Performing Arts from Book Happy Booksellers

Chicago, IL: Hub Electric Company, Inc., 1962. Softcover. Very Good. 8-1/2 x 11 Wraps; 32pp; Small penned diagram to back cover, else covers clean & bright, three-hole-punched for binder, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Principles of remodeling and turning small spaces into little theatres, based on the design practices of James Hull Miller, Theatre Designer. Illustrated with photos… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL: Hub Electric Company. Softcover. Very Good. Wraps; 15pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Scarce, vintage essay on theatre art in the modern world by a theatre designer. Illustrated. Published circa 1960s.

Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 235pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, as new, Fine condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author. Revealing and entertaining history of Auntie Mame. Illustrated with photos.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Second Printing. Softcover. Very Good. 8" x 10" Softcover; Second Printing; 236pp; Covers clean, bright & slightly curled at corners, previous owner's name to flyleaf, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Physicist with professional dance training explains how dancers can achieve better, safer performances through an understanding of physics in motion. Foreword by… Read more about this item

New York: New Directions, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Fair. Cloth in DJ; 274pp; DJ price-clipped, age-toned, chipped & protected by mylar sleeve, light staining to boards, previous owner's name to FFEP, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+/Fair condition. Complete exposition of the first entirely successful system for recording human movement by the president of the Dance Notation… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; First Edition; 254pp; DJ clean & bright with slight edgewear, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Follows the six-month 1968 American Tour of The Living Theatre, acclaimed as the most vanguard theatre company in the world. Illustrated with photos.

Vancouver, BC, Canada: New Play Centre with Fineglow Plays, 1975. Softcover. Very Good-. 160pp; Covers age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Vintage compilation of plays from the New Play Centre in British Columbia, Canada. Contents: Introduction; Forthcoming Wedding by Leonard Angel; Cubistique by Thomas Cone; The Helper by Tom Grainger; Operators by Margaret Hollingsworth; The Box by Sheldon… Read more about this item

Tokyo, Japan: College Women's Association of Japan, 2001. Softcover. Very Good+. 7" x 10" Softcover; 80pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Related flyers laid in. Program from College Women's Association of Japan Lecture Series for 2003 on aspects of Japanese theatre. Contains speaker profiles, synopses and articles. Topics include: Kabuki, Noh, Bunraku,… Read more about this item

New York: Eddie Leonard, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/None. 240pp; No DJ, gold textured boards with pink titling to front & spine, fraying to top portion of spine at front board, slight wear to corners of boards, endpapers age-toned, gift inscr. to FFEP, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Scarce, vintage autobiography of Eddie… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Cloth in DJ; 139pp; DJ age-toned at edges & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square & clean, bookplate to front pastedown, previous owner's name to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG- condition. Complete book of Billy Rose's Broadway production based on Meilhac & Halevy's adaptation… Read more about this item

San Francisco, CA: American Society for Eastern Arts, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 9" x 8" Softcover; 115pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Introduction to dance drama of Kerala, India. Photo/Design by Jan Steward. Illustrated throughout with photos.

Berkeley, CA: Folk Dance Federation of California, 1945. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good-. 8-1/2 x 11 Spiral-Bound Softcover; 51pp; Brown textured card covers, faint vertical crease to front cover, a few faint pencil marks, binding is sound, VG- condition. Vintage folk dancing manual.

Colorado Springs, CO: American Dance Programs, 1983. Softcover. Very Good+. 8-1/2 x 11 Softcover; 100pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Vintage country & western dance manual. Starts off with the basics and finishes with the techniques and styles of the pros. Illustrated with photos.

Privately Printed. Softcover. Very Good-. 7-3/4" x 10" Softcover; 112pp; Covers age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG- condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author (on back cover). History of dramatic stock in Portland, Oregon from 1863 to 1933. Illustrated with photos. Published circa 1970s.

London, UK: British Museum Publications Ltd, 1980. Softcover. Very Good+. 80pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Examines Malay shadow puppets with a special reference to the collection purchased by the British Museum from Awang Lah, a famous Kelantanese puppeteer. Illustrated.

New York: William Faro, Inc., 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/None. 318pp; Navy blue cloth boards with faded titling to spine, dampstaining to rear board and edges of several pages, deckle edges, short tears to a few pages, text unmarked, binding is sound, book protected by (chipped) clear plastic sleeve, Good+ condition. New York theater journalist who later became… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. 276pp; No DJ, yellow cloth boards with red titling & illustration to front & spine, boards edgeworn, stained & soiled with wear to corners, previous owner's inscrs. to endpapers & flyleaf, a few pen marks in text, binding is sound, Good condition. The inside story of… Read more about this item

New York: Columbia University Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; First Edition; 306pp; DJ price-clipped, boards square & bright, small stain to front board, decorated endpapers, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Collection of advice and notes left by great actors of the live popular theater of Japan, the kabuki, at the… Read more about this item

Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, Inc., 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 342pp; Tan cloth boards with titling to front & spine, endpapers illustrated with map, slight label remnant to front board, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Source book of international folk dances. Illustrated with diagrams.

Genova, Italy: Teatro comunale dell'opera, 1973. Softcover. Very Good. 9" x 8-1/2" Softcover; Slight wear to one corner of front cover, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG condition. Discusses the municipal theater and opera of Genoa, Italy. Illustrated with photos. TEXT IN ITALIAN.