AUGIER, EMILE; JULES SANDEAU; EDWIN CARL ROEDDER (EDITOR)

Le Gendre de M. Poirier: Comedie en Quarte Actes

New York: American Book Company, 1903. -. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full grey cloth, blue lettering and decoration on covers and spine. Volume shows some wear and rubbing, mostly around corners and spine, former owner's name written in pencil on ffep, some notes and underlining, mostly in pencil, throughout. GOOD. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 144 pp. Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 25270

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Theater Drama Plays French Language Comedies Theatre & Performing Arts

BLUM, DANIEL

A Pictorial History of the American Theatre: 1900-1950

NY: Greenberg, 1950. 1st Edition. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of B&W photographs. A year-by-year illustrated record of the American theater.. Spine mildly sunned with gilt faded, else near fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. B&W Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 279, (9-Index) pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 28748

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Theater Theatre Entertainment History American Theater Drama Theatre Broadway

BOGARD, TRAVIS

Contour in Time: The Plays of Eugene o'Neill

New York: Oxford University Press, 1972. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in black cloth over tan boards, copper lettering on spine, decoration blind-stamped on covers, orange endpapers. Illustrated with several B&W photographs. The volume is in excellent condition, tight, square and clean. Former owner's inscription on ffep, else fine. Unclipped dust jacket, now wrapped in Mylar, shows mild wear and chipping, spine lightly sunned, else near fine. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xx, 491 pp. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 15745

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Theater Playwrights Biography; Theatre & Performing Arts Biography & Memoir

BOSSLER, GREGORY (EDITOR)

The Dramatist: (September/October 2003) (Volume 6, Number 1)

New York: The Dramatists Guild of America, 2003. 1st Edition. First Printing. Soft Cover. Publisher's glossy wraps. Illustrated with B&W photographs. Rear cover lightly creased and wrinkled, else fine. NEAR FINE. Photographs. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 48 pp. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 26393

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Theater Drama Journals Magazines Rebbeca A. Frank Catalogs Theatre & Performing Arts

CERF, BENNETT A.; VAN H. CARTMELL (EDITORS)

Sixteen Famous American Plays

New York: The Modern Library, 1941. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, black and gilt Modern Library logo on front cover and spine, gilt lettering on black panel on spine, t.e.g. (black).. Spine lightly soiled, top of rear panel and head of spine lightly spotted and faded, front and rear endpapers only lightly soiled, some light pencil underlining throughout, else near fine. VERY GOOD-. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xxi), 1049 pp. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 15600

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Theater Theatre Drama Plays Theatre & Performing Arts

DUMAS, ALEXANDER, FILS

Camille: La Dame Aux Camelias Translated from the French with an Introduction by Edmund Grosse

London: Limited Editions Club / Curwen Press, 1937. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Marie Laurencin. Limited Edition (Copy No. 4 of only 1500), signed by the illustrator on the colophon page. Publisher's full cream/white cloth with a single gilt decoration on cover. In slipcase. Illustrated with 12 watercolor plates by Marie Laurentis. Translated from French with an Introduction by Edmund Grosse. Marie Laurencin (1883 – 1956) was a French painter and printmaker. She became an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde as a member of the Cubists associated with the Section d'Or.. Spine mildly soiled, cover lightly marked, former owner's name written on ffep. Slip case has light watermarks and soiled, but sturdy, else very good. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. Watercolors. 4to 11" - 13" tall. (xi), 214 pp. Signed by Illustrator. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 14616

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Literature; Play; Paris; Romance; Theatre; Sarah Bernhardt; Greta Garbo; Illustrated Books Theatre & Performing Arts Romance

ELIOT, T. S.

The Cocktail Party

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First American Edition. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. The Cocktail Party was written while Eliot was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in 1948. It was first performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1949. In 1950 the play had successful runs in London and New York, where it received the 1950 Tony Award for Best Play. Page 35-36 a cancel, "One-Eyed Riley" of final leaf, "...successful to be successful" on page 94.. Gilt on spine mildly faded, otherwise the volume is in virtually perfect condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. FINE.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 190, (2) pp. Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 27354

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Poetry; Plays; Comedy; Theater; T.S. Eliot; Theatre & Performing Arts Humor Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

ENGEL, LEHMAN

The American Musical Theater: A Consideration

NY: CBS Legacy Collection, 1967. First Edition. First Printing. . Publisher's printed cloth. Profusely illustrated with color and B&W photographs. Date on reverse of rfep (23 Dec 69), otherwise unmarked, tight, square and clean. The dust jacket, now in Mylar, is in tatters. NEAR FINE/POOR. Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 236 pp. Near Fine in Poor dust jacket .

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Book number: 17603

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Theater Theatre Musicals Musical Theater Plays Songs Music Theatre & Performing Arts Music

FLOGEL, KARL FRIEDERICH

Geschichte Des Burlesken: Herausgegeben Und Mit Einer Vorrede Begleitet Von Friedrich Schmit

Leipzig: Schwickertscher Verlag, 1794. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. This is a firsdt edition of Flogel's famous History of Burlesque, published in Leipzig in 1794. Quarter bound in custom green/gray cloth over green pebbled cloth, spine in five compartments separated by blind-stamped spaces with dual gilt borders, gilt lettering in one compartment, all edges marbled, brown endpapers. NB: Karl Friedrich Flögel (1729 - 1788) was a German historian of culture and literature. Small bookseller's label on rep, blue stain on title page from previous endpaper, covers worn on corners and edges, one small open tear on rear panel, else near fine; otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean; hinges strong, pages supple. VERY GOOD. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. x, 260, (2) pp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 29821

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Burlesque Entertainment German Performing Arts Theater History

FRY, CHRISTOPHER

A Phoenix Too Frequent: A Comedy

London: Oxford University Press, 1951. Second Edition. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine.. Former owner's name on ffep, spine mildly sunned, foxing on top edge only, else near fine. The price-clipped dust jacket is mildly chipped. GOOD/VERY GOOD. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. (viii), 43 pp. Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27371

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Plays; Comedy; Drama; Theater; Christopher Fry; Satire; Theatre & Performing Arts Novels, Poetry & Literature Humor

GILBERT, W.S.

The Best Known Works of W.S. Gilbert

Garden City: Halcyon House, N.D.. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Illustrated by W. S. Gilbert. Publisher's decorated cream covers, black lettering with red border on spine. Illustrated with B&W drawings by W.S. Gilbert. Features four light operas by Gilbert and Sullivan. Spine worn and browned at head and heel, cover creased, back cover slightly soiled, endpapers browned, else fine. VERY GOOD. B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 232 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 10218

Catalogue: Theater and Drama

Keywords: Plays; Musicals; Gilbert and Sullivan; W.S. Gilbert; Opera; Patter Songs; Theatre & Performing Arts Music Poetry

GILBERT, W. S.; L. B. LUBIN

Gilbert without Sullivan

New York: The Viking Press, 1981. 0670340103. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0670340103. Publisher's full magenta cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with one-color drawings. Volume shows only mild shelf-wear, else fine. Unclipped dust jacket also shows mild wear, spine sunned. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 112 pp. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26609

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: 0670340103 Theater Opera Libretti Illustrated Books Illustrated Books Theatre & Performing Arts

GILBERT, SIR W. S. AND SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR

The Works of Sir William Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan

Roslyn, NY: Black's Readers Service, N.D.. First Edition. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full beige leatherette with bright gilt decoration on spine, red panel on spine, lettered in gilt, ruled border and gilt lettering on front cover, t.e.g, red silk bookmark bound in, decorative endpapers.. This volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. AS NEW. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 320 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 17366

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Operettas; Plays; Music; Theater; Gilbert & Sullivan; Satire; Plays; Collectible Books; Theatre & Performing Arts Music

GLASPELL, SUSAN

The Morning Is Near Us

NY: The Literary Guild of America, 1940. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover, t.e.g. (green), fore-edge deckle, green endpapers. Susan Glaspell (1876 - 1948) was a bestselling novelist and a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. She was a founding member of the Provincetown Players, one of the most important collaboratives in the development of modern drama in the United States. She also served in the Works Progress Administration as Midwest Bureau Director of the Federal Theater Project. Her novels and plays are committed to developing deep, sympathetic characters, to understanding "life" in its complexity. Though realism was the medium of her fiction, she was also greatly interested in philosophy and religion. Many of her characters make principled stands. As part of the Provincetown Players, she arranged for the first ever reading of a play by Eugene O'Neill.. Former owner's printed bookplate on fep, otherwise unmarked; spine sunned, tight and square. VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 296 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 5458

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Fiction; Novels; Literature; Theatre; Theatre & Performing Arts Novels, Poetry & Literature

GREEN, STANLEY

The World of Musical Comedy: The Story of the American Musical Stage As Told Through the Careers of Its Foremost Composers and Lyricists

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1962. First Edition. Reprint. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over pink boards, gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Profusely illustrated with B&W photographs. The volume is mildly sunned along the top edge only, brief gift inscription on ffep dated "9/62", else fine; otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. B&W Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. xvi, 397 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 29775

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Theater Theatre Comedy Musical Comedy Broadway History Theatre & Performing Arts Music