RICHARD STODDARD

PERFORMING ARTS BOOKS

43 East 10th Street #6-D
New York, NY 10003

(212) 598-9421

rs@richardstoddard.com

Specialists in Out-of-Print Books and Ephemera Relating to The Performing Arts

By mail, email, phone, and appointment.


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Terms of Sale

Payment with order from individuals (check payable to Richard Stoddard Books); libraries billed.

We accept American Express, MasterCard, and VISA charges.

All items are offered subject to prior sale. Phone and e-mail reserves are encouraged.

Shipping is $5.00 for the first item, plus $1.00 for each additional item; outside the U.S., postage is extra. New York residents please add appropriate sales tax.

All books are clothbound, in their original bindings, and in very good condition unless otherwise described. All non-book items are in very good condition unless otherwise described. Autographs are guaranteed authentic.

Any item may be returned for full credit or refund if returned (well packed) within ten days of receipt.


Technical Terms and Abbreviations

4to: quarto, a magazine-size book, approximately 9 x 12"

8vo: octavo, a standard-size book, approximately 6 x 9"

12mo: duodecimo, a small book, approximately 4 x 6"

ALS: autograph letter signed

Bds: boards (paper-covered cardboard bindings)

Cop.: copyright

Cops.: copies

D.j. or d.w.: dustjacket or dustwrapper

Facsims.: facsimiles

Front.: frontispiece illustration

Hors commerce: not offered for public sale

Hors texte: added after numbered pages (usually referring to plates)

MS: manuscript

Pict.: pictorial

Pls.: plates (unpaged illustrations)

Prof. illus.: profusely illustrated

TLS: typed letter signed

Wraps.: wrappers (paper covers)