DUNBAR Janet

Flora Robson. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM DAME FLORA ROBSON

Harrap,, [1960]. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 40 plates on 22, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, first few leaves lightly spotted; cloth, gilt back, backstrip sunned else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM DAME FLORA ROBSON WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Flora Robson (1902-1984), outstanding British character actress, was born in South Shields but her theatrical training took place at RADA where she was awarded a bronze medal in 1921. From a long and most distinguished career she is probably best remembered for her portrayal of Elizabeth I in William K Howard's feature film 'Fire Over England' (1937) in which she starred with Laurence Oliver and Vivien Leigh, and as the Mother Superior in Michael Powell's cult classic 'Black Narcissus' (1946). She was nominated for an Academy Award for Sam Wood's 'Saratoga Trunk' (1943) and awarded the DBE in 1960.

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FLANDERS Michael

[Theatre Programme]. At the Drop of Another Hat. Theatre Royal, Haymarket. First Performance October 2nd, 1963 NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

Theatre Royal, Haymarket,, 1963. 8vo., with 3 full-page portraits; original printed, wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 47002

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FOX James

Comeback. An Actor's Direction. Foreword by Dirk Bogarde. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1983]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dist-wrapper.

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Book number: 22286

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Keywords: theatre, cinema, film, actors, james fox, dirk bogarde, james fox, theatre, cinema, comeback

FREEDLEY George

A History of the Theatre. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Crown, New York NY,, [1941]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper with one or two short closed tears.

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Book number: 39756

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GILBERT & SULLIVAN.

The Gilbert and Sullivan Operas Illustrated. Season 1939. By Arrangement with the Rupert D'Oyly-Carte Opera Company. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

The Sphere,, 1939. Folio, First Edition, with numerous coloured, tinted and monochrome photographs throughout, title very lightly spotted; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. With trade advertisements on front and rear wrappers.

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GUINNESS Alec

My Name escapes Me. The Diary of a Retiring Actor. With a Preface by John Le Carre. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hamish Hamilton,, [1996]. 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 42903

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HAYWARD Anthony

Which Side are you on?. SIGNED BY KEN LOACH

Bloomsbury,, [2004]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY LOACH ON TITLE

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Book number: 26630

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HUNT (ed.) Althea

The William and Mary Theatre. A Chronicle. Edited by Althea Hunt. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Dietz Press, Richmond VA,, [1968]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; green cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE, and with the signatures of 15 leading members of the company on rear endpaper.

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Book number: 20960

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JACK THE GIANT KILLER

The Playbook for Jack and the Giant Killer. A Play for the Toy Theatre. [Adapted from the original of J.K. Green.] Text in four languages. NEAR FINE COPY

Pollocks Toy Theatres,, [1972]. Oblong 4to., First Edition thus, with illustrated title and full-page coloured illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Facsimile of original 'Penny Plain and Twopence Coloured'. SCARCE.

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Book number: 49035

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KAVANAGH Ted

Tommy Handley. ommy Handley [Third Impression].

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1950]. 8vo., Third Impression, with a portrait frontispiece and 30 plates on 24; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed at edges. The story of Britain's best-loved pre-war comedian and star of WWII's ITMA by his scriptwriter and closest friend. Published a year after the first edition. Uncommon in this condition.

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Book number: 13884

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LANZMANN Claude

The Patagonian Hare. A Memoir. Translated from the French by Frank Wynne. [First English Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Atlantic,, [2012]. 8vo., First Edition thus; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in Paris in 2009.

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Book number: 26185

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LENNOX-BOYD, Christopher

Theatre: the Age of Garrick. English Mezzotints from the Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. FINE COPY

Privately Printed,, 1994. Roy. 8vo., First Editoion, with numerous illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.

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Book number: 30640

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LESLEY Cole

The Life of Noel Coward. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Jonathan Cape,, [1976]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red top, pale blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 22044

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McGREGOR Tom

The Making of 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Harper Collins,, [2003]. 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured photographs (a number full-page) throughout and endpaper charts; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The official companion to Peter Weir's hugely successful feature film (2003) starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany.

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Book number: 42598

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McKENNA Virginia

The Life in my Years. [Foreword by Joanna Lumley.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Oberon,, [2009]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs in the text, and pictorial endpapers; sage cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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