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Bumper Film Book.

Spring Books, 1111. Hard Cover, Early 1950s - Features Ben Hur and Gigi. 160 pp, cloth boards with light damp stain, dustjacket with two tears to top of spine, no loss. Numerous b + w and colour pictures of stars such as Elvis, Doris Day etc. articles (apparently) by Richard Burton, Tony Curtis, Joan Collins, Kirk Douglas, biographies of Kenneth More and interviews with 'back room boys' etc... Very Good /Good.

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Book number: 689

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: films, cinema, Richard Burton, Elvis, Doris Day, Estelle Winwood, Disney

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Notes and Queries November 1914.

John C Francis, 1914. First Edition. Soft Cover, Worn blue paper covers, the front one detached. Internally clean and tight. Miscellaneous information on spurious Waverley novels, the family of Robinson of Appleby, sizes of wine bottles, a bibliography of Thomas Holcroft, Sir Thomas Browne and his books, the Lindsays of Edinburgh etc... Good.

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Book number: 15917

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: Appleby, Waverley, Walter Scott, Thomas Holcroft

Allen, Brian

Francis Hayman.

Yale, 1987. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall, Large format. 196p, illustrated soft covers. Colour and black and white illustrations. A very clean copy. A study of an important painter of the mid eighteenth century, who was the teacher of Gainsborough and whose work included conversation pieces, history painting, book illustration and theatrical painting. Also includes the catalogue of the exhibition in 1987... Fine.

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Book number: 16729

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: Art, Painting, Georgian England, british Art

Menander Edited By Francis G Allinson

The Principal Fragments.

Heinemann, 1930. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, Loeb dual text classical library. 540pp, green cloth covered boards, with Dewey number and with a little wear to the top and bottom of the spine. B + w illustrations. Ex reference library - bookplate to inner board, a couple of small stamps, otherwise internally very clean. English Introduction, Greek and English text... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 14767

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: Greek, Classics, Play, Theatre

Arden, John

Books Of Bale.

Methuen, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover, 532 pp. Complete dustjacket. Very clean. The story of a Tudor bishop and playwright, set in Shakespeare's London... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 1760

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: Shakespeare, theatre, Marlowe

Armitage, John

Man at Play Nine Centuries of Pleasure Making.

Warne, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover, 192pp, complete dustjacket with one closed tear to edge. B + w illustrations. One small light mark to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean and Near Fine. A history of pleasure in England from medieval times to the present day... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 12603

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: Sport, Football, Cricket, Racing, Social History

Armstrong, William (ed) and Arlett, Vera and Corrie, Joe et al

8 New One-Act Plays of 1938 6th Series.

Lovat Dickson, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover, 223pp, red cloth covered boards. Internally clean. Plays by Vera Arlett, Joe Corrie, Geoffrey Thomas, Stuart Ready, M H Noel-Paton, James Lansdale Hodson, W Eric Harris and F Sladen-Smith.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 11095

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: Play, Theatre

Barty-King, Hugh

The Worst Poverty A History of Debt and Debtors.

Alan Sutton, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover, Foreword by Sir Gordon Borrie Q C. 214pp. Illustrated dustjacket with a small nick to the bottom edge of the spine is otherwise complete. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. A history of debt and debtors from the Middle Ages onwards - advice from preachers, the theatre, Lord Chesterfield and Samuel Smiles, or how to ignore it like Lady Hamilton... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 15739

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: Poverty, Debt, History, Lady Hamilton

Beaumont, Francis and Fletcher, John

The Knight of the Burning Pestle.

Robert Holden, 1925. Hard Cover, 125pp, brown cloth covered boards, hand cut foredge. Flyleaf removed and previous owner's name on label to inner board, a few spots of foxing to bottom edge, otherwise a clean copy. Prepared by G B Harrison, one of the Fortune Play Books series... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 5871

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: Theatre, Play

Beckerman, Bernard (ed)

Five Plays Of The English Renaissance.

Meridian, 1963. Mass Market Paperback, 533pp, edges a little browned with age. A couple of creases to covers, but internally clean. Text and notes of Doctor Faustus, Volpone, Duchess of Malfi, Women Beware Women and 'Tis Pity She's A Whore... Very Good.

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Book number: 4307

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: Christopher Marlowe, Faustus, Volpone, Malfi, John Ford. Thomas Middleton, John Webster

Benarroch, Eduardo and Wilson, Robert et al

The Royal Opera Covent Garden Aida.

Arts Council Royal Opera House, 2003. First Edition. Soft Cover, Large format programme magazine. 49pp plus advertisements, biographies etc. Contains cast, synopsis and illustrated essays on the opera, design drawings, photographs of the production etc and historical performances A separate sheet with the cast list for 20 November 2003, conductor Antonio Pappano with Norma Fantini as Aida. A clean copy... Very Good.

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Book number: 16456

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: Opera, Aida, Covent Garden

Bennett, Michael

A Chorus Line Theatre Royal Programme.

1976. Soft Cover, Soft covers, now browned to edges and with one edge creased. Theatre Programme for the first UK production from 22nd July 1976 at the Theatre Royal Drury lane, London. Cast list and CVs the British Company and list of musical numbers. Rare... Very Good.

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Book number: 5161

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: theatre Programme

Bolt, Robert

A Man For All Seasons A Play of Sir Thomas More.

Heinemann, 1970. Soft Cover, Reset edition. 118pp, softback covers. Notes by E R Wood. Original owner's name stamp on flyleaf, otherwise clean and Near Fine. Preface by Robert Bolt. The text of the play about SIr Thomas More... Very Good.

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Book number: 7360

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: play, theatre, film, Thomas More, saint, martyr, tudor

Bonner , Paul with Aston, Lesley

Independent Television in Britain Volume 5 ITV and the IBA 1981 - 92 The Old Relationship Changes.

Macmillan, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 542pp, dark blue cloth covered boards with silver title. B + w illustrations A very clean copy. The fifth volume (1981 - 1992) of the history of the independent television companies in the UK... Fine /No Jacket.

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Book number: 17702

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: ITV, Television, Media, Film

Bridie, James

Daphne Laureola Pitlochry Festival Theatre Programme.

Pitlochry, 1964. Soft Cover, 3 folding pages, giving the cast and other information about the performances of Daphne Laureola at the Pitlochry Festival in 1964. Sheila Gish was Maisie... Very Good.

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Book number: 6447

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: Gish, theatre program, Pitlochry