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Trewin Wendy;Trewin J. C
The Arts Theatre London 1927 1981
London: Society for Theatre Research 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. FINE 1st edition/printing dark blue cloth with gilt font on cover and spine 123 pps illustrated with b/w plates from stage productions and stage settings. Without marks or writing tight binding clean and bright. Dust jacket is not price clipped clean and bright. Former owners' bookplate on inside front cover. Society for Theatre Research Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113772
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Kerr Walter
Journey to the Center of the Theater
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9� - 12" tall. FINE stated first edition / printing tan and burgundy cloth over boards w initial stamped on front and gilt font on spine deckled pages lavender bottom edge 332 pps. Unmarked clean bright and tight. Former owner's bookplate on inside front cover. Dust jacket is near fine unclipped with price posted $12.95 very light soiling on edge1/4" closed tear on bottom edge now under mylar protection." The author " brings together the best of his writings for the New York Times through the seventies and gives us a brilliant view of everything important that's happened on off and surrounding Broadway during that exciting time.". Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113775 ISBN : 0394503600 9780394503608
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Donohue Joseph W. Jr. ed
The Theatrical Manager in England and America: Player of a Perilous Game
Princeton: Princeton University 1971. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. FINE first edition/printing brown cloth over boards w black font on spine xii-216 pps illus. Appears unread without marks writing etc. Former owner's book on front inside cover hidden by dust jacket flap. Dust jacket not price clipped very clean without tears chips 1/2" red pencil line - very thin and quiet. Now under mylar wraps.Collection of essays by Philip Henslowe Tate Wilkinson Stephen Price Edwin Booth and Charles Wyndham. all examining five theatrical managers spanning four centuries of the English speaking stage. Princeton University Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113785
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Silvette Herbert and Francelia Butler editor
The Doctor on the Stage: Medicine and Medical Men in Seventeenth-Century England
Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press 1967. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9� - 12" tall. Fine first editioin/first printing gray cloth with gilt font in red decorated design on spine appears unread without any marks writing very tight binding. Former owner's book plate is on inside front cover hidden by dust jacket flap. Dust jacket equally fine not clipped and price indicated. Now under mylar wraps. "When scientific truth and popular belief converged on the stage of 16th & 17th century England the synthesis often yielded a lively humor for the play-going public." Chapters include: urine bleeding remedies charms & potions great men & quacks virtuoso the French disease science & satire. Appendix bibliography index. Numerous excerpts from plays and poetry which add color and humor to the sorry state of 17th century medicine. University of Tennessee Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113755
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Knight Joseph
Theatrical Notes
London: Lawrence & Bullen 1893. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Good as spine darkened and some wear but unusual copy original 1st edn bumps 309pps index spine repaired theatrical scene in London at end of the century. Lawrence & Bullen Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113811
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Stutchewsky Joachim
120 Chassidic Melodies
Jerusalem: General Federation of Jewish Labour 1950. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. G/G 1st edn wear to book and dust jacket 117pps songs w/text. General Federation of Jewish Labour Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113806
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Butterworth Philip
Theatre of Fire: Special Effects in Early English and Scottish Theatre: Written by Philip Butterworth 1998 Edition 1st ed. Publisher: Society for Theatre Research
London: Society for Theatre Research 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9� - 12" tall. Fine 1st edition/printing black boards w gilt font on spine 272 pps illustrations index biblio glossary notes and appendices. Pristine condition without writing or marks. Former owners' bookplate pasted down on inside front cover. Dust jacket is not price clipped gold foil with minimal shelf wear. Society for Theatre Research Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113787
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Trudgill Peter
The Dialects of England
Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell 1992. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Paperback Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.b. Corners a little creased. 145pp. Wiley-Blackwell Paperback
Bookseller reference : 034654 ISBN : 0631185186 9780631185185
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Reynolds Frederick
The Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds in 2 volumes
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea 1826. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Good as both fep loose and chipped some foxing original 1st edn 2 volumes in one leather title on spine tan buckram binding early 19th c. British dramatist of over 100 now forgotten plays of contemporary manners and follies. Carey & Lea Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113875
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Fenner Theodore
Leigh Hunt and Opera Criticism; the Examiner Years 1808-1821
Lawrence: The University Press of Kansas 1972. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. AS NEW first edition black cloth over boards w gilt font on spine 353 pps index of operas index of performers.Appears unread wIthout writing clean bright and tight. Former owners paste down bookplate on inside cover beneath dust jacket flap. Dust jacket not clipped without tears chips or bumps as new and now under mylar. The University Press of Kansas Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113851
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Browning Robert H. Ed.
Music of the Islamic World and its Influences
New York: Alternative Museum 1984. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Softcover monograph on subject with various essays by experts illustrated VG 1st edn 56pps. Alternative Museum Paperback
Bookseller reference : 113871
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Taubman Howard
Toscanini
Tel Aviv 1953. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. New York music critic Taubman writes of Toscanini this one in Hebrew text which makes it rather uncommon photos Toscanini helped establish the the Palestine and later Israel Symphony Orchestra with Bronislaw Huberman in 1936 when he led the very first concert performance of a group whose members were refugees from Nazi Germany 251pps book originally published by Simon & Schuster in 1951 here it's 1953 4 years before his death 1st edn thus rebound with Hebrew front cover upside down grey spine tape. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113901
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Almagor Gideon
Affection and A Tale
Tel Aviv: Israel Music 1949. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Israel composer Swiss born first commercial and scarce titles 3pps folklore oriented settled in Haifa in late 1940s. Israel Music Paperback
Bookseller reference : 113878
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Fricke Uwe
Musicosophia: Melorhythie #2
Linden: Private 1982. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Small German musical philosophy magazine uncommon various articles 52pps. Subtitled: das Architektonische wesen der Musik als grundlage der Melorhythmie. Private Paperback
Bookseller reference : 113873
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Wons Anthony
Tony's Scrap Book Combined Radio Editions 1927 1928 & 1929
Chicago: Reilly & Lee 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Very good 1st edition green cloth wstamped design gilt font on cover and gilt cloth font on spine. 88 numbered pps with "extra" pages for book owner to add their own selection and in this copy one poem has been penciled in. Former owners name and 1932 date on loose FEP otherwise copy is without writing or marks. It is age toned. Dust jacket not available. Frontispiece etching of Tony at work. Reilly & Lee Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113838
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Boscovich A. U.
Piano Pieces for the Youth
Tel Aviv/Palestine: J. Naidat 1945. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Six pieces in paper sheet music folio Hebrew inscription on first page dates 1945 Hebrew/English titles 12pps small white price sticker on front cover blackened. J. Naidat Paperback
Bookseller reference : 113877
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Wolpe Stefan
Lyrical Ballad for Four Voices my guess
Tel Aviv 1951. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Spot on paper covers rare ballad by Berlin-born radical Jewish composer much influenced by his time at Bauhaus and the Arabic music he heard when in Palestine for four voices 7pps Hebrew text and preface date is a guess. Ask for photo if uncertain. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 113902
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Eyre Richard; Wright Nicholas
Changing Stages: A View of British and American Theatre in the Twentieth Century
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2001. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9� - 12" tall. AS NEW stated 1st American edition black boards w gilt font on spine 400 pps photos index calendar of notable events. Appear unread - or very lightly read without creases writing marks etc. Dust jacket is near fine unclipped showing minimal shelf wear and now under mylar wraps."A highly personal and encapsulated overview of British and world theater with particular focus on the American scene this breezy copiously illustrated book was written as preparation for a BBC-TV series Changing Stages. Eyre director of London's Royal National Theatre and Wright an actor and playwright of the hit Mrs. Klein and others know all the inside poop on English playwrights like Noel Coward and Terrence Rattigan about whom they are candid to the point of bitchiness and on most of the major English Shakespeare productions of the last 100 years. A chapter on Bertolt Brecht entitled "B.B." is a vigorous presentation of that still-controversial writer and the book is particularly good". Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113884 ISBN : 0375412034 9780375412035
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Pronko Leonard C.
Theater East and West: Perspectives Toward a Total Theater
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1967. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. FINE first edition tan cloth over boards w orange font on spine 230 pps includes photos index selected bibliography. Former owner's bookplate on inside cover hidden by dust jacket flap otherwise no other marks writing etc. Pages/spine are tight. Dust jacket is clipped but without tears is clean fine condition and under mylar wraps. ".this book contends that a creative synthesis of Asian and Western traditions now stands to revolutionize our whole theory and practice of drama." Included are selections on Artaud Beckett Brecht Chinese Opera Clauel Genet Kabuki Noh and Yeats. University of California Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113850
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Annan David
Ape: The Kingdom of Kong
London: Lorrimer Publishing Ltd. 1974. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Edges and corners a little rubbed. A little foxing to end papers. Original price on rear cover marked out. 93pp. Lorrimer Publishing Ltd. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 034697 ISBN : 0856470546 9780856470547
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Soutar Jethro
Gael Garcia Bernal and the Latin American New Wave
London: Portico 2008. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Small nick to rear D/J otherwise LIke New. 264pp. Portico Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034705 ISBN : 1906032254 9781906032258
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Souhami Diana
Greta & Cecil
London: Orion 2000. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Paperback Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Very slight reading crease to spine. 273pp. Orion Paperback
Bookseller reference : 034700 ISBN : 184212160X 9781842121603
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O'Hara Frank Hurburt and Bro Margueritte Harmon
Invitation to the Theater
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1951. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. C-A On title page. Harper & Brothers Publishers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034782
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Ervine St John
The Organised Theatre
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1924. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. George Allen & Unwin Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034789
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Ronald Harwood
The Ages of Gielgud: An Actor at Eighty
London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd 1984. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033806 ISBN : 0340348283 9780340348284
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Jablonski Edward; Stewart Lawrence D.
The Gershwin Years
London: Robson Books 1974. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Robson Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033811 ISBN : 0903895196 9780903895194
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Preface By Edwards Robert
A Sense of Permanence: Essays on the Art of Cartoon
London: Deirdre McDonald Books 1997. Book. Very Good. Cloth/Laminated Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Corners of boards and head and tail of spine very slightly bumped. 79pp. Deirdre McDonald Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034000 ISBN : 1898094209 9781898094203
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Yershov Pytor P.
Konek Gorbchnok The Magic Horse
Moscow: NSDAP 1920. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft leather rebound along spine Russian text musical score of 27 songs from the classic children's fairy tale opera 124pps instant hit when author was age 19 1834 folio uncommon date is a guess Good condition covers slightly curved much wear along edges. NSDAP Paperback
Bookseller reference : 113718
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Cummins Ella Sterling
The Postman's Song
New York: Werner Edgar S. 1894. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Rare sheet music dedicated to the national asn of letter carriers of the USA engraving of a postman with shoulder bag and mail on front cover 2pps Sterling was a pioneer in literary affairs in California and this piece of her oeuvre is quite scarce good only a oversized sheet music with taped tears and chips around edges. Werner, Edgar S. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 113729
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Conrads Ulrich and Hans G. Sperlich
The Architecture of Fantasy utopian building and planning in modern times
New York: F. A. Praeger 1962. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. VG folio ill sun drenched part of upper cloth binding 187pps/index short bios of many architects of this genre 1st US edn ill. F. A. Praeger Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113688
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Donald Campbell
Playing for Scotland: A History of the Scottish Stage 1715-1965
Edinburgh: Mercat Press 1996. Book. Like New. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Mercat Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033395 ISBN : 1873644574 9781873644577
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Seidel Heinrich
The Magic Inkstand and Other Stories
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd 1982. Book. Illus. by Anderson Wayne. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Jonathan Cape Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033397 ISBN : 0224018566 9780224018562
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Novick Julius
Beyond Broadway: The Quest for Permanent Theatres.
New York: Hill and Wang 1969. Book. Good. Paperback. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Edges and corners rubbed with some light damage to bottom corner of front cover. Soome fading and rubbing to covers. Fading to spine. Number written on rear cover in pen. Generally quite a worn copy but content is in good condition. 393pp. Hill and Wang Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033683 ISBN : 0809005476 9780809005475
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Baker George Pierce
Dramatic Technique
London: Jonathan Cape Book. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Title label on spine rubbed. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033729
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Cuthbertson Muriel
More Music for Keep Fit Classes
London: J.Curwen & Sons Ltd. 1938. Book. Good. Paperback. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. 8690.32pp. J.Curwen & Sons Ltd. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 032796
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Spooner Peter
Business Films How to Make and Use Them
London: Business Publications Limited 1959. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Business Publications Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032805
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Cuthbertson Muriel
Music for Keep Fit Classes
London: J.Curwen & Sons Ltd. 1937. Book. Good. Paperback. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. 8680.34pp. J.Curwen & Sons Ltd. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 032794
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Cuthbertson Muriel
New Music for Keep Fit Classes
London: J.Curwen & Sons Ltd. 1944. Book. Good. Paperback. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. 8697.40pp. J.Curwen & Sons Ltd. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 032795
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Cotes Peter
No Star Nonsense
London: Rockliff 1949. Book. Good. Cloth. Signed First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Rubbing to corners and edges of boards and spine inscribed by author on ffep. 198pp. Rockliff Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032835
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McMahan Harry Wayne
TV Tape Commercials: New Techniques of Creating and Producing Television Commercials
New York: Hastings House 1960. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Corners of boards and head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Edges and corners of D/J rubbed with heavier rubbing to head and tail of spine. 110pp. Hastings House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032836
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Blanchard Marc Antoine
Le Demande en Mariage comedie-vaudeville en un acte; also L'Ouverture de la Chasse comedie-vaudeville en un acte lot of 2
Bichon: Chatellerault/Bichon Freres 1880. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. French text two separate vaudeville comedies inscribed by author on first page of first offering 43pps light stain at upper right corner influencing the inscription and following several pages; second copy 23pps date is 1878. Chatellerault/Bichon Freres Paperback
Bookseller reference : 113628
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Rideout Ernie Ed.
A Definitive Tribute to Frank Zappa in his own words
San Francisco: Guitar Player 1993. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Rare magazine VG with outspoken interviews dating from 1977 scarce photos 88pps essays by Steve Rosen Michael Davis Tommy Mars Tom Mulhern Jim Aikin and Robert Doerschuk Don Menn faint smell of cigarette which is in keeping with Zappa's own smoking habit some colour photos. Guitar Player Paperback
Bookseller reference : 113634
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Kazan Elia
The Understudy
New York: Stein and Day 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. FINE/Very good stated 1st publication/ 1st printing russet and cream cloth over boards w gilt signature stamped on cover and gilt font on spine 347 pps. Without writing no marks clean tight. Dust jacket is not price clipped bumped along edges now under mylar wraps. Stein and Day Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113599 ISBN : 0812817311 9780812817317
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Thompson Helen M. Ed.
Study of Legal Documents of Symphony Orchestras
Charleston: ASOL 1958. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Booklet from Juilliard Library w/paper clip call slip blue paper covers 1st edn 61pps published by American Symphony Orchestra League in West Virginia. ASOL Paperback
Bookseller reference : 113624
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Udanov Barry and George Simon Ed.
Jazz 1955 the metronome yearbook
New York: Metronome 1955. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Some wear and creases to cover else VG 1st edn classic period in jazz and all the biggest names at the pinnacle of great postwar jazz era are presented here in text and b/w photographs: picture gallery by Bob Parent: Diz Billy Taylor Billy Holiday Sarah Vaughn study of 52nd Street jazz drawings by Donald Smith 1955 discography of best recordings jazz for 1955 new arrivals etc. Metronome Paperback
Bookseller reference : 113652
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Ross Alex
Listen to This
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 2010. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. AS NEW / Near fine dj SIGNED by author on title page 1st edition/1st printing white boards w red font on spine364 pps credits. Appears unread very tight binding without marks writingetc. Dust jacket is not price clipped under mylar wraps clean without writing corners are lightly bumped.".Alex Ross's award-winning international bestseller The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century has become a contemporary classic establishing Ross as one of our most popular and acclaimed cultural historians. .Whether his subject is Mozart or Bob Dylan Ross shows how music expresses the full complexity of the human condition. Witty passionate and brimming with insight Listen to This teaches us how to listen more closely.". Farrar, Straus and Giroux Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113596 ISBN : 0374187746 9780374187743
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Alvey Jr. Glenn H.
Dizionario Dei Termini Cinematografica Italiano - Inglese
Italy: Mediterranea 1952. Book. Good. Paperback. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. DICTIONARY OF TERMS FOR THE CINEMA .ENGLISH ITALIAN.Paper edges browning. Mediterranea Paperback
Bookseller reference : 032934
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O'Connor John; Brown Lorraine
Federal Theatre Project
London: Eyre Methuen 1980. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Eyre Methuen Paperback
Bookseller reference : 032677 ISBN : 0413467708 9780413467706
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Evreinof Nicolas
The Theatre in Life
London: George G. Harrap and Company 1927. Book. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Marbled boards with rubbing to right hand edges removing marbling predominantly at corners.Previous owners inscription dated 1927 on ffep. George G. Harrap and Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032728
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Collection Fluide Glacial Numero 1
Book. Good. Paperback. 52pp. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 032748
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