Firenze: Massimo Agus, 1998. Folio. White, horizontal paper with lower flap folded up as half cover/pocket. Bw lettering on outer flap and back cover. Contents include 3 loose sheets with two bw photos each of dancers from the troupe. Oversize; not bound. 18.5 x 13 inches. Most text in Italian;..... More
London, England: Sotheby & Co., 1969. Softcover. Green illus. wraps; 303 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw figures. Accompanied a sale held 15 - 16 December, 1969; 323 lots listed, including costumes from the Diaghilev period, decor and costume designs from the collection of Boris Kniaseff, and theater designs from the..... More
New York: Dramatic Mirror, 1890-1891. Hardbound. Three volumes (issues) bound into one volume 170 pp. total. The Dramatic Mirror Quarterly was edited by Harrison Grey Fiske. Exceedingly rare. Original copies only found at Harvard and The Huntington Library. All research indicates this volume constitute the whole of the publication contained..... More
Roma (Rome), Italy: Casa Editrice Le Maschere, 1954 onward. Hardbound. Red vellum covers, printed vellum spine titles with design. Text entirely in Italian. A monumental and comprehensive dictionary of the theatre, its history and the people and places associated with it. A key source of information. More
New York: National Repertory Theatre, 1964. Ephemera. B/W 8x10 still shot of Le Gallienne in the role of Madame Arkadina from Chekhov's The Seagull. Inscribed "To Patrick Finnegan with all best wishes Eva Le Gallienne" in purple marker. Housed in a plastic wrapper. Le Gallienne translated, directed and performed in..... More
New York: National Repertory Theatre, 1965. Ephemera. B/W 8x10 still shot of Le Gallienne in the National Repertory Theatre's production of The Trojan Women. Inscribed "To Patrick Finnegan - Eva Le Gallienne" in purple marker. Housed in a plastic wrapper. The Trojan Women, a touring production, opened at The Hartman..... More
Tokyo: Maruzen Company Ltd., 1936. Softcover. Cream wraps with pasted-down color illustration; 84 pp. with 3 color plates, a gate-fold color illustration of a theatre from the Edo period, and numerous bw photographs and other illustrations;. No. 6 of the Tourist Library series; text in English; a lovely little book..... More
Spoleto, Italy: 19th Festival dei Due Mondi, 1976. Softcover. Orange wraps with bw illustration and black lettering; unpaginated with approx. 36 pp. and numerous illustrations. Text in Italian, with the plot also in English; with the usual lists and photos - cast, musicians, synopsis, etc.; with numerous advertisements. More
London: S. Bladon, 1792. Hardcover. Brown boards, gilt letters on spine, 400 pp. Title on spine: Theatrical Dictionary. Subtitle continued: "Together with their dates when Written or Printed, where Acted, and Occasional Remarks on their Merits and Success. To which is added, An Alphabetical Catalogue of Dramatic Writers, with The..... More
Chicago: Chicago Park District, 1940. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards, library binding; 243 pp.; Numerous bw photos and figures. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration of the State of Illinois; Includes a history of square dancing, teaching and calling techniques, basic moves, and many..... More
Paris: Michel Levy Freres, Editeurs, 1856. Softcover. Tiny book with grey paper covers covered in glassine; 271 pp. with no illustrations. Text in French; the scripts of the two plays. More
Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1943. Illustrated wraps with woodblock print design at bottom half of sheet (front and back). 89 pp. Printed on thin flimsy paper. Contents include directions for use; 16 plays and 4 "Other Drami9atic Material" items. Authors and contributors include Bella Spewack, Bernards J. Reines..... More
New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1969. Hardcover. Black cloth, gold lettering and decoration, clear plastic DJ with printing, [xxii] 236 pp., profusely illustrated with photos and tipped in color plates. A comprehensive, fascinating discussion of many aspects of William Addison Dwiggins' marionette theater, including individual puppets. From..... More
Bari: Giuseppe Laterza & Figli, 1946. Softcover. Pale brown paper wraps with dark brown lettering; 383, 403, and 417 pp. respectively, with no illustrations;. Texts in Italian; part of the Scrittori d'Italia series; appears never to have been read; the tragic works of Vittorio Alfieri. More
Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1974. First. Hardcover. Turquoise cloth/boards; silver lettering. Turquoise dj with image of Lorca; white lettering. Mylar cover. x, 224 pp. with no illus. An analysis of three of Lorca's plays, providing a new view of Lorca as a dramatist and presenting new material to..... More
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Bombay: Marg Publications, [1979]. Paperback. Color-illustrated wraps; white spine with balck lettering. 149 + [19] pp. A plethora of color and BW images, 1 fold-out. Volume 32, Number 3 of Marg Publications. This volume discusses the Bharatanatyam, a traditional Indian dance, demonstrating hand gestures, musical content, history, famous dancers, and..... More
Washington, DC: Anderson House, 1939. First. Hardcover. Grey cloth over boards; Maroon lettering on spine and front cover; 53 pp.; No illustrations. More
Paris: Furne et Cie., Editeurs, 1853. Probably 1st edition. Hardcover. Midnight leather boards; pearlized white end papers; a. e. g., raised bands to spine. xii + 718 pp. Numerous bw steel plates with tissue guards. Text in French. Includes brief essay about Racine, as well as the following plays: La..... More
Torino: Edizioni Radio Italiani, 1953. First edition, Limited to 1700 copies, this is #987. Hardbound. Very stiff glossy jacket folded over and glued to stiff paper, color illustrated, in open-backed slipcase with black and white illustration. 211 pp., with 53 plates, some in color. Text in Italian. Large beautiful plates..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013. Hardcover. Three-quarters sea-green paper boards with gray paper spine; color illus. dust jacket, 429 pp., 150 BW illus., 9 maps. "Archaeologist and linguist by profession, folk dancer by avocation, Elizabeth Wayland Barber has sleuthed through ethnographic lore and archaeological reports of east..... More
Vizille, France: Musee de la Revolution francaise, 2007. Softcover. Off white wraps with pictorial front. 272 pp. Color and bw plates. In French. Published in conjunction with the exhibition on the Theatre des Varietes Amusantes. More
Milano (Milan), Italy: Garzanti Editore, 1940. Softcover. Cream paper wraps with red/black lettering; 287 pp. with 12 bw plates;. Text in Italian; writings about Italian theatre favorites such as Paolo Ferrari, Giuseppe Giacosa, Marco Praga, Ernesto Rossi, Eleonora Duse, Sarah Bernhardt, and others. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. Hardbound. Bw pictorial boards with red illustrated dj in mylar cover; 292 pp. with XVI color plates, tipped in, and 191 bw illustrations. With chapter headings of the courts, the public, players, plays, stages, theatres, and including chronological tables; very well-researched and illustrated. More
[London] / [New York]: [The Studio]/ [Studio Publications}, 1946. Hardcover. Bluish-purple cloth boards with silver lettering on spine, xxxii, 216 pages, illustrations (some color). "In this volume I have combined and extended my two previous works on this subject, Five centuries of ballet and Design for the ballet." Includes alphabetical..... More
London: Theatre Print, 1977. Ephemera. Theatre program. Stapled paper wraps with bw photographic front cover, white lettering; and color-illus. back cover (advert). [24] with bw photos and color and bw adverts. Theatre program from the November 1977 performance, at the Queen's Theatre, London, of Alan Bennett's play The Old Country..... More
