xi 734 pages, illustrated, index, bibliography. Overseas customers please note the book weighs over a kilo and will attract additional postage.The jacket has been covered in mylar and thus remains in excellent condition, as does the book. Apart from a minor stain, the shadow of a long lost price sticker, the book appears unread. Full title: 'The Puppet Theatre in America : A History, 1524-1948. With a Supplement: Puppets in America since 1948 by Marjorie Batchelder McPharlin.