The Drone A Play In Three Acts
Dublin: Maunsel & Co., Ltd., 1909. Softbound. Blue printed wraps. 68 + [8] pp. More
Dublin: Maunsel & Co., Ltd., 1909. Softbound. Blue printed wraps. 68 + [8] pp. More
Dublin: Maunsel & Co., Ltd., 1909. Softbound. Blue printed wraps. 14 pp. A play about Irish Life produced during a revival in Irish literature. More
Dublin: Maunsel & Co., Ltd., 1907. Softbound. Blue printed wraps. 71 + [1] pp. A play about Irish life, written during a revival of Irish literature. More
Milan: Alpes, 1927. Softcover. Off-white illus. wraps; 137 pp.; 10 bw plates. Text in Italian; About the Italian actress Eleonora Duse. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Hardcover. Black cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Illustrated dj with maroon lettering. Mylar cover. xii, 223 pp. with 3 bw illustrations. Michael McAteer examines the plays of W. B. Yeats, considering their place in European theater during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. This original study..... More
Cremona: Luigi de Micheli e Bernardo Bellini, 1827. Hardbound. Quarter leather with marbled paper over boards; gilt lettering and decoration on spine; each work numbered individually; occasional bw engravings;. Text in Classical Italian of the version spoken in the 18th-19th centuries. This grouping contains the original 14 volumes in 7..... More
Singapore/ New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Hardcover. Color illustrated boards; matching dj with yellow lettering. Mylar cover. xx + 175 pp. bw illustrations with several in color. This lavishly illustrated book provides an introduction to the rich traditions of South-East Asian dance, theatre, and puppet theatre. In South-East Asia..... More
no info given: no info given, no info given (1980s-1990s?). Softcover. Square black folded portfolio; 12 loose sheets laid in; 1 color figure; 10 color plates. Includes two short essays about this Kabuki actor, which are provided in both English and Japanese; Each plate signed. More
Ostfildern, Germany / Boston: Hatje Cantz / The Institute Of Contemporary Art, 2011. Hardcover. brown wraps w/ white printing. cloth dustjacket w/ black printing. 140 w/ primarily color illustrations, bw illustrations. Dance and the visual arts have had a longstanding inter-relationship, but until now there has been no authoritative portrayal..... More
Paris: Editions Rene Kieffer, 1922. Softcover. Cream paper wraps with bw illustration and black lettering; glassine covers; 224 pp. with occasional color and bw illustrations. Number 157 of 550 printed; with illustrations by F. Simeon; text in French; the script for the text of the ballet, a 5-act comedy ballet..... More
Paris: G. Cres, 1924. Hardcover. French language text. Marbled boards. Red leather corners and spines. Gilt lettering on 5 raised band spine. Top edge gilt. illustrations. Decorative interior covers and end pages. Cover title: Théatre de Molière. Contents:T. I. L'étourdi ou les contre-temps -- Dépit amoureux -- Les précieuses ridicules..... More
London: The Poetry Bookshop, 1919, August. Color printed wraps with printed title. 28 pp. + 4 plates and 8 pp ads. Cover illustration, as well as the four internal plates, are by Albert Rutherston. The entire issue is comprised of a lecture on "Decoration In The Theatre" delivered by Rutherston..... More
Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, 2003. Hardcover. White boards, peach and illustrated dust jacket with black lettering. 239 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Text in Spanish. "Stage director Robert Wilson has devoted himself to the integration of elements from a range of creative fields into the realm of theater. Light and movement..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: John Hanrahan Publishing, 1932. Softcover. green buckram w/ gilt spine printing. various paginations w/ bw & color illustrations. From a college library. All volumes have been rebound in library buckram. Covers and advertisments are included. This lot is comprised of books printed Volumes 10 through 16. Volume 10..... More
New York: Drama Book Specialists, 1975. Hardcover. square, red boards w/ black spine printing. 128 pgs w/ bw illustrations. bw illustrated dustjacket w/ white printing. The Motley Theatre Group's (sisters Margaret, Sophie and Elizabeth Harris) handbook for amateur and theater professionals. More
New York: Russell & Russell, 1963. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Volume 1 has a bw map frontispiece, xiii, 370 pp, fold out tables. Volume 2 is xii, 434 pp. Two volumes: v. 1. London companies. -- v. 2. Provincial companies. Includes bibliographical references..... More
Dublin: Maunsel & Company, 1912. Paper covered printed boards. 60 pp. + 3 pp. ads. More
Berlin: Richard Carl Schmidt & Co., 1919. Hardcover. Red boards with black illustration and gilt and black lettering; 205 pp.; richly illustrated. Text in German. More
New York: Radio City/Rockefeller Center, 1933. Softcover. Art Deco color-illus. wraps with bw lettering. Textured glassine overlay. Stapled. 24 pp. with color drawings and bw photos. A souvenir booklet about "The World's Greatest Theatres"; the story in brief text and photos, of the planning, construction, interiors and productions presented at..... More
Washington, D.C. The National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1994. Hardcover. Black cloth boards, silver titling; black & color illus. dust jacket, 532 pp. Numerous bw photo reproductions, and dance notation charts throughout; weighs 6.5 lbs. Dust-jacket dampstaining does not affect interior of the volume. The first volume of..... More
India: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1970. Hardcover. Blue cloth with lighter blue dustjacket. 52 pp., 15 bw plates. Nandikesvara.; Ananda K Coomaraswamy; Duggirala Gopalakrsna. The author was a great expert on early stage-craft in India. A reprint of the original 1917 edition from Harvard. More
Bonn: Fritz Klopp/ Kurt Shroeder, 1924-1927. Softcover. 5 volumes in 4, oversized gray and orange wraps, the 3rd and 4th together. Section 1 and 2 have 10 plates, section 3 & 4 together have 16 plates, and section 5 has 8 plates. Text in German. The stage picture a cultural-historical..... More
London: The Bodley Head, 1956. Hardcover. red cloth boards w/ gilt emblem & gilt spine printing. top edge red. 259 pgs w/ bw & color plates. pictorial, paper dustjacket. A history and analysis of the "commedia dell'arte" Harlequin character. A nice clean copy. More
Bologna, Italy: Franco Maria Ricci, 2005. First. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; 133 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Texts provided in Italian and English; An overview of the Costa Magica puppet collection; Includes several essays; Well illustrated. More
Bologna, Italy: Franco Maria Ricci, 2005. First. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; Color plate affixed to front cover; Gilt titling to spine and front cover; 133 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Texts provided in Italian and English; An overview of the Costa Magica puppet collection; Includes several essays; Well illustrated;..... More