{"product_id":"1961-a-pictorial-history-of-vaudeville-bernard-sobel-hardcover-dj-theater-2x-1","title":"1961 A Pictorial History of Vaudeville Bernard Sobel Hardcover DJ Theater 2x","description":"A Pictorial History of Vaudeville by Bernard Sobel is an illustrated history of American variety entertainment, tracing the performers, acts, and theaters that shaped an era of live show business. Its extensive photographs bring the stage personalities and theatrical atmosphere to life, offering an engaging reference for theater enthusiasts, entertainment historians, and collectors of vintage performing-arts books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished by The Citadel Press, New York, copyright 1961, with a foreword by George Jessel. Hardcover bound in pink boards with a burgundy cloth spine, retaining its illustrated dust jacket. The jacket advertises over 400 photographs of stars, acts, theaters, impresarios, posters, and programs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume explores comedy, music, dance, acrobatics, and other variety acts, alongside the personalities and theater circuits behind vaudeville. Photographed pages include illustrations of Sophie Tucker and William Gaxton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good hardcover in a fair dust jacket. Boards show fading, scattered spotting, and light edge and corner wear. Page edges are age toned, with some spotting visible on the endpapers and jacket flaps. Previous owner’s blue name-and-address stamps appear on the title and copyright pages. The photographed text and illustration pages are generally clean. Dust jacket shows rubbing, creasing, edge tears, and small chips, with a prominent irregular tear and folded flap at the lower front panel. Please review the photographs for this copy’s condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSKU D-10","brand":"Second Chapter Book Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67706689978616,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0859\/1025\/7912\/files\/d1354bcd-b5cf-4a8c-a0b0-2b8f11961250_2af8f560-f8b8-4390-b033-746dd1bddf3c.jpg?v=1792235948","url":"https:\/\/secondchapterbookco.com\/products\/1961-a-pictorial-history-of-vaudeville-bernard-sobel-hardcover-dj-theater-2x-1","provider":"Second Chapter Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}