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The Art of Walt Disney, from Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms
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The Art of Walt Disney, from Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms

by Finch, Christopher

Condition
Used - Very good condition
Jacket Condition
fair
Edition
New Concise Edition
Published
1988
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780517664742
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Readville, Massachusetts, USA
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£9.37

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New York: Portland House, 1988. New Concise Edition. Hardcover. Very good condition/fair. 160 p. illus. (part col.) 29 cm.
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£9.37
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20 best plays of the modern American theatre

by Gassner, John, ed.

Condition
Used - Very good condition
Edition
1943 printing
Published
c1939
Binding
Hardcover
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Readville, Massachusetts, USA
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£13.27

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New York: Crown, c1939. 1943 printing. Hardcover. Very good condition. 874 p. 24 cm
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£13.27
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Life and art of Joseph Jefferson, together with some account of his ancestry and of the Jefferson family of actors, by William Winter

by Winters, William

Condition
Used - Very good condition
Published
1894
Binding
Hardcover
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£13.27

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New York: Macmillan & Co., 1894. Hardcover. Very good condition. xv, 319 p. front., plates, ports. 20 cm.
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£13.27
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Isadora Duncan; twenty-four studies by Arnold Genthe, with a foreword by Max Eastman

by Genthe, Arnold

Condition
Used - ex-library, Very good condition, gift inscription on front flyleaf
Published
1929
Binding
Hardcover
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Readville, Massachusetts, USA
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£45.28

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New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1929. Hardcover. ex-library, Very good condition, gift inscription on front flyleaf. 7 p.l., 24 pl. (incl. front., ports.) illus. (facsim.) 30 cm.
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£45.28
Agnes De Mille : dancing off the earth
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Agnes De Mille : dancing off the earth

by Gherman, Beverly

Condition
Used - Very good condition
Jacket Condition
good
Edition
First printing
Published
1990
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780689314414
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Readville, Massachusetts, USA
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£7.03

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New York: Atheneum, 1990. First printing. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. xiii, 138 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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£7.03
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S.R.O.; the most successful plays in the history of the American stage, compiled by Bennett Cerf and Van H. Cartmell; introduction by John Chapman

by Cerf, Bennett & Cartmell, Van H., compilers

Condition
Used - Good condition, spine darkened
Published
1944
Binding
Hardcover
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Readville, Massachusetts, USA
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£10.15

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New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1944. Hardcover. Good condition, spine darkened. xvii, 920 p. 22 cm. Contents: The old-timers: Uncle Tom's cabin, by Harriet B. Stowe (revised version by A. E. Thomas) East Lynne, by Mrs. Henry Wood. The two orphans, by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugene Cormon.--Starring vehicles: The old homestead, by Denman Thompson. Rip Van Winkle,… Read more about this item
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£10.15
Theater playbill: Last Night of Mr. Walter Montgomery who will appear as Macbeth on Saturday, Oct. 22nd, 1864, will be presented Shakespeare's tragedy of Macbeth with Locke's music ...

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Manchester, Eng., 1864. Unbound. Good condition. Broadside, 1 p. The Theatre Royal in Manchester, England, opened in 1845. Situated next to the Free Trade Hall, it is the oldest surviving theatre in Manchester. Operating as a theatre from 1845 until 1921, The building has since been converted numerous times for use as a cinema, bingo hall and nightclub.… Read more about this item
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£35.91
Theater playbill for Miss Julia Daly in

Theater playbill for Miss Julia Daly in "Our Female American Cousin" and Senorita Cubas and Senor Ximenes at the Boston Academy of Music, October, 1861.

by Boston Academy of Music

Condition
Used - Very good condition
Published
1861
Binding
Unbound
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Readville, Massachusetts, USA
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£49.18

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Boston: J.H. & F.F. Farwell, Printers, 1861. Unbound. Very good condition. Broadside 1 sheet Charles Gayler's Our Female American Cousin, which opened in New York City in January 1859, was written in imitation of Tom Taylor's Our American Cousin. Julia Daly was a renowned American actress, singer and dancer whose heyday was the 1850's through the 1870's. She… Read more about this item
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Theater playbill: Boston Theatre, Thomas Barry, Lessee and Manager. ... The Fairy Star Miss Agnes Robertson ... who will appear the the celebrated new drama ... Wednesday Evening April 7, 1858 ... Jessie Brown, ot the Relief of Lucknow

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Boston, 1858. Unbound. Good condition. Broadside, 1 p. The Boston Theatre, Washington Street was first built in 1854 and operated as a theater until 1925. Agnes Kelly Robertson (1833 – 1916) was born in Edinburgh and became a popular actress on the American stage.She was the ward of Charles Kean, and the juvenile lead in his theatre… Read more about this item
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£40.60
Don't stand too close to a naked man
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Don't stand too close to a naked man

by Allen, Tim

Condition
Used - Very good condition
Jacket Condition
very good
Edition
6th printing
Published
1994
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780786861347
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Readville, Massachusetts, USA
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£4.68

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New York: Hyperion, 1994. 6th printing. Hardcover. Very good condition/very good. 210pp. 22 cm.
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£4.68
I'm not really here
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I'm not really here

by Allen, Tim

Condition
Used - Very good condition
Jacket Condition
very good
Published
1996
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780786862573
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New York: Hyperion, 1996. Hardcover. Very good condition/very good. 255pp. 22 cm.
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£4.68
Everything and a kite
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Everything and a kite

by Romano, Ray

Condition
Used - Very good condition
Jacket Condition
very good
Edition
First printing
Published
1998
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780553108743
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Readville, Massachusetts, USA
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£7.03

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New York: Bantam Books, 1998. First printing. Hardcover. Very good condition/very good. 209pp. 22 cm. In a book that is at once laugh-out-loud funny and all-too-true to life, comedy-talent-turned-television-star Ray Romano goes home again, revealing that the source of his inspiration is heritage, hearth and family. As did his stand-up comedy and his present, top-rated CBS-TV program, Romano… Read more about this item
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Marilyn Monroe and the camera, with a foreword by Jane Russell and an interview by Georges Belmont.
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Marilyn Monroe and the camera, with a foreword by Jane Russell and an interview by Georges Belmont.

Condition
Used - Very good condition
Jacket Condition
very good
Published
c1989
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780821217658
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1
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Readville, Massachusetts, USA
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£16.39

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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., c1989. Hardcover. Very good condition/very good. 245 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 33 cm. Notes: "A Bulfinch Press book." Includes bibliographical references (p. 245). Filmography: p. 243-244.
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£16.39
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Circus doctor; as told to Richard Taplinger

by Henderson, J. Y.

Condition
Used - Very good condition
Jacket Condition
good
Edition
7th printing
Published
1951
Binding
Hardcover
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Readville, Massachusetts, USA
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£10.15

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Boston: Little, Brown, 1951. 7th printing. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 238 p. illus., ports. 21 cm.
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£10.15
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Settings & costumes of the modern stage, by Theodore Komisarjevsky and Lee Simonson. The Sudio Winter Number edited by C. G. Holme

by Cunninghame Graham, R. B. (Robert Bontine)

Condition
Used - Good condition
Published
1933
Binding
Hardcover
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Readville, Massachusetts, USA
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£13.27

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London: The Studio, 1933. Hardcover. Good condition. 132 p. incl. 1 illus., plates (part col.) 30 cm.
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£13.27
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Crotchets and quavers: or, revelations of an opera manager in America / by Max Maretzek

by Maretzek, Max

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Used - Very good condition
Published
1855
Binding
Hardcover
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Readville, Massachusetts, USA
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£27.32

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New York: S. French, 1855. Hardcover. Very good condition. viii, 346 p., 19 cm. The author was impresario of the Max Maretzek Italian Opera Company (sometimes referred to as the Italian Opera Company, the Italian Grand Opera Company, or Academy of Music Opera Company) a touring American opera company that performed throughout the United States from 1849-1878.… Read more about this item
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New York: Brisban and Brannan, 1806. Hardcover. Very good condition, in full calf. 355p. Richard Cumberland (19 February 1731/2 – 7 May 1811) was an English dramatist and civil servant. In 1771 his hit play The West Indian was first staged. During the American War of Independence he acted as a secret negotiator with Spain in an effort… Read more about this item
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£53.87
Onstage, offstage [by] Michael Bublé ; photography and creative direction by Dean Freeman
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Onstage, offstage [by] Michael Bublé ; photography and creative direction by Dean Freeman

by Bublé, Michael

Condition
Used - Very good condition
Jacket Condition
very good
Published
2011
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781451674712
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Readville, Massachusetts, USA
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£10.93

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New York: Gallery Books, 2011. Hardcover. Very good condition/very good. 79 p., [224] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
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£10.93
Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Lost Stars
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Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Lost Stars

by Gray, Claudia

Condition
Used - Very good condition
Jacket Condition
very good
Edition
2nd printing
Published
2015
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781484724989
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£7.03

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Los Angeles: Disney/Lucasfilm Press, 2015. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Very good condition/very good. 551p. The reign of the Galactic Empire has reached the Outer Rim planet of Jelucan, where aristocratic Thane Kyrell and rural villager Ciena Ree bond over their love of flying. Enrolling at the Imperial Academy together to become fighter pilots for the glorious Empire is nothing… Read more about this item
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Riverdance : the story
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Riverdance : the story

by Smyth, Sam

Condition
Used - Very good condition
Jacket Condition
very good
Published
c1996
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780233990583
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London: Andre Deutsch, c1996. Hardcover. Very good condition/very good. [120] p. : chiefly col. ill ; 27 cm.
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£7.03