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Marlowe, Christopher
The Plays & Poems of Christopher Marlowe
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked orange cloth elaborately designed boards and sunned spine, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 510pp. The great English writer's plays from the 16th century plus a few of his verses. Undated.
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Shaw, Bernard
Heartbreak House. Great Catherine and Playlets of the War.
Name/date to front end paper. No other inscriptions or marks to contents. No creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with dusty unmarked boards, small ink mark to dusty page fore-edge, rubbed sunned spine ends and slight bumping to corners. Untrimmed page edges. 266pp. As well as the first two titles, 'the Playlets of War' are O'Flaherty VC., The Inca of Jerusalem, Augustus Does His Bit and Annjanska. The title O'Flaherty VC was actually a recruiting poster for the First World War in disguise.
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Farmer, John S. (editor)
The Dramatic Writings of Nicholas Udall 1506-1566
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with bright unmarked green paper and faux vellum boards, slight loss of lettering to sunned spine, dusty untrimmed page edges and very slightly rubbed/not bumped corners. 160pp. In the Early English Dramatists Series with the play Ralph Roister Doister, a note on Udall's lost plays, a note book and a word list. Very scarce first edition..
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Farmer, John S. (editor)
Five Anonymous Plays
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. Very sunned spine with top inch missing. Very clean very tight pages with slightly marked green paper and faux vellum boards and rubbing to corners. Dusty untrimmed page edges. 328pp. Five plays from unknown Early English Dramatists (Fourth Series) - Appius and Virginia from 1575, The Marriage of Wit and Science from 1570, Grim the Collier of Croydon from 1662, Common Conditions (date unknown) and The Marriage of Wit and Wisdom from 1579. Plus a note-book and word-list at the end. Extremely scarce first edition.
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Greg, W. W. (editor)
Lodge's 'Rosalynde' : Being the Original of Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxing to slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 209pp. The novel from the year 1590 on which Shakespeare's play 'As You Like It' was founded.
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Farmer, John S. (editor)
The Dramatic Writings of Richard Edwards, Thomas Norton, and Thomas Sackville
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with bright unmarked green paper and faux vellum boards, sunned spine and spine margins, dusty untrimmed page edges, a little foxing to front and end papers and tiny bump to upper front corner. 191pp. In the Early English Dramatists Series wth three Early English Plays - Damon and Pithias, Palamon and Arcyte (Note), Gorboduc (or Ferrex and Porrex) and a Note-Book and Word-List. Scarce first edition.
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Farmer, John S. (editor)
Recently Recovered 'Lost' Tudor Plays with some Others
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with rubbed green paper and faux vellum boards, sunned spine, dusty untrimmed page edges, many pages as yet uncut, a little foxing to front and end papers and tiny bump to upper front corner. 472pp. In the Early English Dramatists Series with the three Lost Tudor Plays - Wealth and Health, Impatient Poverty and John the Evangelist, unearthed in an Irish country house in 1906. The other plays are Mankind, Nature, Wit and Science, and Republica. plus a Note-Book and Word-List. Scarce first edition. One of a Limited Edition of 350 copies.
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Mr. S. Mr. of Art and HFB Brett-Smith (editor)
Gammer Gurtons Nedle
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty untrimmed page edges, end papers not discoloured and slight bumping to upper corners. 80pp. A rare example of the vernacular University comedy from the mid-16th century, whose cloistered inhabitants only gained relief from listening to the ribald speech of the fen country which is contained in this work. Also called Gammer Gvrtons Nedle. Percy Reprint No 2.
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Farmer, John S. (editor)
The Dramatic Writings of Ulpian Fulwell
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with green paper and faux vellum boards, sunned spine, dusty untrimmed page edges, some pages as yet uncut and very slight rubbing but no bumping to corners. 67pp. In the Early English Dramatists Series with the play 'Like Will To Like'.written in 1568 plus a Note-Book and Word-List.
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Farmer, John S. (editor)
The Dramatic Writings of Richard Wever and Thomas Ingelend
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with green paper and faux vellum boards, sunned spine, dusty untrimmed page edges, minor rub to rear and no bumping to corners. 140pp. In the Early English Dramatists Series with the plays 'Lusty Juventus', 'Disobedient Child', 'Nice Wanton' .written in the mid-16th century plus a Note-Book and Word-List. Very scarce.
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Farmer, John S. (editor)
The Dramatic Writings of John Bale - Bishop of Ossory
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with green paper and faux vellum boards, sunned spine, dusty untrimmed page edges, minor rub to front, foxing to end papers and minor bumping to corners. 347pp. In the Early English Dramatists Series with religious works and plays - The Three Laws of Nature Moses and Christ, The Chief Promises of God unto Men, John Baptist's Preaching in the Wilderness, The Temptation of Our Lord, John King of England, A note on the Tragedy of David and Absolom.written in the late 15th to 16th centuries plus a Note-Book and Word-List. Very scarce.
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Pete Postlethwaite
A Spectacle of Dust: The Autobiography
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 279pp. Autobiography of actor Pete Postlethwaite, described by Steven Spielberg as 'the best actor in the world'.
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The Editor
Signed By Clare Swinburne : Theatre Programme
Signed by Clare Swinburne to 'Welcome' page No other marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 40pp. Theatre programme for The 39 Steps at Sheffield's Lyceum Theatre signed on the 'Welcome' page by actor Clare Swinburne. who has been in Eastenders, Holby City, The Bill, Inspector Lynley Mysteries etc.
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Webster, John and Lucas, F. L. (editor)
The Complete Works of John Webster : Voume IV
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with lightly foxed/sunned otherwise bright unmarked boards, foxed page edges, well sunned spine and tiny bump to upper front corner. Lower page edges untrimmed. 274pp. Volume IV of the theatrical plays from John Webster, written in the early 17th century. It includes a lengthy discussion of the Characters, Anything for a Quiiet Life and The Fair Maid of the Inn. We are also selling other Volumes in this set.
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William Burnaby and F. E. Budd (editor)
The Dramatic Works of William Burnaby (limited edition)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, dusty page edges, fraying to top of spine and very minor bumping to corners. 469pp. This 17th century work begins with a biography of the author over about sixty pages, followed by a discussion of the plays and a bibliography of the author's writings. The plays 'The Refom'd Wife', The Ladies Visiting-Day, The Modish Husband and Love Betray'd' cover 290 pages and are followed by a series of Notes, Commentary and Appendices. One of a Limited Edition of 600 copies.
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Shaw, Bernard
Overruled and the Dark Lady of the Sonnets
Name/address inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean very tight pages with slightly dusty slightly marked boards, foxing to some pages, rubbing to ends of sunned spine and no bumping to corners. 147pp. Scripts for two of Bernard Shaw's plays, preceded in each case by lengthy discussion of the subject matter.
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Shaw, Bernard
The Devil's Disciple : A Melodrama in Three Acts
Pencil details of a committee (?) meeting and action inside front cover. List of names (possible cast members ?) inside rear cover. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean very tight pages with slightly dusty slightly marked boards, foxing to some pages, slight sunning to spine and very minor bumping to corners. 88pp. Scripts for two of Bernard Shaw's plays, preceded in each case by lengthy discussion of the subject matter.
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Shaw, Bernard
Fanny's First Play : An Easy Play for a Little Theatre
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean very tight pages with slightly dusty very slightly marked boards, very slight foxing to some pages, slight sunning to spine and tiny bump to upper front corner. 234pp. Script for the Bernard Shaw's play.
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Pete Postlethwaite
A Spectacle of Dust: The Autobiography
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint creasing to upper edge. 279pp. Autobiography of leading actor Pete Postlethwaite whose career took off when he appeared in The Bofors Gun at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. He became one of Hollywood's A-listers and sadly passed away in 2011 as this work was published. Well illustrated. First edition, second impression.
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Gruner, E. Hamilton
With Golden Quill (Limited Edition)
Inscription on front end paper from 'the authoress' younger brother'. Also a Chinese proverb in Mandarin and in English No other marks A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked cream cloth with gilt embossed boards and bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped with very slight marking, sunning to spine and torn upper and lower edges with small pieces missing. Partially protected in fully-removable transparent sleeve with ragged upper edge. 208pp. A depiction of Shakespeare's life in a three act play, with a Tudor Cameo (preamble) by William Jaggard. A Limited Edition of 500 copies. Illustrated.
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Anthony Denning and Ranger, Paul
Theatre in the Cotswolds: The Boles Watson Family and the Cirencester Theatre
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 254pp. The story of the theatre in Cirencester which began in the 18th century under the management of John Boles Watson and continued well into the 19th century. This study also gives brief descriptions and histories of a futher forty-four regional theatres which were established by John Boles Watson across the southern half of Britain, some of which are still in use today.
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Housman, Laurence
Victoria and Albert : Palace Plays (Third Series)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to lightly sunned spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, cream spine and adjacent strip and no bumping to corners. Untrimmed foxed page edges and end papers. 191pp. Little known true events which have been included in a play about Queen Victoria's reign.
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Morley, Robert
Hippo Dancing : A Comedy
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Protected in a fully removable transparent jacket. 74pp. A play set in Golders Green and adapted for the theatre by Robert Morley. Frontispiece is photograph of actual theatre set for the play.
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Nimmo, Derek
As The Actress Said To The Bishop: Star Studded Stories From The Stage And Screen
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked maroon cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with very minor creasing to upper edge and a little sunning around spine. 173pp. Autobiographical (and other) tales from star of stage and screen Derek Nimmo.
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Butler, Dorothy et al
Hyde Showtime Memories
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked front board, extremely faint marking to rear and no bumping to corners. 148pp. A fascinating and nostalgic collection of people and events which took place within the many theatre, operatic and musical societies and playhouses which have come and gone in Hyde, Greater Manchester and District in the twentieth century. Very well illustrated.
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The Editor
Souvenir programme : Royal Gala Performance of Il Trovatore in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales, at the Royal Opera House on 7th June, 1989.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 70pp. With all the details and discussion about the opera, performers, singers, Verdi etc. Frontispiece is a colour photographs of Charles and Diana. Tucked in is a 2-page programme of the event.
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Price, Nancy
Shadows on the Hills
Name/address stamp & date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with repair/crease to front, slightly sunned spine and nicks and chips to corners. 320pp. A volume of reminiscences by one of the most distinguished actresses over the first half of the 20th century.
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Ostrovskii, A.N.
Artistes and Admirers: A Comedy in Four Acts
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, price label to rear and no bumping to corners. Introduction on 37 pages plus 68pp. English translation by Elizabeth Hanson of this play - a Russian comedy. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works.
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Shaw, Bernard
Candida : A Mystery
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean very tight pages with unmarked olive green boards, tanned end papers, very slight sunning to spine and very minor bumping to corners. Lower and fore-edges untrimmed and foxed. 151pp. Script for Bernard Shaw's mystery play,
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Davis, Derek Russell
Scenes of Madness : A Psychiatrist at the Theatre
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing and a trace of damp effect to rear. 204pp. Written by a Professor of Mental Health who believes that playgoers can learn as much about madness at the theatre as from textbooks of psychiatry, this study looks at the account from playwrights of the madness afflicting such diverse characters as Orestes, Oedipus, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Dr Faustus, Peer Gynt, Oswald Alving, Ivanov and Blanche Dubois.
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Morrison, Matthew
The Soho Theatre, 1968-1981
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 200pp. A detailed study of the development of one of the most successful theatres of the last fifty years.
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Fitz-Gerald, S. J. Adair
The Story of the Savoy Opera
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine which has a ripple across it. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rubbing to spine edges, tanning to page edges and minor bumping to upper corners. 240pp. The story of the Savoy Theatre, the D'Oyly Carte productions and Gilbert & Sullivan. Very well illustrated with portrait photographs of Richard D'Oyly Carte, Gilbert & Sullivan etc and full page photographs of many of the actors from the Savoy productions.
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Weiss, Peter
Trotsky in Exile (Modern Plays)
Name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked lightly rubbed boards and no bumping to corners. 126pp. Script for the play which covers the whole of Trotsky's life in politics from the Tsarist regime in 1902 to his death in exile in Mexico in 1940.
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Lytton, Sir Henry
A Wandering Minstrel : Reminiscences
Neat book plate to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with lightly marked boards, tanned page edges, rubbing/slight bumping to ends of sunned spine and no bumping to corners. 287pp. Reminiscences of his life by actor Sir Henry Lytton, born 1867. Foreword by one time Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. Illustrated.
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Mackintosh, Iain
Pit, Boxes and Gallery : Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with slightly sunned slightly foxed unmarked boards, rubbing to upper front corner and no bumping to corners. 48pp. The story of the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds from 1819 to 1976.
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Chew, Shirley and Stead, Alistair (editors)
Translating Life: Studies in Transpositional Aesthetics (Liverpool English Texts and Studies)
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor fading to spine. 421pp. Eighteen substantial essays from critics, translators and eminent persons of British theatre which explore the idea and practice of translation.
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The Editor
Culture and Agitation: Theatre Documents
Name on title page. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to slightly dusty white covers. A very clean very tight copy with covers slightly marked at spine edge and no bumping to corners. 64pp. A series of short essays on political subjects in the theatre by six authors plus brief details of political theatre in Russia, China and Britain and on how to use street theatre.
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The Editor
Restoration Plays from Dryden to Farquhar
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked olive boards, clear gilt lettering/embossing to very slightly sunned spine and very tiny bump to lower front corner. 509pp. Plays for the theatre from the time of Charles II which were sought after following the dearth of plays during the twenty years of the Commonwealth.
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Quick, Diana
A Tug on the Thread : From the British Raj to the British Stage
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bump to top of front cover and no bumping to corners. 317pp. Autobiography and family memoir of actor Diana Quick. This is also a social history of the British in India. Illustrated.
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Katz, Dina (editot)
Artlook 99
No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to covers. Very clean very tight pages with slightly dusty unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 36pp. South African art magazine from the 1970s with features on current painters plus dance, theatre and sculpture. Scarce.
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Mucha, Alphonse & Bridges, Ann (editor)
Alphonse Mucha : The Complete Graphic Works
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and the faintest of bumps to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor sunning. Jacket now protected in fully-removable transparent sleeve. 192pp. The works of Alphonse Mucha from the 1890s when he was at the height of his fame and producing his panneaux decoratifs and his celebrated posters for the theatre and other outlets. His style became synonymous with Art Nouveau. With 163 illustrations in colour.
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Aristophanes
The Plays of Aristophanes (2 Volumes)
Volumes 1 & 2. Both have tape marks and name to the end papers from previous owner's old cellophane wrappers. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spines. Two very clean very tight copies with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Only Vol 1 has a dust jacket. This has similarly tape marked dust flaps, Total of 509pp. The plays are The Acharnians, The Knights, The Birds, The Peace, The Frogs, The Trial of Euripides, The Clouds and The Wasps. Intro by John P Maine (vol 1) and John Hookham Frere (vol 2).
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Ganzl, Kurt
Barnum : Theatre Programme
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 20pp. Theatre programme for the West End production of Barnum starring Michael Crawford.
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Marston, John & Wood, H. Harvey (editor)
The Plays of John Marston in three volumes (Three Volume Set)
Three volume set. No marks or inscriptions to any volume. No creasing to covers or to spines. Three very clean very tight copies with unmarked dull green cloth boards, slight sunning to spines, dusty tops of page edges, a little foxing to end papers and page edges and minor bumping to one different corner of each volume. Fore and lower page edges untrimmed. Each copy with a spare replaceable spine title label at the rear of each. Total of 928pp. The plays of John Marston were written and first published around the end of the 16th and early 17th centuries. Volume I comprises Antonio and Mellida, Antonios Revenge and The Malcontent. Volume II has Sophonisba, The Dutch Courtezan, The Fawne and What You Will. Volume III has The Insatiate Countesse, East-Ward Hoe, Jacke Drums Entertainment and Histrio-Mastix. Publication dates of Volumes I, II and III are 1934, 1938 and 1939. A heavy set.
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The Editor
Kursaal : A History of Harrogate's Royal Hall
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright red cloth boards with gilt lettering, a very small mark to upper rear corner and no bumping to corners. 100pp. Published to celebrate the re-opening of Harrogate's Royal Hall after its restoration. Well illustrated history including all the stars who have performed there since 1903.
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Cox, Brian
Putting the Rabbit in the Hat : My Autobiography
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 374pp. Autobiography of actor Brian Cox, who recently starred in the smash hit Succession. Illustrated.
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S.BECKETT
IL TEATRO DI SAMUEL BECKETT
BUONO STATO
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J.P.SARTRE
TEATRO
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L.PIRANDELLO
MASCHERE NUDE VOL.I SEI PERSONAGGI IN CERCA D'AUTORE CIASCUNO A SUO MODO QUESTA SERA SI RECITA A SOGGETTO
BUONO STATO
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BECKETT
QUELLO CHE E' STRANO, VIA
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