Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.: Theatre
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A Splendid Gypsy: John Drew
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1928. 1928. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1928. 1928. Good. - 12mo [6-1/2 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide], gilt-decorated vermilion cloth backed with black cloth & titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are bumped & rubbed around the edges & the spine is faded. 64 pages. There is a light stain to the front endpaper & the page edges are slightly darkened. Good.
Reminiscences of an actress who participated in John Drew's last grand tour of America with "Trelawney of the Wells". Drew, who was 73 years old, was forced to withdraw from the tour because of ill health and died shortly after. Good .
-- Boeknummer: 5504
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATER; THEATRE; STAGE; AMERICAN; ACTOR; JOHN DREW; TOUR; LAST TOUR; ACTRESS; PEGGY WOOD; A SPLENDID GYPSY: JOHN DREW; TRELAWNEY OF THE WELLS; MEMOIR; MRS. WHIFFEN.
After All: A Play in Three Acts
Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. 1931. Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. 1931. Good. - Octavo, decorative red & black cloth with vermilion printed paper labels on the front cover & spine, in a dust wrapper. The covers are very slightly bumped & the head of the spine is slightly chipped. The dust jacket is faded & chipped with a few small stains & a tear to the front fold. The bottom edge of the front panel is creased with a piece out. The dust jacket spine is darkened with the tail torn & a piece out. Half- title, title, [iv] & 113 pages plus colophon. Very good in a fair dust wrapper.
First edition.
Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "For 'George' / With best wishes / from / John Van Druten / N.Y. Feb. 1932." . Good .
Boeknummer: 22479
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 70]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: AFTER ALL; A PLAY IN THREE ACTS; JOHN VAN DRUTEN; FIRST EDITION; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; 1ST EDITION; THEATRE; PLAY; STAGE; DRAMA.
The King's Jester and Other Short Plays for Small Stages
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company / Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1899. 1899. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company / Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1899. 1899. Good. - Square octavo, gray cloth titled in gilt with vignettes stamped in gilt on spine & front cover. There is very light staining to the binding; the covers are bumped with the cloth along the front edge of the rear cover slightly chipped. 364 pp. Illustrated with music staves. There is offsetting to the endpapers & slight soiling to a few pages. Good.
First edition. Good .
Boeknummer: 2572
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATER; PLAYS; SHORT PLAYS; CARO ATHERTON DUGAN; SONGS; MUSIC; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
A Night at an Inn: A Play in One Act
New York: The Sunwise Turn, Inc. 1916. 1916. New York: The Sunwise Turn, Inc. 1916. 1916. Very good. - Squarish octavo [7-1/2 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide], soft cover bound in printed blue wraps with a tan & black vignette from a silver seal cut by Lord Dunsany on the front wrap. The rear wrap is stained. There is some light staining & a light vertical crease to the front wrap & its front edge is creased. There is a small piece out of the tail of the spine. Title, [2] leaves & 34 pages. The front endpaper is very lightly stained & its bottom corner is creased, else the contents are very good.
First edition.
Neighborhood Playhouse Plays No. 1. The play was first produced at the Neighborhood Playhouse on April 22, 1916. Very good .
Boeknummer: 5710
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.75]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATER; THEATRE; STAGE; AMERICAN; NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYHOUSE; PLAY; ONE-ACT PLAY; LORD DUNSANY; A NIGHT AT AN INN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Romulus Der Grosse: Ungeschichtliche Historische Komodie in Vier Akten
Zurich [Switzerland]: Verlag der Arche, 1966. 1966. Zurich [Switzerland]: Verlag der Arche, 1966. 1966. Very good. - Octavo, paper covered boards in a dust wrapper. The binding is very lightly bumped. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & chipped with some tiny stains to its rear panel. 78 pages plus 1-page publisher's catalog. Very good in a good dust wrapper.
New edition.
The text is in German. Very good .
Boeknummer: 30696
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATRE; THEATER; PLAY; SWISS PLAYWRIGHT; DRAMATIST; FRIEDRICH DURRENMATT; ROMULUS DER GROSSE.
International Theatre Informations. Summer/1974/Ete. (Cover Title)
International Theatre Institute, 1974. 1974. International Theatre Institute, 1974. 1974. Fine. - Tall octavo, softcover bound in printed red wraps. 47 & [1] pages. Near fine.
Among the contents of this issue are "In West Bengale: a Political Theatre", an interview with Uptal Dutt; "Culture and Television" by Richard Hoggart; and an extract from an interview with Radu Beligan, director of Bucharest's new National Theatre. The text is printed in English with French translations in the second half of the review. Fine .
Boeknummer: 16048
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATRE; THEATER; PERIODICAL; REVIEW; INTERNATIONAL THEATRE INFORMATIONS; INTERNATIONAL THEATRE INSTITUTE; WEST BENGALE; UPTAL DUTT; CULTURE AND TELEVISION; RICHARD HOGGART; NATIONAL THEATRE; BUCHAREST; RADU BELIGAN; THIRD WORLD THEATRE; IRAN; KOREA; VENE
Typed Letter to the Pond Lecture Bureau Signed by Educator and Theatre Historian Ashley H. Thorndike.
New York: December 16, 1919. 1919. - 22 words typed on a cream-colored, 8 inch high by 5-1/8 inch wide sheet of his personalized letterhead with his name and "Columbia University / New York" printed at the top. Signed "A H. Thorndike". A hole is punched in the top left corner of the letterhead. A penciled "Ans" below the signature indicates that the letter has been answered. Folded twice for mailing. Very good. In December 1919 tour manager James B. Pond of the Pond Lecture Bureau wrote to a number of distinguished citizens inviting them to be named as members of a committee to welcome Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck to America and to attend his first lecture at Carnegie Hall on January 2nd, 1920. Thorndike replies: "I shall be glad to serve on the honorary reception committee to meet M. Maeterlinck." Ashley H. Thorndike [1871-1933] was an American educator and expert on William Shakespeare who taught at Columbia University. He wrote several notable textbooks including "Facts about Shakespeare, "Tragedy" and "English Comedy". In 1900 he introduced the term "revenge tragedy" to label a class of plays written in the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods. Very good .
Boeknummer: 37243
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; THEATRE; THEATER; TYPED LETTER TO THE POND LECTURE BUREAU SIGNED BY EDUCATOR AND THEATRE HISTORIAN ASHLEY H. THORNDIKE; COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR; EXPERT ON SHAKESPEARE; AUTHOR; REVENGE TRAGEDY; TLS; T.L.S.; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; JAMES B.
Modern Drama. Volume 11, Number 2, Fall 1968
(Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, 1968). 1968). (Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, 1968). 1968). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in decorative cream & brown wraps. The spine & extremities are darkened. The wraps are soiled & lightly bumped & the head of the spine is lightly chipped. Title & pages [111]-220. There is an owner's ink name on the title page, else the contents are very good.
Among the contents are articles on Brecht, Artaud, Genet, Friedrich Durrenmatt, Arthur Miller, Harold Pinter and Eliot's "The Cocktail Party". There is also a selective bibliography of works published in English in 1967. Very good .
Boeknummer: 16073
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATRE; THEATER; PERIODICAL; MODERN DRAMA; A. C. EDWARDS; BERTOLT BRECHT; ANTONIN ARTAUD; JEAN GENET; FRIEDRICH DURRENMATT; ARTHUR MILLER; HAROLD PINTER; T. S. ELIOT.
The Confidential Clerk: A Play
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1954). (1954). New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1954). (1954). Very good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt on spine, in dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped & very lightly spotted & the head of the spine is lightly chipped & frayed. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with the spine faded. There is a tear with a crease to the top edge of the jacket's front panel. 159 & [1] pages. Very good in a good dust wrapper.
First American edition. Very good .
Boeknummer: 18913
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATER; PLAY; PLAYWRIGHT; LITERATURE; POET; T. S. ELIOT; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK; THEATRE; DRAMA; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; MODERN.
Arthur Hammerstein Presents "Rose-Marie": A Musical Play with Desiree Ellinger and a Broadway Cast Including William Kent, Allan Rogers. Imperial Theatre, New York City.
(New York: New York Theatre Program Corporation, 1925. 1925. - Octavo, softcover bound in color pictorial wrappers with an ad for Melachrino cigarettes on the rear cover. A tear to the lower third of the spine has been repaired with Scotch tape. The bottom corner of the front cover is rubbed & creased and a contemporary playgoer's name and "10th Wedding Anniversary" is penned along the top edge. The bottom edge of the rear cover is chipped with a small piece out. 48 pages. Illustrated with a theatre plan, with color ads on the inside covers & with profuse pictorial ads in black & white. Very good. "Book and Lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein 2nd. Music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart. Book Staged by Paul Dickey. Production Under Personal Supervision of Arthur Hammerstein. Orchestra under Direction of Herbert Stothart". Program for the week beginning Monday Matinee, October 12, 1925. New York Theatre Corporation published programs for "the 60 legitimate New York theatres" and specialized in distributing advertising aimed at theatregoers. A full-page ad for Bulova watches features a portrait of Desiree Ellinger and a quote from the actress. Very good .
Boeknummer: 36944
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; PROGRAMS; BROADWAY; NEW YORK THEATRE CORPORATION; ADVERTISING; PICTORIAL ADS; MUSICAL PLAY; ROSE-MARIE; DESIREE ELLINGER; WILLIAM KENT; ALLAN ROGERS; OTTO HARBACH; OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; RUDOLF FRIML; HERBERT STOTHART; ARTHUR HAMME
Autograph Letter Signed by Actor Henry Maeder Pitt, a Member of the Augustin Daly Company Who Was Active in England and America.
19th Century. 19th Century. Very good. - A one-and-a-half page letter consisting of over 35 words penned on 4-7/8 inch high by 4 inch wide creamy white paper. Responding to Miss Thompson's request, the actor Henry Maeder Pitt is enclosing his autograph and mentions that he is also enclosing "a letter of Charles Keen's and one by H.J. Byron the playwrite" [neither of which are here present]. Signed in full "Henry Maeder Pitt" on the attached integral leaf. There is a small piece out from the bottom corner of the second leaf. Glue and paper remnants at the corners of the blank verso of the second page would indicate that the letter was once mounted in an album. Very good. The 19th century actor Henry Maeder Pitt was born in Albany, New York in 1850. He was active in England and America and joined the Augustin Daly Company in 1882. His death in NYC from poison on March 7, 1898 was believed to be a suicide. Very good .
Boeknummer: 96583
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.75]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATRE; DRAMA; ACTOR; AMERICA; ENGLAND; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; SIGNATURE; HENRY MAEDER PITT; MISS THOMPSON; THEATER; HENRY JAMES BROWN; CHARLES KEEN; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; POISON; SUICIDE.
The Kabuki Theatre
NY: Oxford Universtiy Press, 1956. 1956. NY: Oxford Universtiy Press, 1956. 1956. Good. - 8vo, black cloth (bumped with slight wear at head & tail of spine); titled in red on spine with kanji in blind on front cover; in color pictorial red dw (stained & torn with pieces out from edges). xxiii, [i] & 296pp. (some marginal lines in ink; owner's name in Kanji on front endpaper). Several photographic illustrations. Good in a fair dw.
First edition. Good .
Boeknummer: 2198
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATRE; JAPAN; JAPANESE; THEATER; KABUKI; PERFORMING ARTS; EARLE ERNST; ASIA; ASIAN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Buglar Boy and His Swish Friend. The Traverse Plays--9
Edinburgh: The Salamander Press, 1983. 1983. Edinburgh: The Salamander Press, 1983. 1983. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial pink, black & white wrappers. The front wrap is slightly darkened along the spine & there is some very light soiling to the rear wrap. 37 pages with the text printed in 2 columns. Very good.
First edition. Review copy with a Methuen, New York slip laid in.
Stanley Eveling was born in 1925 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Many of his plays were first performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Very good .
Boeknummer: 17078
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATRE; THEATER; PLAY; BUGLAR BOY AND HIS SWISH FRIEND; PLAYWRIGHT; BRITISH; STANLEY EVELING; TRAVERSE THEATRE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; REVIEW COPY.
Letters to George: The Account of a Rehearsal
(London): Nick Hern Books, (1989). (1989). (London): Nick Hern Books, (1989). (1989). Fine. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. xvi & 189 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine.
First edition. Fine .
Boeknummer: 11142
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATER; THEATRE; STAGE; BRITISH; DIRECTOR; MAX STAFFORD-CLARK; LONDON; ROYAL COURT THEATRE; RESTORATION COMEDY; THE RECRUITING OFFICER; GEORGE FARQUHAR; LETTERS TO GEORGE: THE ACCOUNT OF A REHEARSAL; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Autograph Sentiment Signed by Anglo-American Comedian Charles Fisher.
New York: November 14th, 1886. 1886. New York: November 14th, 1886. 1886. Good. - A cream-colored card, 3-1/2 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide, inscribed and signed in black ink "Sincerely yours / Charles Fisher / Daly's Theatre / November 14th 1886." The edges of the card are somewhat darkened with a tiny chip & stain to the left & right edges. Remnants of paper adhere to the verso where it has been removed from an album. Good.
Charles Fisher [1816-1891] was an Anglo-American comedian who made his debut at the Prince's Theatre in London in 1844. He moved to the United States and joined the company of William E. Burton, remaining with that company for nine years [1852-61]. He later joined the companies of James W. and Lester Wallack [1861-1872] and Augustin Daly [1872-90]. He retired in 1890 and died in New York City. His best known roles were Sir Peter Teazle, Triplet in "Masks and Faces", Graves in "Money" and Jacques in "As You Like It". Good .
Boeknummer: 34817
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75]
Catalogus: Theatre
Trefwoorden: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; ACTORS; AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED BY ANGLO-AMERICAN COMEDIAN CHARLES FISHER; SIGNED CARD; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.
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