corners. Pages are tight. Hinges are split but holding. Cover is scuffed and edge worn with boards showing through at corners. Spine has been shellacked and is frayed at top and bottom. Library numbers on spine. 530 pages including index. Illustrated. Several pictures have protective tissue. Volume One only.
