Pantages Theatre: Rebirth of a Landmark
(Toronto): Key Porter Books, (1989). First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. 112 pp. Black cloth binding with dj. With b&w and color photographs. In very good condition with very good dj. More
(Toronto): Key Porter Books, (1989). First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. 112 pp. Black cloth binding with dj. With b&w and color photographs. In very good condition with very good dj. More
Brussels: Editions L'Equerre, ca. 1927. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 x 9 1/4"). 82 (5)pp., 20 linocuts, incl. frontispiece. Original gray wraps with red and black lettering and ruling on cover, protected by modern mylar. Frontispiece linocut. Contains twenty original linocuts by Pierre-Louis Flouquet, including the frontispiece for the play..... More
Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1944. Softcover. 8vo. 96pp. [27-123]. Original wrappers. Head and tail of spine, edges and corners chipped and rubbed. Slight yellowing along spine and perimeter of edges on the front and back covers. University of California Publications in Modern Philology, Volume 27, No..... More
Milano: Ubulibri / Electa Editrice, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [12], 343, [1]pp. Original photographic dust-jacket over black cloth with white lettering on spine and front cover. Remarkable yearbook of the performing arts for 1980, profusely illustrated with numerous full-page and in-text b/w photographic reproductions. Minor and sporadic creasing along..... More
Parigi (Paris) [Siena]: [Moreni], 1757. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 79pp. Rebound in modern 3/4 pebbled dark brown leather over grey paper boards with gilt lettering, motifs and raised bands on the spine. This scarce work is a history of the Teatro dei Rozzi, in Siena, Italy. The prestigious live theater..... More
Paris: Saillant, Defer De Maisonneuve, 1775-1788. Hardcover. 4 volumes. 8vo. Gilt decorated mottled calf. Volume one of the 1775 edition, while volumes 2-4 are of the 1788 edition. However, the set is complete in four volumes. Some age wearing to edges. Marble endpapers. Silk ribbon markers. A tight copy in..... More
Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XIII, [1], 105, [1]pp. Original decorative cloth. This captivating work constitutes the first full-length study of theatrical space and its effects on the spectator. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. More
Kowel, Ukraine: Printed by K.u.k. Feldbuchdruckerei der 4. Armee, ND (ca. 1914–1916). First edition. Two Folios. One broadside and two folded programs with decorative ruling and black lettering on covers. Announcements of three theater productions staged in Kowel, northwestern Ukraine, under the auspices of the 4th Army of the K.u.K...... More
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (14-1/2" x 10-1/2"). 91, (1)pp. Silver gray & green pictorial dust jacket, lettered in red & black, over half brown cloth, gilt, and blind stamped orange boards. Housed in the publisher original printed corrugated cardboard shipping container. Illustrated with 32..... More
Wien: J. B. Wallishausser, 18? Softcover. 8vo. 37,[2],pp. Wraps missing. Top and bottom right corner creased throughout. Pulling and tearing along spine. Stamp of previous owner on last page. A play in three acts. "Posse in drei Akten von Victor Sardou. Nach dem französischen von Hohenmarkt." Text in Gothic script..... More
New York: Morris Gest, 1925. First edition. Softcover. Large 4to. Soft paper wrappers illustrated in chromolithography. Put out by Morris Gest- an important Broadway theatrical producer and director- this is a touring programme for the Moscow Art Theatre's Musical Studio's first US tour in 1925-26. The Musical Studio originated as..... 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
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1950). First edition. Hardcover. Lg. quarto. xi,174pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Frontispiece. Title-page with reproduction of a woodcut. Fascinating work providing a practical guide to the principles of theatrical design, basic techniques of scene shifting..... More
London: Academy Editions, 1995. Second revised. Hardcover. Inscribed "To my dear friend Gene from Charles Spencer 18.11.95" on front free endpaper. Small Folio. Original black cloth with gilt lettering on spine in original illustrated dustjacket, gilt lettering on spine. "when published in 1973 my biographical study of Leon Bakst was..... More
Sulmona: Teatro Club, (1984). Softcover. Ex-library. 8vo. xix,283pp. Original wraps. Pages unopened, as issued. Rare edition of "The Planctus Mariae" in the dramatic tradition of the Middle Ages. Some creasing, staining and age wear on wraps. Remnants of tape near tail of spine. Few numbers handwritten and remnants of glue..... More
München: Georg Müller, (1917). Vorzugsausgabe. First German language edition. Hardcover. 1/100. 8vo. 97,[2],pp. Quarter vellum over paper-covered boards stamped in decorative gold. Minor age wear and staining on binding, back cover sunned near top edge. Browning to margin of plates and to some text pages. Delightful Christmas play in four..... More
New York: Self published, (1991). Limited unnumbered edition. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, ALSO SIGNED BY TWO OF DANTE'S ASSISTANTS. 4to. [9], 251, 24pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original color illustrated dust jacket. Magic historian Phil Temple's "Dante: The Devil Himself" is based..... 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
Berlin: Realschulbuchhandlung, 1817. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 2 volumes. 408 pp. 344 pp. Modern stiff marbled paper boards retaining the original leather label with gilt lettering to spine. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Some foxing and age toning to pages not affecting text. A collection of German and English plays..... More
Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer, 1921. 1.-3. Tausend. Hardcover. 8vo. 82,[2],pp. Paper-covered boards. Some age wearing and minor staining and discoloration to binding. A play about the social revolution of the 20th century by the controversial German Communist playwright. Text in German. Binding in good, interior in very good condition. More
Hartford: Canfield and Robins, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. Sextodecimo. 58pp. Original decorative, embossed cloth with gilt lettering on cover. Essay originally written preparatory to a debate upon the subject before "the Young Men's Society" in Detroit, Michigan. After the author's arrival in Hartford, a petition was presented to the House..... More
Siam: Self Published, 1926. Hardcover. 8vo. 94 ff. 16 full page lovely illustrations, all b/w overlaid in gold. Black cloth with gorgeous large gilt rose bush surrounded by decorative gilt border with traditional Oriental symbols. Gilt on spine with Thai writing and decorative gilt rose and emblem. English page posted..... More
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, (1996). First edition. Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. vi, 242, [2]pp. Original gray cloth with imprinted black cover and title labels with gold lettering. B/w frontispiece portrait of Elmer Rice. Minor staining on cloth. Binding in very good, interior in fine condition. Number 9 of the series "Modern..... More
NP, n/d. Hardcover. Quarto. 2 volumes. Original manuscripts bound in three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering on red label of spine. Gilt top edge. Decorative marbled endpapers. Volume 1: 1915; La Nouvelle Revue 1915. Volume 2: La Verve Folle; Eve, voila tout!...; Houlgate - Review; Et allez donc!...;..... More
London: Printed for Sam. Briscoe, and fold by Fardinando Burleigh in Amen-Corner, 1715. Hardcover. 2 octavo volumes. Full leather binding. Vol. 1: 416 pp. Frontis piece portraying b/w steel engraving of a portrait of the author. Each section of the volume has its own title page. Three of the sections..... More