This vintage book is a concise guide to marionettes, complete with historical information, directions of making puppets, ideas for performances, insights into tricks and techniques, and much more. With helpful illustrations and simple instructions, this volume is highly recommended for those with a practical interest in marionettes. Contents include: "Tony Sarg, Illustrator, Cartoonist and Creator of Marionettes", "The Toy Collection and What Came of It", "Some Marionette Miracles and How They are Done", "Puppet Play in ...
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This vintage book is a concise guide to marionettes, complete with historical information, directions of making puppets, ideas for performances, insights into tricks and techniques, and much more. With helpful illustrations and simple instructions, this volume is highly recommended for those with a practical interest in marionettes. Contents include: "Tony Sarg, Illustrator, Cartoonist and Creator of Marionettes", "The Toy Collection and What Came of It", "Some Marionette Miracles and How They are Done", "Puppet Play in History", "Home-Made Marionettes and Stagecraft", "Two Fairy-Plays for Home-Made Marionettes: With an Introduction Which Tells How to Give Marionette Entertainments at Home", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on puppets and marionettes.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Seller's Description:
PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Tony Sarg. Poor. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 57pp. Pictorial boards. SIGNED by author on title page. Boards are egdeworn and stained, spine has been taped, some staining to the contents, mainly in margins, first several pages including title page are chipped and show evidence of tape removal, however title page is signed in pencil, by Tony Sarg.
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Illustr by Tony Sarg, 7.5 x 5, pict boards, 58 pp, covers rubbed and darkened, paper labels on front cover and spine (not ex-lib), extremities bumped and worn, hinges loose, front fly removed, pp toned badly, with old envelope affixed in rear containing related magazine clippings. Second printing but with ORIGINAL SIGNED TONY SARG INK SKETCH OF A DOG SURPRISED AT A MOUSE on half title page.
