EDITH EVANS A Personal Memoir
Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1977. 0246109947. 1st edn. 8vo. Original brown cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 159, illus with b&w plates (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
THE ECONOMICS OF THE BRITISH STAGE 1800-1914
Cambridge University Press, 2000. 9780521571159. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (small mark on fore edge and on front free endpaper - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. xviii + 506, illus with figures and b&w photos in text (no inscriptions). More
THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF BRITISH THEATRE Volume 2 1660 to 1895
Cambridge University Press, 2015. 8vo. Original printed card covers (softback) (lightly nicked at head of spine and worn at extrems). Pp. xci + 481, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
LOUIS VERON AND THE FINANCES OF THE ACADEMIE ROYALE DE MUSIQUE
Peter Lang AG, 2003. 3631398662. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. xii + 261 (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
THE OXFORD COMPANION TO THEATRE & PERFORMANCE
Oxford University Press, 2010. 9780199574193. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective cover). Pp. xii + 689 (no inscriptions). 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
A CENTURY OF SOUTH AFRICAN THEATRE
Methuen Drama, 2019. 9781350008014. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (small nick on fore edge of lower cover - otherwise near Fine). Pp. ix + 273, illus with b&w photos and maps (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
THE KING'S THEATRE COLLECTION Ballet and Italian Opera in London 1706-1883
Harvard University Press, 2006. Revised and expanded edn. 4to. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. xx + 553, illus with coloured plates (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
TWELVE MIME PLAYS A Collection of Wordless Plays Arranged to Music
Methuen, 1933. 1st edn. 8vo. Original white lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xv + 174, illus with b&w plates (previous owner's inscription on front paste-down; fore-edge spotted). More
SHAKESPEARE IN TEN ACTS
The British Library, 2016. 4to. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 224, illus with coloured and b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN THEATRE
Cambridge University Press, 2000. 9780521795364. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (near Fine). Pp. xv + 288, illus with b&w photos and music example (no inscriptions). 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 ANNALS OF COVENT GARDEN THEATRE From 1732 to 1897 In Two Volumes
Chatto & Windus, 1906. 1st edn. 2 vols. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth, top edges gilt (boards lightly marked and worn at edges). Pp. xiv + 382 [&] viii + 367, illus with b&w plates (some pages uncut; endpapers tanned and spotted; previous owner's neat 1910 inscriptions on front..... 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 CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO THEATRE AND SCIENCE
Cambridge University Press, 2020. 9781108700986. Lightning Source printing. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. ix + 225, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
SELECTED OPERAS & PLAYS OF GERTRUDE STEIN
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993. 0822955016. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (near Fine). Pp. xv + 320 (no 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
ROSSINI IN RESTORATION PARIS The Sound of Modern Life (Cambridge Studies in Opera)
Cambridge University Press, 2007. 9780521870603. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Pp. xiv + 349, with b&w illus (no inscriptions). More
THE THEATRES OF GEORGE DEVINE
Jonathan Cape, 1978. 0224014153. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (edges rubbed - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xvi + 295, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More