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Boon, Jozef
Sanguis Christi : The Play of the Holy Blood of Brugge
No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to corners of covers, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with dusty boards and no bumping to corners. 108pp. This Play is the dramatic song of the city of Brugge (Bruges), sung in honour of her most priceless treasure, the Relic of the Precious Blood of Christ. The Play was first performed in 1938 and the actors number 3,000 inhabitants of Brugge itself. Translated from Flemish into English by Maude Swepstone.
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Summers, Montague (intro & notes)
Restoration Comedies : The Parsons Wedding, The London Cuckolds & Sir Courtly Nice, or, It Cannot Be (Limited Edition)
Limited Edition no 53 of 1000. No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. Very clean very tight pages with bright unmarked very slightly rubbed boards, tanning to end papers and no bumping to corners. Paper title plate to spine slightly scratched and page edges untrimmed and foxed. 400pp. The Parsons Wedding by Thomas Killigrew, The London Cuckolds by Edward Ravenscroft and Sir Courtly Nice by John Crowne, all originally published in the 17th century, these three plays are here collected together for the first time. Very scarce Limited Edition.
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Goodwin, John (editor)
Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company 1960-63
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and small bumps to upper front edge and upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with old repairs, chips to edges and small piece missing from top of spine. 243pp. Published to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, this book provides a lavish record in pictures and text of the most exciting four years in the history of the RSC.
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Wilson, Jean
The Shakespeare Legacy : Material Legacy of Shakespeare's Theatre
Name opposite half-title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight trace of dustiness to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 211pp. A study of Shakespeare's theatre and the theatrical presentations of Shakespeare's plays based upon archaeological and other works.
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Warrack, John; West, Ewan
The Oxford Dictionary of Opera
Softback edition. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 782pp. Detailed A-Z gazetteer of everything and everyone to do with opera.
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Sieveking, Albert Forbes (editor)
Worke for Cutlers : or a Merry Dialogue Betweene Sword, Rapier and Dagger
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, some foxing throughout, tanned end papers and no bumping to corners. Untrimmed page edges. 92pp. Card covers in a vellum spine. Beautiful embossed silver dagger, sword and rapier to front board. Introduction by Dr AW Ward, Prologue over 32 pages plus the play which was 'Acted in a shew in the famous Universitie of Cambridge AD 1615.' plus Glossarial Epilogue and Index. Extremely scarce.
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Drinkwater, John
Oliver Cromwell : A Play
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty page edges, sunned spine and no bumping to corners. Spare title label inside. 80pp. Playscript. Fourth impression.
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Aldington, Richard (translator)
French Comedies of the XVIIIth Century
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to slightly sunned spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked light maroon cloth boards, creasing to title page, tanning/foxing to page edges, sudty top of page edges and some bumping to corners. 347pp. Translated from the French, the four plays are The Residuary Legatee by Regnard, Turcaret or the Financier by Lesage, The Game of Love and Chance by Marivaux and The Conceited Count by Destouches. Undated ca 1925.
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Ensler, Eve
Aidoion monologoi (Vagina Monologues)
Appears unread. 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. 128pp. Text of the theatre production. All text in Greek.
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Wood, Stanley (editor)
Shakespeare's Coriolanus
No added names or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Mainly very clean very tight pages with bright unmarked front board, tiny ink mark to rear and to a few page edges, ink splashes to about three pages and a little rubbing to most corners. 239pp. A very detailed study of Cariolanus beginning with a biography of Shakespear's life and with the full script of the play plus the characters, Roman history, notes, glossary and discussion. Scarce.
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Simpson, Percy (editor)
Fidele and Fortunio : The Two Italian Gentlemen
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly foxed, with tanned end papers and no bumping to corners. Uncut upper page edges. Front and lower page edges untrimmed. Unpaginated. pp. Reprint of the play from the 16th century, prepared by Percy Simpson. Introduction, notes and grammar over eleven pages.
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Greg, W. W. (editor)
The Second Maiden's Tragedy (1611)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanned end papers, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Uncut upper page edges. Front and lower page edges untrimmed. The play over 78pp. Reprint of the play from the 17th century, prepared by WW Greg. Facsimiles of six pages of original folio. Introduction, notes and grammar over thirteen pages.
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Goldoni, Carlo and Fraser, Grace Lovat (translator)
The Liar : A Comedy in Three Acts
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with slightly faded unmarked boards, foxing to page edges and a little rubbing to edges and corners. Dust jacket incomplete and in three pieces. 93pp. This 1922 translation from the Italian of the play set in Venice and first performed in Mantua, Italy in 1750. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Chambers, Colin
Inside the Royal Shakespeare Company: Creativity and the Institution
Ex library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps, only to front end paper and dedication page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and small bump to upper rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 262pp. A running historical critique of a major national institution and its location within British culture, spanning four decades and four artisitic directors.
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Davison, Kensington (editor)
About the House : Friends of Covent Garden : Spring 1974
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Faintcreasing to front cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked but foxed boards and no bumping to corners. 70pp. The magazine of the Friends of Covent Garden for Spring 1974 - Volume 4 No 1. Well illustrated with features on past and present arts relevant to Covent Garden. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Coveney, Michael
Maggie Smith: A Biography
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. 353pp. Biography of one of Britain's best-loved actors, Dame Maggie Smith, who, over six decades has entertained us in theatre and film.
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Sharpham, Edward
Cupids Whirligig (1607) : The Berkshire Series 1 (Limited Edition)
No 459 of a Limited Edition of 550. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, tanning to end papers and no bumping to corners. The boards are very stiff cardboard with cloth covered spine.and adjacent margins and a paper title to the spine. Page edges dusty with untrimmed fore and lower edges. 94pp. This comedy was first performed in 1607. Includes an introduction and textual notes.
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Lowe, David A. (editor)
Callas: As They Saw Her
No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 264pp. Opera singer Maria Callas as seen by fellow artists and other celebrities including Placido Domingo and Noel Coward. Illustrated.
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Drinkwater, John
Bird in Hand : A Play in Three Acts
Name and date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with bright unmarked slightly sunned red cloth boards, rubbing to ends of sunned spine and bumping to lower corners. New - previously tipped-in - paper title to spine. 96pp. First edition of the John Drinkwater play.
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Ibsen, Henrik
Ghosts ; The Warriors at Helgeland ; An Enemy of the People
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked green cloth boards, minor foxing to pages near front and no bumping to corners. 247pp. Three plays in one volume from Henrik Ibsen.
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Gilbert, W. S. and Swinton, Marjory (editor)
Savoyard Lyrics
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked leatherette boards, slightly mottled rear and no bumping to corners. 160pp. A selection of librettos from Gilbert and Sullivan operas including all their operatic works. .
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King-Farlow, Alice (editor)
Tosca : Winter Season 1994
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 36pp. Programme for the Winter 1994 season of the opera Tosca. Illustrated.
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Alan Jay Lerner
The Street Where I Live: The Story of My Fair Lady, Gigi and Camelot
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease down spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked brown cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with tiny nicks to spine foot. 303pp. The story of the three great musicals My Fair Lady, Gigi and Camelot by the man who wrote the lyrics for them - Alan Jay Lerner. Illustrated.
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Julie Walters
That's Another Story: The Autobiography
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 torn with label removal marks and general traces of storage. 287pp. Autobiography of British actor Julie Walters. Well illustrated.
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Mary C. Henderson; Alexis Greene
The Story of 42nd Street, The: The Theatres, Shows, Characters, and Scandals of the World's Most Notorious Street
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 240pp. New York's 42nd Street with its theatres, shows, characters and scandals making it the world's most notorious street. Very well illustrated.
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Charrington, James et al (editors)
Stage Entertainment. Licensed Productions (with CD)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very minor bump to upper rear corner. 76pp. Illustrated catalogue of some of Stage Entertainment's films and musicals, including Sister Act, Ricky, Anastasia, Sleepless in Seattle, Rex, The Little Mermaid, Joe, Taboo etc. CD in holder attached to rear cover with impressions of some of Stage Entertainment's best musicals.
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Bateson, F. W. (editor)
The Works of Congreve
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, slightly creased spine. Very clean very tight pages with lightly sunned unmarked boards, and no bumping to corners. 507pp. Plays from 17th century dramatist Mr William Congreve containing his plays (comedies), the fictional story Incognita and his poems.
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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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