The Pageant of America: The American Stage (Vol. XIV); Independence Edition

New York, NY: United States Publishers Association, 1929 United States Publishers Association, New York. c1929 by Yale University. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Retired library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a library stamp on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good; glue remnant of check-out slip and pocket on page 2-3; wear to head, tail, and tips; wear through fabric on the head and upper and lower tips; index number on spine. No DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine; liberty seal on the front board in gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 362 pp 4to. The is a volume that covers the history of the American stage and its actors and actresses from the days of Jamestown to the advent of motion pictures (pre-1930). With hundreds of black and white photographs and copies of playbills this book details the great theaters of the east coast, the host of great producers, the great productions they put on to entertain the public, and the roles that the stars and starlets played on stage. A very detailed coverage of the early American theater and acting in general. A clean very presentable copy.