Search Results: Theatre from Twin City Antiquarian Books

London: André Deutsch, Ltd, 1986 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth, gilt titles on spine & decoration on front board, light brown endpapers, 160 pp, 3 b & w illustrations, 4 ff color plates, notes, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. An interesting association copy, with an unsigned inscription by owner J. Harold Kittleson, legendary Minneapolis bookman, on recto of ffep. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1962 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green boards with black titles, 122 pp. Extremities slightly rubbed. DJ sm. chip & tear, spine browned; in Brodart archival cover. A standard acting handbook, frequently reprinted for many decades. Shipping weight 1 lb.. 15th ptg. . VG+/VG. 19½ X 13½ cm.

Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue-grey cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, top edge dyed yellow, 281 pp, 6 ff b & w photo plates, bibliography, index. Very light wear to extremities, old price sticker on rpd. DJ has tears and chips mostly to bottom edge; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "From her start as a member of a nomadic Italian repertory company to the peak of her career as the toast of London, Paris, New York, and Moscow when she alone was recognized as a rival of Sara Bernhardt, The Duse consecrated herself to the theatre. Through it she found outlet for the inner mysticism and fire and through it she found the life that eluded her off-stage. Second only to the theatre as a directing influence was her passionate love for Gabriele d'Annunzio...who cast a lifelong spell over The Duse, spurring her to supreme self-immolation and acting heights in… Read More

New York: New Market Press, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, gilt titles on spine, 204, [3] pp, index. Small spot on fore-edge, owner's name on ffep, else fine. DJ shows isolated spots of wear; in Brodart archival cover. Silver tells how to prepare for an audition -- how to dress, what to sing depending upon what kind of part you want and are suited for, how to act a song, how to play a comic song, what to expect, and what to do if you are called back. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full olive green cloth, gilt titles on front board and spine, 334 pp, 26 ff b & w plates. Shaken hinges & spine reglued, corners & spine ends rubbed. Collection of essays on the theatre written from 1912 to 1915. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Good/No dj. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Random House, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). Red cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, top edge dyed grey, dark blue endpapers, xii, 431, [2] pp, 56 b & w photos, index. Lightly rubbed at extremities, endpapers faded near edges. Mostly black DJ rubbed with white paper showing through, worn & creased at spine ends, a few small tears (up to 1 cm); in Brodart archival cover. This copy belonged to Minneapois bookman J. Harold Kittleson and has his signature on the half-title. Three 5" X 7" glossy photos from the book, intended for newspaper publication (i.e., with a review), laid in. The DJ blurb says of the Shuberts: "They fought their way to the top and then raised the top. Everyone in show business in the United States during the first half of this century had to cope, sooner or later, with one or more Shuberts; for this reason the index of this book is like a Who's Who… Read More

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1995 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Blue boards, gilt titles & dec., xxiii, 1233 pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" sticker, edges of boards slightly worn & faded, else fine. DJ in library-applied cover. Biographical & historical dictionary of the theatre. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. 2nd ed, 1st ptg. . 25½ X 18 cm.

New York: Dial Press, Inc., 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full tan cloth, black titles on spine, b & w photo frontis., xv, 238 pp, 12 ff b & w photo plates. A few spots on top edge. DJ rubbed, half-inch tear to bottom of front panel; in Brodart archival cover. Memoir of theatrical producer, director, actor and instructor who was also the adoptive father of Richard Burton. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG+/VG. 21½ X 14½ cm.

Amsterdam: N. V. em. Querido's Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1949 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey boards, black cloth spine, gilt-on-red titles on spine, gilt decoration on front board, 232 pp, 31 ff b & w photo plates, index. Paper browning slightly. DJ has slight rubbing to extremities; in Brodart archival cover. Dutch-language history of theatre in the Netherlands, illustrated with photos mostly of actors in on stage and of sets. The letterpress portions of this book are beautifully done. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 25 X 18 cm.

Cincinnati: Betterway Books (F & W Publications), 1997 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Boards are covered with rather fragile cloth-textured paper, printed brick-red with matching endpapers and gilt titles on spine, otherwise sturdily bound, 160 pp, profusely illustrated with color photos & drawings, glossary, index. Color rubbing off boards at corners & spine ends, owner's name in marker on fpd, ffep & rfep, else fine. DJ has only slight edge wear; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 25 X 19½ cm.

New York: Random House, 1961 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green cloth, foil and foil-on-black titles, top edge dyed brown, brown endpapers, [viii], 437 pp, 3 illustrations. About fine except for a half-centimeter tear to one leaf. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Autobiography of the British playwright, director and actor focuses on his early life. Newspaper clipping about Williams's first novel, published nearly two decades after this book, is laid in. Shipping weight 3 lbs. First Edition. . Good+/Near Fine. 23½ X 15½ cm.

New York: Greystone Press, 1954 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Decorative paper-covered boards, blue cloth spine with gilt titles, [iv], 414 pp, 15 ff b & w photo plates including frontispiece. Edges worn through, bookplate on fpd, scattered pencil notoations in margins. This non-theatrical biography of actress Gertrude Lawrence was written by her husband shortly after her death. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . Good/No dj. 23½ X 15½ cm.

New York: Stein and Day, 1975 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter brown cloth, red paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine & facsimile signature on front board, 324 pp, 22 figures, bibliography, index. Spine ends rubbed, top corners lightly bumped. DJ rubbed, with a few tears to 4 cm, covered with adhesive plastic. According to the DJ, "the secrets of stage telepathy, prediction, and other alleged mental powers are revealed; essential sleights are described; and many tricks and routines are included, as well as capsule explanations of several marketed effects that the reader may want to buy. To further enrich the mix, an annotated bibliography is provided so the serious student may pursue his research further. ... The Handbook of Mental Magic is also meant to be a reference work for ESP researchers as well as magicians. We live in an extremely gullible age, and psychic investigators--whether scientists, journalists, or TV… Read More

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1958 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full orange cloth with black titles, xvi, 784 pp, 417 b & w illustrations on 80 ff plates, index. Spine ends fraying. DJ missing except for blurb, which is tipped onto rear paste-down endpaper. "Revised, Augmented Edition." Comprehensive history of European & American theatre and antecedents with some brief overviews of East Asian theatre. The volume includes a supplement that updates the history to 1954. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. . VG-/Poor. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Putty-colored cloth, top edge dyed to match, blue titles on spine, xxiii, 411, ix pp, 12 ff b & w photo plates, index. Bottom corners bumped, two small blue stains on top edge. DJ spine sunned, tears with creasing to top & bottom edges; in Brodart archival cover. "R S Edition" (perhaps for Readers Subscription, which is mentioned on the DJ). Bentley is interested in performance of plays, and literally searches for theaters to see plays in, and to direct plays in. He also searches for elemental, realistic theater, and documents the search in this series of articles originally published in periodicals from 1947 through 1952. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. Early printing. . VG+/VG. 24½ X 16½ cm.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale grey boards, burgundy cloth spine with copper titles, pictorial endpapers, xii, 84 pp, 24 ff b & w photo plates, index. Slight shelf wear. DJ browned & rubbed with 4 cm chip at tail of spine, other chips & tears under 1 cm; in Brodart archival cover. Short biographies of ten actor-managers: Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Sir Herbert Tree, Sir George Alexander, Sir Frank Benson, Lewis Waller, Sir John Martin-Harvey, H. B. Irving, Laurence Irving, Oscar Asche & Harley Granville-Barker. The photo plates, mostly of scenes from the plays, are reproduced by photogravure. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Near Fine/G. 22½ X 15½ cm.

Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1874 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Olive drab pebble-grained cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, blind titles on rear board, olive drab end papers, sewn two-sections-on on sunk cords, [6], 21-524, 4 pp. Spine detached at rear joint, front joint about half gone, head of spine missing, cloth crumbling, rubbed through to boards at corners and bottom edge near hinge, War Service Library bookplate on front paste-down, frontispiece lacking, otherwise internally clean & bright--paper shows little sign of aging. Although pagination starts at page 21, the table of contents starts at page 23, the first gathering is complete and the second gathering has signature 2, so there is no apparent loss of text. Perhaps it was intended to accommodate additional preliminary matter that never materialized? Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Reading Copy/No dj. 19½ X 14 cm.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1944 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green cloth, 155 pp. Top corners lightly bumped, lightly rubbed near ends of spine, owner's name and date (Dec 1944) in ink recto ffep, notes and underlining in pencil. Diary of Noel Coward's trip to Gibraltar and the middle east to entertain troops in 1943. Encounters with well-known allies (Eisenhower, Macmillan, etc.), troops, hosptial patients, and German submarines. Shipping weight 1 lb.. BCE. . VG/No dj. 18 X 13 cm.

New York: Citadel Press, 1961 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale lilac cloth, blue titles on spine, 224 pp, about 400 photos, index to pictures. Slight rubbing and fading to edges of boards. DJ spine sunned some small chips, edge tears with creasing (largest about 1 inch); in Brodart archival cover. The first half of the book is a brief and heavily illustrated history of vaudeville in America; the second half is a photo gallery, showing mostly studio photos of performers in costume, although a handful are shown performing or rehearsing. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Near Fine/VG. 26 X 19½ cm.

New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, & Auckland: Bantam Books, 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey boards, black cloth spine with foil titles, [vi], 376 pp, many b & w photos in text, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Tharp's autobiography is "the story of a life in motion". Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.