London: Eglington & Co., 1892. 1 leaf (4 x 15 cm.) from The Theatre, August 1892, with a carbon print photograph of Irene Vanbrugh (12 x 9 cm.) attached. The photographer was Alfred Ellis (1854-1930), a British photographer who specialized in theatrical photography. The subject, Irene Vanbrugh (1872-1949), was an..... More
London: Eglington & Co., 1892. 1 leaf (4 x 15 cm.) from The Theatre, Dec. 1892, with a carbon print photograph of J. Nutcombe Gould (12 x 9 cm.) attached. The photographer was Alfred Ellis (1854-1930), a British photographer who specialized in theatrical photography. The subject, J. Nutcombe Gould (1849-1999)..... More
London: Eglington & Co., 1892. 1 leaf (4 x 15 cm.) from The Theatre, August 1892, with a carbon print photograph of a group of actors from La Statue du Commandeur (9 x 12 cm.) attached. The photographer was Alfred Ellis (1854-1930), a British photographer who specialized in theatrical photography..... More
London: Eglington & Co., 1892. 1 leaf (4 x 15 cm.) from The Theatre, July 1892, with a carbon print photograph of a group of actors from Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan (9 x 12 cm.) attached. The photographer was Alfred Ellis (1854-1930), a British photographer who specialized in theatrical..... More
London: Eglington & Co., 1892. 1 leaf (4 x 15 cm.) from The Theatre, Oct. 1892, with a carbon print photograph of Lawrence Irving (12 x 9 cm.) attached [Laurence Irving]. The photographer was Alfred Ellis (1854-1930), a British photographer who specialized in theatrical photography. The subject, Laurence Irving (1871-1914)..... More
![Item #008333 The U.S.S. General J. C. Breckinridge Presents 1946 New Year's Varieties [program]....](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/008333.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1616869984)
1946. [4] p.: illustration; 20 cm. The New Year's program was produced and directed by Chaplain James E. Emerson and included musical numbers and skits. The U.S.S. Breckinridge (AP-176) was a troopship named for United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General James Carson Breckinridge (1877-1942). It was commissioned with a U...... More
![Item #007525 One Year: A Comedy-Drama, in Four Acts [De Witt's Acting Plays, no. 319]. H. B....](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/007525.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1581714991)
New York: De Witt, 1884. Paperback. 20, [4] p.: plans; 20 cm. Off-white wrapper. Publisher's advertisements on wrappers and on 4 unpaginated pages following text, including a pantomime play, Humpty Dumpty. Very scarce. In Very Good+ Condition: wrapper is lightly soiled; pages are clean and tight... More
New York & London: Oxford University Press, 1939. Hardcover. ix, [1], 105, [11] p.; 19 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt spine title. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; part of gilt spine title faded; pages are clean and tight. More
![Item #006557 Tragédies d'Euripide traduites du Grec par M. Artaud [vol. 1]. Euripides](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/006557.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1536964719)
Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie. 1860. Hardcover. "Cinquième édition, revue et corrigée." Volume one only. [4], 515, [1] p.; 18 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled leather labels in second and fourth compartments; marbled paper over boards. Marbled endpaper. No date of publication..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944. Hardcover. vi, [4], 84, [2] p.; 21 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt spine title. No dust jacket (as issued?). An aid to help anyone improve their speech, specifically their pronunciation, articulation, and phonation. The forms "Voice Evaluation Blank" and "Speech Sound Inventory Blank"..... More
Ithaca, N.Y. Albert Bernhardt Faust, 1944. Paperback. x, 86 p., frontispiece & 7 leaves of illustrations; 23 cm. Dark blue paper wrappers with silver spine and wrapper title. Although a well-known German and German-American studies scholar, Albert Bernhardt Faust (1870-1951) wrote this play late in life about the war over..... More
New York: Stage Publishing Co., 1938. Paperback. 64 p.: illustrations; 33 cm. Color illustration on front cover from an unfinished painting of Katharine Cornell by Henry Meloy. Contents include: I Wanted To Be an Actress as told to Ruth Woodbury Sedgwick by Katharine Cornell [part 1 of 6] -- Maggie..... More
New York: Random House, 1962. Hardcover. [6], 126 p., 1 leaf of illustration: 2 photographs from the original Broadway production; 21 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; blind-stamped publisher's emblem on front cover. Blue and yellow dust jacket. The two photographs of Barry Gordon, Jacon Robards, Jr., and Sandy..... More
New York: Applause Books, 2000. Hardcover. [2], xix, [1], 758, [2] p., 32 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 24 cm. Red cover with gitl spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The second and greatly expanded biography of American playwright Eugene O'Neill by Arthur and Barbara Gelb. Book is in Near Fine Condition..... More
Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1939. Paperback. 121, [5] p.; 17 cm. Buff wrappers printed in green and black. Publisher's advertisement for other books by Jean Giraudoux on page facing title page. A limited edition of 414 copies was printed in several different numbered series. This is number XII [12] out of..... More
Buenos Aires: Center of Art and Communication, 1978. Paperback. 23, [1] p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. An early examination of the work of Argentinean sculptor and filmmaker David Lamelas (1946-). Scarce. In Near Fine Condition: slightly rubbed; clean and tight. More
Albany, N.Y. State University of New York Press, 1973. Hardcover. Third printing. xiv, 108 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Light green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. No dust jacket. The author presents the beginning of the Chautauqua Movement, "the most significant venture in popular education in the United States."..... More
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1892. Paperback. 24 p.: music; 24 cm. Light green wrapper printed in black. Wrapper title: Faust, composed by Gounod with English and Italian Words, and the Music of the Principal Airs. Imprint includes: New York: C. H. Ditson & Co.; Chicago: Lyon & Healy; Philadelphia: J...... More
New York: Liberty, 1930. Paperback. 78, [2 p.]: illustrations; 29 cm. Paperback with color cover illustration by Leslie Thrasher. Contents include: Slim: The Story of a Master Thief by Walton Green; pictures by Rico Tomaso [part 3 of 3] -- Rickenbacker: The Ace of Aces of the A.E.F. by General..... More
Durham, N.C. Duke University Press, 1999. Paperback. [6], 222, [2] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. "The essays collected here focus on women in front of, behind, and on the TV screen, as producers, viewers, and charcters." -- cover. Contributors are Michele Hilmes, Mark Williams, Mary Desjardins, Moya..... More
New York: Fitzgerald Publishing Corp. 1919. Paperback. 64 p.; 18 cm. Pale yellow wrapper printed in black. Publisher's advertisements inside front wrapper and on both sides of back wrapper. Former owner's name in pencil at upper edge of front wrapper: C. Warren Miller. With: the program (folded) from a performance..... More
New York: Fitzgerald Publishing Corp. 1916. Paperback. 59, [1] p.; 18 cm. Pale yellow wrapper printed in black. Publisher's advertisements inside front wrapper, on 1 page following text, and on both sides of back wrapper. Walter Ben Hare (1880-1950) was a U.S. Weather Bureau meteorologist who wrote plays and acted..... More
![Item #007516 Special Performances: A Farce, in One Act [De Witt's Acting Plays, no. 78]. Wilmot...](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/007516.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1581714988)
New York: Robert M. De Witt, 1872. Paperback. 16 p.: plan; 20 cm. Off-white wrapper. Publisher's advertisements on wrappers. No date of publication. The series listing goes up to no. 140, which was published around 1872. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: faint stain at tail of spine; writing at upper..... More
Dumont, N.J. Society of American Magicians of New Jersey, 1940. [24] p.; 23 cm. Blue paper cover printed in dark blue, with cover illustration of a rabbit in a hat. Back cover contains advertisements. Program for magic performance held at Dumont High School Auditorium, May 3rd and 4th 1940, as..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1946. Hardcover. 220 p.: frontispiece; 18 cm. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and blind-stamped cover title. Illustrated dust jacket printed in orange and black. This is number 58 in the Harrap Library. Examines movements in English, Irish, and American theater in the first..... More