ENCUENTRO Latinx Performance for the New American Theater
Northwestern University Press, 2019. 9780810140158. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. xxxvi + 392, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
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THE MAKING OF THE WEST END STAGE Marriage Management and the Mapping of Gender in London 1830–1870
Cambridge University Press, 2011. 9780521519014. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. viii + 222 (some corners turned; no inscriptions). More
ADVENTURES AMONG IMMORTALS.
Hutchinson, 1938. 1st edn with autographs of Sybil Thorndike, George Robey, Arthur Askey and another on front paste-down. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (spine a little faded - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 254 (lacks rear pages after p. 254 before publisher's catalogue), illus with b&w plates (front inner..... More
MASTER OF THE HOUSE The Theatres of Cameron Mackintosh.
Unicorn, 2022. 1st edn. 4to. Original white lettered blue cloth-backed pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. 319, illus with b&w and coloured images throughout (no inscriptions). More
FROM THE PLAZA TO THE THEATER Spectacle Protest and Urban Space in Twenty-first Century Madrid.
McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022. 9780228010692. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xiii + 282, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
A REVOLUTION IN THREE ACTS The Radical Vaudeville of Bert Williams Eva Tanguay and Julian Eltinge.
Columbia University Press, 2021. 9780231191821. 1st edn. 4to. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. viii + 166, illus throughout with b&w comic style strip (no inscriptions). More
THE ORNITHOLOGY OF SHAKESPEARE
Gresham Books, 1978. Facsimile edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (small nick at top edge of upper cover - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xxii + 321, with b&w illus (fore-edge faintly spotted; no inscriptions). More
STAGE DESIGNS
Country Life Books, 1968. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (scuffed corners, small peeling section near tail of spine), no dustwrapper. Pp. 64, illus with b&w plates throughout (ex library with usual stamps). More
ROYAL AMERICAN SYMPHONIC THEATER A Radical Proposal for a Subsidized Professional Theater
Macmillan, 1975. 0025667009. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (some faint spotting on top edge - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xi + 211 (no inscriptions). More
THE PUNCH & JUDY SHOW Tradition and Meaning
Batsford, 1985. 0713447842. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Pp. 192, illus with b&w photos and drawings (no inscriptions). More
HER STORIES Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History.
Duke University Press, 2020. Uncorrected page proofs. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 368, illus with b&w photos in text (no inscriptions). More
THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO AMERICAN THEATRE SINCE 1945
Cambridge University Press, 2021. 9781108727211. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xii + 281 (no inscriptions). More
BOX PIT AND GALLERY Stage and Society In Johnson's London
University of California Press, 1953. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated black cloth (fore edge lightly marked - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small tear at bottom corner of lower cover, rubbed, chipped and worn at extrems - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. ix + 362, illus with b&w frontispiece..... More
THE THEATRE OF SA'DALLAH WANNOUS A Critical Study of the Syrian Playwright and Public Intellectual (Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre).
Cambridge University Press, 2021. 9781108838566. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine), no dustwrapper issued. Pp. xxi + 233 (no inscriptions). More
OLIVER MESSEL In the Theatre of Design.
New York: Rizzoli International, 2011. 1st edn. 4to. Original silver lettered purple cloth (very slightly bumped on bottom edge of upper board and on top edge of lower board - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. 272, illus with coloured and b&w plates and photos (no inscriptions). More
DAS NEUGRIECHISCHER SCHATTENTHEATER KARAGIOZIS
Vienna: Hollitzer, 2014. 9783990121528. Don Juan Archiv Wien Ottomania 4. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective wrapper). Pp. 264, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions) [German language text]. More
OPERA IN CONTEXT Essays on Historical Staging from the Late Renaissance to the Time of Puccini
Portland: Amadeus Press, 2011. 9781574670325. 1st edn. 8vo. Original white lettered brown cloth (lightly rubbed at head and tail of spine - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small nick at top edge of upper cover - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 410, illus with b&w photos, figures and tables (no..... More
THE OLD PLAYGOER
Centaur Press, 1969. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (small stain on top edge - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xx + 252, with b&w illus (ex public library with usual stamps). More
A PROFILE OF JONATHAN MILLER
Cambridge University Press,2008. 9780521409537. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. xxi + 229, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
THE GOLDEN GENERATION New Light on Post-War British Theatre
The British Library, 2008. 9780712349475. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 224, Illus throughout with b&w photos and drawings (no inscriptions). More
THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PUPPET THEATRE
Robert Hale, 1990. 2nd edn signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Pp. 366, illus with b&w photos (no other inscriptions). More
A BOOK OF MASQUES In Honour of Allardyce Nicoll
Cambridge University Press, 1980. 0521297583. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (corners lightly worn - otherwise VG). Pp. xv + 448, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
HUNGER APPETITE AND THE POLITICS OF THE RENAISSANCE STAGE
Cambridge University Press, 2021. 9781108832069. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine), no dustwrapper issued. Pp. vi + 237 (no inscriptions). More
MAKING MAKE-BELIEVE REAL Politics as Theater in Shakespeare's Time.
Yale University Press, 2015. 9780300212716. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. ix + 414 (no inscriptions). More
OPERA AND DRAMA IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LONDON The King's Theatre Garrick and the Business of Performance
Cambridge University Press, 2001. 9780521800129. 1st edn Lightning Source printing. 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (near Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. xiii + 339, illus with music examples (no inscriptions). More