Wien: Joh. Bapt. Wallishausser, 1801. First edition. Softcover. 12mo. 191pp. Blue wrappers. Rare and fascinating early work of one of the masters of Viennese farce literature. This 5 act comedy play is a humorous satire of the "fashion morals" among the Viennese society. Some age wear on wrappers with spine..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1919. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt tooling and lettering on spine. Illustrated with photogravure frontispieces and 188 illustrations in duotone. With protective mylar covers. Light wear to spines. Overall in very good condition. More
Paris: Librairie Ernes Leroux, 1929. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. xi, 417 (1)pp., 70 plates. Original beige stiff wraps with black lettering and publisher's device on cover and spine, protected by modern mylar. Works of the highly regarded playwright. Tchikamatsou reinvented the banal puppet theater to become a pseudo-epic style: Ningyo-Joruri..... More
S.-Peterburg (St. Petersburg): Izd. tovarishchestva "Znanie" 1904. Hardcover. Ex library. 8vo. 267pp. Green cloth with pasted-down title plate. Library inventory plate on spine. Rubbing to binding. Free front endpaper loose but present. Usual age browning to outer edges of pages. Plays by S. Naidenov. Dieti Vaniushina. Bludnyi syn. Nomer Trinadtsatyi..... More
New York: Published by the author, 1937. Hardcover. 4to. Gold decorated green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Head of spine chipped and rubbed. Tail of spine rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Wear to edges. Some staining and scuffing to boards. Hinges starting. Illustrated with 114 single-sided b&w reproductions of..... More
Veracruz: Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz, 1992. Limited First edition. Softcover. 1/2000. Large octavo. 451, [1], 389, [3]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. A fascinating exploration into the theatrical accomplishments of acclaimed Mexican playwright Hugo Argüelles (1932-2003), illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions. One of 2,000 unnumbered copies. Moderate shelf-wear and age-toning..... More
New York: House of Books, Ltd., 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo (7-3/4" x 5-1/4"). (2), vi, 88, (2)pp. Original glassine dust wrapper (spine chipped & separated ) over blue boards lettered in gilt. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies (this is #204), signed on the limitation leaf by Marianne..... More
New York: Horizon Press, (1965). Max Waldman. Hardcover. 4to. Unpaginated. 152 b&w photographs of Mostel in various costumes and settings. Some b&w drawings by Mostel in first section of book. Black cloth with dj. Dj with light wear, else book in near fine condition. More
New York: Kaufmann Advertising Agency, ca. 1902. Softcover. Lg. quarto. Original color illustrated wraps bound with decoration string, as issued. Unusually shaped fore-edge, as published. Souvenir album illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs of the American silent era movie and stage actor, Robert Edeson (1868-1931), in the stage production of..... More
New York: D. Appelton & Co., 1845. Hardcover. 8vo. vii, 373 pp. Green embossed cloth with gold lettering on spine. This work is a compilation of the works of Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke (1771 - 1848) who was a German author and reformer. He spent some time as playwright with..... More
New York: Greenwood Press, (1992). First edition. Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. xiii, 287, [1]pp. Original brown cloth with white lettering on cover and spine. This dynamic stage history of Richard III covers all major Englsih and American interpretations and some foreign-language productions up until the early 1990's, setting the stage in..... More
Wien: J. B. Wallishausser, 1864. Softcover. 8vo. 26pp. Wraps missing. Some staining and discoloration to pages. Foxing throughout. "Original-Lustspiel in einem Akte, von Joh. Heinr. Mirani." Text in Gothic. Fair condition. Rare. More
Nuremberg: Ex officina libraria Riegeliana, 1792. Hardcover. 12mo. 400 pp. Frontispiece with lovely b/w illustration from one of the scenes in the play. The author, Terence (ca.190-159 B.C.E.), was a North African slave who was freed by his Roman master, became a renowned Roman playwright in his own time for..... More
New York and London: White and Allen, (1889). Gregory, Frank M. Hardcover. Folio. xx,61pp. Multicolored pictorial green cloth, gold lettering and decoration to front and spine. Top edge gilt. Aquarelle frontispiece with protective tissue. Illustrated with 5 reproductions of color aquarelle prints and 38 b/w reproductions of drawings by Frank..... More
Mexico City: UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico), 1995. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 563, [5]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Fly leaf inscribed and signed by the author. Second volume of Hugo Argüelles' work featuring the following three plays: "El ritual de la salamandra", "La boda negra de las alacranas" and "Los..... More
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, (1996). First edition. Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. x, 475, [1]pp. Original grayish blue cloth with imprinted black cover and title labels with gold lettering. This index of 7000 productions by more than 2000 scenic designers focuses on photographs of 20th-century sets, renderings, and models of theatre and..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1954). Reprint. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. xlii, 419pp. v, 480pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Frontispiece in both volumes. Authoritative, captivating treatise on the history of drama of the medieval stage. Very minor rubbing to parts of edges on..... More
Hove: RotoVision, 2001. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 176pp. original color illustrated wrappers with white lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece Photograph. Over 60 examples of world class stage design by 12 stage designers presented in more than 500 stunning mostly color photographs, drawings, and essays. A source for students and..... More
Privately Printed, 1900. Hardcover. 4to. Unpaginated. Twelve individual sections of prints relating to Shakespeare and his plays. Contains prints of the Stratford-upon-Avon Church, Shakespeare' signature, portraits, and many prints of early actors from the plays, as well as some color renditions of productions. Decorated green boards. Front board detached but..... More
Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. X, 184, [2]pp. Original printed dust-jacket over blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Frontispiece. Publisher's logo on title page. Poignant and remarkable work on Jewish artistic life in Nazi Germany and particularly the role..... More
Wien: J. B. Wallishausser, 1863. Softcover. 8vo. 31pp. Wraps missing. Bottom right corner creased. Sporadic foxing throughout. A play in three acts. "Schauspiel in drei Akten, nach dem französischen von Col. Gartner. Text in Gothic script. Fair condition. Rare. More
Paris: The Limited Editions Club, 1937. Lydis, Mariette. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/1500. Folio. 121, [5]pp. Uncut. Original blue cloth with spine and covers stamped and lettered in gilt, covers blind stamped. Top edge gilt. Limitation page numbered and signed by Mariette Lydis. The "Beggar's Opera" is a ballad opera in..... More
Paris: Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1911. Ch. Gerschel. Softcover. 8vo. 188pp. Illustrated cream wrappers. Page edges untrimmed. A comedy in three acts, written by acclaimed French playwright Sacha Guitry (see below). Staining and minor tears to wrappers. Rear wrapper and last 6 leaves have water damage. Browning throughout. In French. Good-..... More
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1929. Limited ed. Hardcover. 1/1000. 8vo. 35pp. Light green cloth in a light green slipcase. Slight discoloration to edges of binding. Slipcase worn. Bottom and side edges are deckled. Inscribed by author to Andrew Keogh. Frontispiece, b&w photo of G.B. Shaw with Archibald Henderson. "This playlet..... More
Wien: Anton Schweiger & Comp. 1866. Softcover. 8vo. 15pp. Wraps missing. Top and bottom corners creased. Some staining to title page. A comedy in one act. Text in Gothic script. Fair condition. Rare. More