(Belasco, David).

The First Night in David Belasco's Stuyvesant Theatre / MCMVII. (Program).

(Stuyvesant Theatre, 1907). 1907). - Octavo, brown paper covered boards titled in black with decorations in black & with a brown & white illustration mounted on the front board. The covers are bumped & rubbed with the paper chipped at the corners & along the front edges. The spine is perished with the remnants of the backstrip nearly detached. Title & [25] pages. Illustrated in brown & white with 2 portrait plates & textual illustrations. The booklet is partially cracked at the mid-point & there is occasional light soiling. A complete copy.

Belasco's Stuyvesant Theatre was inaugurated with the opening night of "A Grand Army Man" by Belasco, Pauline Phelps and Marion Short, starring David Warfield. The program text is largely devoted to an illustrated description of the theater's interior decoration, designed by Wilfred Buckland, and the painted panels executed by Everett Shinn. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 11199

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; THEATER MANAGER; IMPRESARIO; PLAYWRIGHT; DAVID BELASCO; STUYVESANT THEATRE; INAUGURATION; FIRST NIGHT; PROGRAM; ILLUSTRATIONS; A GRAND ARMY MAN; EVERETT SHIN.

BELASCO, DAVID

The Girl of the Golden West.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1911. Hardcover. Reprint edition of work, novelized from the play. Illustrated by J. N. Marchand. With girl and lariat illustration pasted to front cover. In brown cloth-covered boards. --- With chafing to cover illustration, discoloration in spots on covers. Inked ownership info. on front free endpaper; soiling to textblock edges and whitish markings at frt. endpapers; else a firm, clean copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 346 pages. Good+ with no dust jacket .

Bluebird BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 75234

Keywords: >>Fiction

BELASCO, DAVID.

Plays Produced under the Stage Direction of David Belasco. Illustrated with Twelve Crayon sketches by William F, Kurze.

First Edition; 4to; 12 sketches within text; original boards with blind stamp coloured rosemary ? sprig on cover; repertory of David Belasco; uncut pages; a good copy. New York, 1925. Inscribed to Keith Murdoch Esq.by Author dated May 1925.

Time BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 68939

Keywords: signed play theatre stage director

(Belasco, David).

Plays Produced Under the Stage Direction of David Belasco. Illustrated with Twelve Crayon Sketches by William F. Kurze.

New York, 1925. 1925. - Octavo, light green paper covered boards with a green & red vignette on the front cover.The covers are bumped with wear to the head and tail of the spine and with a short split along the top of the joints. 47 pages printed in green, illustrated with green vignette portraits by William F. Kurze. Though the covers are good only, the contents are clean and bright.

First edition of this extensive list of productions directed by David Belasco, including forthcoming productions listed at the rear. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 3342

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; STAGE; PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE; PLAYS; PRODUCTIONS; DAVID BELASCO; FIRST EDITION; ILLUSTRATIONS; 1ST EDITION; LIST; DIRECTOR; PERFORMING ARTS; THEATRE.

Belasco, David

The Return of Peter Grimm. Novelised from the Play.

New York, Dodd, Mead, 1912. Hardcover. 344p. illus. Ex-library, Good condition .

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Book number: 45773

Catalogue: Fiction

BELASCO, DAVID

The Return of Peter Grimm

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1912. Hardcover. Illustrated by Rae, John. The Return of Peter Grimm has been novelized by the play by David Belasco. The play was also made into an opera. Peter Grimm is referred to also as the Dead Man, who comes and visits a child frequently in the course of the novel. The child is taken to doctors and so forth because it appears he is talking to himself, but rather mysteriously he is speaking to his departed friend, Peter Grimm. 344 pages, includes frontispiece. The cover has a paste-down of a woman losing herself in scented blossoms, and the faint vision of a man in the background. There are a few tiny white spots where the picture has been scratched. The rest of the binding is red cloth; there is a slight bump at the front right top corner, and the spine bottom is folded up. There is a tiny white spot on the back binding. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ; 12mo 7" - 7 3/4" tall; 344 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

Nans Book ShopProfessional seller

Book number: 001892

Catalogue: Fiction: : Mystery and Crime

Keywords: Children Ghosts Clairvoyance

Belasco, David

A Souvenir of Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice As Presented by David Belasco at the Lyceum Theatre, New York December 21, 1922

New York, Privately Printed, 1922. Soft Cover. Cardboard stock covers in brown printed paper wraps (adhered to the covers). Folio. 173 pp. With a section of 28 photo plates. SIGNED, with an inscription, by David Belasco, and dated 1927. With another gift inscription present from the recipient to Craig (Timberlake, an American stage actor). A privately issued work commemorating the 1922 production of the Merchant of Venice, providing Belasco's commentary on the play, the cast of characters, photo plates, and tributes. David Belasco was an American theatrical producer, as well as a playwright and director. He was influential in American stage design, and used emerging technology to create state of the art theaters in New York (see Wikipedia). GOOD condition. A large chip missing from the lower front wrap, with a smaller chip, also missing at the lower center edge of the same wrap. Mostly minor chipping, creasing and tearing along the wrappers. Minor soiling and toning. Previous owner's large decorative bookplate on the inside front cover. Text solid, with minor toning. Good .

Mare BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 007452

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Noisbn David Belasco Theater

(Belasco, David; Carter, Caroline Louise). Ford, James L.

The Story of Du Barry.

NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, Publishers, (1902). (1902). - Square octavo, purple cloth titled in gilt on spine & in gilt within decorative gilt frame with coat of arms & fleurs de lys stamped in gilt on front cover. The spine is faded & soiled; the covers are bumped & lightly rubbed with a small stain to the front cover. 14, ix & 288 pp. plus colophon. Illustrated with 6 photogravures, including a portrait frontispiece, & profuse B&W plates & textual illustrations. Very good.

"Mrs. Leslie Carter Edition"--a limited edition of an unstated number of copies for private distribution.

Signed by Mrs. Leslie Carter and David Belasco on a special presentation plate mounted on the front pastedown.

The celebrated American actress known as Mrs. Leslie Carter played Madame du Barry in David Belasco's play "Du Barry". This special edition of Ford's account of Du Barry's life includes the full credits for the production at the Belasco Theatre, a preface by Belasco, three plates from designs for the theatre, and portraits of Carter and Belasco. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 1899

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: HISTORY; FRANCE; FRENCH; LOUIS XV; DU BARRY; MADAME DU BARRY; JAMES L. FORD; THEATER; PLAY; BELASCO THEATRE; AMERICAN; DAVID BELASCO; CAROLINE LOUISE CARTER; MRS. LESLIE CARTER; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; PHOTOGRAVURES; LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUT

Long, John L. Belasco, David.

Madama Butterfly. Tragedia giapponese in tre att

Libretto di G. Giacosa e L. Illica. Musica di Giacomo Puccini. Milano, 1978, Ricordi Ristampa. cm.11x15,5, pp.72, brossura copertina figurata.

Libreria ChiariProfessional seller

Book number: 289921

Catalogue: Spettacolo Teatro