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London: printed for John Bell...and C. Etherington at York, 1774. 9 volumes, 12mo, each volume with an engraved title page, each play with a separately printed title page and an engraved frontispiece, portraits of Shakespeare and Garrick in volume 1, volume 9 contains a Life of Shakespeare and the poems; contemporary and almost certainly original calf-backed marbled boards, black morocco labels on spines; front cover loose on volume 1; volumes 2 and 3 length of spine with vertical crack; all joints cracked, extremities worn; yet still a compelling set, unrestored. "All the plays were paginated and printed separately for the use of playgoers ... Like that of 1747, this edition (dedicated to Garrick) was accused of being the worst ever published. To be 'damned with faint praise' sometimes proves the best aid to sales, as in this case. It scored a greater success than any previous issue, one week alone witnessing the sale of 800 sets. Doubtless the beautiful copperplates helped the output considerably"…
Read More The Grand Central Park Menagerie in Conjunction with Den Stone’s Circus and Troupe of Indian Equestrians! Including the Iroquois Tribe of Warriors, Panoramic Scenes, Hippodramatic Spectacles, and the Grecian Gymnasium; Together with All the Classic Sports, Exercises, Feats &c. 1873 by Stone, Dennison W., Barnum, Henry; Ellingham, R - 1873
by Stone, Dennison W., Barnum, Henry; Ellingham, R
The Grand Central Park Menagerie in Conjunction with Den Stone’s Circus and Troupe of Indian Equestrians! Including the Iroquois Tribe of Warriors, Panoramic Scenes, Hippodramatic Spectacles, and the Grecian Gymnasium; Together with All the Classic Sports, Exercises, Feats &c. 1873
by Stone, Dennison W., Barnum, Henry; Ellingham, R
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A double-sided herald (27 ½ in. x 10 ½ in.) advertising Den Stone's circus on one side and a wild west show on the other side, which took place in Norwich on Friday, June 27, 1873. A herald was a broadside-type advertisement distributed in advance of an appearance of a circus, lacking color and printed on newsprint, in this instance double-sided for display in a double-glazed window frame. One herald usually showed the same content for every town for a particular season, this one being for the 1872-73 season tour, which started in the Spring in Aurora, New York and toured through New England, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, ending its tour in New York City in October 1873, a disastrous year for big wagon American circus shows, due to the Panic of 1873.
Den Stone (1824-1892), a famous clown and showman, appeared on this herald and in this performance, as a clown. Stone had the first circus with an Indian/Wild West Act as early as 1855. A native of Burlington, Vermont, he ran away at 14 to join the circus in a horse act and became a clown when he was only 16. The date given for "Central Park Menagerie and Den Stone's Circus is 1872 in Olympians of the Sawdust Circle by William L. Slout, pp. 292-3.) Henry Barnum was a cousin to P. T. Barnum.
This rare surviving herald underwent a surface cleaning to remove superficial and ground-in dirt, a washing to reduce acidity and some discoloration, buffering with an aqueous solution of calcium hydroxide to deter future acid influx, sizing with gelatin to restore crispness and resilience to the paper, tears and weak areas were reinforced with mulberry paper and wheat starch paste. Losses were filled in and planar distortions and creases were flattened by humidifying and pressing between blotters.-
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- Publisher Dennison "Den" Stone
- Date Published 1873
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- Keywords Circus, Wild west show, Central Park Menagerie, Heralds, Broadsides, Barnum
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Bell's edition of Shakespeare's plays, as they are now performed at the theatres Royal in London; regulated from the prompt books of each house..
by Shakespeare, William
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Architect's Documentation Book for the Restoration of the Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, S. C., Federal Emergency Relief Administration Project
by Ellington, Douglas D. (Architect)
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Charleston, SC, 1935. Bespoke project documentation book for the Works Progress Administration restoration of the Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, South Carolina, with the architect Douglas D. Ellington's. personal bookplate. Housed in an embossed calf binder with string tie, gilt lettering. 48 pages listed in table of contents which refer to 48 labelled sections, each with items such as a summary of the project, folder of photographs taken in Stoll's Alley, newspaper clippings, theatre programs and broadsides, research, records of holders of the property, maps, plans, photographs, drawings, and other related ephemera. Very Good, the leather binder with wear at spine ends and folders. Douglas D. Ellington (1886-1960), was a Native of North Carolina and trained at the Ecole des Beauv Arts, being the first American to win the top honor for decorative competitions at the École. In addition to his work on this theatre project, he designed numerous churches, residences, and government…
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AN IDEAL HUSBAND.
by WILDE. OSCAR
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Leonard Smithers and Co. London. 1899. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to.(8.4 X 6.3 inches). xvi, 213pp. Original light purple cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and decorative designs by Charles Shannon in gilt to both boards and spine. All edges untrimmed. A small amount of light offsetting to the blank endpapers. Some mottling to the spine and a little bubbling to the cloth on the front board but overall a very good copy. One of 1000 copies, published July 1899. -- Mason 385.
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L'Art du Travestissement
by Leon Sault
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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Rare set of 20 parts from the first four series of Leon Sault's fancy-dress or cos-play magazine. Each part (or livraison) with 3 hand-coloured lithographs and 3 lithographs on a particular theme for a total of 118 plates, 58 hand-coloured (missing two plates, Jeune Homme 1:5 and Polonaise 2:5).The designs can be split into allegorical and traditional costumes. Allegorical includes games, the four seasons, the elements (fire, air, snow), winged creatures, fruits and flowers, etc. Traditional includes national costumes of China, Japan, England, Scotland, Scandinavia, Alsace and Brittany as well as French historical costumes from the reign of Henri III, Henri IV, Louis XVI, the French Revolution, Napoleonic, etc.With the popularity of masquerade balls at the court of Empress Eugenie in the Second Empire, demand for unique fancy dress costumes increased. Sault published his fancy dress designs in the magazine L'Art du Travestissements from the 1880s and began selling his unique stage costumes to the…
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Nouvelles règles de la poule a deux billes. Rédigées d’après les avis des plus forts joueurs particulièrement des sieurs Ch. N. M. & publiées par Guilélouvette & Thomeret, fabricants de billards brévetés du roi 1830.: A sammelband with 3 folio-sized engraved and illustrated broadsheets.
by Chéreau, Charles.
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Large engraved and folded broadsheet (585 x 468 mm) with a beautifull interior view of a billiard hall with a lavishly decorated billiard table with 6 male billiard players, ca 224 x 470 mm, in the upper half of the sheet, designed and engraved by Daniel, graveur du roi. Lower part of the sheet with text in 6 columns, centre fold marked by a billiard cue, adorned with four richly decorated medals in the corners of the text. - Bound with: Chéreau, Charles. Nouvelles règles du jeu de billard, ... Paris, chez l'auteur ca 1844. Large engraved and folded broadsheet ((585 x 468 mm) with an ornate calligraphic drop-title framed by emblematic vignettes, with rules of variant billiard games in six columns, centre fold marked by a billiard cue, and with two oval ornate medals in lower corners of the text. - Bound with: Chéreau, Charles. Nouvelles règles du jeu de billard, ... A Paris, chez l'auteur ca 1844. Large engraved and folded broadsheet ((585 x 468 mm) with an ornate calligraphic drop-title framed by…
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Antony & Cleopatra.
by [Circle Press] William Shakespeare.
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Guildford, England:: Circle Press,, 1979.. First Limited. 40 x 32 Designed and produced by Ronald King with notes & introductory essay 'The Elusive Absolute' by Keith Please. Limited edition of three hundred books with five H.C. copies, forty Artist's Proofs and ten marked Circle Press held for presentation; all the books SIGNED by the artist. Book designed & printed by the artist at Circle Press. Text in 10 pt. Baskerville. The paper is pure rag-made 250 gsm. Velin Cuve Rives Blanc, and the box designed and made at Dorset Bookbinding by Paul Haskell. A beautifully rendered edition of Shakespeare's play with King's own marginal notes and lustrious contemporary illustrations. Cooking the Books: "Antony & Cleopatra is a departure from King's other illustrated classic texts. He himself likens it to a contemporary film script in that it flits from place to place, the scene rapidly changing from Rome to Egypt and back again. Something of this hectic quality…
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1923 - 1957 Collection of over 50 individual Inscribed & Signed Publications of Danish Humorist Playwright Author Carl Erik Soya
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Denmark: Various, 1935. 'Soya' (Carl Erik Martin Soya) (1896 - 1983) Danish author, epicure, playwright and social-satire moralist. "…Soya's works are a mixture of primitiveness with refinement, uncertainty & intransigence with forbearance, courage with compassion… A Rabelais-like character comedian and fabulant who is constantly haunted by a misanthropy akin to Guy de Maupassant… His countless publications extend into a majority of genres and forms: newspaper journalism, reviews, poetry, children's books, school plays, librettos, aphorisms, pamphlets… Among numerous honors received were the Holberg Medal in 1947, Henrik Pontoppidan Memorial Fund 1949, Gyldendals Herman Bang scholarship, 1950 Oehlenschlæger scholarship in 1961, Johs. Ewald scholarship in 1968, and the Danish Academy's highest award in 1975..." (see the third edition of the Danish biographical dictionary, published 1979-84) The collection was formed due to the close and…
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Funny Ha Ha Funny Peculiar: lines from plays by William Shakespeare
by Martin, Emily.
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Iowa City, Iowa:: Emily Martin,, 2016.. Edition of 25. 12 x 10 x 1" dos-a-dos structure. Laid in black Japanese linen cloth clamshell box with titles on the spine. Signed and numbered by the artist on the colophon of both books. Funny Peculiar: 19 pages. Letterpress printed on an SP15 Vandercook proof press using handset type and P22 Blox combined with rubbings, ink washes, and collagraphs. Printed on Domestic Etch paper with gray Pescia endsheets. Drum leaf binding. Funny Ha Ha: 28 pages including 9 leaves in slice structure. Printed on an SP15 Vandercook proof press using handset type combined with relief printing using P22 Blox, collagraphs, and polymer plates from Box Car Press. Printed on white Pescia paper with gray Pescia endsheets. Slice book structure. Emily Martin: "'Funny Ha Ha Funny Peculiar or Funny Peculiar Funny Ha Ha' is the result of my extended study of Shakespeare's comedies. I find the comedies individually to be enjoyable but there is a…
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Portraits d'Acteurs et d'Actrices dans differents roles: [Portraits of Actors and Actresses in different roles]
by A. Colin and L. Marin
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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Rare complete set of 70 hand-coloured lithographic portraits of French actors and actresses on the Paris stage, circa 1825. Also known as Collection de portraits des artistes des theatres de Paris.Fine hand-coloured portraits of actors, opera singers and ballet dancers in costume of their famous roles by Alexandre-Marie Colin and Louis Marin-Lavigne, lithographed by F. Noel.Artistes include actors Jean-Baptiste Firmin, Joseph-Isidore Samson, Jenny Vertpre and Mlle. Pauline, opera singers Louis Fereol, Louise Therese Lemonnier, Felicite Pradher, Adolphe Nourrit, Caroline Branchu and Mlle. Grassari, ballet dancers Marie Cheza, Louise Pierson and Zelie Molard, mime artist Charles-Francois Mazurier.Condition: Original marble boards rebound into a portfolio with buckram spine, all 70 plates loose inside. Plates fine and vibrant with excellent handcolouring, a few with repairs. Alexandre-Marie Colin (1798-1875) was a French painter of historical and genre subjects. Louis Stanislas Marin-Lavigne (1797-1860)…
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Architect's Documentation Book for the Restoration of the Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, S. C., Federal Emergency Relief Administration Project
by Ellington, Douglas D. (Architect)
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Charleston, SC, 1935. Bespoke project documentation book for the Works Progress Administration restoration of the Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, South Carolina, with the architect Douglas D. Ellington's. personal bookplate. Housed in an embossed calf binder with string tie, gilt lettering. 48 pages listed in table of contents which refer to 48 labelled sections, each with items such as a summary of the project, folder of photographs taken in Stoll's Alley, newspaper clippings, theatre programs and broadsides, research, records of holders of the property, maps, plans, photographs, drawings, and other related ephemera. Very Good, the leather binder with wear at spine ends and folders. Douglas D. Ellington (1886-1960), was a Native of North Carolina and trained at the Ecole des Beauv Arts, being the first American to win the top honor for decorative competitions at the École. In addition to his work on this theatre project, he designed numerous churches, residences, and government…
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A Book is a Dream You Hold in Your Hands Poster
by Gaiman, Neil
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Chatwin Books for Arundel Books, 2020. First Edition. Broadside. New. Oversized Folio. This stunning, colorful broadside, with its uplifting message was issued in support of Seattle's Indie bookstore Arundel Books during the events of 2020. The inspiring text by Neil Gaiman appears through his gracious courtesy and that of Writers House. The broadside is printed on a heavy stock, and is suitable for framing.
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[Poetry Broadsides] Twowindows Folio VI
by Blazek, McCord, McDonald, Ramsey, Wagner, Wild
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San Francisco: Twowindows Press. Fine. 1970. Broadside. Folder has creasing and bumped corners, quite common to these.; Six poetry broadsides, printed on the recto, by authors Douglas Blazek (Figuring Things Out, 1970). Blazek was the founder of Open Skull Press and was one of the driving forces behind the "mimeo revolution," cheap, grass roots publishing of beat and outsider literature and poetry.), Howard McCord (Mit Brennender Sorge, With Burning Sorrow, reprinted from Chelsea magazine, 1967, Maurice McDonald (For Don, 1970) , Paul Ramsey (The Answerers, 1970), D.r. Wagner (The Guardian in Ermine, 1970), and Peter Wild (For the Wedding Night of Manuel Espinoza, illustration by Don Gray, 1970). Broadsides range from 13" x 10" to 7 7/8" x 5", are printed on various fine papers and in various fonts. Twowindows Press, founded by Don Gray who performed both design and printing, was a mainstay of fine press poetry in San Francisco. Housed in the publisher's…
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The Woodpecker
by James Laughlin
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1 leaf, printed on recto, 7 x 11 inch. A small blot on verso, not visible from the front. No. 3 in series of free poems for your pleasure . . ."The woodpeckeron our television aerialis not alone in his praise . . . "
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On Revision
by Johnson, Charles
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Chatwin Books, 2019. First Edition. Unknown. New. Oversized Folio. This limited edition broadside, presents noted author Charles Johnson's tribute to the writerly art of revision. It is signed by the author. 12 x 18 inches. Issued in an edition of 450 copies (of which 375 are for sale), the broadside features an image of Johnson's hands, and one of his actual revised manuscripts (the text of which tells its own story-within-the-story). Charles Johnson is an essayist, scholar, philosopher, novelist, cartoonist, and professor emeritus at the University of Washington. He received the National Book Award for his work, Middle Passage.
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re-Branding
by Brule, Jamaica Baldwin; Connie Fu; Annie
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Chatwin Books, 2017. Limited Edition. Broadside. New. Oversized Folio. 're-Branding' is a stunning collaboration between poet Jamaica Baldwin and artist Connie Fu. This is the first stand-alone publication of both author and artist and their first collaboration. Designed by Annie Brule, the broadside is issued in a limited edition signed by author and artist. Measuring 11 x 17 inches, it is printed on German etching paper. The edition will be limited to 226 copies. Jamaica Baldwin is a graduate of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Pacific University Oregon and a 2017 Jack Straw Writer's Fellow. Her poetry has been published, or is forthcoming, in Rattle, Spiral Orb, Jack Straw Anthology, Hayden's Ferry, Third Coast Review and the Seattle Review of Books where she was the March 2017 poet in residence. She lives in Seattle and is currently working on her first book. Connie Fu is an artist from Detroit who works primarily in painting. After graduating with a degree in art history from Harvard…
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The 4 Questions Arcane [SIGNED broadside; Limited edition of 34 copies; this being #24
by Hirschman, Jack
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San Francisco: Sore Dove Press, 2016. Limited Edition. Fine. Soheyl Dahl. SIGNED by Jack Hirschman; Limited edition of 34 copies; this being #24. Gift Quality. Designed and published by Soheyl Dahl at Sore Dove Press, 2016. Folio 13" - 23" tall; No copies located by WorldCat/OCLC. Black type on dark gray paper. A poem by Jack Hirschman written as a memorial to Leonard Cohen. Jack Hirschman (1933) is an American poet and social activist who has written more than 50 volumes of poetry and essays. For a quarter century, Hirschman has roamed San Francisco streets, cafes (including Caffe Trieste, where he has been a regular patron), and readings, becoming an active street poet and a peripatetic activist. Hirschman is also a painter and collagist, and has translated over two dozen books from German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Albanian, and Greek. "What a relief to find a poet who is not afraid of the vulgar or the sentimental, who can burst out laughing or cry his head off in poetry - who…
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A Book is a Dream You Hold in Your Hands LIMITED EDITION Poster
by Gaiman, Neil
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Chatwin Books for Arundel Books, 2020. First Edition. Unknown. New. Oversized Folio. One of 250 numbered copies signed by artist Amanda Joyce Bishop. This stunning, colorful broadside, with its uplifting message was issued in support of Seattle's Indie bookstore Arundel Books during the events of 2020. The inspiring text by Neil Gaiman appears through his gracious courtesy and that of Writers House. The broadside is printed on a heavy stock, and is suitable for framing.
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By Halves
by Bill Berkson
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One leaf, 10.25 x 7.25. Signed.
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Leaves, Leaves
by Young, Marguerite
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Arundel Press, 1989. First Edition. Broadside. New. Poetry broadside, letterpress printed sheet with deckled bottom edge, and measures 9 x 15 ½ inches. One of 200 numbered copies, designed and printed by Robin Price in Eusebius typefaces on Rosapina paper for the Arundel Press; signed by Young in black ink in lower margin. Fine As New.
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1792 American Playbill Broadside: By Authority Of The Virginia Company, On Friday Evening, August 3rd, 1792, Will Be Presented A Celebrated Comedy (Written By Mrs. Cowley) Never Performed Here Called MORE WAYS THAN ONE, or A NEW WAY TO CATCH HEARTS, A Song By Mrs. Decker, A Song By Mr. Courtney, To Which Will Be Added A Comedy Of 3 Acts, Written By Mr. Coleman, Jun., Author Of Inkle and Yarrico, Battle Of Hexam, etc, called WAYS AND MEANS, or A TRIP TO DOVER, The Whole To Conclude With Several Surprising Feats Of Activity in LOFTY TUMBLING, By Mr. Sully Junior, Who Was Justly The Admiration Of Britain, Assisted By Master Sully. Clown to the Performance, Mr. Sully Sen.
by (Cowley, Hannah and George Coleman, Jr.)
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The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, CA, . 9" by 15 3/4". Huntington Library reproduction, from the original in its collection, of a playbill broadside announcing two comedies plus singers and a tumbling act to be presented in Philadelphia by Thomas Wade West and John Bignall’s American theatrical troupe The Virginia Company Of Comedians Friday evening, August 3rd, 1792. First on the bill is "More Ways Than One," authored by successful 18th century English dramatist Hannah Cowley, creator of many major plays of the period, who famously accused playwright Hannah More of plagiarism. "Ways And Means," the second play, was authored by George Coleman Jr., popular London dramatist who was later made Examiner Of Plays by the British Crown, but whose alleged double standard and severity of censorship with the works of others resulted in extreme unpopularity with his colleagues. Tickets are advertised for purchase at Prichard’s Book Store, fixing the…
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