Vienna: Phaidon-Verlag, 1929. Hardcover. 103, [1] p., 8 unpaginated full-page color illustrations with yellow leaves on the verso; 22 cm. Black cloth gilt-stamped spine title; gilt and white cover title and illustration. Printed on double leaves. "Gesamtauflage 70 Tausend." Klabund was the pseudonum of Alfred Henschke (1891-1928). In Near Fine..... More
Vienna: Johann Joseph Jahn, 1789. Paperback. 110, [2] p.; 18 cm. Signatures: A-G8 (8vo). Remains of original blue wrapper on spine, but wrapper is otherwise lacking. Pages are untrimmed. Bookdealer's label placed over imprint on title page: "Pittsburg: zu haben in Franz Dressel's deutscher Buch- und Kunsthandlung, No. 89 Smithfieldstrasse."..... More
![Musik für Alle: Der Bajazzo von Ruggiero Leoncavalla [parts I and II] [Nr. 175, Nr. 176 XV....](/pictures/thumb/004106.JPG?v=1472082333)
Berlin: Ullstein & Co., 1918. Paperback. 12, 12 p.: music; 30 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. The music is a piano realization, with some lyrics. "Alfred Gessler" in pencil at upper edge of first page of each part. "Für Deutschland u. die ehemals Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie." -- at lower edge..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1956. Hardcover. First Edition, Fifth Impression. 186 p., frontispiece photograph of Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews; 21 cm. Black cloth with lavender spine title. Illustrated dust jacket designed by David Lyons. "Fifth printing" and price "$3.50" on front flap. Book is in Near Fine Condition: spine ends..... More
New York: Robert M. De Witt, 1882. Paperback. 36, [4] p.: plans; 20 cm. Off-white wrapper. Publisher's advertisements on wrappers and on 4 unpaginated pages following text. No date of publication. Although the imprint is "Robert M. De Witt," which should not have been used after he died in 1877..... More
New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. Paperback. xii, 372 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback. The author presents "eloquent discussions of American history and historiography, African-American culture, and popular culture. There are trenchant examinations of folk songs and folktales, Marcus Garvey's role as a black leader in the 1920s, jazz..... More
![Musik für Alle: Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz [No. 4, VI Jahrgang]. Albert Lortzing](/pictures/thumb/004101.JPG?v=1472082333)
Berlin: Ullstein & Co., 1910. Paperback. Der Wildschütz von Albert Lortzing nach seinen Hauptstücken zusammengestellt und bearbeitet von Bogumil Zepler. 16 p.: music, illustrations; 30 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. The music is a piano realization, with some lyrics; accompanied by a few illustrations. "Hans Gessler" in ink on..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1985. Paperback. x, [2], 489, [5] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Part of the New American Nation Series. Stated First Edition. In Near Fine Condition: slightly rubbed; clean and tight. More
New York: Stage Publishing Co., 1939. Paperback. 74 p.: illustrations; 33 cm. Color photograph on front cover of Beatrice Lillie by Vandamm. Contents include: Propaganda vs. Hollywood by Archibald MacLeish [the failure of Hollywood to take sides in political crises] -- Are Tenors Lousy Lovers? by Lauritz Melchior -- Some..... More
New York: Stage Publishing Co., 1936. Thurber, James. Paperback. 100 p.: illustrations; 36 cm. Color photograph on front cover of Helen Hayes in Victoria Regina. Contents include: Laugh, Town, Laugh! by Ruth Woodbury Sedgwick [George Kaufman and Katharine Dayton's First Lady, and Bella and Sam Spewack's Boy Meets Girl] --..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. Hardcover. x, [2], 291 p., [28] p. of illustrations; 23 cm. Black cloth with purple spine title. No dust jacket. Ex-library: stamped "Temple Univ" on upper page edges. A fascinating history of the work of women filmmakers in the first years of the American..... More
New York: S. French, 1855. Hardcover. 346, [14] p.: illustrated advertisements; 19 cm. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and gilt-stamped illustration of conductor on spine; both boards have the same illustration blind-stamped in the center within elaborate blind-stamped frame. Pale yellow endpapers. Final 14 unpaginated pages contain..... More
![Musik für Alle: Cavalleria Rusticana von Pietro Mascagni [No. 1, VII Jahrgang]. Pietro Mascagni](/pictures/thumb/004102.JPG?v=1472082333)
Berlin: Ullstein, 1911. Paperback. 12 p.: music, illustrations; 30 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. The music is a piano realization, with some lyrics; accompanied by a few illustrations. "Alfred Gessler" in pencil at upper edge of first page. Front wrapper has portrait of Pietro Mascagni; inside of front wrapper..... More
![Carmen: Opera in Four Acts; Music by Georges Bizet [Libretto]. Henri Meilhac, L. Halévy](/pictures/thumb/001731.jpg?v=1472082212)
New York: G. Schirmer, 1959. Paperback. Libretto by H. Meilhac and L. Halévy; English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin. v, 25, 25, [1] p.; 27 cm. Brown paper covers. At head of front cover: G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos. Opposite pages numbered in duplicate. Includes synopsis. Contains French..... More
New York: Frank Shay, 1921. Paperback. 71, [1] p.; 21 cm. Green wrappers with yapp edges; black wrapper and spine titles. "Written on the occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Vassar College Alumnae Association." -- p. 5. The play was performed at the fiftieth anniversary celebration..... More
Paris: Garnier Frères, 1864. Hardcover. 7 volumes, frontispiece portrait of the author in vol. 1, 17 leaves of plates: genealogical table; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment of each, with gilt-tooled volume number in third and gilt-tooled decoration in..... More
New York: J. M. Hager, 1865. Paperback. 32 p.: illustrations; 15 cm. Sewn; grey wrapper with portrait of J. M. Hager. Wrapper title and copyright statement. "Matthews & Warren, Stereotypers & Printers, Buffalo, N.Y." Inside front wrapper and both sides of back wrapper have advertisements for Steinway & Sons pianos..... More
Philadelphia: Patterson & White Co., 1936. Hardcover. This is number 175 of a First Limited Edition. [8], 54 p.; 16 cm. Salmon paper over boards with printed paper label on front cover. Not one but two dust jackets. The outer dust jacket has a photograph of John Gielgud as Hamlet..... More
New York: Samuel French & Son, 1887. Paperback. 31, [5] p.; 19 cm. Orange wrapper printed in black. No date of publication. Samuel French & Son was located at 28 W. 23rd St., New York, the address on the wrapper, from 1887 to 1896. French's Standard Drama, no. 24. Wrappers..... More
London: T.N. Longman, 1797. The Second Edition. iv, [5]-87, [1] p.; 20 cm. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Includes Prologue by T.W. Fitzgerald, Epilogue by M.P. Andrews, and cast list. Publisher's advertisements on page following text. A popular comedy. Disbound; in Very Good Condition: occasional light foxing and browning; otherwise..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. Hardcover. xii, 591, [1] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Light brown cloth with black spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Edwin S. Porter (1870-1941) was was an important early cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company. He took charge of motion..... More
Paris: Charpentier, 1867. Hardcover. Vol. 1 only: [4], 454, [2] p.; 18 cm. Red leather spine with six compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled spine title and decoration. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Marbled endpapers. Green ribbon bookmark. Contents: Andrè del Sarto -- Lorenzaccio -- Les Caprices de..... More
Paris: The Pleiad, 1929. Giauque, Fernand. Hardcover. 57, [1] p., 1 hand-colored frontispiece, 1 addition leaf of a hand-colored plate, and 10 in-text illustrations; 28 cm. Original red cloth with gilt-rooled spine title. Burgundy slipcase with printed paper label on front section, with handwritten copy number. Designed by Frederic Warde..... More
![Cast Upon the World: An Entirely Original Drama, in Five Acts [De Witt's Acting Plays, no. 175]....](/pictures/thumb/007520.JPG?v=1581714989)
New York: Robert M. De Witt, 1882. Paperback. 40, [4] p.: plans; 20 cm. Pale yellow wrapper. Publisher's advertisements on wrappers and on 4 unpaginated pages following text, including a pantomime play, Humpty Dumpty. No date of publication. Although the imprint is "Robert M. De Witt," which should not have..... More
1924. 1 leaf printed on one side; 24 cm. A city location is not given. Madame A. Niementowska has not been identified. In Good- Condition: creased; several closed tears of 2 cm. or less from the edges; light staining. More