STAGE & THEATRE
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100 Years of Cruelty | Essays on Artaud Scheer, Edward [Edited by] Antonin Artaud [1896-1948] (Book #ID 97977) Published by Power Publications, University of Sydney, Australia First Edition 2000. 2000. First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains [ii] 334 printed pages of text. In near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1864872918 Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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Group Theatre Clark, Brian (Book #ID 98016) Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd., Parker Street, Kingsway, London First Edition 1971. 1971. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original nutmeg paper covered boards, metallic pink title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 119 printed pages of text. Fore edge with a few tan age spots to the first four pages only. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with minimal wear to the upper edges, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0273315889 Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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Acting Solo | The Art of One-man Shows Young, Jordan R. [Introduction by Julie Harris] (Book #ID 98254) Published by The Apollo Press Ltd., 11 Baptist Gardens, London First UK Edition 1989. 1989. First UK edition in publisher's original colour illustrated stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 214 + i printed pages of text with monochrome stills and archive photographs throughout. Slight sun fading of the red down the spine and in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0948820829 Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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Olivier at Work | The National Years | An Illustrated Memoir Joan Plowright and Richard Olivier [Laurence Olivier] (Book #ID 98680) Published by Nick Hern Books | Royal National Theatre, London First Edition 1989. 1989. First edition in publisher's original illustrated stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 9½'' x 7''. Contains 112 printed pages of text with monochrome archive photographs throughout. In very near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1854590375 Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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John Gielgud's Notes From The Gods; Playgoing in the Twenties [From the Mander and Mitchenson Theatre Collection] Gielgud, John [Edited by Richard Mangan] (Book #ID 99137) Published by Nick Hern Books, 14 Larden Road, London First Edition 1994. 1994. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy blue paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 121 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1854591053 Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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Stan Laurel and Other Stars of the Panopticon | The Story of the Britannia Music Hall Bowers, Judith [Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 - 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, writer, and film director who was part of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. He appeared with his American comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles]. (Book #ID 99390) Published by Birlinn Limited, 10 Newington Road, Edinburgh First Edition 2007. 2007. First edition in publisher's original illustrated stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 1890 printed pages of text with monochrome and colour archive photographs and theatre posters throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781841586175 Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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Let Me Play the Lion, Too | 50 Years of Amateur Theatre in Bromley Huntley, Vicky (Book #ID 99531) Published by Bromley Theatre Guild | Leigh Williams, Solicitors, Bromley, Kent, First Edition 1999. 1999. First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. Quarto. 8½'' x 8¼''. Contains 105 printed pages of text with monochrome archive photographic stills from various productions throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0953508102 Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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Incidents in the Life of Joseph Grimaldi Neville, Giles [Paintings by Patricia Neville] Joseph Grimaldi (18 December 1778 - 31 May 1837) was an English actor, comedian and dancer, who became the most popular English entertainer of the Regency era. (Book #ID 99571) Published by Jonathan Cape 30 Bedford Square London First Edition 1980. 1980. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 10'' x 8¼''. Contains 64 printed pages of text with lovely colour illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper with tiny rub to the top corners. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0224018698 Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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Curtain Calls [Signed] Miles, Bernard and J. C. Trewin (Book #ID 99993) Published by Lutterworth Press, Luke House, Farnham Road, Guildford, Surrey First Edition 1981. 1981. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, archive advertisements to the end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 192 printed pages of text illustrated with 26 monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Bernard Miles 1981.' Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0718824768 Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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Theatre Sketchbook (Sketch Book) [Multiple Signed x 12] Marks, Claude [Old Admiralty Dramatic Society] (Book #ID 100007) Published by Amber Lane Press Ltd., 9a Newbridge Road, Ambergate, Derbyshire, First Edition 1982. 1982. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6½''. Contains 127 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Message to the front free end paper 'To Betty, With much love and many thanks from all of your friends in The Old Admiralty Dramatic Society' and SIGNED by 12 members of the company troupe. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0906399335 Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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Peggy; The Life of Margaret Ramsay, Play Agent Chambers, Colin [Margaret Ramsay] (Book #ID 100139) Published by Nick Hern Books Limited, 14 Larden Road, London First Edition 1997. 1997. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 361 printed pages of text. Spine ends scuffed. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light rubs to the upper corners, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1854591193 Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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An Actor and His Time | In Collaboration with John Miller and John Powell (Signed) Gielgud, John [Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 - 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century] John Miller and John Powell. (Book #ID 112465) Published by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., 1 Tavistock Chambers, Bloomsbury Way, London First Edition 1979. 1979. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original nutmeg cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back, Dijon end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 253 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'John Gielgud | 1979'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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Tynan on Theatre (Pelican Series Number A657) Tynan, Kenneth (Book #ID 106347) Published by Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex | Pelican Series First Penguin Edition 1964. 1964. First Puffin (Pelican) edition in publisher's original photographic card wrap covers [soft back]. 12mo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 363 pp. Pages age toned and in Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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Continental Stagecraft Macgowan, Kenneth (November 30, 1888 - April 27, 1963) American film producer who won an Academy Award for Best Colour Short Film for La Cucaracha (1934), the first live-action short film made in the three-colour Technicolor process) Plates by Robert Edmond Jones (December 12, 1887 - November 26, 1954) American scenic, lighting, and costume designer. (Book #ID 109393) Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York 1922. 1922. Hard back binding recased in navy buckram covers, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. Quarto. 9½'' x 7¼''. Robert Edmond Jones is credited with incorporating the new stagecraft into the American drama. His designs sought to integrate the scenic elements into the storytelling instead of having them stand separate and indifferent from the play's action. His visual style, often referred to as simplified realism, combined bold vivid use of colour and simple, yet dramatic, lighting which this volume illustrates. Contains tissue-guarded colour frontispiece, (xvi), 233 pp with single-sided full-page colour and monochrome illustrations throughout. New cream laid end papers with light soiling to the edges and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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The Secrets of Making Up Brough, J. Ainsley [Harry Clyo | Albert Le Fre | Finlay Dunn | Ralph and Adeline Rickus] (Book #ID 111000) Published by The Star Music Publishing Co. Ltd., 51 High Street, New Oxford Street, London circa 1924. 1924. Publisher's original flat backed illustrated paper wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains 84 pp + covers with monochrome illustrations and full-page photographs throughout. Small tears to the edges of the front cover, else in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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Punch and Judy | A Play (Script) Hambling, Arthur R. (Book #ID 111014) Published by W. J. M. London not dated circa 1940. Publisher's original wire stitched card wrap covers (soft back). 12mo. 6½'' x 5''. Contains 16 pp + covers. In Very Good condition. SIGNED presentation copy by the author to the inside front cover 'To Rev. Robert W. Lax West, from Arthur R. Hambling, 35 Bridge Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire - 30th October 1941.' Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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Overture and Beginners | The Story of Dulcie Gray and Michael Denison (Signed) Denison, Michael [John Michael Terence Wellesley Denison CBE (1 November 1915 - 22 July 1998) was an English actor. He often appeared with his wife, Dulcie Gray, with whom he featured in several films and more than 100 West End theatre productions] Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison, CBE (20 November 1915 - 15 November 2011), known professionally as Dulcie Gray, was a British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist. (Book #ID 112516) Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd., 14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London First Edition 1973. 1973. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original powder blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, aqua marine end papers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 255 pp with many monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with light rubbing to the spine tips. Corner mounted white card and photograph SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Best Wishes | Michael Denison'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the STAGE & THEATRE Category |
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