(Camden) London, England. John Cumberland. No date. Ca. 1830s - 1840s. Collection of five 18th and 19th century British dramas ("printed from the acting copy, etc.) to which is added Colman’s "The Iron Chest" dated 1796. Frontispieces to the first five dramas by either Wageman or Cruikshank. The five are..... More
London. Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1892. Hardback volume, 6 ½ x 4 ¼ inches, xii+194 pp., spine very slightly cocked. Text initially "delivered in the form of lectures at the Royal Institution, the Society of Arts, and the Royal Institute, Hull." Frontispiece portrait of the famous 19th century French actor... More
San Francisco. A. Roman Co., 1886. Hardcover volume, 8 x 5 ½ inches, xv+406 pages decorative cloth-covered boards. Spotting to lower front cover, ex-libris plate on front paste-down, good or better condition overall; an engaging volume discussing the triumphs (few) and perils of the acting profession in mid-19th century America... More
Cairo, Illinois. Commercial Distributing Company. 1903. Black and white plates, 128 pp., 6 ½ x 4 inches, decorative cloth-covered boards. Discoloration or toning to 3 or 4 pages. Light soiled spot to rear cover, good condition overall. The book contains 13 short "sketches" originally published in the Chicago Tribune and... More
Clay, John Cecil (illus).
Indianapolis, Indiana. Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1904. Heavy cardboard portfolio 18 ¾ x 14 ½ inches with slightly smaller illustrated paste-down sheet featuring color image of Mrs. Leslie Carter and text identifying publisher and the subjects of the 6 color portraits within. Portfolio is battered, string clasp torn... More
Chicago. Field Museum of Natural History. 1923. Booklet, black and white photo illustrations (several fold-out), 59pp, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, paper wraps (softbound). Covers worn with some small chips to edges; small bookshop label on verso of frontispiece, some short edge tears, small dampstain to upper right corner... More
Mullock, Dorothy (illus).
London. Cecil Palmer. No date. Ca. 1928. Play script in paper wraps 9.5 x 7.5 inches; 22 pp. plus one page of advertising. Four silkscreen prints by Welsh-born artist Dorothy Mullock. Light foxing to a number of pages, heaviest on title page and the page preceeding, light... More
Mullock, Dorothy (illus).
London. Cecil Palmer. No date. Ca. 1928. Play script in paper wraps 9.5 x 7.5 inches; 22 pp. plus one page of advertising. Four silkscreen color plates by Welsh-born artist Dorothy Mullock. Light foxing to a number of pages, heaviest on two pages at the rear of... More
New York. Random House. 1938. Some edges uncut, 150pp, 8 1/4 x 6 inches, red cloth covered boards (hardbound). With dust jacket. Soiling to dust jacket which has small tears and chipping to edges, one inch split to front dustjacket at spine. Book in very good clean condition. Right edge... More
New Orleans. TDR. 1966. A focus issue of the quarterly devoted to British Theatre. Journal 10 x 6 ½ inches, 216 pages. Articles include interviews with John Arden and Robert Bolt, essays on Brecht and John Whiting, Interviews with Lawrence Olivier, "Notes" on the Theatre of Cruelty, Littlewood in Rehearsal... More
New York. China Institute in America. No date. Ca. 1930. Booklet, 12 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches, 38 unnumbered pages plus decorative grey paper wrappers. Free-edge corners lightly bumped; former owners name in pencil on first page. Contents in good clean condition overall. Program with a collection of essays introducing... More
New York. G. W. Dillingham Company. 1911. Hardcover volume, 7 ¾ x 5 inches, 347 pp. The "novelization" of Walter's scandalous 1909 New York theatre sensation directed by David Belasco and starring Frances Starr. The story concerns an aspiring actress who, succumbing to the blandishments of an older man, destroys... More
London. B. T. Batsford. 1913. Hardcover collection of contorted syntax essays by the British novelist and dramatist, 7 x 5 inches, 58 pp, in excellent clean condition. More
London. J. S. Virtue and Company. No date. Ca. 1887- 1888. Souvenir booklet with pictorial paper-covered boards and cloth spine, 6 ½ x 9 ¼ inches, 32 pp. Numerous illustrations drawn together in the booklet from a variety of sources. The cover of the booklet denotes Irving's US tour with... More
New York. MJF Books. 1991. First Edition. Hard cover book in fine dust jacket; 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 502 pp. "As new" condition; multiple copies available. A collection of 43 "modern masterpieces" (according to the dust jacket). Playwrights featured include Edward Albee, Christopher Durang, Maria Irene Fornes, Edward Gorey, Richard... More
Chicago. De Paul University. 1970. Paperback play script with critical introduction by Herbert V. Fackler; 8.5 x 5.5 inches; 34 pp. Volume IV in De Paul’s Irish Drama Series. George W. Russell, writing under the pseudonym Æ, was a painter, poet, and playwright whose "Deirdre" was produced in 1902 by... More
Salzburg, Austria. Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik. 1982. Two volume set titled "Poetic Drama & Poetic Theory," edited by Dr. James Hogg, featuring the two-part essay "Domestic Tragedy in English - Brief Survey" by Ada Lou Carson and Herbert L. Carson. Each volume 8 ¼ x 6 inches, Volume 1... More
New York. R. H. Russell. 1900. String bound booklet, 12 x 9 inches, 16 pp, illustrated throughout with black and white photos (many full-page) unfolding the play's narrative. Gilt embossed decorative front cover features a pastedown portrait of Maude Adams, the play's star. The souvenir volume contains several loose pages... More
London. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1912. Play script in stiff card covers, 7 ¼ x 4 ¾ inches, 86 pp plus 2 pp of adverts. Floorplan for stage set p. 8. Very good (virtually "as new") condition. Text on rear cover advertises other playwrights of the era, including Laurence Housman and... More
New York. Samuel French. 1898. 1908. Two vintage Samuel French play scripts replete with the authors' stage directions intended to assure the producers of regional productions "get it right." "Saratoga" has a copyright date of 1870 with a renewal date of 1898, both in Howard’s name. "Hazel Kirke has a.... More
New York. Harry N. Abrams. 1988. Color and black and white photo illustrations throughout, 320pp, index, 12 x 10 inches, cloth covered boards (hardbound). Color pictorial dust jacket. Fine condition. Heavily illustrated history of Russian and Soviet theatre focusing on a quarter century of radical innovation. Topics include the Kamerny... More
Freeman et al.(engraved by).
Philadelphia. Gebbie & Barrie. 1876. Volume 1. Black and white engravings, top edge gilt, cxvi+48+plates, 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches, decorative gilt cloth covered boards with gilt lettered spine (hardbound). Covers lightly soiled with extremities softly rubbed, a couple of 1/8 holes along spine, 1... More
New York. McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1939. Hard-cover illustrated book; 9 1/4 x 6 inches; 63 pp. Owner signature in ink on front free end paper and title page. Short thin streaks on front and rear cover. Corners lightly bumped. Contents in good condition. Introduction by Roger Hill. Part of the... More
Toledo, Ohio. Rad-Mar Press. No date. Ca. 1942. Spiral-bound rectangular book, 13 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches. 76 pp. Illustrations of 38 theaters, from the Greeks to 1940s America, with a peek into the future on the last two pages. Toning in free edge of title page, evidently leeching from... More
New York. Henry Holt and Company. 1932. Hard cover book 10 x 7 ¼ inches; 178 pp. Numerous black and white illustrations. The book is a concise history of theatrical costume in the western world, beginning with the Greeks and extending to the twentieth century. The first chapter, oddly titled... More
