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The Ricky Jay Collection Part II

Sat, Oct 28, 2023 12:00PM EDT
Lot 189

JACKSON, Joseph E. Specimens of Theatrical Cuts … Suitable ...

Estimate: $4,000 - $8,000

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JACKSON, Joseph E.?SPECIMENS OF THEATRICAL CUTS ? SUITABLE FOR THEATRICAL, VARIETY, AND CIRCUS BUSINESS? .?Philadelphia: Ledger Job Printing Office, (1869). Pebbled cloth sides over gilt stamped leather spine, considerably rubbed. Approximately 300pp. reproducing posters, handbills, dodgers, programs, trade cards, and other advertisements produced by the company for a wide range of theatrical productions and live performances, including half-page, full-page, and many tipped-in full-size lithos and posters, folded to fit the binding. Samples appear in color, monochrome, and black-and-white. 4to. Covers detached. Tears, wear, and soiling, especially at fold lines of full-size tipped-in posters, but generally good condition overall. A REMARKABLE RECORD OF AMERICAN PRINTING THAT SHOULD BE SEEN. RARE; the only example we have traced at auction of this edition in the last 100 years.