Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.: Theatre
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Pieces Costumees: L'Alouette / Becket Ou L'Honneur de Dieu / la Foire D'Empoigne.
Paris: Les Editions de la Table Ronde, 1960. 1960. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY JEAN ANOUILH - Octavo, off-white cloth titled between raised bands on the spine with a vignette color portrait of a French army officer on the front cover. With a cream silk bookmark. The corners of the covers are very lightly creased & there is a stain to the tail of the spine. 371 pages plus a 3-page colophon. Very good.
First trade edition and first publication of "La Foire d'Empoigne".
Inscribed in French and signed in full by the playwright on the half-title: "Pour Honoria Plesch pour la nouvelle annee pour une amitie nouvelle et pour le progres du francais..amicalement / Jean Anouilh / 1er janvier 61".
Jean Anouilh [1910-1987] was a French playwright whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, he is best known for his 1943 adaptation of Sophocles' "Antigone". The play was seen as an attack on Marshal Petain's Vichy government. Anouilh was one of France's most prolific writers in the postwar period. Much of his work addresses themes of maintaining integrity in a world of moral compromise.
Costume designer Honoria Plesch [1919-1990] was born in Berlin. In 1933, together with her brother Peter and her family, she left Germany and emigrated to England. Her most important professional assignment was as costume designer for the 1947 film "Brighton Rock" starring Richard Attenborough. Plesch was apparently Anouilh's neighbor for a time in Switzerland.
The text is in French. Very good .
-- Boeknummer: 35984
USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 233.5]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATRE; THEATER; FRENCH THEATRE; FRENCH PLAYWRIGHT; FRENCH DRAMATIST; PLAYS; JEAN ANOUILH; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; PIECES COSTUMEES: L'ALOUETTE / BECKETT OU L'HONNEUR DE DIEU / LA FOIRE EMPOIGNE; COSTUME DESIGNER; HONORIA PLESCH;
John Gielgud: Camera Studies by Gordon Anthony with an Introduction by Michel Saint-Denis.
London: Geoffrey Bles, (1938). (1938). - Small quarto [10 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], black cloth titled in silver. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with some tiny white stains to the front cover. The head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. Unnumbered pages, including 24 black-and-white plates from photographs by Gordon Anthony, interleaved with caption pages. Good.
First trade edition. Good .
Boeknummer: 35815
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATER; THEATRE; STAGE; BRITISH; ACTOR; JOHN GIELGUD; MICHEL SAINT-DENIS; PHOTOGRAPHER; PHOTOGRAPHY; GORDON ANTHONY; FIRST TRADE EDITION; 1ST TRADE EDITION.
The Theatrical 'World' of 1894. With an Introduction by George Bernard Shaw and a Synopsis of Playbills of the Year by Henry George Hibbert.
London: Walter Scott, Ltd. 1895. 1895. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The top edge is gilt. The binding is bumped & rubbed. The spine is slightly faded with the head & tail chipped. xxx, [iii] & 417 pages plus a 10-page publisher's catalog. There is offsetting to the pastedowns & endpapers and the page edges are toned. There is a tiny chip to the front edge of the title page. Good. First edition, with a wonderful twenty-page introduction by George Bernard Shaw. Shaw focuses in part on the position of women in the theatre. "..a revolution in public opinion on what is called the Woman Question has begun to agitate the stage." "Property of the NewTheatre" is stamped on the title page. Good .
Boeknummer: 95146
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 70]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; BRITISH THEATRE; THEATRE CRITIC; WILLIAM ARCHER; PLAYWRIGHT; GEORGE BERNARD SHAW; THE WOMAN QUESTION; THE THEATRICAL 'WORLD' OF 1894; SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS BY HENRY GEORGE HIBBERT; NINETEENTH CENTURY THEATRE ; 19TH CENTURY
Performance. No 7. Fall 1973. Volume II, Number 1
New York: New York Performance Foundation, Inc. 1973. 1973. New York: New York Performance Foundation, Inc. 1973. 1973. Very good. - Small quarto [10 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wraps. The binding is lightly bumped, soiled & foxed with a light stain to the front wrap. 144 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Some top page corners are very lightly creased, else the contents are very good.
Among the contents of this issue are Stefan Brecht on The Living Theatre, Francoise Kourilsky on El Teatro Campesino, Jules Chametzky on Eric Bentley's "Are You Now..?" and John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy on the controversy over their trilogy "The Island of the Mighty", along with the script of the three plays. Very good .
Boeknummer: 13680
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATRE; THEATER; POLITICAL THEATRE; PERFORMANCE; PERIODICAL; EL TEATRO CAMPESINO; THE LIVING THEATRE; ERIC BENTLEY; ARE YOU NOW...?; HOUSE UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE; HUAC; JULES CHAMETZKY; STEFAN BRECHT; FRANCOISE KOURILSKY; JOHN ARDEN; MARGARETTA
A Century of Great Actors 1750-1850
London: Mills & Boon, Limited, (1912). (1912). London: Mills & Boon, Limited, (1912). (1912). Good. - Octavo, olive green cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a circular black-and-white illustration mounted on the front cover. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed with heavier rubbing to the illustrationl. Half- title, title, [2] leaves & 412 pages. Illustrated with 16 black-and-white plates. There is staining to the endpapers. Good.
First edition. Good .
Boeknummer: 15893
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATER; ACTORS; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; PORTRAITS; CECIL FERARD ARMSTRONG; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; A CENTURY OF GREAT ACTORS 1750-1850.
A Century of Great Actors 1750-1850.
London: Mills & Boon, Limited, (1912). (1912). - Octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt with a gilt-framed medallion portrait of David Garrick on the front cover. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped. The spine is slightly faded with its head & tail lightly chipped. [viii] & 412 pages plus 32-page publisher's catalog. Illustrated with 16 black-and-white portrait plates, including a frontispiece with a tissue guard. The tissue guard is foxed with its bottom corner creased. There is offsetting to the front endpaper. There is scattered, mostly light foxing to the margins of the pages. Good. First edition. Good .
Boeknummer: 95158
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; ACTORS; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; A CENTURY OF GREAT ACTORS 1750-1850; CECIL FERARD ARMSTRONG; PLATES; PORTRAITS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Antonin Artaud: Poet without Words. Introduction by Janet Flanner
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1970). (1970). New York: Simon and Schuster, (1970). (1970). Good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The top & bottom edges of the covers & the head of the spine are slightly faded. The dust jacket is rubbed with soiling to the rear wrap. The head & tail of the spine & the top of the rear fold are chipped & there is a small tear with a tiny piece out near the top edge of the rear wrap. 256 pages. There are small stains to the fore-edge & to the front margins of several pages. Good.
First edition. Good .
Boeknummer: 14358
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE; AVANTGARDE THEATRE; FRENCH; ACTOR; AUTHOR; SURREALISTS; ANTONIN ARTAUD: POET WITHOUT WORDS; NAOMI GREENE; THEATRE OF CRUELTY; JANET FLANNER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
The Dramatic Concepts of Antonin Artaud
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, (1968). (1968). Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, (1968). (1968). Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a price-clipped dust wrapper. There is some light spotting to the covers. The dust jacket is slightly soiled with a short tear to the top edge of the rear panel. xiii, [i] & 190 pages. 2 black-and- white illustrations. Very good.
First edition. Very good .
Boeknummer: 15655
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATRE; THEATER; AVANTGARDE THEATRE; THEATRE OF CRUELTY; THE DRAMATIC CONCEPTS OF ANTONIN ARTAUD; THEATRE THEORY; ERIC SELLIN; FRENCH; AUTHOR; ACTOR; DIRECTOR; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Typed Letter to the Editor of the Dramatists Bulletin Signed by Playwright and Author of "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" Jean Kerr.
Larchmont, NY: August 25, 1961. 1961. - 50 words typed on an 8 inch high by 6 inch wide sheet of her personalized letterhead with her address printed at the top. Signed "Jean". Folded once for mailing. Fine. Kerr writes to Philip Dunning, editor of The Dramatists Bulletin, that she loves the Bulletin and would like to write something for it. "Alas, I am behind on so many deadlines right this minute that I don't dare indulge myself in what might just possibly be more fun." Jean Kerr [1922-2003] was an Irish American author and playwright. She received her master's degree from the Catholic University of America where she met then-professor Walter Kerr. She later married Kerr who went on to become a prominent New York drama critic. They collaborated on "Goldilocks", a short-lived Broadway musical. She subsequently wrote several highly successful plays, among them the Tony Award-winning "King of Hearts" and the comedy "Mary, Mary", which ran for more than 1,500 performances. Several collections were published of her many humorous magazine essays, the best known being the bestseller "Please Don't Eat the Daisies". Fine .
Boeknummer: 95465
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 70]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; AMERICAN THEATRE; TYPED LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE DRAMATISTS BULLETIN SIGNED BY PLAYWRIGHT AND AUTHOR OF "PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES" JEAN KERR; TLS; T.L.S.; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; WIFE OF WALTER KERR; MARY, MARY;
Autograph Note on a Card to City Center Producer Jean Dalrymple Signed by Stage, Screen and Television Actor George Grizzard.
[New York ]: [1976-1977]. [1976-1977]. - 43 words penned on a 4-1/4 inch high by 6-3/8 inch wide personalized note card with his name printed at the top. Signed "Fondly / George". Fine. Grizzard writes to City Center producer Jean Dalrymple: "I'm glad you had a good time at "California Suite". We're having a wonderful time and it looks like we'll be there for a good long time." George Grizzard was in the original cast of Neil Simon's "California Suite" which ran at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from April 23 to June 5, 1976. The play transferred to the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Broadway with the same cast, running from June 10, 1976 to July 2, 1977. Grizzard left the cast at the end of February 1977. George Grizzard was an American stage, film and television actor who won an Emmy award for his work in "The Oldest Living Graduate" and a Tony Award for Best Actor in the 1996 revival of Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" . He was a frequent interpreter of Albee's plays, also appearing as Nick in the original production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and in the 2005 revival of "Seascape". His notable film appearances included parts in "Advise and Consent", "From the Terrace" with Paul Newman and "Comes a Horseman" with Jane Fonda." Jean Dalrymple (1902-1998) was the dynamic producer and director of theatre and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville, appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing, the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski, Mary Martin, Jose Iturbi, Andre Kostalanetz, Nathan Milstein, and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943, serving as a board member, producer, and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951, Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder, commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. Fine .
Boeknummer: 37244
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATER; THEATRE; STAGE; FILM; MOVIES; TELEVISION; AUTOGRAPH NOTE ON A CARD TO CITY CENTER PRODUCER JEAN DALRYMPLE SIGNED BY STAGE, SCREEN AND TELEVISION ACTOR GEORGE GRIZZARD; SIGNED CARD; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; CALIFORNIA SUITE; NEIL SIMON; EDWARD ALBEE;
Sean O'Casey, a Bibliography
Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, (1978). (1978). Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, (1978). (1978). Very good. - Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt, in pictorial dw. Bumped & rubbed; (bumped; price clipped; the dw is price-clipped & bumped. xxiv & 411 pp. with errata slip inserted facing copyright page. Internally fine.
First edition. Very good .
Boeknummer: 31838
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Theater). (Playwrights). SEAN O'CASEY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY. (O'Casey, Sean). Ayling, Ronald; and Durkhan, Michael J.
The Substance of Fire and Other Plays. [Inscribed & Signed by Jon Robin Baitz].
New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1993. 1993. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1993. 1993. Fine. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-3/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in pictorial wraps. 172 pages. The top edge of the book is lightly soiled. Near fine. First edition. Inscribed on the title page by the playwright Jon Robin Baitz to his copy editor. Fine .
Boeknummer: 98309
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; THEATRE; PLAYS; THE SUBSTANCE OF FIRE AND OTHER PLAYS; PLAYWRIGHT; JON ROBIN BAITZ; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; INSCRIPTION; THEATER; THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Biographia Dramatica; or, a Companion to the Playhouse: Containing Historical and Critical Memoirs, and Original Anecdotes, of British and Irish Dramatic Writers, from the Commencement of out Theatrical Exhibitions; Among Whom Are Some of the Most Celebrated Actors: Also an Alphabetical Account, and Chronological Lists, of Their Works, the Dates When Printed, and Observations on Their Merits: Together with an Introductory View of the Rise and Progress of the British Stage. Originally Compiled, to the Year 1764, by David Erskine Baker. Continues Thence to 1782, by Isaac Reed. And Brought Down to the End of November 1811, with Very Considerable Additions and Improvements Throughout, by Stephen Jones. (3 Volumes Bound in 4 Books).
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown et al, 1812. 1812. - Octavo. 8-7/8 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide. Four volumes uniformly bound in speckled brown calf rebacked with matching calf spines, with gilt-titled labels & raised bands on the spine. The corners of each volume have also been reinforced with later calf. The crudely rebacked spines are coming loose from the covers and the front cover of the first volume is detached and that of the third volume is nearly detached. The covers are rubbed and scuffed and the labels are chipped. The rear cover of the last volume is stained with red ink. Title, pages [1]-384; title & pages [385]-789; title & pages [1]-404; and title & pages [1]-476. There is dampstaining throughout and the pages are wrinkled. A contemporary owner's name dated in the year of publication is penned at the top of the title pages. Fair working copies. From the collection of William Twopeny, with his round armorial bookplate mounted on the front pastedown of each volume. The Twopeny library was sold by Sotheby in May of 1902. Fair .
Boeknummer: 37024
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.75]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATER; BIOGRAPHY; THEATRE; STAGE; DRAMA; LITERATURE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; SET; DAVID ERSKINE BAKER; ISAAC REED; STEPHEN JONES; BIOGRAPHIA DRAMATICA;; OR A COMPANION TO THE PLAYHOUSE; CONTAINING HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL MEMOIRS, AND ORIGINAL
Dramatic Bibliography: An Annotated List of Books on the History and Criticism of the Drama and Stage and on the Allied Arts of the Theatre
NY/London: Benjamin Blom, 1968. 1968. NY/London: Benjamin Blom, 1968. 1968. Very good. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt. Lightly bumped & slightly cocked with scoremarks to the rear cover. xiv & 320 pp. Very good.
Reprint of the 1933 edition. Very good .
Boeknummer: 6540
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATER; DRAMA; HISTORY OF THEATRE; PLAYS; PLAYWRIGHTS; STAGE DESIGN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE; BLANCH M. BAKER. (Theater). (Reference). DRAMATIC BIBLIOGRAPHY: An annotated list of books on the history and criticism of the drama and stage and on the allied
Kirstin: A Play in Four Acts
Boston: Sherman, French & Company, 1913. 1913. Boston: Sherman, French & Company, 1913. 1913. Very good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The binding is bumped & rubbed with a small stain to the front cover & light staining to the rear cover. The head & tail of the spine are chipped & slightly frayed & the titling on the spine is almost completely faded. ix & 93 pages. There are tape stains on the front endpaper & a short tear to its front edge, else the contents are very good.
First edition.
Inscribed to Hettie Gray Baker on the front pastedown with the stamp of "Ethel L. Dickinson / Hartford, Connecticut". Baker's bookplate is taped to the front endpaper. The bookplate depicts the head of a Siamese cat in black and white above the words "Mike / Owner of / Hettie Gray Baker / Who Owns This Book.
Hettie Gray Baker (1881-1957), was a pioneer woman in the film industry. As a film editor and writer she contributed to numerous films, including writing scenario and story scripts for several silent films based on Jack London classics. Among these were "Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska" (1914), "The Valley of the Moon" (1914), and "The Chechako" (1914). She edited legendary Western film director John Ford's early film "The Iron Horse" (1924). She later became known for her knowledge of Siamese cats and wrote several cat books, including "Cat Tales" published by Farrar Strauss and Young. Very good .
Boeknummer: 16032
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.75]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATRE; THEATER; PLAY; ALICE COLE KLEENE; KIRSTIN; FILM; MOVIES; FILM EDITOR; SCREENWRITER; HETTIE GRAY BAKER; BOOKPLATE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
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