Search Results: Drama from The Mortuary Korps

144 p.; ill. (diagrams, music). Minor shelfwear and limited notations in light pencil, otherwise Near Fine. From the Foreward: Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course, Level 1, is designed for the beginner looking for a truly complete piano course that includes lesson, theory, technic and popular repertoire in one convenient, all-in-one book. This course has a number of features that make it particularly successful in achieving this goal. May require small amount of extra shipping due to size of book.

Reviews/synopses of various books (stageplay publications), including playwright bios. 14 p.; ill. (portraits, book covers). There are some faint impressions in covers with a very slight bend (paperclip?) to top corner, otherwise Fine / As New.

Presumably first edition. 160 p.; ill.; 24 cm. Includes Index (pp. 157-159).Softcover book shows minor shelfwear to covers, mainly edges, and cover curl, as well as expected aging (yellowing) of both covers and pages. The book has the occasional unobtrusive checkmark or underline in pen, but is otherwise internally in Near Fine condition. Profusely illustrated with both artwork and photography.From the rear: Seven distinguished crime writers look at the past, present and future of crime writing in this book, which springs from a BBC Television series. They examine the great landmarks of crime fiction, and a richly illustrated linking commentary reflects on the origins and developmentof the most popular of all fiction genres. But the point of view is not just historical; the essayists show how detective stories reveal a great many of the prevalent social attitudes of the last hundred years. And the essays deal not only with crime fiction in printed form but also on television and film.

RARE. One hardcover album complete with 5 album sleeves, containing 5 records, plus 2 loose sleeves containing 4 additional records that belong to another album collection. The albums contain recordings of real Canadian school children singing popular songs.The album covers/binding are in extremely poor condition (detached, stains, tears, etc.), but the actual internal album sleeves are Near Fine. The loose sleeves for the additional records have some wear, creasing, and marking.The records themselves appear to be in very good condition, but we do not have access to a record player and cannot guarantee their playability. Please see images and, if required, contact us for further images or video footage of the records in different lighting conditions. If you are definitely interested in purchase, but only on the condition that it is guaranteed, let us know and we will attempt to have them professionally verified.MAIN ALBUM Dominion Records Music Activities for Elementary Grades, Sing and Play a Happy… Read More

First printing stated.157, [3] p.; ill. Original dust jacket has minor closed tearing and a chip to top edge, otherwise Very Good over a beautiful red hardcover with gilt lettering to cover and spine, top page edges in red, and illustrated endpapers. (See images.) This aesthetic book in Fine condition was designed by Kadi Karist Tint, whose masterful calligraphy is found throughout, along with many black and white illustrations by Jennifer Coleman. From dust jacket: The Dybbuk is a classic story of exorcism, possession and love in a religious Jewish community of Eastern Europe. Credence is a dybbuk, the wandering soul of a dead person who can enter and control one's body, was part of the folklore and everyday belief of Hasidim, whose lives hovered between the two worlds of reality and the supernatural. So when a pious and gentle young woman, on he eve of her marriage, speaks out with the voice of the dead cabala student who loved her, the people of her simple village are horrigied by the belief that… Read More

Presumably first edition. 119 p.; ill. Small 1 cm tear and sticker residue to dust jacket with minor edgewear. Pastedowns have manufacturing flaw (slightly wrinkled) but book is otherwise in Fine condition. Edited by Barbara Kaufman and Michal Schonberg. Illustrated by Paul S. Weldon. From the dust jacket: The Dybbuk is the classic drama of the Yiddish theatre. Written in the early twentieth century by S. Ansky, the play is set in an isolated Polish community of Hassidic Jews, and tells the story of Leah, a young Jewish maiden who becomes possessed by the tortured soul, the dybbuk, of her beloved. The Dybbuk is a haunting love story, steeped in Jewish folklore, mysticism and Old Testament morality. John Hirsch has translated and adapted The Dybbuk for the modern stage and the modern audience. "I tried to uncover its values, expand and reshape them through a modern sensibility that would make them as accessible to a non-Jewish as a Jewish audience," says Hirsch. The result is a strong and moving… Read More

xv, 71, [4] p. ; 21 cm. Vintage paperback in bright orange and deep blue pictorial cover, shows minor wear, some sunning to spine, a very faint dampstain accompanied with a slight wrinkling of textblock, but otherwise Very Good. Please see images. From the rear cover: The Elephant Man is based on the life of John Merrick, who lived in London during the latter part of the nineteenth century. A horribly deformed young man, who has been a freak attraction in traveling side shows, is found abandoned and helpless and is admitted for observation to Whitechapel, a prestigious London hospital. Under the care of a famous young doctor, who educates him and introduces him to London society, Merrick changes from a sensational object of pity to the urbane and witty favorite of the aristocracy and literati. But his belief that he can become a man like any other is a dream never to be realized. Bernard Pomerance is a young American playwright born and raised in New York City. While a number of his plays have been… Read More

NOTE: Will require extra shipping charge due to size and weight of books (total approx. 28 x 21 x 19 cm, 12 lbs).From the rear: G. Schirmer paperback opera score editions are quality paperbacks designed to give you years of use. Each edition has smythe-sewn binding and quality cover and interior papers. The 10 editions being sold in this listing are: Hansel and Gretel: Opera in Three Acts Music by Engelbert Humperdinck Text by Adelheid Wette English translation by Constance Bache Revised by Hamilton BenzEd. 1267G. Schirmer, New York/London (1969)179 p. Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro): An Opera in Four Acts Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte Music by W. A. Mozart Vocal Score Including the Secco Recitatives English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin With an essay on the story of the opera by Nathan Broder Ed. 2021 G. Schirmer, New York/London (1947, 1948, 1951) xii, 481 p. La Bohème: An Opera in Four Actsbased on "La Vie de Bohème" by Henry Murger Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica… Read More

[Voir en bas pour une description en français.] RARE. Presumably first thus. 20 p.; ill.; with 33 1⁄3 RPM record. French language. Red hardcover album with gilt lettering to cover, a pocket inside with a profusely illustrated softcover book, including its original dust jacket, and an opening in the side for the vinyl record. Ex-library, the cover shows some scratches and general wear, plus sticker residue from library sticker to spine, and the record slot has a small crack at the bottom corner, similarly at heel of spine (see images). There are some library numbers in pen to the inside of rear cover of album and the title page in the book. The dust jacket has a few small closed tears/edgewear. The record appears to be in very good condition, but we are unable to test the record at this time and make no guarantees as to its playability. If required, please contact us for further images or video footage of the record in different lighting conditions. If you are definitely interested in purchase, but… Read More

168 p.; ill. (colour). Covers show mild wear, and the top corner of some pages are slightly bent, but otherwise is Near Fine. Please see images for preview of contents.

(Voir en bas pour la traduction en français.) Rare collection. This set of periodicals was originally bound for the library of one Monseigneur Maurice Baudoux (1902-1988), Officer of the Order of Canada and archbishop of Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada. He was awarded the honour of the OC for his work in the western provinces on behalf of French Canada. The binder was the Montréal-based Reliure Deshaies & Associes. The present listing includes 11 bound volumes of periodicals, in orange/brown hardcover, which contain an estimated 16500 pages in total. French language. The sizes vary from 28 - 35 cm tall. Note that there are two gaps in this collection (most of 1962 and 1968). The volumes are, by and large, in Very Good condition. Most of the covers show mild to moderate shelfwear, including but not limited to scrapes and rubbing, and a few are predictably shaken (very thick volumes) but otherwise securely bound without any major defect. Internally, the covers of each issue are generally somewhat… Read More

English language. 189 p.; ill.; 18 cm. Vintage paperback with red foredges and green pictorial cover, shows moderate external wear, including spine creasing, and the spine is starting in a few places, but otherwise in Very Good+ condition, with bright, clean, and clear text, liberally illustrated with over 80 photographic images from the film. A screenplay translated from the French original. "Nearly four decades after its release, "The Wild Child" remains startling for its humane clarity, for Nestor Almendros's brilliant black-and-white photography, and for the sense that Truffaut is achieving filmmaking mastery on a very small scale." —Ty Burr From the rear: "....The extraordinary quality of this film comes from its restraint, its pathetic simplicity.... A picture of indescribable purity which places Truffaut among the biggest idealists.... A gust of human kindness which restores hope." —Combat (Paris) "Perhaps it is simplistic to draw easy parallels between Victor and our own kids who yearn… Read More