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Shaw Bernard
In Good King Charles's Golden Days
Constable London 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Feliks Topolski. 300 g; VI 120 pp. 12 plates of wash drawings plus 62 line drawings all printed in orange/brown. Bumping of the corners and the head of the backstrip which also has two tiny splits; browning of the backstrip. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Feliks Topolski. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Theatre & Plays; Inventory No: 0207853. . Constable hardcover
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Mills John
Up in the Clouds Gentlemen Please
Ticknor & Fields New Haven and New York 1981. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Good. List of Awards List of Films List of Theatrical Productions and Index. The text is illustrated with 46 black-and-white photographs. Yellow coloured boards with copper coloured coloured titles to the spine. Photographic dustwrapper of author with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and spine. The autobiography of John Mills one of England's leading actors for most of the 20th century. Paper edges of very slightly dusty. The dustwrapper is rubbed and faded particularly the spine. A little rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and the white of the dustwrapper has become a little dull. This is the First USA Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 290 pages . Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Film ; Theatre & Plays. ISBN: 0899190243. ISBN/EAN: 9780899190242. Inventory No: 0103481. . 9780899190242 Ticknor & Fields hardcover
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Doyle John W. Translator
Adam; A Play
Shakespeare Head Press Sydney 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. 80pp. last 3 blank introduction by translator. Illustrated frontispiece being Latin text of music from "Of the Slime of the Earth". Also reproduced is the first page of the original Latin production of 'Adam'. Illustrated front cover by C.Turner showing a cathedral against the yellow background with red writing on the front panel and spine. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the lower book edges. Browning to the extremely edges of the book and to the paper edges. On the free front endpaper is a pasted in "review copy slip" dated September 7 1948. The dustwrapper is illustrated same illustration as for front cover with yellow background and red writing on the front panel and spine. The dustwrapper is incredibly grubby and the spine has become quite dark due to the sun. Creasing and very minor chipping to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. The removal of a sticker can be seen on the top front edge of the front cover. Translation of the Anglo/Norman play "Adam". This play was written somewhere in the early 12th century. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 16mo - up to 6 �" tall - Sextodecimo. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Theatre & Plays; Mediaeval ; Inventory No: 0102832. . Shakespeare Head Press hardcover
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Ingamells Rex; Chosen By
This Is the ABC; The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1932 -- 1983
Melbourne University Press Melbourne 1983. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good/Good. 1.5 kg.; X 522pp. last blank introduction by author list of illustrations acknowledgements abbreviations notes and index. The text illustrated with black and white photography and black and white contemporary advertisements. Coloured endpapers. Dark blue boards with silver titles on the backstrip. Corners are rubbed and there is shelf wear to the bottom edge of the book. Light fading to the top edge of the book. Previous owners name on the free front end paper handling marks are also present. Photographic dustwrapper with white background and black titles to the front panel and to the backstrip. The top two corners are slightly chipped and creasing to the backstrip edges. Fading and like rubbing of the dustwrapper. "As the bells in the tower of Sydney's General Post Office chimed eight o'clock on the evening of Friday 1 July 1932 the peals were picked up by a microphone and carried to every state of Federation. ' This is the Australian Broadcasting Commission' said the announcer Conrad Charlton." With these words the history of the A. B. C. started. This book tells of the first fifty years of this organisation. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Australiana; Politics -- Australian; Australia; ISBN: 0522842585. ISBN/EAN: 9780522842586. Inventory No: 0100447. . 9780522842586 THIS BOOK WEIGHS OVER 1KG WITHOUT PACKING AND EXTRA POST WILL BE REQUIRED FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA. PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR COSTS BEFORE YOU ORDER THANK YOU. Melbourne University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0100447 ISBN : 0522842585 9780522842586
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Bazerman Charles
The Languages of Edison's Light
The MIT Press Cambridge Massachusetts 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. xviii 416 pages. 6 blank; text illustrated with black and white facsimiles and photographs ch notes bibliography indexed. Illustrated dustwrapper. Handling marks to the front edge of the book by the only damage to be reported. Technology is business and dealing with the media the public financiers and government agencies can be as important to an invention's success as effective product development. To understand how rhetoric works in technology one cannot do better than to start with the American inventor Thomas Culver Edison and the incandescent light bulb. The author tells the story of the emergence of electric light as the story of symbols and communication. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Language & Linguistics; Management; ISBN: 026202456X. ISBN/EAN: 9780262024563. Inventory No: 0203269. . 9780262024563 The MIT Press hardcover
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Shipman David
Brando; The Movie Makers
Macmillan London 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Photographic. 128 pages preface by author filmography and index. Photographic endpapers both different front endpaper: photo from " The Appaloosa " the rear endpaper: photo from " The Nightcomers ". Half title page has a photograph from " A Streetcar Named Desire " and the title page has a photo from " The Wild One ". The text is illustrated with both coloured and black-and-white photographs spanning Marlon Brando's films up to time of writing the book. Brown coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Minor bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and shelfwear to the lower book edges. Dust marks to the paper edges. Purple splatter to the lower page edge -- remainder mark. Photographic dustwrapper front photo from " The Godfather " and the rear panel a montage from some of his films. Yellow white and black writing on the front panel and yellow and white on the spine. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. There is a 0.25 " tear to the lower spine edge which runs across the entire width of the spine. Quite noticeable fading to the spine region. The major damage to the dustwrapper has been some closed rips to the front dustwrapper panel. An artistic biography of one of the late 20th century's most enigmatic actors -- Marlon Brando. Part of the " The Movie Makers " -- series. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The spine of the jacket has lost colour. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Biography ; Film ; Inventory No: 0104078. . Macmillan hardcover
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Kiernan Thomas
SIR LARRY: THE LIFE OF LAURENCE OLIVIER
Times Books New York 1981. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 302pp. 15 black and white photographs. This explosive revealing biography looks at the life of the man who in his time played many parts in his life as well as on stage. It delineates the triumphs and tragedies and how each served to define his developing character. sources and reference indexed. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A clean secondhand copy with no damage to report apart from previous owner's name on the first page. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; Theatre; ISBN: 0812909895. ISBN/EAN: 9780812909890. Inventory No: 0204104. . 9780812909890 Times Books hardcover
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Boyle Andrew
Only the Wind Will Listen; Reith of the BBC
Hutchinson of London London 1972. Reprinted Before Publication. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Good. 368 pages references and index. Light blue coloured endpapers. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of Lord Reith. Dark blue boards with dark maroon insert on the spine and gilt writing within the insert. Purple coloured tint to the top paper edge. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and rubbing to all book corners. Shelfwear to the lower book edges. Some dust marks to the cloth of the book. Photographic dustwrapper same photograph as for frontispiece with blue and white writing on the front panel and black on the spine. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and to the lower dustwrapper edge. The white of the spine and back panel has become yellow and grubby. A small tear to the top rear spine gutter crease and a small need to the lower front spine gutter crease. Rubbing and creasing to the lower front dustwrapper edge. Some transfer of colour of the purple insert of the spine to the verso of the dustwrapper. Biography of Lord Reith who at 33 became the general manager of the British Broadcasting Company -- the BBC. It was under his leadership that the BBC became one of the great public corporations of England if not the world. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Biography ; Television ; ISBN: 0091138205. ISBN/EAN: 9780091138202. Inventory No: 0104061. . 9780091138202 Hutchinson of London hardcover
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Frank Alan
Marlon Brando; The Screen Greats
Wattle Books London 1982. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 80 pages photographic acknowledgements filmography. Blue coloured endpapers. Photographic frontispiece showing Marlon Brando in the film version of Napoleon. The text is illustrated with copious black-and-white and coloured photographs from Marlon Brando's film career and private life. Photographic boards showing Marlon Brando against a silver and blue background with white and blue writing on the front panel and spine. Photographic dustwrapper same photograph as for front boards with silver and blue background. White and blue writing on the front panel and spine. A film biography of Marlon Brando one of the greatest film actors of his generation. Part of the " The Screen Greats " -- series. Scuffing to the book corners and bumping to the lower book corners. Shelfwear to the lower book edges. Previous owner's name to the top left-hand corner of the front paste down. Some marks to the endpapers. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. Creasing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Biography ; ISBN: 0600390527. ISBN/EAN: 9780600390527. Inventory No: 0104086. . 9780600390527 Wattle Books hardcover
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Curtis Tony & Paris Barry
Tony Curtis: The Autobiography
William Morrow New York 1993. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 352 pp.copiously illustrated black and white photographs filmography and index. Illustrated dustwrapper. From his boyhood in the Depression-era New York streets -- back when he was a fast-footed quick-witted kid the son of a Hungarian Jewish immigrants -- through 40 years as an eminent screen idol. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; Film; ISBN: 0688097596. ISBN/EAN: 9780688097592. Inventory No: 0201131. . 9780688097592 William Morrow hardcover
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Rothfield Tom
Jam Tomorrow
Yackandandah Playscripts Montmorency Victoria 1982. First Edition. Stapled Card. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 88 pages last page blank original photographic wrapper stapled twice. Previous owner's name and address on front page. First performed in May 1939 the first Australian attempt to perform it was 1980 where after two rehearsals in a body the Australian actors marched out of the play and refused to act in it. The playwright notes that the main problem with the play was that it was unromantic for a start showing Australian farming in the life of farmers as harsh and difficult. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Theatre & Plays; ISBN: 0868050148. ISBN/EAN: 9780868050140. Inventory No: 0211899. . 9780868050140 Yackandandah Playscripts unknown
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Harwood Ronald
The Ages of Gielgud: An Actor At Eighty
Hodder & Stoughton London 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. list of illustrations introduction by Ronald Harwood chronology and index. Illustrated frontispiece being a reproduction of the David Hockney sketch " Sir John Gielgud 1974 ". On the page following the " illustrations " page is a reproduction of a lino cut by Pauline Logan -- Sir John Gielgud as " Richard II Old Vic 1929". The text itself is illustrated by numerous black-and-white photographs from John Gielgud's life and career. Maroon coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper showing Sir John Gielgud at 80 another photograph graces the back panel. Gold coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A tribute to actor John Gielgud on the occasion of his eightieth birthday with pieces written by friends colleagues and critics. Very minor bumping to the lower spine edge and some dust marks to the top edge. Some crinkling and crumpling of the dustwrapper edges. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 182 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Film ; Essays ; Theatre & Plays. ISBN: 0340348283. ISBN/EAN: 9780340348284. Inventory No: 0104155. . 9780340348284 Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
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Purdom C. B
Drama Festivals and Their Adjudication: A Handbook for Producers Actors Festival Organisers and Adjudicators
J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd London 1951. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Ordinary/Fair. foreword by Norman Marshall author's preface two appendices and index. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece showing the Skipton Players 25 October 1947. Bottle green boards with gilt writing on the spine. Plain text dust wrapper with green and grey background and black and white coloured titles to the front panel and black on the spine. A small manual on how to adjudicate drama festivals. Useful for not only for the adjudicator but also for the actors producers and festival organisers. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. Staining to the lower cloth edge and shelfwear to the lower book edge. Browning and foxing to the paper edges. Foxing and browning to the endpapers and previous owner's name to the free front endpaper. Erasure mark to the top right-hand corner of the free front endpaper. Browning of the internal pages. Rubbing and chipping with loss to the dust wrapper corners and some small pieces missing from the lower spine edge. The major damage to the dust wrapper is the first 0.5 " of the top spine edge is missing as well as the first 1.5 " of the top dust wrapper edge. The lower spine edge is missing 1.5 " with a further 1.75 " missing from the lower dust wrapper edge. The spine paper edges are rubbed. The white of the background has become quite dull yellow and grubby. This is the first UK edition. Size: 12mo standard paperback. XIV 138 pages . Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Theatre; Inventory No: 0104117. . J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd hardcover
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Knepler Henry
The Gilded Stage: the Lives and Careers of Four Great Actresses
Constable London 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. VIII 308 pp selected book list index 37 illustrations in black and white. Illustrated dustwrapper. Top edge of book tinted red. Slight edge wear to the dustwrapper is the only noticeable fault. "Henry Knepler has worked with the serious intensity of the historian and has assembled a great deal of material never put together before. He has written of it entertainingly showing us these great personalities in action both as performers and as human beings and the result is a book as a lively as the great theatre of those days was. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; Theatre; ISBN: 0094563403. ISBN/EAN: 9780094563407. Inventory No: 0200571. . 9780094563407 Constable hardcover
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Mackenzie Barbara and Mackenzie Findlay
Singers of Australia: from Melba to Sutherland
Lansdowne Press Melbourne 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. XVIII 310 pp. last blank foreword by Harold Rosenthal preface by Barbara Mackenzie acknowledgements 5 appendices bibliography and index. Coloured illustrated frontispiece portrait of Dame Nellie Melba 1895 which has been tipped in. Within the text there are numerous monochrome photographs. Illustrated dustwrapper with maroon background and white writing on front panel and spine. Corners of dustwrapper slightly rubbed and spine is sunned. The top and bottom of the dustwrapper edges are slightly chipped and creased. Almost 70 individual biographies of Australian singers who have graced the world's stage. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Australiana; Australia; Inventory No: 0100922. . Lansdowne Press hardcover
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Dodd Craig
A Young Person's Guide To The Ballet
Macdonald General Books London 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 160 pages listed Ballets and acknowledgements. Photographic title page being a photograph of New York City Ballet's principal dancer Adam Luders. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs and black-and-white illustrations. Blue coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine edge. Minor bumping to the head of the spine and quite heavy bumping to the lower. Rubbing to the book corners and heavy shelfwear to the lower book edge. Some marks to the book panels. Gift inscription to the top edge of the free front endpaper. Photographic dust wrapper showing a ballerina in full flight against a dark background with white and orange writing on the front panel and spine. Rubbing to the dust wrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. A little rubbing to the dust wrapper panels. A few marks to the verso of the dust wrapper. In this book the author sets out for a younger reader the history of Ballet from court entertainments of Louis XIV at Versailles through to the modern dance of Martha Graham. Of interest are 2 interviews -- one with a ballerina -- Lynn Seymour about what it takes to be a premier ballerina and the other by George de la Pena who starred as Nijinsky in the film of the same name. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Ballet ; ISBN: 0354044990. ISBN/EAN: 9780354044998. Inventory No: 0104169. . 9780354044998 Macdonald General Books hardcover
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Gronowicz Antoni
Garbo; Her Story
Simon & Schuster New York 1990. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 476 pp. includes index. Photographic illustrated dustwrapper. Photographic two-page title page 52 pages of black and white photographs. This unauthorised memoir of Garbo is based on a long and intimate friendship. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A very clean secondhand copy with no damage apart from age toning of the page edges. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; ISBN: 0671225235. ISBN/EAN: 9780671225230. Inventory No: 0209679. . 9780671225230 THIS BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POST OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA BECAUSE IT IS OVER 1 Kg WITHOUT PACKAGING PLEASE ENQUIRE BEFORE ORDERING. Simon & Schuster hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0209679 ISBN : 0671225235 9780671225230
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Fowler J. Beresford
Stars In My Backyard. A Survey of the Australian Stage
A. H. Stockwell Ltd Devon No date. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Vernon Hayles. Published circa 1958 224 pp. with frontispiece portrait and 3 text-illusts. by Vernon Hayles. Hint of foxing to the page edges. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Vernon Hayles. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Performing Arts; Theatre; Australia; Inventory No: 0203368. . A. H. Stockwell Ltd hardcover
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Leonard Joel Fine Arts Division
Australian and European Paintings November 1991
Leonard Joel Armadale Victoria 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Rick Merrie -- Photography. 900 g; 232 pages text illustrated with black-and-white photographs of some of the lots being offered. Colour illustrated paperback binding. A clean and tidy copy. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Rick Merrie -- Photography. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; Art & Design; Art -- Australian; Inventory No: 0211912. . THIS BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POST OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA BECAUSE IT IS OVER 1 Kg WITHOUT PACKAGING PLEASE ENQUIRE BEFORE ORDERING. Leonard Joel paperback
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Bron Eleanor
The Picture Book of Eleanor Bron: or an Actress Despairs
Jonathan Cape London 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. XIV 162 pages text illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs; colour illustrated dust wrapper. The top corner of the rear fold over and the front panel/spine crease both have a 0.25" tear; general edgewear to the wrapper otherwise in good order. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; ISBN: 0224021427. ISBN/EAN: 9780224021425. Inventory No: 0208096. . 9780224021425 Jonathan Cape hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0208096 ISBN : 0224021427 9780224021425
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Hamilton David
La Danse
William Morrow & Company New York 1974. First English language. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Photographs reproduced are in colour and back and white. Bright blue boards with white writing on spine. The corners are slightly rubbed and various slight bumping to the top of spine. There is also some shelf wear evident to the bottom edge. Dust marks visible to top edge of page. Some of the internal pages have grubby marks from handling. Photographic dustwrapper protected has a blue background with white writing on spine. The dustwrapper is sun faded on spine and there is buckling to the lower spine. This is David Hamilton's homage to the world of ballet. Through "dazzling frozen instants" he captures the novice to the most celebrated star and brings together what ballet means to the viewer. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. 119 pp. . Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Photography; Ballet ; ISBN: 068800248X. ISBN/EAN: 9780688002480. Inventory No: 0100093. . 9780688002480 THIS BOOK WEIGHS OVER 1KG WITHOUT PACKING AND EXTRA POST WILL BE REQUIRED FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA. PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR COSTS BEFORE YOU ORDER THANK YOU. William Morrow & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0100093 ISBN : 068800248X 9780688002480
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Holtzmann William
Seesaw: A Dual Biography of Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks
Doubleday and Company Garden City New York 1979. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 302 pages last 2 blank index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 1/4 maroon cloth spying with gilt writing and 3/4 blackboards. Bumping into the head and to the heel of the spine and shelfwear to the lower spine edge. Browning to the paper edges. Remainder splatter to the bottom paper edge. The front fore edge of the paper has been hand cut. Photographic dustwrapper showing Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft against a bone coloured background with maroon and black writing on the front panel and spine. The dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at the corners and there is crinkling and creasing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. There is a 0.25 " tear to the top front spine gutter edge a 1.75 " tear to the lower edge of the front panel and a 0.5 " tear to the lower the race dustwrapper edge. The tear of the rear dustwrapper edge has been repaired with paper tape still in situ. Rubbing and grubby marks are also present to the rear panel of the dustwrapper and the remains of a sticker can be seen to the top right-hand corner of the front dustwrapper panel. The biography of Mel books and Anne Bancroft who despite being both individualistic and professional actors had the rarest of all -- a successful marriage. This is the First USA Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Biography ; Film ; ISBN: 0385130767. ISBN/EAN: 9780385130769. Inventory No: 0104014. . 9780385130769 Doubleday and Company hardcover
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Priestley J. B
Particular Pleasures; Being a Personal Record of Some of Some Varied Arts and Many Different Artists
William Heinemann London 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 760 g.; 192 pages preface by author illustration credits and acknowledgements. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece being a repro6duction of Michael Noakes' oil sketch of author. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs coloured reproductions of paintings black-and-white illustrations and sketches. Dark red coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Rubbing and very slight bumping to the top spine edge and rubbing to the lower spine. Shelfwear to the lower book edges. Previous owner has placed the number " 1710 " to the top right-hand corner of the free front endpaper in ink. Some marks to the internal pages. Illustrated dust wrapper by Gerry Embleton with orange and white writing on the front panel and spine. Author photograph to the back dustwrapper panel. Rubbing and chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the top spine edge. Rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and a little yellowing of the fold over panels. In this book the gifted English critic J. B. Priestley gives thumbnail sketches of " . the pleasure that he derived in a long life from particular artists and paintings music and musicians plays films and actors and actresses. " -- from the front fold over blurb. This is the first UK edition. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Biography ; Diaries; Theatre & Plays. Inventory No: 0104096. . William Heinemann hardcover
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Porter Hal
Stars of Australian Stage and Screen
Rigby Adelaide 1965. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. pp. 304. Corners bumped. Dustwrapper Chipped and with small tears some loss. A seminal work by the Australian novelist. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Performing Arts; Australia; Inventory No: 0204033. . Rigby hardcover
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Wilson Jean
The Shakespeare Legacy: the Material Legacy of Shakespeare's Theatre
Bramley Books Godalming Surrey 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. XII 212 pages last page blank notes bibliography index; text illustrated with maps and diagrams reproductions of art work and black-and-white photographs. The setting staging and costuming of Shakespeare's plays are not only fascinating subjects in their own right; they also illuminate aspects both of the play text and of contemporary social and cultural history. This book sets out to right this imbalance in theatre studies by systematically investigating the material evidence that bears upon the theatre and theatrical presentations of Shakespeare's day. . Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Theatre & Plays; ISBN: 1858338298. ISBN/EAN: 9781858338293. Inventory No: 0211350. . 9781858338293 Bramley Books hardcover
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Box Sydney and Cox Vivian
The Bad Lord Byron
Convoy Publications Ltd London 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 112 pages foreword by Dennis Price cast list and credit list. The text is illustrated with 16 black-and-white photographs. Light blue coloured boards with yellow writing on the front panel and spine. Rubbing to the top spine edge and rubbing and bumping to the lower. The spine of the book has become faded by the extreme edges have also become somewhat brown. Bumping to the top book corners and discolouration and fading to both the top and bottom book edges. The panels of the book are somewhat scuffed. Browning foxing and offset tanning to the endpapers. Photographic dustwrapper showing Dennis Price as Lord Byron with blue background and yellow decoration. Black-and-white writing on the front panel and black on the spine. Rubbing and minor chipping to the dustwrapper corners. Rubbing and creasing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges and a very small tear to the top right-hand corner of the rear dustwrapper panel. The lower 0.25 " portion of the spine is missing. The back panel has become quite dull and grubby. Clipping of the dustwrapper front fold over lower right-hand corner. Some browning to the fold over panels. A small book about the making of the film Lord Byron at the end of World War II. " The film of the life of Byron was made for Gainsborough Pictures by Sydney Box. The film was directed by David Macdonald. The title role was played by Dennis Price and an impressive cast included Joan Greenwood and Mai Zetterling. " -- from front fold over blurb. This is the first UK edition. Size: 12mo standard paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Film ; Inventory No: 0104116. . Convoy Publications Ltd hardcover
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Hole Christina
English Shrines and Sanctuaries
London UK.: B.T. Batsford 1953. Book. Illus. by Eric King. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. ed. 1953 Hardcover with the dust cover 182 page book . With black and white woodcut block prints by Eric King. Condition : Near Fine / Very Good. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. B.T. Batsford Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 070505-R
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Lieberman William
SEURAT TO MATISSE: Drawing in France
New York: MoMA 1974. Book. Illus. by Various Artist. Very Good. Soft Cover as Only Issued. 1974 Soft cover with an illustrated wrap 89 page book. Illustrated with black and white illustrations. Condition : Very Good. Size: 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. MoMA Paperback
Bookseller reference : 070105-M ISBN : 087070589X 9780870705892
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Shakespeare William
As You Like it : A Pleasant Comdey
New York: Dodd Mead 1899. Book. Illus. by Will H. Low. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. Not Stated. 1899 Hardcover with dark green cloth with gilded letters and designs 130 page book. Illustrated with orange drawings to each page and black and white plates with onion paper covers.Condition : Very good with the front inside hinge cracking light corner bump . Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Dodd Mead Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 042505-Q
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Motti Pietro b1854. b. 18
ELEMENTARY ITALIAN GRAMMAR Third Edition.
Heidelberg: Julius Groos 1907. Illustrated by color map eps. Stated third edition. Method Gaspey-Otto-Sauer. Blue blind stamped cloth decorated and printed black rounded corners. Large Post 8vo. pp. 168 6 Ads. VG/No jacket. Traces of rub to caps and corners two dots of white spot on spine light overall page toning. Heidelberg: Julius Groos, 1907. hardcover
Bookseller reference : OWBELE112232
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Guptill Arthur
Norman Rockwell Illustrator
New York: Watson - Guptill 1970. Book. Illus. by Norman Rockwell. Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd. Edition. 3rd. ed. 6th. printing 1972 Hardcover with the dust cover 208 page book. With 438 illustrationd 43 in color. Condition > Very Good dj has a small piece missing at the top front cover 1/2" . Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Watson - Guptill Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 123004-V
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Goetz Oswald
The Rembrandt Bible
New York: The Graystone Press 1941. Book. Illus. by Rembrandt. Good. Hardcover. 1941 hardcover with paper boards 16 page text and 48 black and white plates. Condition : Good the spine is missing off the book remains of the spine laid in . Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. The Graystone Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 123004-H
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Mannes Marya
Suberse : Rhymes for Our Times
New York: George Braziller 1959. Book. Illus. by Robert Osborn. Very Good. Hardcover. Not Stated. 1959 Hardcover with the dust cover 144 page book. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Robert Osborn . Marya Mannes poems and robert osborns illustrations are made to arouse impertineence towards sacred cows at the time 1959. Condition : Very Good. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. George Braziller Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 123104-A
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Pattullo George
A Good Rooster Crows Everywhere Signed
New York: Allston & Depew 1939. Book. Illus. by Depew George. Near Fine. Hard Cover Cloth. Signed by Authors. 1st. ed. 1939 Hardcover with brown cloth boards with a paste down title paper on the cover board and spine 286 page books . A privately printed book numbered 563 and signed on the first blank page with a date stamp. Condition : Near Fine very light edge rubs. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Allston & Depew Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 122004-Y
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Sherwood Robert E.
IDIOT'S DELIGHT
New York: Scribners 1936. Book. Very Good. Hard Cover in the Dust Jacket. 1st. Edition 1936 Hardcover in canberry cloth with the dust cover 190 page book. Condition : Very Good / In the scarce dust jacket has edge rubs and chips. Ex-owner book plate on the first blank page . Size: 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Scribners Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010605-B
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Various Contributiors
The New Yorker Album of Sports & Games
New York: Harper & Brothers 1958. Book. Illus. by Various Artist. Fine. Hardcover. Not Stated. 1958 Hardcover with the dust cover unpaginated. Illustrated with black and white lines drawings . Condition : Fine / VG with repairs. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010905-R
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Bullard E. John
Mary Cassatt Oils and Pastels: Oils and Pastels
Lakewood New Jersey U.S.A.: Watson-Guptill Pubns 1984. Book. Very Fine. Soft cover. 1984 Soft cover with an color illustrated wrap 87 page book. Illustrated with full page color plates by Mary Cassatt. Condition : Very Fine. ex.owners name on the FF. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Watson-Guptill Pubns Paperback
Bookseller reference : 020105-Z ISBN : 0823005704 9780823005703
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Roberts Keith
Painters of Light: The World Impressionism
New York New York U.S.A.: E P Dutton 1978. Book. Illus. by Various Artist. Fine. Soft cover. 1st. ed. 1978 Soft cover with an color illustrated wrap 80 page book. Illustrated with full page 29 in color plates . Condition : Fine. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. E P Dutton Paperback
Bookseller reference : 020505-A ISBN : 0714819042 9780714819044
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Mead PhD. William Edward. h. D.
ELEMENTARY COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC.
Boston: Leach Shewell & Sanborn Press of Samuel Usher 1894. Green cloth gilt stamped. 12mo. pp. 286 2 Ads. VG/No jacket. Traces of edge and joint wear one bumped corner. Internally fine. Boston: Leach, Shewell & Sanborn (Press of Samuel Usher), (1894). hardcover
Bookseller reference : OWBELE111921
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Comden Betty and Adolph Green Book by.
Anne Baxter in "APPLAUSE" Music by Charles Strouse Lyrics by Lee Adams based on the film "All About Eve" and the original story by Mary Orr.
New Jersey: Norfe Enterprises 1970. Illustrated by Clyde Smith cover b/w stills and ports. First thus edition. Stapled wraps. 4to. pp. 20. VG. Light wear and offset. Joseph Kipness & Lawrence Kasha in Association with 1970 Tony Award for Best Musical. New Jersey: Norfe Enterprises, [1970]. paperback
Bookseller reference : OWBANN111978
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Garcia Jerry; Newton John
Jerry Garcia's Amazing Grace
Scranton Pennsylvania U.S.A.: Harpercollins 2002. Book. Illus. by Author. New. Decorative Cloth. With the CD Condition : NEW Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Harpercollins Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 090104-K ISBN : 0060297107 9780060297107
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Garcia Jerry; Newton John
Jerry Garcia's Amazing Grace
Scranton Pennsylvania U.S.A.: Harpercollins 2002. Book. Illus. by Author. New. Decorative Cloth. With the CD Condition : NEW Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Harpercollins Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 090104-J ISBN : 0060297107 9780060297107
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Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY.; O'Neill John Philip N. Y.
Metropolitan Cats
Middle Village New York U.S.A.: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1981. Book. Illus. by Various Artist. Very Fine. Hardcover. 1st. ed. 1981 Hardcover with the dust jacket 112 page book. Illustyrated with beautiful color plates of cats in art at the MOMA. Condition : Very Fine/ Very Fine. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Metropolitan Museum of Art Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 091504-B ISBN : 0870992767 9780870992766
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Dabney Edith and C. M. Wise.
BOOK OF DRAMATIC COSTUME A.
New York: F.S. Crofts & Co. Vail-Ballou Press 1930. Illustrated by 34 b/w plates line drawings. First SD no asterisk edition. Black cloth printed gilt orange and black illustrated eps orange topstain. Royal 8vo. pp. x 163 3 blank. Bibliography. VG/No jacket. Ink owner dulled spine. New York: F.S. Crofts & Co. (Vail-Ballou Press), 1930. hardcover
Bookseller reference : OWBBOO111660
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Weeks Arland
Childern of the Pines
New York: Lyons and Carnahan 1926. Book. Illus. by Unknown. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1926 Decorative hardcover 302 page book. Illustrated with black and white photos.This decorative cover is cloth in brown with tele and purpal colors on the cover illustration. See the cover at our book site at : GibbsBooks.Condition : Very Good with some light daim stain on some of the frist pages and a brake at the signature hinge on the titrle page. Size: 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Lyons and Carnahan Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 093004-U
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Spiegelman Art
In the Shadow of No Towers Signed
New York: Pantheon Books 2004. Book. Illus. by Author. New. Stiff Board Wraps. Signed by Authors. 1st. edition 1st. Printing . 2004 Stiff boards illustarted covers about 38 page book . Illustrated as a comic book with color plates . This will be another highly prized book SIGNED by Art Spiegelman . See the book cover at : GibbsBooks. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pantheon Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 100104-Q
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Albright Knox Art Gallery; Raye Helen; Brutvan Cheryl A.; Costello Anita Coles
Masterworks on Paper from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
BuffaloNY.: Hudson Hills Press in association with Albright-Knox Art Gallery 1987. Book. Illus. by Various Artist. Very Fine. Hardcover. 1st.ed. 1987 Hardcover with the dust cover 168 page book. Illustrated with 98 color plates and 26 black and white . Condition : Very Fine / Very Fine. see the book cover at : GibbsBooks. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Hudson Hills Press in association with Albright-Knox Art Gallery Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 103004-X ISBN : 093392089X 9780933920897
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Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum; Paul Robeson Cultural Center
Paul Robeson: Artist and Citizen
Piscataway New Jersey U.S.A.: Rutgers Univ Pr 1998. Book. Illus. by Unknown. Very Fine. Soft cover. 1st. ed. 1998 Soft cover with an photo illustrated wrap 331 page book. Illustrated with black and white photos. Condition : Very Fine. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Rutgers Univ Pr Paperback
Bookseller reference : 110104-F ISBN : 081352511X 9780813525112
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Silverman David P.
50 Wonders of Tutankhamun
Avenel New Jersey U.S.A.: Outlet 1978. Book. Illus. by Unknown. Very Good. Soft Cover as Only Issued. 1st. ed. 1978 Soft cover with an photo illustrated wrap 104 page book. Illustrated with color full page prints of the artifacts of the boy King. Condition : Very Good wrapper has a corner crease at the bottom . Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Outlet Paperback
Bookseller reference : 120104-V ISBN : 0517535491 9780517535493
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Chambers Robert W.
Blue - Bird Weather
New York: Appleton 1912. Book. Illus. by Charles Dana Gibson. Very Good. Hard Cover Cloth. 2nd edition Hardcover with light purple cloth boards with silver lettersspine and cover 142 page book. Illustrated with 6 black and white drawing plates by Charles Dana Gibbson . Condition : Very Good. Size: 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Appleton Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 120204-H
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