Ice Follies of 1951:; 15th Anniversary Edition
The Shipstads & Johnson, 1950. Unpaginated, 4to. Stapled paperback. Souvenir book illustrated w/ b&w photos. Light creases & shelfwear to covers. Pgs basically clean & crisp.
PERFORMING ARTS
John H. Harris presents Ice Capades Nineteenth Edition.
Ice Capades, Inc., 1958. Unpaginated, folio. Stapled paperback. "The greatest show on ice!" Souvenir book. Illustrated w/ b&w photos of actors/actresses & shows (including Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs). Some light wrinkles & shelfwear to covers & spine. Pgs clean & crisp.
Kiss Me, Kate.
Philadelphia: Philip Trachtman Theatrical Publications, 1963. Unpaginated, 4to. Stapled paperback. Souvenir book for Kiss Me, Kate production starring Marguerite Piazza. Illustrated w/ b&w photos. Very light shelfwear to covers; light foxing to front cover. Some very light foxing throughout otherwise clean textblock.
London Gallery Bulletin No. 1, April 1938.
London: The London Gallery Ltd., 1938. 20 pp., 8vo. String-bound paperback. English & French text. Vintage avant garde publication. Illustrated w/ b&w plates. Contributors include Paul Nouge, Paul Eluard, & Humphrey Jennings. Containing piece on Magritte, discussion bewteen realists & surrealists, Geores Melies, & Joan Miro. Moderate sunning discoloration w/.....
The Music Man.
Philadelphia: Philip Trachtman Theatrical Publications, circa 1960. Unpaginated, 4to. Paperback. Souvenir book for The Music Man production starring Larry Douglas. Illustrated w/ b&w photos. Very light shelfwear to covers. Staples missing; pgs detached but included. Some faint scattered to basically clean & crisp pgs.
Oklahoma!
Philadelphia: Philip Trachtman Theatrical Publications, 1960. Unpaginated, 4to. Stapled paperback. Souvenir book for Oklahoma! production starring John Raitt. Illustrated w/ b&w photos. Some very light soiling & shelfwear to covers. Pgs clean & crisp.
The Theatre 1907:; Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Dramatic and Musical Art
New York: The Theatre Magazine Co. Folio. Hardcover. 12 issues. Each complete w/ covers. Moderate sunning discoloration, slight edgewear & soiling to boards & spine; some foxing to front board top edge, heavier sunning to spine. Slight cocking but binding holding sturdy. Textblock quite clean. Profusely illustrated w/ b&w photos.....
The Theatre 1909:; Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Dramatic and Musical Art
New York: The Theatre Magazine Co. Folio. Hardcover. 6 issues, Jan. - June. Each complete w/ covers. Moderate sunning discoloration, slight edgewear & soiling to boards & spine. Slight cocking but binding holding sturdy. Slight foxing throughout textblock. Profusely illustrated w/ b&w photos.
Feminist Views on the English Stage:; Women Playwrights, 1990-2000
Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press, 2003. 238 pp, 8vo. Cloth in dj. Minor shelfwear to book and dj, else fine. Clean and tight.
The Dubious Spectacle:; Extremities of Theater, 1976-2000
Minneapolis & London: Univ of Minnesota Pr, 2002. 347 pp. 8vo. Boards. Bumping to spine ends, other light shelfwear. Sticker to back cover. Interior clean.
Fifty Years in the Magic Circle; Being an account of the author's professional life; his wonderful tricks and feats; with laughable incidents, and adventures as a magician, necromancer, and ventriloquist
Hartford, CT: Belknap & Bliss, 1871. Cloth. 436 pp., 8vo. Cloth hardcover. Illustrated w/ numerous engravings & portrait of the author on steel. Slight shelfwear & soiling to boards & spine. Binding tight. Po pen signatures to ffep & title pg belong to A. S. (Augustus S.) Barber, a printer.....
Monarchs of the Mimic World, or The American Theater of the Eighteenth Century Through the Managers - The Men Who Made It.
Orono, ME: University of Maine at Orono Press, 1977. 8vo. 194 pp. Corners and spine ends bumped to cover. Ink underlining to second half of text, some corners dog eared. Dj rubbed, light wear to edges, sunning to spine. Study of the stage managers of the American theater in the.....
Small Wonder:; The Story of the Yale Puppeteers & Turnabout Theatre
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1980. 269 pp. 8vo. Cloth in dj. Scuffed soil and lt edgewear to dj, lt bumping w/ chips to sp. ends and upper corners, minimal foxing to front panel, price clipped. Sl. scuffing and edgewear to book, lt bumping to sp. ends, 1/2" tear to.....
Mummenschanz.
New York: Rizzoli, 1984. 127 pp., squarish 4to. Hardcover in dj. An intriguing photo essay detailing the development & creative proccesses of this giant of a miming theatrical enterprise; mostly b&w photos. Some very light shelfwear to boards. Binding sturdy. Textblock clean & crisp. Slight scuffing & wear to dj.....
The Ballet Theatre.
New York: Charles Payne, 1947. Unpaginated. Folio. Stapled booklet. Shelfwear. Bumping to spine ends with sm tears. Bumping to corners. Light offsettting to some pages, some light foxing/soiling.
Movements in Two Dimensions.
London: Hutchinson of London, 1963. First edition. 142 pp. 4to. Cloth in dj. First edition. Dj edgeworn, scuffed, slightly soiled, bumping to sp. ends, corners and edges w/ sm. tears/chips, price clipped, foxing to underside. Damp spots to book, edgeworn, lt bumping to sp. ends. Foxing to eps and textblock.....
American Ballet Theatre Program 1960-1961 Season.
New York: The American National Theatre and Academy, 1960. Skinny 4to. unpaginated. Spine ends lightly rubbed. Otherwise in great condition. Filled with black and white photos of dancers and stage production photos throughout.
The Sadler's Wells Ballet 1949-1950 Season.
New York: Sadler Wells Ballet Company, 1949. skinny 4to. unpaginated. Spine ends lightly rubbed, back cover chipped along edges, front cover begining to split along top three inches of spine. Otherwise in great condition. Filled with black and white photos of dancers and stage production photos throughout. Vibrant cover illustration.....
Globe Theatre.
New York: Charles Dillingham, 1918. 32 pp. 8vo. Stapled booklet. N.d., ca. 1918. Shelfwear. Crease to both covers, lighter creasing to pages. Light curling to top corner of front cover and first few pages. Light soiling to some pages.
Opera: What's All the Screaming About?
New York: Walker & Co., 1983. First edition. 8v. 192 pp. Light tearing to edges of dj and 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" tear to rear of dj. Light rubbing and soiling to dj. "A guide for the curious listener.
Joe Papp:; An American Life
Boston and New York: Little, Brown & Co, 1994. First edition. 554 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. The original biography of the founder of Shakespeare in the Park. Light shelfwear to boards; some light soiling to rear board. Slight cocking to spine but binding very sturdy. Po pencil.....
The Life of Maurice Pollack 1885-1918:; a Birmingham Actor
Liverpool, UK: Karn Publications, 1998. 160 pp., 8vo. Paperback. Illustrated w/ b&w photos, maps, & art. Light shelfwear to covers & spine. Binding tight. Textblock quite clean. W/ compliment card inscribed by author laid in.
Claudia:; John Golden's Radiant Comedy Hit
New York: Program Publishing Co., circa 1941. Unpaginated, folio. Stapled paperback. Souvenir book; includes stories about the play, its author, cast, & producer. Illustrated w/ b&w photos. Some faint soiling & shelfwear to covers. Textblock clean & crisp.
Playing Activists and Dancing Anarchists.
Stockholm: Stockholm Univ. 2007. 361 pp. 8vo. Light shelfwear to spine ends and corners, otherwise book is in excellent condition. Clean and bright, binding tight. "Men and masculinities in cultural performances in contemporary Sweden."
The Tale of the Tales: The Beatrix Potter Ballet.
London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1971. 4to. 208 pp. Light shelf wear. Dj has some light wrinkling to laminate on back cover. Price clipped. Interior lightly yellowed to edges, with illustrations and photos. "..tells the behind-the-scenes story of the Tales of Beatrix Potter, the celebrated ballet-film from.....