Man of La Mancha (Revised script for the 1965 Broadway musical) by Written by Dale Wasserman. Music by Mitch Leigh. Lyrics by Joe Darion - 1968

Toronto: James Campbell & Son 1875, 1st Canadian. (Hardcover) 201pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt decoration. (Drama, First Editions).

California: AFTRA-SAG. Very Good. 1993. Third Edition. Stapled wraps. Book is Very Good. Third Edition 1993. Clean and unmarked text. Appears book never read. Tight and sturdy binding. Very slight and thin 1/2 inch front cover surface mark. A very slight bottom page ends mark - NOT a remainder. Bottom spine end has a tiny 1/8 inch closed chip. A very slight front cover top corner and few pages top corner (to about page 26) bend mark. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 74 pages .

Magical Publications, Pasadena, CA, 1987; First Edition; tall 8vo, 133 pages; illustrated; green cloth; gilt titles. Biography of early vaudeville magician Leon Harry Levy, "The Great Leon" (1876-1951), inventor of "Fire and Water," "The Death Ray Gun," and other popular stage magic tricks. Illustrated with numerous period b&w photographs, plus a color frontispiece reproduction of a Great Leon magic poster advertising the "Fire and Water" trick. Copy #955 of a limited edition of 1,000. As New, without dust jacket, as issued. Laid-in are two vintage portrait photographs, from the Leon estate, of Leon and of his stage assistant Edythe Packard Levy, the "It’s Me Again!" girl, to whom he was married in 1903 and with whom he remained for thirty-six years.

, 1927; Original manuscripts of Jed Dooley (1884-1973), vaudeville comedian who before going solo was partnered with his sister Ethel and brother Billy in a trick cycling act billed as "The Three Dooleys." Included are eight hand-typed gag sheets recording recent changes and additions to Dooley’s comedy act, dated June 19 through December 12, 1927, and identified at top as, "Original gags added to my act since my last registration, Nov. 16th, 1926." Each sheet is hand signed by Dooley in numerous places. Also included are two handwritten versions of one of Dooley’s acts which featured standup, cycling, saxophone playing, and rope tricks, all with accompanying patter. The first is a nine-page full-length act from the late twenties, and the other a condensed three-page version labeled "Short Version of Act As Done at Coast-Guard, Feb 22, 1943." The long version is handwritten on both sides of engraved letterhead stationery from the Hotel George Washington in… Read More

Girard, KS: E. Haldeman-Julius Publications. 4to. With Introductions by Maria-Theresa, Carl Van Vechten, Mary Fanton Roberts, Shaemas O'Sheel, and Arnold Genthe. Included are Dance Sequence Drawings of Ballet, Agna Enters, Martha Graham, a Group of Pupils of Isadora, and Drawings Against War and Fascism by Walkowitz, with an Introduction by Konrad Bercovici. Unpag. (32pp.), 19 full-page plates with numerous sketches by Walkowitz. Stapled Wraps (covers and pages yellowed; small tear front endpaper; very small bump, bottom crease, otherwise VG. Signed by Walkowitz on the cover and, also, inscribed to the American sculptor, Hannah Small, by him, front endpaper.

G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 1974; First Edition; Signed; 8vo, 380 pages; photo illustrated. Biography of legendary film, stage and television actor Paul Muni, five-time Academy Award nominee and Oscar Winner in 1936 for his role in "Pasteur." Written by distinguished American playwright Jerome Lawrence, author of "Inherit The Wind," which starred Muni on Broadway. Lawrence, close friend and associate, was regarded by Muni as his adopted son. Warmly inscribed and signed on the f.f.e.p. by Lawrence on date of release, October 21, 1974. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good dust jacket which has a couple of tiny closed edge tears at the extremities of the spine panel. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

New Rochelle: Arlington House, 1970. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth, dust jacket and publisher's slipcase. Published New Rochelle: Arlington House, 1970, first printing. Folio, 11" x 13 3/4", illustrated with over one thousand rare photos - many never before in print - and a sixteen page color section of old movie magazines. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, lightly sunned at the spine in very good slipcase with light soiling. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio.

Works Projects Administration, 1939. Softcover. Good. The hard-to-find Volume 13, Minstrelsy, of the notable ca. 1939 WPA San Francisco Theater Research series. This volume presents an extensive history of regional San Francisco minstrelsy from its earliest days. Illustrated with 19 historical photos of performers, some in blackface. Contents include discussions of blackface. Numerous appendices. Scarce. 301 pp. 10 3/4" x 8 3/8". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear and minor loss to bottom right corner of front panel. Light staining along margins of front panel spine and bottom. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Chunghwa Post, 2004. Hardcover. Used- Fine condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. All stamps and postcards are included in the book. The plastic holders for the postcards on pg. 17-23 are coming slightly unglued. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press 1912, 1913, numbered copy from a limited edition of 760. (Hardcover set) 265, 261pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Two volumes. Frontispiece, illustrations, notes, bibliography, appendix, index. There is a previous owner's bookplate and name on the front endpaper of both volumes. "Within the span of Shakespeare's birth and death there took place a vital melioration of the conditions of English acting and playgoing, together with some slight improvement in the status of the player. It is true that, subject to certain reservations, the stage still remained, as it had been constituted by Act of Parliament, a banned vocation". Book about Elizabethan Playhouse. Locale: London--England. (Drama, Acting, Shakespeare, Theater).