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	Saraband for Dead Lovers: The Film and Its Production at Ealing Studios London, Convoy Publications Limited. 1948, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4t. Publishers original cream boards with red decoration and black lettering to front cover, black lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: clipped, light chipping to top and base of spine, reinforced on rear of paper, chipping to corners, rubbing to edges, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions. 106pp, profusely illustrated with colour and b/w photographs, line drawings of costumes, parts of script and board showing movement of characters throughout text. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. This book not only contains the detailed and full information as to the story of the film, the making of the film, the new techniques of drawing up the script and pages from the art director's notebook but also thirty pages of half-tone, nine pages in four colours, and several pages of line drawings. The book itself tells the story of the love affair between Princess Sophie Dorothea of Hanover and Count Philip von Konigsmark. She was the wife of George Louis of Hanover who later became King George I of Britain, and was imprisoned by him when her infidelity was discovered. Her lover was secretly murdered and she herself was finally tried, divorced, and imprisoned again, where she died after thirty-two years. The film was made by Ealing Studios and produced by Sir Michael Balcon. The two leading parts were played by Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood. The original novel is by Helen Simpson. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.5 US$ 36.72 \| £UK 22.25 \| JP¥ 3160] Book number: 0006507 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	MILNE, A.A. Second Plays London, Chatto & Windus. 1923, Fourth Impression. Hard Cover, 8vo. Publishers original pale brown cloth with pasted title to spine. White endpapers, no inscriptions, booksellers label to rear of front cover. 266pp foxing to closed untrimmed pages otherwise pages clean and bright in firm binding. Contents: Make-Believe; Mr. Pim Passes By; The Camberley Triangle; The Romantic Age; The Stepmother. Very Good/No Jacket. AUD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5 US$ 27.54 \| £UK 16.75 \| JP¥ 2370] Book number: 0006010 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	PAGET, HUGH [EDITED BY] ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE Australian-British Theatre Exhibition to mark the opening of The Sydney Opera House by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II on October 20, 1973 Sydney, 1973, First Edition. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publishers original pictorial card covers, no inscriptions. 48pp profusely illustrated with 24 magnificent b/w and colour plates throughout text, most full page. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. PLUS an 8pp Catalogue of items included in the Australian-British Theatre Exhibition, listing 285 items, back page is half page advertisement for B.O.A.C. British Airways. Contents: Introduction by Hugh Paget, C.B.E.; The Australian Theatre by Margaret Williams; The English Theatre Early History by Professor G.W.G. Wickham; The English Theatre Later History by G.R. Rowell. A magnificent collectors copy. Fine/No Jacket. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 US$ 32.13 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2765] Book number: 003459 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	SHORT, ERNEST Introducing the Theatre London, Eyre& Spottiswoode. 1949, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo. Publishers original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: clipped, closed tear to bottom of front cover, light rubbing to surfaces, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions, booksellers label on rear of front cover. Frontis: b/w plate of Ellen Terry as Lady MacBeth. 372pp. including index. Profusely illustrated throughout text plus 28pp b/w plates, pages clean and bright in firm binding. In this unusual book Mr. Ernest Short, whose fifty-odd years of enthusiastic play-going have given him a knowledge of the contemporary theatre which has few rivals, sets out to discover the factors which make for 'good theatre' of all kinds. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 US$ 32.13 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2765] Book number: 0005409 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.

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	Saraband for Dead Lovers: The Film and Its Production at Ealing Studios London, Convoy Publications Limited. 1948, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4t. Publishers original cream boards with red decoration and black lettering to front cover, black lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: clipped, light chipping to top and base of spine, reinforced on rear of paper, chipping to corners, rubbing to edges, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions. 106pp, profusely illustrated with colour and b/w photographs, line drawings of costumes, parts of script and board showing movement of characters throughout text. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. This book not only contains the detailed and full information as to the story of the film, the making of the film, the new techniques of drawing up the script and pages from the art director's notebook but also thirty pages of half-tone, nine pages in four colours, and several pages of line drawings. The book itself tells the story of the love affair between Princess Sophie Dorothea of Hanover and Count Philip von Konigsmark. She was the wife of George Louis of Hanover who later became King George I of Britain, and was imprisoned by him when her infidelity was discovered. Her lover was secretly murdered and she herself was finally tried, divorced, and imprisoned again, where she died after thirty-two years. The film was made by Ealing Studios and produced by Sir Michael Balcon. The two leading parts were played by Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood. The original novel is by Helen Simpson. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.5 US$ 36.72 \| £UK 22.25 \| JP¥ 3160] Book number: 0006507 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	MILNE, A.A. Second Plays London, Chatto & Windus. 1923, Fourth Impression. Hard Cover, 8vo. Publishers original pale brown cloth with pasted title to spine. White endpapers, no inscriptions, booksellers label to rear of front cover. 266pp foxing to closed untrimmed pages otherwise pages clean and bright in firm binding. Contents: Make-Believe; Mr. Pim Passes By; The Camberley Triangle; The Romantic Age; The Stepmother. Very Good/No Jacket. AUD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5 US$ 27.54 \| £UK 16.75 \| JP¥ 2370] Book number: 0006010 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	PAGET, HUGH [EDITED BY] ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE Australian-British Theatre Exhibition to mark the opening of The Sydney Opera House by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II on October 20, 1973 Sydney, 1973, First Edition. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publishers original pictorial card covers, no inscriptions. 48pp profusely illustrated with 24 magnificent b/w and colour plates throughout text, most full page. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. PLUS an 8pp Catalogue of items included in the Australian-British Theatre Exhibition, listing 285 items, back page is half page advertisement for B.O.A.C. British Airways. Contents: Introduction by Hugh Paget, C.B.E.; The Australian Theatre by Margaret Williams; The English Theatre Early History by Professor G.W.G. Wickham; The English Theatre Later History by G.R. Rowell. A magnificent collectors copy. Fine/No Jacket. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 US$ 32.13 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2765] Book number: 003459 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	SHORT, ERNEST Introducing the Theatre London, Eyre& Spottiswoode. 1949, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo. Publishers original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: clipped, closed tear to bottom of front cover, light rubbing to surfaces, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions, booksellers label on rear of front cover. Frontis: b/w plate of Ellen Terry as Lady MacBeth. 372pp. including index. Profusely illustrated throughout text plus 28pp b/w plates, pages clean and bright in firm binding. In this unusual book Mr. Ernest Short, whose fifty-odd years of enthusiastic play-going have given him a knowledge of the contemporary theatre which has few rivals, sets out to discover the factors which make for 'good theatre' of all kinds. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 US$ 32.13 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2765] Book number: 0005409 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.