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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.
The Sound Track Book of the Theatre by Various - 1949
by Various
The Sound Track Book of the Theatre
by Various
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The Sound Track, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. Full title: The Sound Track Book of the Theatre, A Selection of the Best Articles from The Sound Track (magazine) on Projection and Sound, Theatre Management and Maintenance, Recent Theatre Developments. Bound in burgundy pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine panels. A massive, near definitive WWII-era theater how-to necessitated by the outbreak of the war and the transfer of equipment manufacturing production to military tools of war, which in turn demanded that old theater equipment be maintained and/or repaired. Every imaginable theater topic included from technical to operational. See attached photos for TOC. Densely illustrated with nearly 1,000 photos and schematics of equipment, theater interiors and much, much more. Essentially, an exceptionally detailed history of mid-century theater operation. Of special note is a 19-page chapter on the early design and development of drive-in theaters. L. E. Pope was involved in building and operating one of the first drive-in theaters, the St. Joseph, Missouri Belt Drive-In, which opened July 11, 1947. His copy. His name stamped in gilt to front panel. Distributed originally on a limited basis to theater owners only. Full index. Scarce. 445 pp. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. A beautifully presentable copy of an important film theater collectible. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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San Francisco Theatre Research: Minstrelsy (Blackface)
by Lawrence Estavan, Editor
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1898 Mt. Holyoke College Yearbook: Llamarada
by The Board of Editors
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Privately Printed by the Press of the Bryant Printing Co, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Original 1898 Mt. Holyoke College Yearbook: Llamarada. Bound in dark-red cloth with silver gilt lettering and botanical decoration to front panel. Much historical content, including rosters of faculty, students, alumni and much, much more. Densely illustrated with photos and drawings. Includes many period ads. Obituary of 10th President Elizabeth Storrs Mead laid in. 260 pp. + 34 pp. of ads. Tight, unmarked copy with one slightly pulled but strongly attached signature. Light shelf wear to extremities. In all, a very presentable copy of an important historical resource. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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The Great Canal at Suez : Its Political, Engineering and Financial History (2-Volume Set)
by Percy Fitzgerald
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Tinsley Brothers, 1876. Hardcover. Good. Collectible first edition, first printing of Percy Fitzgerald's landmark history, The Great Canal at Suez: Its Political, Engineering and Financial History With an Account of the Struggles of Its Projector, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Two volumes complete. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine panels. John Chipman Gray bookplates to both front pastedowns. His copies. Gray, a noted lawyer, legal scholar and Harvard professor, co-founded the now global and prominent law firm of Ropes and Gray. Vol. I: [i-vii] viii-x [xi] xii [xiii-xiv] [1] 2-[1] 2-335 [336]. Vol. II: [i-viii] [1] 2-347 [348]. Collated and complete as issued. Frontis illustrations (map and rendering). Appendices include official documents and papers. Both volumes tight and unmarked with bumped corners, wrinkling to heads and tails of spine panels, faded gilt to spine panels and several small water stains to board cloth. Note also that both volumes are largely unopened, as issued from the…
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Now & Then: Shackelford County 1976 (West Texas Ranching History)
by Staff Written
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Privately Printed, 1976. Softcover. Good. Detailed history of Shackelford County, Texas - a West Texas ranching community. Includes histories of businesses, churches, ranches, schools, many family histories and much more. Illustrated with historical photographs. Rare. No copies in WorldCat database and no copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. 72 pp. 11 1/4" x 9". Tight, unmarked copy with moderate shelf wear and rubbing. Small oil stain to back panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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Hanover Area Pictorial History (Pennsylvania)
by Amy Lynn Warner
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The Evening Sun, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Hanover, Pennsylvania and area pictorial history. Densely illustrated with historical photos, each annotated in detail. Signed and dated on front pastedown by author Warner. Rare. No copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. Two copies only in WorldCat library database. Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear and small ding to head of spine panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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San Francisco Theatre Research: Minstrelsy (Blackface)
by Lawrence Estavan, Editor
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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.
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1898 Mt. Holyoke College Yearbook: Llamarada
by The Board of Editors
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Privately Printed by the Press of the Bryant Printing Co, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Original 1898 Mt. Holyoke College Yearbook: Llamarada. Bound in dark-red cloth with silver gilt lettering and botanical decoration to front panel. Much historical content, including rosters of faculty, students, alumni and much, much more. Densely illustrated with photos and drawings. Includes many period ads. Obituary of 10th President Elizabeth Storrs Mead laid in. 260 pp. + 34 pp. of ads. Tight, unmarked copy with one slightly pulled but strongly attached signature. Light shelf wear to extremities. In all, a very presentable copy of an important historical resource. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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The Great Canal at Suez : Its Political, Engineering and Financial History (2-Volume Set)
by Percy Fitzgerald
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Tinsley Brothers, 1876. Hardcover. Good. Collectible first edition, first printing of Percy Fitzgerald's landmark history, The Great Canal at Suez: Its Political, Engineering and Financial History With an Account of the Struggles of Its Projector, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Two volumes complete. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine panels. John Chipman Gray bookplates to both front pastedowns. His copies. Gray, a noted lawyer, legal scholar and Harvard professor, co-founded the now global and prominent law firm of Ropes and Gray. Vol. I: [i-vii] viii-x [xi] xii [xiii-xiv] [1] 2-[1] 2-335 [336]. Vol. II: [i-viii] [1] 2-347 [348]. Collated and complete as issued. Frontis illustrations (map and rendering). Appendices include official documents and papers. Both volumes tight and unmarked with bumped corners, wrinkling to heads and tails of spine panels, faded gilt to spine panels and several small water stains to board cloth. Note also that both volumes are largely unopened, as issued from the…
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Now & Then: Shackelford County 1976 (West Texas Ranching History)
by Staff Written
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Privately Printed, 1976. Softcover. Good. Detailed history of Shackelford County, Texas - a West Texas ranching community. Includes histories of businesses, churches, ranches, schools, many family histories and much more. Illustrated with historical photographs. Rare. No copies in WorldCat database and no copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. 72 pp. 11 1/4" x 9". Tight, unmarked copy with moderate shelf wear and rubbing. Small oil stain to back panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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Hanover Area Pictorial History (Pennsylvania)
by Amy Lynn Warner
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The Evening Sun, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Hanover, Pennsylvania and area pictorial history. Densely illustrated with historical photos, each annotated in detail. Signed and dated on front pastedown by author Warner. Rare. No copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. Two copies only in WorldCat library database. Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear and small ding to head of spine panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
by Traven, B
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky
by Nijinsky, Romola
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- 0671411233
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Nijinsky, Romola. Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky. The Definitive Biography Copyright 1980. Simon and Schuster stated First Impression Thus. Number line starts with 1. EXLIB. Good Condition/ VG original dust jacket. 260 pages, indexed. ISBN0671411233. PERFORMING ARTS, RUSSIA, BALLET, VASLAV NIJINSKY. Summary: "The life of Vaslav Nijinsky is not merely a record of a great dancer's artistic triumphs; it is one of the strangest stories ever written. There is madness everywhere. From the child's first appearance with a troupe of wandering Russians to that last terrible performance, his "Marriage With God" , it is a growing chaos of madness, abnormality, distortion, genius and beauty." 260 pages, indexed. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4.
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THE PILLOW BOOK OF ELEANOR BRON
by BRON, ELEANOR
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [viii] xiv 1-160. FIRST EDITION. The book is a collection of the impressions, feelings, anecdotes, events, complaints, pleasures, and any other tid bit that took the author's fancy. The format is based on a tenth century diary kept by a lady-in-waiting to a Japanese Empress. This is a near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. The uncommon hardcover edition. To preserve condition, the jacket is now protected with a Brodart cover.
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)
by Christie, Agatha
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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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belum tergantung trias politika
by Budaya Lima Genung
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New in original shrink wrapping. 5.5" X 8" X 0.5" 14cm X 20.5CM X 1.5CM Text in Indonesian. Komunitas yang sudah 17 tahun, Festival Lima Gunung yang sudah 6 tahun, puluhan, kegiatan setiap tahunnya dan buku pertama ini: Budaya Lima Gunung yang masih sulit tergantung pada Trias Politiika yang Rentan Manipulasi, barangkali hanya sepiphan bias dari perjalanan yang masih akan panjang.Kalau harga tanaman dusun wajar dan setara dengan industri rasional, buku-bjku peradaban dusun akan banyak terbit? Entah. - Five Mountains Festival (Festival Lima Gunung) is an annual festival held in Magelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. It is surrounded by five volcanoes in the area : Merapi, Merbabu, Sindoro, Sumbing and Andong. Five Mountains Festival was started in 2002 by Komunitas Lima Gunung. It brings together artists, dancers, educators, teachers and local elders to showcase the culture of Java.
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Cool and Crazy: Modern Norwegian Cinema, 1990-2005
by Cowie, Peter
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Norwegian Film Institute, 2005 First Printing in dust jacket AS NEW, no remainder or other markings, slight shelf wear to jacket with a few faint crease lines rear panel, else bright tight unread copy of scarce title (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; 87pp indexed & illus, most color. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New.
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection)
by Christie, Agatha
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) (aka The Mousetrap). Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus Bantam Books Inc., NY, September, 1988. Number line: 0987654321. As New. Summary: "A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate." THE MOUSETRAP: Known as the "world's longest-running play," The Moustrap has been running since 1952 and celebrated 70 years in London in 2022."
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THE WIZARD OF OZ: THE SCREEN PLAY
by Langley, Noel and Ryerson, Florence and Woolf, Edgar Allan; Hearn, Michael Patrick
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New York: Delta Book / Dell Publishing. Very Good-. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 0385297602 . Book is Very Good - (minus). First Edition with complete number line August 1989. Tight and sturdy binding. Clean and unmarked text. Very light bumping and wear to cover corners and edges. Top edge front cover and pages to page 15 have slight 1/2 inch or less bend mark. Very slight page edge tanning. Front cover front edge has very slight and thin vertical surface glue remnant. Back cover bottom corner has bend and light diagonal crease to cover. Published for the first time for the 50th Anniversary of the original 1939 film. ; Trade PB; B&W photographs; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 155 pages .
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Grand Hotel
by Baum, Vicki
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GRAND HOTEL BY VICKI BAUM. ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Also published in the German language as Menchen Im Hotel. Used. Good Condition. No DJ is included. Bright pages. STATED FIRST EDITION. Copyright page states: "All rights reserved. First published 1930" Geoffrey Bles Publishers, London. Original source material for the famous film of the same name.
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The Messiah: An Oratorio for Four-Part Chorus of Mixed Voices, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass Soli and Piano
by Handel, G.F
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Handel,G.F: The Messiah, An Oratorio. 1912 First Edition. G. Schirmer, Inc. New York. G. Schirmer's Editions of Oratorios and Cantatas for Four-Part Chorus of Mixed Voices, Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass Soli and Piano by G.F. Handel. VOCAL SCORE COMPLETE. 252 pages. 7 X 10 3/8. Softcover.
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