BEFORE THE FOOTLIGHTS AND BEHIND THE SCENES, Olive Logan 1870 SHOW BUSINESS

  BEFORE THE FOOTLIGHTS AND BEHIND THE SCENES: A Book About The Show Businesses In All Its Branches: From Puppet Shows to Grand Opera; from Mountebanks to Menageries; from Learned Pigs to Lecturers; from Burlesque Blondes to Actors and Actresses: With Some Observations and Reflections (Original and Reflected) on Morality and Immorality in Amusements: Thus Exhibiting the "Show World" as Seen From Within, Through the Eyes of the Present Lecturer and Author — By Olive Logan, 1870 — ILLUSTRATED

 Publisher: Parmelee & Co., Philadelphia (1870)

Full title: "BEFORE THE FOOTLIGHTS AND BEHIND THE SCENES: A Book About The Show Businesses In All Its Branches: From Puppet Shows to Grand Opera; from Mountebanks to Menageries; from Learned Pigs to Lecturers; from Burlesque Blondes to Actors and Actresses: With Some Observations and Reflections (Original and Reflected) on Morality and Immorality in Amusements: Thus Exhibiting the 'Show World' as Seen From Within, Through the Eyes of the Present Lecturer and Author". By Olive Logan, 1870. The book features 612 pages with 55 illustrations of unique "performance acts". The boards and binding are in excellent condition save for previous owner's paste-down and library stamps on the inside boards and last blank page, from the Stanford University Library. Withdrawn stamp on first blank page and perforated Stanford Library stamp on title page, along with previous owner's name. The pages and illustrations are crisp and clean. A beautiful book, offering a fascinating look at the different types of "show businesses" from a 19th-century perspective.