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London: Eyre Methuen, 1980. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also some chipping to top edge of inner flaps of same. slight bumping to spine ends and corners of black boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Contains six plays, the winners of the second Giles Cooper awards chosen from plays broadcast on BBC radio in 1979. The plays are: 'Typhoid Mary' by Shirley Gee, 'I Never Killed my German' by Carey Harrison, 'Heaven Scent' by Barrie Keefe, 'Coxcomb' by John Kirkmorris, 'Attard in Retirement' by Jon Peacock, and 'The Child' by Olwen Wymark. 192pp.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1949. No dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of blue cloth-covered boards, some foxing to outer pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Contains the tragi-comic play ''The Change of Crownes'' by Edward Howard which was performed once on April 15th 1667 before Charles II, who didn't approve, so the play was never published and was previously believed to have been lost. 99pp, 2 b&w illustrations of the original manuscript.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1985. Unclipped dustwrapper has creasing to the edges and is generally a bit grubby (often the case with white dustwrappers), otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals partly with the author's nautical exploits, including service at Dunkirk, in submarines and as a PoW in Italy; and partly with his post War career with Glyndebourne. 281pp, 19 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1972. No dustwrapper. Ex college library copy with paper labels and ink stamps inside front board, on f/ep and inside back cover, some shelf wear to bottom edge of green cloth-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks at the audiences for the theatre in Paris from the early 1600s up to the Revolution in 1789. Quite a lot of quotes in French. 293pp, 3 b&w illustrations and a graph.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Very slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a very good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, part of the publisher’s "Cambridge Studies in Philosopy and the Arts" series. A collection of twelve pieces by different authors on aspects of "the complex and developing interaction between performance and authenticity in the arts". 274pp. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1936. Unclipped dustwrapper is badly torn, with the top inch or so missing along he top edge of both front and back panels, also a four-inch tear to the front panel just next to spine. Some bumping to spine ends and corners of decorated grey boards, a previous owner (back in the 1970s I suspect) has written 'humorous' captions to the drawings, but otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this hard-cover book. A basic guide to historical costume (Mediaeval up to Regency) for amateur stage companies. 166pp, . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Uppsala: AB Lundequistka Bokhandeln, 1977. Minor wear to the spine ends, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this Swedish language book. Deals with how the plays of August Strindberg have been interpreted and understood by Polish theatre and theatre critics from the late nineteenth century up to 1970. 215pp, 35 b&w illustrations.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Faber and Faber, 2001. Minor scuffing to spine ends, previous owner's name inside front cover, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this slim soft-cover book. A play set in small-town America in the late 1930s. Signed by the author on title page "Thanks for your words! Naomi Wallace 2001". 79pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.