NEAGLE Anna

Typewritten Letter signed by Anna Neagle. FINE 'CHARLIE GIRL' T.L.s. T.L.s FROM ANNA NEAGLE IN 'CHARLIE GIRL'

1966. Single sheet pre-printed in red 'Anna Neagle CBE' and addressed from the Adelphi Theatre, signed in black ink; near fine condition. The letter is addressed to a 'Miss Sage' whom Anna Neagle thanks for a letter. She goes on to remark that 'as you saw we are having lovely and most appreciative audiences and I am very happy to be dancing in a musical again'. The letter is addressed from the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End where Anna Neagle was appearing in Wallace Douglas's hugely successful production of Heneker and Taylor's musical 'Charlie Girl'. It ran for a staggering six years and over 2,000 performances earning the actress an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for her enduring popularity. Anna Neagle CBE (1904-1986), the highly popular English stage and film actress and singer, was awarded the CBE in 1952 and created a Dame in 1969. Her most memorable film appearances include Nurse Edith Cavell (1939), No No Nanette (1940), The Yellow Canary (1943) and Odette (1950)

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PINTER Harold

Old Times. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR: 150 COPIES WERE PRINTED

H. Karnac,, [1971]. 8vo., First Edition thus; orange buckram, black buckram back lettered in gilt, red top, black endpapers, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 150 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY XIV/XVIII HORS DE COMMERCE). This limited and signed edition was published by arrangement with Methuen and appeared simultaneously with their standard edition.

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Book number: 47615

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PRESSBURGER Emeric

One of Our Aircraft is Missing. [The Story of the Film.] FINE COPY IN MODERN BOARDS

HMSO,, 1942. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs from the film throughout; strongly bound in brown buckram, upper board with printed paper label, terracotta endpapers, ORIGINAL PICTORIAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a fine copy. The profusely illustrated book of of the classic WWII film of the same name (1942) written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger as their first venture under the Archers brand. Starring Hugh Burden, Eric Portman, Bernard Miles and a host of others, the film is now widely regarded as one of the finest of British wartime dramas. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 47084

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PRICE Nancy

The Heart of a Vagabond. [Foreword by Sir Norman Birkett.] SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND A.l.u

Museum Press,, [1955]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; green cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities and with loss (affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Arguably the most evocative of the author's several books expressing her knowledge of, and love for, the South Downs of Sussex. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE : 'TO THE LADY WHOSE FACE ALWAYS GIVES ME PLEASURE' AND ADDITIONAL QUOTATION 'OUT OF THE COMPLICATED HOUSE CAME I TO WALK BENEATH THE SKY'. Loosely inserted is a signed photograph of the author and an unsigned holograph letter on stationery giving her summer (High Salvington, Sussex) and winter (Brompton Road, London) residences. Nancy Price CBE (1880-1970), actress, author and theatre director, and founder of the People's National Theatre (based at the Little Theatre, Adelphi, in the heart of London's theatreland, until its destruction in the Blitz of 1941).

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RUDNITSKY Konstantin

Russian and Soviet Theatre. Tradition and the Avant-Garde. Translation from Russian by Roxanne Permar. Edited by Dr. Lesley Milne. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Thames & Hudson,, [1988]. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and pictorial endpapers; red cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 32828

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SAUNDERS James

Next Time I'll Sing To You. A Play in Two Acts. [Foreword by Raleigh Trevelyan]. RALEIGH TREVELYAN'S PRESENTATION COPY (WITH AMENDMENTS) TO GEORGE RITCHIE

Andre Deutsch,, [1963]. 8vo. First Edition; black tweed cloth gilt back a near fine copy unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly browned and with one small loss at upper edge of front panel. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM RALEIGH TREVELYAN TO GEORGE RITCHIE WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Widely regarded as a modern classic James Saunders' pioneering drama was first performed at the Questors Theatre Ealing i

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Book number: 27565

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SHERIDAN Paul

Late and Early Joys at the Players' Theatre. Illustrated by Reginald Woolley. With a Foreword by Dame Sybil Thorndike. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

T V Boardman,, [1952]. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, and playbill endpapers on pink stock, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper verso; original white boards, upper board blocked in red and lettered in black, backstrip lettered in black, boards mildly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy.

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Book number: 16145

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STANISLAVSKY [Constantin]

Stanislavsky produces Othello. Translated from the Russian by Dr. Helen Nowak. [First English Edition.] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER

Geoffrey Bles,, [1948]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece; red cloth, gilt back, dark top, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 45774

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.

My Fair Lady. [Theatre Programme and Souvenir Book.]. Starring Charles Stapley, Tonia Lee, James Hayter, Zena Dare, Tom Chatto. [Photographs by Angus McBean.] ORIGINAL PROGRAMME AND SOUVENIR BOOK

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane,, [c. 1962]. 2 vols., roy. 8vo. and 8vo., with photographs and illustrations throughout; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, both very good, bright, clean copies. First performed at Drury Lane in 1958 with Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews. This is the 'second generation' cast: Stapley was the second 'Higgins' (after Harrison); Lee was Andrews' understudy and followed her in the role. Fine photography by Angus McBean.

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Book number: 47196

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THORNDIKE] [Sybil

A.L.s at Christmas and New Year. A.L.S FROM SYBIL THORNDIKE

np.,, n.d.. 8vo., single sheet folded once; a very good, clean, crisp letter. 'With a Happy Xmas & New Year wish to you, George dear..didn't put name in the book in case you'd got it. Yrs. Sybil. Lewis too gives his good wishes'. Dame Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976), renowned British actress and wife of Sir Lewis Casson.

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Book number: 11773

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VAN DAMM Sheila

We Never Closed. The Windmill Story. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Hale,, [1967]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, fore-edge lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean copy in price-clipped, lightly age-browed dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed at edges and chipped (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE VERSO. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE.

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Book number: 25851

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VICKERS Hugo

Vivien Leigh. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hamish Hamilton,, [1988]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, burgundy endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 22301

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WEBBER Richard

Fifty Years of Hancock's Half Hour. [Foreword by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Century,, [2004]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 36028

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WILLIAMS Harcourt

Four Years at the Old Vic. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Putnam,, [1935]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present) and plates, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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