ALFORD VIOLET The singing of the travels.
In Search Of Dance And Drama. illus. with 10 plates, 17 line drawings
& map, and a few music examples; pub. London, Max Parrish 1956 1st
ed. or. cloth, 8vo d/w. pp.256. Fold dances, music and carnival.
Scarce. Price: $45.00
ALLEN JOHN Ed. by. Entertainment Arts In Australia. profusely illus. with plates t/out. pub. Syd. Paul Hamlyn 1968 p/b. cr.4to.obl. pp.160. Very good copy. Price: $25.00
ALLSTARS - Doug Anthony DAAS Book
profusely illus. with drawings t/out. some full page, some in comic
form, pub. Sydney, Allen & Unwin 1989 or. maroon, card wrappers
cr.4to. pp.122. (D*A†A* S Book) fine copy. Price:
$60.00 Convert CurrencyParcel Costs
APPOLLO THEATREProgramme. Ernest C. Rolls Rhapsodies Of 1935.
Lyrics and Music by Jack O’Hagen. Scenery and costumes by Joan Scardon.
Featured Players: Strella Wilson, Roy Rene, Rennie Riano, R.
Barrett-Lennard, Cic and Buddy Roberts Robert Capron, Eve Alwyn Desiree
and Montigue, Joyce Walker, Will Perryman, Keira Tuson.. and others.
illus. with photo plates decorations t/out. advts. on cream paper and
purple printing; pub. Melbourne 1935 or. col.illus. wrappers, cr.4to.
pp.34 inc. covers. Fine copy. Price: $60.00
ARLISS GEORGE George Arliss By Himself.
illus. with frontis. & 39 full page plates
t/out. pub. Lond. John Murray 1940 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.288. spotting to edges, d/w. torn at
spine otherwise v/good copy. Price: $45.00
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ATHENAEUM THEATRE Melbourne. Programmes. Proprietors Frank Talbot P/L. Lessee E.J. Carroll. Presents Harry Green in "Nothing But Lies" by Aaron Hoffman. Commencing Sept. 6th 1926.
"The Family Upstairs" Oct. 13th 1928 Three Act comedy by Harry Delf.
"The Wrecker" Dec. 22nd 1928 by Arnold Ridley
Cast for the three performances includes; Edward De Tisne, Marie Hurst,
Norman Lee, Harry Green, Edward De Tisne, Ellis Irving, Wyrlie Birch,
Mary Curtin, Leona Hogarth, Elizabeth Mears, Helen Saintsbury, Ivy
Sparrow, Josephine Wilson, Frankston Morrison and others.. illus. with
advts. inc. Hoadleys, Wilson’s Motor Service, MacRobertson’s
Chocolates, Old Court Whisky, Green’s florists, Melbourne, Travel to
Sydney and Tasmania; photo plates, some full page, portraits, or.
lilac/black dec. wrappers, 8vo. (pp. unpaginated approx.20 per
programme.) The three programmes are in fine
condition. Price: $100.00
ATHENAEUM THEATRE Melbourne. Season of The Mikado.
Souvenir Programme. illus. with photo plates, drawings t/out. np.
Melbourne nd. c. 1930’s or. gold and coloures wrappers, 4to. pp.14.
Cast includes: Kenny Baker, Jean Colin, Martyn Green Gregory Stroud,
Sidney Granville, John Barkley, Constance Wells, Elizabeth Paynter.
Article by Geoffrrey Toye the Producer on ‘How I filmed the Mikado"
Biography of Gilbert & Sullivan, story of the Mikado and history.
Fine. Price: $30.00
ATKINSON ANN Linsay Knight, Margaret McPhee. The Dictionary Of Performing Arts In Australia.
Theatre, Film, Radio, Television illus. with 12 full page plates t/out.
pub. Sydney Allen & Unwin, 1996 or. card wrappers, (paperback),
8vo. pp.344. Fine. Price: $30.00
ATTERTON MARGOT Ed. by. The Illustrated EncyclopaediaOf Australian Showbiz.
illus. with text plates t/out. some col. pub. Syd.
1984 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.240. Over 1000 stars from stage,
screen, television and radio in Australia. Price: $35.00
AUSTRALIAN Elizabethan Theatre Trust.- The.
The First Year 1955-6. illus. with col. & b/w photos, Front board
designed by Donald Friend. advts. n.p. or. illus. boards 4to. pp.36.
lackspaper at spine else fine. Price: $35.00
AUSTRALIAN THEATRE YEAR BOOK1958.
Contributors: Hugh Hunt; John Sumner; Robert Quentin; Bruce Grant; Myra
Roper; H. A.; Standish; Harald Bowden; Neil Maver; & June Lansell.
illus. with many plates, advts. t/out. some full page
pub. Melbourne Cheshire, The Australian Elizabethan
Theatre Trust 1958 or. illustrated, laminated col. pict.
boards. cr.4to. pp.74.8 advts. Slight chip top of spine else near
fine. Price: $35.00
AUSTRALIAN THEATRE YEAR
1959-60. illus. with many plates, advts. t/out. some
full page pub. Syd. The Australian Elizabethan
Theatre Trust 1960 or. stiff col. pict. wps. 4to.
pp.160. Very good copy. Price: $35.00
BAGNOLD ENID
Autobiography. (From 1889) with e/paper illus & 12 full
page plates t/out. text illus. &
facsimile letters pub. Lond. Heinemann 1970 or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.294. Price: $35.00
BAGOT ALECCoppin The Great.
Father of the Australian Theatre. illus. with frontis.
& 10 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. M.U.P.
1965 1st.ed. or. dk.blu. cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XIV.356. Very
good copy. Price: $45.00
BAKER SIDNEY J. Australian Pronunciation. A guide to good speech. pub. Syd. 1947 or. light blue cl. 8vo. pp.54. Very good copy. Price: $30.00
BARRYMORE LIONEL As told to Cameron Shipp. WeBarrymores.
illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond.
Peter Davies 1951 1st.ed. or. lt.blu.cl. cr.8vo. pp.VIII.244. Price: $35.00
BECK CHRISTOPHER Compiled & Ed. by. On Air.
25 Years of TV in Queensland. profusely illus. with plates
t/out. some full page & col. pub.
Brisb. One Tree Hill Pub. 1984 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. roy.4to. pp.240. Contributions from David Bentley, Laurane
Buchanen, Ronnie Gibson, Sandra Hogan, Brian Johnston, Barry O. Jones,
Majella Marsden, Des Partridge, Jill Ray, Gerri Sutton, Mervyn Warren,
barry Whalen, Paul Wicks. Fine. Price: $35.00
BELL ALAN Night In–Night Out
Alan Bell Broadcasts A selection of broadcasts. pub. Melb. Herald
& Weekly Times 1943 or. grey/green wps. 8vo. pp.128.
Transcripts of wartime broadcasts. Very good copy. Price:
$30.00
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BERKOFF STEVENFree Association
illus. with 31 b/w. plates t/out. pub. London
Faber & Faber, 1996 paperback , 8vo. pp.XIV.410. The actor,
director and playwright, Steven Berkoff, recounts his childhood in
London's East End, the trips "up west" during his teenage years, a
formative year with family in the USA, his early career in showbiz, and
how he drew on his experiences to write his plays. Fine. Signed by S. Berkoff. Fine copy. Price: $45.00
BERNHARDT SARAH Text by George Arthur Sarah Bernhardt.
illus. with frontis. portrait facs document folded at rear; pub.
Lond. Heinemann 1923 1st.ed. or.cl. 8vo. pp.178.
little light soiling to cl. v/good otherwise. Price:
$35.00
BERNHARDT SARAH Text by Basil Woon The Real Sarah Bernhardt.
Whom her audiences never knew. illus. with frontis. & 15 full page
plates t/out. pub. NY Tudor pub. 1937 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.362.
Biography of Sarah Bernhardt (b. October 23, 1844 - March 26, 1923)
French stage and early film actress. Bernhardt made her fame on the
stages of Europe in the 1870s, and was soon in demand in Europe and the
Americas. She developed a reputation as a serious dramatic actress,
earning the nickname "The Divine Sarah". Very good in the shelf worn
and slightly chipped d/w. Price: $65.00
BERNHARDT SARAH
Text by William Emboden. Introduction by Sir John Gielgud. profusely
illus. with plates t/out. many full page pub. N.Y. Macmillan Pub. 1975
or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.176. Pictorial biography of Sarah
Bernhardt, the adored actress who for fifty years enchanted audiences
all over the world. Includes 150 photographs from a range of archival
sources. Fine. Price: $35.00
BIHALJI-MERIN OTO - Great Masks.
profusely illus. 157 illustrations, including 24 in color t/out. some
full page, pub. New York, 1971 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp. cr.4to,
fine in d/w. With work by Horace Bristol, Cecil Beaton, Bischof,
Morath, Cartier-Bresson, Horst and many others. Price: $75.00
BINGHAM MADELEINE The Great Lover.
The Life And Art Of Herbert Beerbohm Tree. illus. with 35
black-and-white photo plates, acknowledgements, bibliography and index;
pub. London Hamish Hamilton 1978or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.VIII.294. Biography
of the famous theatre builder and promoter of Shaw, and a father to
many children, some of whom also had great careers. A biography of the
famous Edwardian actor and theatre manager, as well as establishing The
Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art. Produced many plays for children,
overdid the decor for Shakespeare, but popularised Shaw and
Ibsen. Price: $35.00
BISHOP HUMPHERY Comic and Operatic Coy. On a World Tour. The Famous English Humphery Bishop.
Programme illus. with photo plates (portraits) includes: Mr George
Ross, Miss Doris Pretty Miss Marie Landon, Mr Dan Flood, Frank Egan,
Norman Johns, Alan Kitson, Ekaine Mayne and others, all in portrait
photos. np. Sydney? C.1920’s or. blue and white wrappers, folding 3
times, inserted the programme for the evening; roy.8vo. Almost
fine. Price: $25.00
BLANDFORD MONTYPhilosopher's Scrap Book.
pub. Melb. Hallcraft Pub.1950 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.84.
Stories and poems used in the sessions broadcast on radio 3DB Melbourne
over 18 years. Fine in slightly chipped d/w. Price: $30.00
BLUNT JERRYThe Composite Art Of Acting. illus. with text illus. t/out. pub. N.Y. Macmillan 1966 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.450. Price: $45.00
BOBO J.B.Modern Coin Magic.
116 coin sleights, 236 coin tricks. illus. with 510
dwgs. pub. U.S.A. Carl W. Jones 1952 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to.
pp.XVIII.358. Very good in the slightly chipped d/w. Price:
$75.00 Convert CurrencyParcel Costs
BOGDAN ROBERTFreak Show.
Presenting Human Oddities for Amusement and Profit.
profusely illus. with b/w. text plates
t/out. pub. U.S.A. Uni. of Chicago
Press 1988 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XIV.322. Fine. Price: $45.00
BOTTOMLEY GORDON PAUL NASHPoet And Painter.
Being the correspondence between Gordon Bottomly and Paul Nash
1910-1946. Ed. by Claude Colleer Abbott and Anthony
Bertram. illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. & 11
dwgs. through the text pub. Lond. Oxford Uni. Press 1955
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XX.278. Price: $65.00
BOY'S BOOK Of Conjuring. Ed.
by Eugene Stone. Tricks with Cards, Coins, Hats and Handkerchiefs,
Second sight and Mesmeric Tricks, Match Puzzles, and
Shadowgraphy. illus. with nearly 100 illus. pub. Lond. Ward Lock
& Co. 1952 or. brown cl. 12mo. pp.208. Very good
copy. Price: $35.00
BOY'S OWN Conjuring Book:
Being a Complete Hand-Book of Parlour Magic; and Containing Over
One Thousand Optical, Chemical, Mechanical, and Magical
Experiments, Amusing Transmutions,
Astonishing Sleights and
Subtitles, Celebrated Card Deceptions, Ingenious
Tricks with Numbers, Curious and Entertaining
Puzzles, Charades, nigmas, Rebuses,
Etc., Etc., Etc., illus. with frontis. (eng.) &
nearly two hundred engravings. Intended as a
Source of Amusement for One Thousand And One
Evenings. pub. N.Y. nd.188-? or. red dec.cl. glt. to
front board and spine 12mo. pp.384. sl. rubbed to
spine & flecked otherwise very good copy. Price: $50.00
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BRADDON RUSSELLJoan Sutherland.
illus. with frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Collins
1962 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.256. fine in the chipped d/w. Price: $25.00
BRADFIELD RAYMOND A. Lola Montez And Castlemaine.
Early theatrical History. illus. with 12 full page plates t/out.
text illus. pub. Vic. & printed by Castlemaine Mail nd.198-?
or.illus.wps. 8vo.obl. pp.unnumbered (54) Price: $15.00
BRADNA FRED as told to Hartzell Spence. The Big Top.
My 40 years with the Greatest Show on Earth. Barnum and
Bailey Circuis. illus. with frontis. & 12 full page plates
t/out. pub. Lond. Hamish Hamilton 1953 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.254. fine. Price: $45.00
BRIDGES NANCYE Curtain Call.
Australia's Variety and Musical Stars from the
Twenties to the Sixties. profusely illus. with plates t/out. many
full page. pub. Syd. Cassell 1980 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.140.
Fine. Price: $35.00
BROADHURST THEATRE44th Street, West of Broadway. Programme. Week Beginning Monday Evening July 22 1918. The Messrs, Lee and J.J. Shubert Present "Maytime"
A Play with Music in four acts. Book and Lyrics by Rida Johnson Young,
Score by Sigmond Romberg, Staged by Edward P. Temple. Cast includes:
Otis Sheridan, Carl Stall, Peggy Wood, John Charles Thomas, Isabel
Vernon, Jenetta Methven, John T. Murray, Douglas J. Wood, Hennietta
Dix, Arthur Geary Ensemble of Apprentices, Young Ladies, Gypsies, Etc.
illus. with Dyer-Kiss Perfume, lovely col. ad for National biscuits,
Nabisco, Horten’s Ice Cream, War Savings Stamps, C/B Corsets, Standard
8 car and others. pub. N.Y. 1918 or. light orange/black dec. (full page
ad to rear cover) 8vo. pp.20 inc. covers. Covers little shelf worn
otherwise very good condition. Price:
$70.00 (See picture-press )
BRODSKY ISADORESydney Takes The Stage.
with e/paper illus. & 40 full page
facsimile plates with examples of programmes and
bill-posters, 2 full pages of portraits. pub.
Syd. Old Sydney Free Press 1965 or.cl.
d/w. 4to. pp.96. Look back at the historic Sydney theatre
including Her Majestys Theatre and Theatre Royal. fine.
Price: $50.00
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BRONHILL JUNE The Merry Bronhill.
illus. with 34 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd.
Methuen 1987 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.216. condition.
Autobiography of the girl from Broken Hill who became an international
opera star. Fine copy. Price: $35.00
BROOK PETER Text by John Heilpern. Conference Of TheBirds. the Story of Peter Brook in Africa. illus. with frontis. (map). or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.318. Fine. Price: $45.00
BROOK GABRIELLE & Peter Zala. Ballarat Light Opera Company The First Twenty One years 1959-1980.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page, all col. sepia;
pub. Ballarat Vic. or. card wrappers, (paperback), cr.4to. pp.116.
Lavishly produced commemorative publication. Fine.
Price: $35.00
BURKE BILLIEWith A Feather On My Nose.
illus. with frontis. & 16 full page plates
t/out. pub. Lond. 1950 or.cl. d/w.
cr.8vo. pp.X.236. lacks f/free
e/paper otherwise fine in the torn d/w. Price: $35.00
CAMPION MARGARET 3AW Is Melbourne
- 75 years of Radio profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page
& col. pub. Prime Advertising Marketing Publishing, 2007 or. card
wrappers, (paperback), roy.4to. square pp.230 Radio station celebrating
75 years on Melbourne’s airwaves. Hes Majesty’s Theatre in Exhibition
Street, where 3AW first broadcast to the Melbourne public on February
22, 1932. Very fine. Price: $35.00
CARTER RANDOLPHThe World Of Flo Ziegfeld
illus. with 130 b/w. text illus., 16 colour plates, bibliography, index
pub. London Elek 1974 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.176. Near fine
copy. Price: $35.00
CARROLL BRIAN Australian Stage Album.
with e/paper illus., b/w. & col. plates t/out.
some full page pub. Melb. Macmillan 1975
1st.ed. or.illus.bds. d/w. folio pp.112. Historical study of performing
arts in Australia from the nineteenth-century to the 1930's. Very good
copy. Price: $35.00
CHATER GORDON
(The Almost Late) Autobiography. illus. with 24 full page plates t/out.
pub. Sydney, Bantom Books 1996 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.342.Signed by Gordon Chater. Fine. Price: $50.00 Convert CurrencyParcel Costs
CLARK MAVIS THORPEStrolling Players.
Joan & Betty Rayner. founders of the Australian Children's Theatre
and their caravan-travels around the world giving performances.
Foreword by Dame Elizabeth Murdoch; with e/paper illus. &
6 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Lansdowne Press
1972 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.164. Fine copy. Price:
$35.00
CLARKE JOHN S. Circus Parade.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. mostly full page some col. pub.
Lond. Batsford 1936 or. blue cl. 8vo. pp.VIII.120. The author was
a rough rider at the age of 10 yrs, an animal performer at 16 yrs and a
trainer of horses and wild beasts. Very good copy. Price:
$40.00
CLINTON-BADDELEY V.C. - The Burlesque Tradition
In The English Theatre After 1660. illus. with col. frontis. & 11
full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Methuen 1952 1st ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.XVI.152. small inscription to f/free e/paper, short closed tear
to d/w. else near fine copy. Price: $45.00
COCHRAN CHARLESThe Secrets Of A Showman.
Actor then Promoter. Promoted boxing in England & shows inc.
Bernhardt & Diaghlif's Ballet, also worked in America.
illus. with frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond.
Heinemann 1929 or.grn.cl. 8vo. pp.XVIII.436. Very good copy Price: $35.00
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COLLIGAN MIMICanvas Documentaries.
Panoramic Entertainments in Nineteenth-Century Australia and New
Zealand illus. with pub. Melbourne University Press 2002 1st. ed.
or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. oblong pp.268. Long before cinema was invented,
people went to picture shows. In the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries in Britain. Europe and America they were treated to dramatic
pictorial spectacles. Audiences might be encircled by vast 360-degree
canvases, or seated before continuous images drawn across a proscenium,
or gathered in amusement parks to watch painted 3-D structures come
`alive' with the explosion of fireworks overhead. The sense of realism
was enhanced by back-lighting, running commentaries and props such as
real sand and trees. These spectacular representations of scenery,
current events or recent battles abroad were indeed documentaries on
canvas, the first travelogues. The phenomenon of complex circular
panoramas and dioramas took root in Australia and New Zealand in the
1850s. They drew enthusiastic crowds, brought good work for local
artists, and propagated the glories of empire in all the capital cities
they toured. Fine copy. Price: $50.00
COLLIS MAURICE & Feliks Topolski (designer) Lord Of The Three Worlds
- with designs for the stage by Feliks Topolski. illus. with 4 folding
plates & numerous line drawings by Topolski in text, some
full-page; pub. London Faber 1947 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.108.
The play is set in Burma. Very good copy with edge-torn end chipped
dustwrapper previous owner's small name stamp to f/free
e/paper. Price: $45.00
COMEDY THEATRE Melbourne. Programme for the opening of the Comedy Theatre.
Opening Souvenir Saturday April 28, 1928. Managing Directors Sir George
Tallis, E.J. Tait. Frank S. Tait, John H. Tait. illus. with drawings
and photo plates/portraits of Margaret Bannerman, Geoffrey Millar, Ern
Elliott, Millie Wolf and others from the cast. Opened on Saturday Night
April 28, 1928 by Anthony Prinsept's London Company with Margfaret
Bannerman in 'Our Betters'. Contains history of the spot where the
'Comedy' now stands, 'The Iron Pot' written by Norman Campbell. Full
page advts. of companies associated with the building of the theatre
Bucklys, Dunlop, Dey & Gairn, (ventilation, heating) Johns &
Waygood, Picton Hopkins & Son (Plasterers), Crittall (window
frames) Cgaig's (carpets) Wunderlich (terra cotta) etc. or. stiff
stapled and brown ribbon tied wrappers, gilt lettering & dec on
front cover, gilt emblem (Speciality Press) to rear wrapper, 4to.
pp.28. fine condition. Price: $200.00
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COMEDY THEATREProgramme Feb. 12th 1955. J.C. Williamson Theatres Ltd. Googie Withers and John McCallum in "Simon And Laura"
A Comedy by Alan Melville. With Collins Hilton, Letty Crayton, William
Rees, Charles Tingwell, Bettina Welch, Bobby Mack and others… illus.
with advts. and photo plates; pub. Melbourne 1955 or. lime green/maroon
wrappers, 8vo. pp.28. fine. Price: $20.00
COMEDY THEATREProgramme July 21st 1956. J.C. Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust in association with Williamson Theatres Ltd. presents "Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll."
By Ray Lawler. Featuring Jacklyn Kelleher, Madge Ryan, June Jago, Ray
Lawler, Ethel Gabriel, Kenneth Warren, Lewis Luton. illus. with advts.
and photo plates; pub. Melbourne 1956 or. maroon/white wrappers, 8vo.
pp.28. fine. Price: $40.00
COMEDY THEATREProgramme. March 7th 1959. J.C. Williamson Theatres Ltd. Googie Withers and John McCallum in "Roar Like A Dove"
A Comedy by Lesley Storm. With Sue Appleton, Christina Groves, Mary
Hoskings, Noel Ferrier, Melissa Jaaffer, Florence Dunlap.illus. with
advts. and photo plates; pub. Melbourne 1959 or. lime green/maroon
wrappers, 8vo. pp.24. fine. Price: $20.00
COMEDY THEATRE Programme. "The Sentimental Bloke" A new Australian musical. Commencing on Sat. Nov. 4th
1961. Cast includes, Peter McCredie, Tom Farlie and others.
Choreography by Betty Pounder. illus. with advts. (TAA, Catanachach’s,
jewellery, Alfred Nott, optical etc.) photo plates (portraits) pub.
Melbourne or. green wrappers, 8vo. pp.24. inc. covers.
Fine. Price: $20.00
COWARD NOEL Compiled by Dick Richards. The Wit Of Noel Coward.
illus. with 8 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond.
Leslie Frewin 1968 1st.ed. or.cl. white d/w. 12mo. pp.112. d/w.
short closed tear else fine. Price: $25.00
COWARD NOEL And His Friends.
Cole Lesley, Graham Payn & Sheridan Morley. with
unpublished material from his own archive. profusely illus.
with plates t/out. 6 full page & col. pub. Lond. Wiedenfeld
& Nicholson 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.216.
Old tape marks to free e/papers else fine. Price: $40.00
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CRAMPTON JOHN Evie Hayes `And I Loves Ya Back! illus. with text plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1992 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.278. Price: $35.00
CREMORNE THEATRE(Brisbane)Cremorne Vaudeville. The Tivoli Circuit Presents "The Hat Trick"
with Will Mahony, Alec Kellaway, Mavis Richie, Jack Mortimer, and
others. illus. with photo plates (portraits) , advts. t/out. some full
page, inc. Castlemaine Ale, Lustre Lingerie, all in blue printing, pub.
Brisb. nd. c.1945 or. red/white/blue wrappers, 8vo. pp.16 inc. covers.
Fine copy. Price: $25.00
CREMORNE THEATRE(Brisbane) Cremorne Vaudeville. PresentsThe Laugh Round-Up.
illus. with advts. (Fourex beer, Mercolized Wax, etc.) photo plates
(portraits, group from the Cremorne Ballet) pub. Brisb. nd. c.1948 Cast
includes, Miss Evie Hayes, Will Mahoney, Terry Scanlon, Bruce Carrol
June Holm, The Lampinis etc. or. white wrappers, 8vo. pp.12. inc.
covers. Fine. Price: $15.00
CURRY PAUL Magician's Magic
illus. with Julio Granda b/w drawings, bibliography, index. pub. London
Ronald Whiting & Wheaton 1966 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.270 An
explanation of the principles behind tricks and legendary effects and
directions for performing tricks in those categories. The author
provides historical background and touches on all the great names of
magic: Robert-Houdin, Houdini, Hermann, Kellar, Blackstone, Cardini,
and Scarne. Looks at the lives of some of the great names of magic,
explains the secrets behind their illusions, describing how to saw a
woman in half, how levitation works, and how to wriggle free from
ropes. Fine in the chipped d/w. Price: $45.00
DAMASE JACQUESLes Folies Du Music-Hall.
A history of the Music-Hall in Paris. with e/paper
illus. & photo plates t/out. some full page pub.
Lond. Spring Books 1970 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.190. Very good copy. Price: $25.00
DERVAL PAULThe Folies Bergere. illus. with 32 full page plates t/out. pub. U.K. Methuen 1955 or.cl. d/w. 8vo.obl. pp.X.148. Life
behind the scenes at the Folies Bergere by its long-time director.
Anecdotes, posters, photos of showgirls. Near fine copy.
Price: $35.00
DICKER IAN R.J.C.W. A short biography of James Cassius Williamson.
with col. frontis. & many text plates t/out. pub.
Syd. Elizabeth Tudor Press 1974 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.211. Fine. Price: $40.00
DOERFLINGER WILLIAM Written & Compiled by. The Magic Catalogue.
A Comprehensive Guide to the Wonderful World of Magic. profusely illus.
with drawings and engravings, t/out. some full page & 10 col. pub.
U.S.A. Sunrise 1977 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.242. Gift
inscription to f/free e/paper, else near fine. Price: $50.00
DOWNS BRIAN W.Ibsen.
The Intellectual Background. Study of the background
of ideas, artistic convictions and
historical events. pub. U.K. Cambridge Uni. Press
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ELLIOTT BRUCEClassic Secrets Of Magic illus. with over
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`ENTERTAINEM' Compiled by. A Book Of Games
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EVANS PETEREvans The Wireless Scrapbook.
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plates, pub. Melb. ABC or. 2 col. illus.wps. (p/b.) cr.4to. pp.96. Peter Evans was an eccentric radio broadcaster loved by his faithful audience. Fine. Price: $15.00
EXHIBITION Building Melbourne. In Aid of War Charities. Souvenir Programme: October 21st to November 4th 1939 In Aid of the Australian Red Cross and War Comforts Fund. "Hiawatha"
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FARNHAM WILLARD - The Shakespearean Grotesque:
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Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1971 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp. 176. A
study of Shakespeare concentrating on the element of the Grotesque in
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FARNSWORTH MARJORIEThe Ziegfeld Follies.
A History in Text and Pictures. profusely illus. with
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FERNANDEZ NATALIECircus Saga-Ashton's.
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line dwgs. by Mitzi Hicks pub. Syd. by Ashton's
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FINDON B. W. (Ed) The Play Pictorial, Volume One & Two. Each containing six plays. profusely
illus. with plates t/out. some full page, attractive advts, (3 col.),
fashion, what’s on, good costume reference; pub. London Greening &
Co. 1903 or. light green cl. quarter-bound with off-white cloth
backstrip, gilt art nouveau decoration, 4to. pp. Vol.I 240- Vol.II.474.
Plates of actresses and actors of that period. Very attractive set.
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FINDON B. W. (Ed)The Play Pictorial,
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XVI (1910) 94, 96, 97, 98 99, XVII (1910) 101, 102, XVIII (1911) 108,
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143, 147; profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page advts, for
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FFRENCH YVONNEMrs Siddons
Tragic Actress. 18th Century actress who acted with Garrick and worked
for Sheridan and was a favourite of George III. illus. with frontis.
pub. Lond. Derek Verschoyle 1954 Revised edition. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.XVI.256. very good copy in the sl. chipped d/w. Price:
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FERRIER NOELThere Goes Watsisname.
The Memoirs of Noel Ferrier. illus. with 16 full page plates
t/out. pub. Melb. Macmillan 1985 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.VIII.144. Name to f/free
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FISHER JOHNPaul Daniels And The Story Of Magic. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. Lond. Jonathan Cape 1987 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.288. Fine copy. Price: $35.00
FITTON DORISNot Without Dust & Heat.
My life in the theatre. with title page vign.
& many plates t/out. some full page. Table
of Independent Theatre Productions 1930-1977. pub. Syd. Harper &
Row 1981 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.200. Fitton tells her own
life story and that of the Independent Theatre, which she founded in
1930. Fine copy. Price: $35.00
FLYNN T. Rev. The ABC Of Elocution:
A Brief Exposition of a Plain, Logical and Practical System of it's
True Principals as a Science and as an Art. pub. Ballarat J. Fraser
1905 or. maroon wrappers, 12mo. pp.58. wrappers chipped, else very good. Price: $25.00
FOX CHARLES PHILIPA Ticket To The Circus.
The incredible story in detail of Ringlings
from humble Wisconsin beginnings to
world-wide glory. profusely illus. with plates
t/out. many full page pub. U.S.A. Superior Publishing Co. 1959
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FOX CHARLES PHILIPOld-Time Circus Cuts.
A Pictorial illus. with Archive of 202 Illustrations (Dover Pictorial
Archive Series) pub. USA Dover Publications, 1979 or. card wrappers,
(paperback), 4to. pp.120. Fine copy. Price: $25.00
FREEBURG VICTOR OSCARDisguise Plots In ElizabethanDrama.
A study in Stage Tradition. pub. N.Y. Benjamin Blom (Columbia
University Studies in English and Comparative Literature) 1965 or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.242. Very good in the slightly worn d/w. Price: $45.00
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GELL HEATHERMusic, Movement And The Young Child.
Delcroze Method of Movement. illus. with frontis. &
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Australasian Pub. 1953 or.cl. 8vo.obl. pp.XI.196. sl.
sunned to spine. Price: $40.00
GIELGUD JOHNStage Directions
illus. with 11 b/w. & 1 colour illus. appends., index, pub. London,
Heinemann, 1963 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.146 Few living actors have
greater claim to speak with authority on the subject of acting and
directing than Sir John Geilgud, whose lifetime on the theatre has
given him wide experience and a profound understanding of modern and
classical drams and of the particular problems of both actor and
director. Fine copy. Price: $35.00
GOLDBERG ROSELEEPerformance.
Live Art 1909 to the Present.
illus. with text plates t/out. of examples
of modern drama, costumes, sets,
productions. pub. Lond. Thames & Hudson 1979
or.blk. & wht. pict. wps. 4to. pp.128. Surveys the performance work
of the Italian Futurists, the Dadaists, the Russian Constructivists,
the Surrealists, the Bauhaus and other European and American work into
the Seventies. Very good copy. Price: $30.00
GOLDSTON WILL Compiled & ed. by. The Young Conjuror.
A Book for Amateurs illus. with frontis. plate and dwgs. t/out.
pub. Lond. The Magician Ltd. nd.190-? or. dark green. illus.bds. 8vo.
pp.98.7 advts. Boards little rubbed, free e/papers written in pencil
(notes),newspaper articles pasted inside, an average copy with
reasonably firm binding. Price: $45.00
GORDON MEL Grand Guignol.
Theatre of Fear and Terror. with several photographs and illustrations
pub. New York Amok 1988 or. illus. (purple marble) card wrappers, deep
red to spine, (paperback), 8vo. pp.188. Fine. Price:
$65.00
GRAY LESLIE R. The Little Theatre.Souvenir
Prepared For The Opening Of The New Melbourne Little Theatre.: 24th,
August, 1956. illus. with numerous b/w. plates t/out.
some full page, pub. Melbourne 1956 or. pictorial wrappers, 4to.
pp.16. This souvenir was designed and written by Leslie R.
Gray with the Cover Design by Kenneth Rowell. Slight crease through the
centre where programme has been folded, else very
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GREAVES GEOFFThe Circus Comes To Town.
Nostalgia of Australian Big Tops. profusely illus.
with plates t/out. many full page, e/paper illus. pub. Syd.
Reed 1980 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.obl. pp.96.
Price: $30.00
GRESHAM WILLIAM LINDSAYHoudini:
The Man Who Walked Through Walls illus. with frontis. pub. Sydney
Gollancz, 1960 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.306. Light edgewear, else
fine. Price: $45.00
GURR ANDREWJOHN ORRELLRebuilding Shakespeare'sGlobe.
Archaeological discovery and
rebuilding of Shakespeare's Globe
theatre. illus. with frontis. & 46 b/w. dgms., plates, 4 col &
full page pub. Lond. Weidenfeld and Nicholson 1989 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.196. Very fine. Price: $45.00
GUTHRIE TYRONEA Life In The Theatre
Autobiography. illus. with 12 b/w photos, including frontis. pub.
London Hamish Hamilton, 1960 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.VI.320. The
first British director to be as prominent as his actors, who included
Laughton and Olivier at the Old Vic. Previous owner's name on front
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HARDWICK J.M.D. (Ed.) Emigrant In Motley.
The unpublished letters of Charles and Ella Kean in quest of a
theatrical fortune in Australia and America. illus. with col. frontis.
& 18 full page plates t/out. one col. pub.
Lond. 1954 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.260. Ink inscription to
f/free e/paper, v/good in the torn d/w. Price:
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HARMER WENDYIt's A Joke, Joyce.
Australia's Funny Women illus. with many text plates t/out. pub. Sydney
Pan Books, 1989 or. card wrappers, (paperback), 4to. pp.160.
Portraits and profiles of some of Australia's women
comedians. Price: $25.00
HARTMANN RUDOLF (editor):Opera.
Interviews and Reports compiled and adapted by Wolfgang Haefeli.
Translated by Arnold J. Pomerans. profusely illus. with plates (312)
t/out. 53 in col. pub. U.S.A. Chartwell Books, 1976 or.cl. d/w. 4to.
pp.268 Stage designs, costume. Drawing board to workshop, to stage,
lighting, production. Price: $45.00
HARTNOLL PHYLLISThe Oxford Companion To The Theatre
illus. with 64 b/w plates at rear; pub. London Oxford University Press,
1957 or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.888(double columns), plus Supplement pp.32
+ plates. Fine in the slightly torn d/w. Price: $45.00
HARVEY F.R. Edited by.Theatregoer
and Australian Theatre Year 1961-62 Vol.2 No. 2/3 December January
1961/62. Five Shillings on front cover. illus. with many b/w. text
plates t/out. advts. pub. Sydney Basic Books 1962 original colour
pictorial stapled wrappers 4to. pp.64. Fine. Price: $25.00
HESLA DAVID H. An Interpretation of the Art of Samuel Beckett The Shape Of Chaos
pub. Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press, 1973 (2nd printing)
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.252. Study of the work of Samuel Beckett. Near fine
copy. Price: $40.00
HILL THOMAS PADMORE (Professor of Elocution) TheOratorical Trainer A System Of Vocal Culture.
illus. with frontis. dwg. pub. Melb. & Syd.
George Robertson 1876 eighth ed. or. maroon cl.
12mo. pp.314.VI. cloth faded to spine, bds. little
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HOFFMANN (Professor): Modern Magic.
A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring with 318 illustrations
pub. London, George Routledge, circa 1890's Sixteenth edition, original
green cloth, decorated in red and black with an arm with a magic wand,
8vo. pp.512. fine bright copy. Price: $100.00
HOGAN ROBERTAfter The Irish Renaissance.
A critical history of the Irish Drama
since "The Plough And The Stars." pub. Lond.
Macmillan 1968 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.386. Very good
copy. Price: $35.00
HOLLOWAY DAVID Playing The Empire.
The Acts of the Holloway touring
Theatre company. profusely illus. with period
photographs t/out. some full page pub. Lond. Harrap 1979 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 4to. pp.208. In Britain's imperial heyday, wherever there was an
English-speaking community there was a visiting theatrical company. One
of the most celebrated and successful of these was the Holloway Theatre
Company. A unique record of the life of actors in Victorian and
Edwardian days. Fine copy. Price: $35.00
HUGILL BERYLBring On The Clowns.
History of clowns through the ages. profusely illus.
with plates t/out. many full page & col. pub. U.S.A.
Chartwell Books 1980 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.224. Gift inscription to f/free e/paper, else v/good. Price: $40.00
HUMPHRIES BARRYTreasury Of Australian Kitsch.
profusely illus. in b/w. & col. pub. Melb.
Macmillan 1980 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.96. Price: $30.00
HUMPHRIES BARRYA Nice Night's Entertainment.
Sketches and Monologues 1956-1981. illus. with frontis. & numerous
b/w. plates t/out. some full page, pub. Syd. Currency Press 1981
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XX.212. Fine. Price: $30.00
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HUNT HUGHThe Making Of Australian Theatre. illus. with frontis. pub. Melb. Cheshire 1960 1st.ed. or. illus.bds. 8vo. pp.54. Very good copy. Price: $25.00
HUNTER NORMAN- Successful Conjuring For Amateurs
illus. with numerous b/w illustrations pub. London, C. Arthur Pearson,
1954 or. red cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.384, very good copy in the worn and torn
d/w. Price: $45.00
HUTTON GEOFFREYIt Won't Last A Week!
The First Twenty Years of the Melbourne Theatre Company
illus. with 28 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Sun
Books 1975 p/b. Front cover being an illustration of a
"theatre ticket" with a photograph of an actor within. Maroon and white
background with black and pink writing on the front panel and white
title on dark blue on spine. 8vo. pp.XII.164. Very good
copy. Price: $20.00
INGLIS, K. S. This Is The ABC.
The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1932 - 1983. illus. with plates
& text illus. pub. Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 1983
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.X.522 fine copy.
Price: $45.00
INNES CHRISTOPHER Ed. by. Edward Gordon Craig.
Directors in Perspective. illus. with many plates t/out.
some full page pub. Lond. Cambridge Uni.
Press 1983 p/b. 8vo. pp.XIV.240. name to f/free
e/paper else fine. Price: $30.00
IRVIN ERICTheatre Comes To Australia.
Detailed story of Australia's first permanent
theatre- Sydney's Theatre Royal. illus.
with 12 full page plates t/out. pub. Qld. Uni. Press
1971 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.260. The
story of Sydney's Theatre Royal, modelled on an English provincial
theatre of the late 1820's transplanted to Sydney. Light edgewear, else
fine. Price: $35.00
JAPANESE NOH DRAMA
The second enterprise of the Japanese Translation Committee. Ten
Plays. Selected and Translated from the Japanese. A task
taken by the Society (Japanese Classics Translation
Committee) of translating the Noh Plays which
was begun in 1940 and
required the collaboration of a number of
scholars and specialists and the forming of a special
committee. illus. with folding frontis. (dwg.) &
9 full page text plates, one full page fold-out dwg. &
map. pub. Japan Tokyo The Nippon Gakujustsu Shinkokai 1955
or.brn.cl. rice paper e/papers pp.194.
Selection was based upon
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JAPANESE NOH DRAMAThe
second enterprise of the Japanese Translation Committee. Ten
Plays. 2 Vols. Selected and Translated from the Japanese. A
task taken by the Society (Japanese Classics
Translation Committee) of translating the
Noh Plays which was begun in 1940
and required the collaboration
of a number of scholars and specialists and the
forming of a special committee. illus. with
folding frontis. (dwg.) and col. frontis. of costume
Vol.II; & 9 full page text plates, one full page
fold-out dwg. & map. Vol.II folding plates of costumes, text
drawings, plates; pub. Japan Tokyo The Nippon Gakujustsu Shinkokai
1955 & 1959 ( with d/w.) or.brn.cl. rice
paper e/papers pp.194. & 192 Selection
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cultural and historical significance and
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a magnificent artistic heritage handed down from the great cultural and
spiritual achievements of medieval Japan." Fine set. The two
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JAY RICKYLearned Pigs & Fireproof Women.
A History of Unique, Eccentric & Amazing Entertainers. illus. with
b/w. plates t/out. some full page pub. Lond. Guild Pub. 1987 or.cl.
d/w. 4to. pp.344. Jay's cast of side-show attractions and theatrical
wonders includes incombustible ladies, porcine prophets and performing
pets, mental artistes, human volcanoes, stone eaters, armless
violinists, virtuous pantomimes, the human aquarium, and many more.
Fine. Price: $70.00
JELLAY VAL Stagestruck. An
Autobiography by Val Jellay (Mrs Maurie Fields) illus. with frontis.
black and white photographs; pub. Melbourne Spectrum Publications 1994
or. stiff wrappers, (paperback), 8vo. pp.204. Autobiography of Val
Jellay, Australian entertainer and performer for over sixty years.
Fine. Price: $20.00
JONES INIGO Festival Designs By Inigo Jones.
An Exhibition of Drawings for Scenery and Costumes for the Court
Masques of James I and Charles I. with text by Roy Strong, illus. with
117 b/w. sketches with extensive accompanying notes; pub. US
International Exhibitions Foundation, 1974; or. stiff wrappers,
(paperback), 8vo. pp.116. Exhibition catalogue of works from the
Chatsworth House collection in Devonshire, which toured Australia and
New Zealand 1974-75. Very fine. Price: $45.00
JONES LIZ Betty Burstall and Helen Garner La Mama:
The Story of a Theatre illus. with photo plates t/out. pub. McPhee
Gribble & Penguin, Melbourne, 1988 Paperback, pictorial wrappers,
small 4to. pp.VIII.112 fine. Price: $30.00
JOSEPH STEPHENTheatre In The Round.
illus. with 8 full page plates t/out. & many text
dgms. pub. Lond. Barrie & Rockcliff 1967 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.180. Very good in the slightly shelf worn d/w. Price: $35.00
KARDOSS JOHNA Brief History Of The Australian Theatre.
series of lectures delivered during August 1954, at Sydney
University, at the invitation of the director
and the Organising committee of the
1954 Inter-Varsity Drama Festival. pub.
Syd. Uni. Dramatic Soc. 1955
1st.ed. or.crm.bds. 12mo. pp.64. Very good copy. Price: $25.00
KENNEDY DOUGLAS (Director English Folk-Dance & Song Society). England's Dances. Folk-Dancing To-Day And
Yesterday. illus. with frontis. & 16 full
page plates t/out. pub. London by G. Bell & Sons
1949 or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.158. slightly chipped d/w. Price: $35.00
KENT JACQUELINEOut Of The Bakelite Box.
The Heyday of Australian Radio. illus. with
b/w. plates t/out. mostly full page pub. Syd. Angus
& Robertson 1983 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.VIII.278 Almost
50 Current And Former Radio Performers Helped To Write This Book. They
Have Described Their World, Often Giving Hilarious Insights Into Life
Inside And Outside The Studio, As Well As Providing Penetrating
Comments About The Performers. Fine copy. Price: $35.00
KING’S THEATRE Melbourne. J.C. Williamson Ltd. Presents: Programme for the production of "Mis’ Nell O’ New Orleans"
Commencing Sept. 29, 1923; profusely illus. with b/w. plates and
advts. t/out. some full page. Ads inc. Victoria Bitter, Davis Cars,
Stanley Steam Car, Alfro-Romeo, Hupmobile, Old Gold Chocolates,
Foster’s pub. Melbourne 1923 or. col. pictorial wrappers, 12mo. (pp.
unpaginated approx.32) Cast includes, Irene Vanbrugh, Janet Eccles,
Martin Walker, and others. Almost fine
copy. Price: $65.00
KINGSTON CLAUDEIt Don't Seem A Day Too Much.
Stories by the former Celebrities Manager
of J.C. Williamson organisation.
with 12 full page plates t/out. pub. Adel. Rigby 1971
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.208. 'A fascinating account of the world of
'only yesterday', and as well as his stories about theatrical
celebrities he tells many humorous, illuminating, or exciting anecdotes
of his own life - including that of the murder committed literally
before his eyes.' Fine. Price: $30.00
KUNHARDT PHILIP B. Peter Kunhardt, PhilipW. Kunhardt P.T. Barnum: America's Greatest Showmanprofusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. notes, bibliography, index, decorative endpapers; pub. New
York: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1995 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.358
Illustrated Biography of circus & side-show owner P.T. Barnum. Fine
copy. Price: $45.00
LANE RICHARD The Golden Age Of Australian Radio Drama
1923-1960. A History Through Biography. illus. with
b/w. portrait plates t/out. pub. Melb. M.U.P.
1994 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XVI.398. Price: $55.00
LANE RICHARD The Golden Age Of Australian Radio Drama
1923-1960. A History Through Biography. illus. with
b/w. portrait plates t/out. pub. Melb.
M.U.P. or. card wrappers, (paperback), roy.8vo.
pp.XVI.398. Comprehensive account of the specialised area of radio
drama, evokes a time when radio actors and writers were household
names. Fine. Price: $35.00
LAURI GEORGEThe Australian Theatre Story.
A Romantic Informal History. illus. frontis. pub. Syd.
Peerless Press P/L. 1960 1st.ed. or.cl. silver
& black d/w. 8vo. pp.168. Edition privately
printed & limited to 200 copies. Very good copy. Price: $85.00
LAVER JAMESDrama Its Costume & Decor.
illus. with frontis. & 126 full page
plates t/out. pub. Lond. The Studio Pub.
1951 1st.ed. or. white & red cl.
roy.8vo. pp.276. v/good clean copy. Price: $60.00
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LAWRENCE MARJORIEInterrupted Melody.
An Autobiography. illus. with frontis. & 8 full page plates t/out.
pub. Syd. Invincible Press 1950 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.262. signed by Marjorie Lawrence. Dustwrapper little chipped otherwise very good. Price: $50.00
LAWRENCE MARJORIEDirection J.& N. Tait. Programme, Sixth Concert Melbourne Town Hall Thursday Jun 9th.1949
Associate Artist Raymond Lambert. illus. with advts. (ANA ,
Alfred Nott, Allens, George’s, etc.) and full page photo plate of
Marjorie Lawrence; and synopsis of concert; pub. Melbourne 1949
or.claret/white wrappers, cr.4to. pp.16, inc. covers. Fine
copy. Price: $25.00
LESLIE PETER A Hard Act To Follow.
A Music Hall Review. Introduction by Pearl Bailey profusely illus. with
black-and-white photographs, and black-and-white reproductions of art
work; indexed, footnotes, with bibliography, pub. London Paddington
Press Ltd, 1978 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.256. Comprehensive history of the
music halls, variety, vaudeville and burlesque shows, both in Britain
and abroad dating from Victorian times until the 1930's. Leslie argues
that the 'true music hall' reached its zenith soon after World War I
and died with the Wall Street crash. Fine copy.
Price: $35.00
LORD FREDLittle Big Top.
The story of Seymour's Family Circus. A touring circus in Eastern
Australia from the turn of the twentieth century. illus. with 12 plates
pub. Adel Rigby 1965 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.268. Very good
copy. Price: $35.00
LOWNDES ROSEMARY; Claude Kailer.Make Your Own World Of The Theatre
illus. with 136 colour illustrations mostly full page; pub. Sydney
Angus & Robertson 1982 or. stiff wraps. 4to. pp.144. Create full
productions of La Boheme and the ballet The Sleeping Beauty, with 370
costumes and eight beautiful sets to slide on and off stage. with only
a pair of scissors and some glue, you can make a magnificent three
dimensional theatre, complete with orchestra, stage crew and backstage
details. All complete. Near fine. Price: $30.00
McARTHUR EDWINFlagstead.
A personal memoir. A unique first-hand portrait of
Kirsten Flagstad, a remarkable women who happened to be one of
the great sopranos and much-discussed public figure
of her time. illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. pub.
N.Y. Knopf 1965 or. light blue cl.. pp.XVII.344.X.
Fine copy. Price: $40.00
McCALLUM JOHNLife With Googie.
illus. with 20 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Heinemann 1979
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.274. John McCallum, an Australian actor
married the star Googie Withers and wrote this biopgraphy. v/fine signedby author. Price: $40.00
McGILL V.J. August Strindberg.
The Bedeviled Viking. illus. with frontis. & 3
full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Noel Douglas 1930
or.grn.cl. 8vo. pp.460. Light edgewear,
otherwise v/good copy. Price: $45.00
McGUIRE PAULThe Australian Theatre.
An Abstract and Brief Chronicle in
Twelve Parts With
Characteristic Illustrations. with col.
frontis. & 38 full page plates t/out. of which 4
are col. text & e/paper illus. pub. Lond. &
Melb. Oxford Uni. Press 1948 or.grey cl. 8vo.
pp.184. cloth sl. worn & soiled. Price: $35.00
McKAY FREDTraeger The Pedal Radio Man.
He gave a voice to the bush and the Flying Doctor. illus. with text
plates t/out. pub. Brisb. Boolarong Press 1995 or. stiff wrappers,
cr.4to. pp.108. Fine. Price: $30.00
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MacGOWAN, KENNETH & Robert Edmond Jones. -Continental Stagecraft
illus. with 40 full page plates throughout pub. New York: Benjamin
Blom, 1964 reprint; or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.234 d/w. sl. silverfished else
fine, first pub. In 1922. Very good copy. Price: $45.00
MacKAY IAN K.Broadcasting In Australia
with appendices, Index to Stations, State by State, and General Index.
pub. Melbourne University Press, 1957 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.VII.216. Comprehensive Survey Of The Australian Broadcasting System
And Is Addressed To The General Reader Who Wishes To Obtain, From A
Single Source, A Broad Perspective On Our System Of Broadcasting. Near
fine. Price: $35.00
MACQUEEN-POPE W. Gaiety Theatre Of Enchantment.
Story of the Gaiety Theatre. illus. with frontis. & 32
full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. W.H. Allen 1949
or. red cl. 8vo. pp.498. History of Edwardian London's Gaiety
Theatre, home of the Gaiety Girls. sl. rubbed at spine otherwise
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MAGARSHACK DAVIDStanislavsky: A Life
with portrait frontis illustrations from photographs; (12 full page
plates t/out.) index; pub. London : MacGibbon & Kee 1950 1st. ed.
or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.414 the first complete life of Stanislavsky in
English, by the eminent translator and theater critic, the author of
Stanislavsky On the Art of the Stage. Almost fine
copy Price: $45.00
MANHATTAN BEACH Programme. Manhattan Beach Amusement Programme. Manhattan Beach Theatre. Commencing July 16th
1900 "The Ghisha" illus. with advts. t/out. (Cigars, Train timetable,
Bitters, Health water, Poultry to name some, many others.. Performers
inc. Larry Dooley, Charles Kent, George Primrose, Lew Dockstader and
others.. or. col. illus. wrappers, (open shell with pamphlets inside on
front cover, View of Manhattan Beach on rear wrapper) pub. N.Y. 1900
roy.8vo. pp. 14 inc. covers. Crease down middle of programme, staples
rusted away otherwise fine condition. Price:
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MAJESTY’S THEATRE-HIS Dame Nellie Melba & J.C. Williamson Present a Season of Grand Opera. Tuesday Night April 1, 1924. "La Sonnambula"
Cast of Characters includes Umberto Di Lelio, Toti Dal Monte, Dino
Borgiloi, Aurora Rettoore, Antonio Laffi, Doris McInnes and others;
Director of Opera Season Mr. Nevin Tait; profusely illus. with b/w.
plates and advts. t/out. some full page. Ads inc. Moon cars, Foster’s
Lager, His Master’s Voice, Singola phonograph, Buckley’s James Thewell
Evening Dress etc. pub. Melbourne 1924 or. pictorial white/grey/aqua
wrappers, with cameo and bass relief of figures and musical instruments
on front cover, stapled; 8vo. (pp. unpaginated approx. 40). staples
little rusted else very fine. Price: $40.00
MAJESTY’S THEATRE-HIS Dame Nellie Melba & J.C. Williamson Present a Season of Grand Opera. Saturday Night May 3rd, 1924.. "Samson and Delilah"
Cast of Characters includes Philis Archibald, Antonio Marques, Luigi
Parodi, Luigi Ceresol, Antonio Venturi, Luigi Cilla and others;
Director of Opera Season Mr. Nevin Tait; profusely illus. with b/w.
plates and advts. t/out. some full page. Ads inc. Moon cars, Foster’s
Lager, His Master’s Voice, Singola phonograph, Buckley’s James Thewell
Evening Dress etc. pub. Melbourne 1924 or. pictorial white/grey/aqua
wrappers, with cameo and bass relief of figures and musical instruments
on front cover, stapled; 8vo. (pp. unpaginated approx. 40). staples
little rusted else very fine. Price: $40.00
MAJESTY’S THEATRE-HISDame Nellie Melba & J.C. Williamson Present a Season of Grand Opera. Tuesday Night April 1, 1924. "La Tosca"
Dramatic Personea includes Lina Scavizza, Apollo Granforte, Nino
Piccaluga, Antonio Laffi, Gartano Azzolini, Luigi Cilla, Oreste
Carozzi, Alfrendo Muro, Vit Sutton and others; profusely illus. with
b/w. plates and advts. t/out. some full page. Ads inc. Moon cars,
Foster’s Lager, His Master’s Voice, Singola phonograph, Buckley’s James
Thewell Evening Dress etc. pub. Melbourne 1924 or. pictorial
white/grey/aqua wrappers, with cameo and bass relief of figures and
musical instruments on front cover, stapled; 8vo. (pp. unpaginated
approx. 44). Sl. watermarked, staples rusted else very
good. Price: $40.00
MAJESTY’S THEATRE-HIS Programme for the production of "The Student Prince" Commencing 5th
Nov. 1927. J.C. Williamson Ltd. The Royal Comic Opera Company.
Including Beppie De Vries together with James Liddy. profusely illus.
with b/w. plates and advts. t/out. some full page. Ads inc. Hartley’s
Silvertone Box, radio, P&O, Speciality Press (col), Foster’s,
Gouge, Guest’s, Heny Buck, many full page and col. pub. Melbourne
c.1927 or. pictorial white wrappers, with cameo on front cover; 12mo.
pp.46 Cast includes, J Bannon, J. Davis, H.V. Haines, J. Downie, Noel
Dainton and others.. crease to front wrapper else
fine. Price: $40.00
MANDER RAYMAND JOE MITCHENSON Revue.
A Story in Pictures. with a foreword by Noel Coward.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page, pub. Lond.
Peter Davis or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.56. Very good copy. Price: $40.00
MANNING ARTHURLarger Than Life.
The Story of Eric Baume. Journalist, radio commentator, war
correspondent, novelist and television personality. pub.
Syd. Reed 1967 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.184. slightly
faded to spine else v/good Price: $30.00
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MANNIX DAN Memoirs Of A Sword-Swallower.
illus. with frontis. & one full page plate
pub. Lond. Hamilton 1951 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.230. d/w.
chipped else v/good. Price: $50.00
MARCEAU MARCELMaster Of Mime.
Text by Ben Martin profusely illus. with
plates t/out. many full page & col. pub. N.Y. &
Lond. Paddington Press 1978 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.unnumbered
(154). Near fine copy. Price: $35.00
MARCEAU MARCELThe Story Of Bip.
written and illus. with full page col. dwgs.
t/out. by author. pub. Lond. New English Library 1976
1st.ed. or.illus.bds. d/w. 4to. pp.28. Near fine copy. Price: $40.00
MELBA NELLIE Melodies And Memories.
The Autobiography of Nellie Melba. illus. with 30 full page plates
t/out. pub. Lond. Thornton Butterworth 1925 1st.ed. or.dk.
blue cl. gilt titles, 8vo. pp.336. "Dame Nellie Melba, GBE
(1861-1931), born Helen Porter Mitchell, was an Australian opera
soprano, the first Australian to achieve international recognition."
Slightly sunned to top of spine, otherwise very good.
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MELBA NELLIEMelodies And Memories.
The Autobiography of Nellie Melba. illus. with 16 full page plates
t/out. basic dates on Melba's life, notes, acknowledgements,
index; pub. Melb. Nelson 1980 (first pub. 1925)
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.254. Fine. Price:
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MELBA DAME NELLIE.Melba Method Part
One Breathing and other Exercises Examples and My Daily Exercises. Part
Two Vocalises for Low and High Voice. Teaching exercises and practice.
Examples of music and instruction. Sheet music. pub. London Chappel
& Co. 1926 or. grey wrappers 4to. pp.64. Some writing in text to
Part One. spine little chipped else very good condition.
Price: $65.00
MELBA DAME NELLIE - Melba Method-
Part One: Breathing and other Exercises, Examples, and My Daily
Exercises. Part Two: Vocalises for Low and High Voice. pub. London,
Chappell & Co. 1926; or. wrappers cr.4to. pp.68. Dame Nellie
Melba's own method of voice production and singing. With introduction
and seven pages of text written by herself. With two of her favourite
songs added. Price: $95.00 Convert CurrencyParcel Costs
MELBA DAME NELLIE And J.C. Williamson Grand Opera Season - March 29 to June 19, 1924 - Souvenir Theatre Programme. illus.
with sepia photographic plates, pub. J. C. Williamson, Melbourne, 1924
or. gold col. stiff wrappers, roy.4to. pp.22 wrapper edges chipped at
front, hole punched, small losses to spine, else very good copy in
illustrated limp wrapper. Price: $55.00
MELBA NELLIESouvenir Programme.
Grand Opera Season His Majesty's Season Melbourne 1924
Presented by Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd.
illus. with frontis. of Dame Nellie Melba with
facsimile signature, & 20 full page plates
t/out. some portraits of performers and
Nellie Melba posing in productions. pub. Melb. 1924 or. grey
gold illus.wps. tied with ribbon at spine, 4to. pp.48. sl.
tear at spine else virtually fine copy. Price: $150.00
MELBA NELLIE Text by Therese Radic. Melba.
The Voice of Australia. illus. with 20 full
page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Macmillan 1986
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.X.214. inscript. f/free e/paper
otherwise fine. Price: $40.00
MELBA NELLIERed Plush & Black Velvet.
The Story Of Dame Nellie Melba And Her Times. biography by Joseph
Wechsberg. illus. with 8 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.376. Chip to rear of d/w. else v/good. Price: $35.00
MELBOURNE Repertory Theatre Society. Programmes. The Playhouse.
"Dear Brutus" Oct. 1-4 1924
"The Show’ 27th March nd. c.1925
"The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet" 21-28th March 1925
"The Grand Cham’s Diamond" "If Four Walls Told" 22nd-25th April 1925. Fine.
"The Devil’s Disciple" 15th May nd. c. 1925
"The Mandarin Coat" 14th –17th Oct. 1925
"Abraham Lincoln" 7th Nov. every night following week 1925
"At Mrs Beams" 1st-4th Dec. 1926
Illus. with some advts, and front covers illus. by Norman Lindsay. pub.
Melbourne original buff card 8vo. All programmes folded card with 4
pages stapled.Also The Mermaid Repertory Company. The Playhouse.
"Art and Opportunity" April 5-7 nd. c. 1925 Melba Hall
"The Dragon" July 5-7 nd. c. 1925
"Toys" "The Choice" Aug 17-19 nd. c. 1925
"The Homecoming" Nov 16-17 nd. c. 1925
Illus. with some advts, and front covers illus. by Harold Herbert in
red ink. pub. Melbourne original buff card 8vo. All programmes folded
card with 4 pages stapled. All fine. 12
programmes. Price: $300.00
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MELVILL HARALDHaraldMelvill's Magic Of Make-Up ForThe Stage.
By the Most Modern Methods for Stage and
Screen. illus. with frontis. & 8 full page plates
t/out. text dwgs. by the author pub. Lond. Rockliff Pub. 1957
or.illus.bds. 8vo. pp.X.86. loosely inserted, 5 Leichner make-up
charts. The use of make-up; The Max Factor methods; Old age; Feminine
Beauty; Spectacular make-ups; National characteristics; False noses,
etc; Very good copy. Price: $35.00
MEYER CHARLES R.How To Be An Acrobat.
A Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Book. illus. with
frontis. & many plates t/out. some full page pub.
N.Y. David McKay Co. Inc. 1978 or. red cl. 8vo. pp.48. Very good copy. Price: $25.00
MISTINGUETT Queen Of The Paris Night.
Autobiography of a star at the Moulin-Rouge &
Folies-Bergers whose legs were insured for a million dollars.
illus. with frontis. & 30 full page plates t/out. pub.
Lond. Elek books 1954 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.248. Very good in
the slightly worn d/w. Price: $35.00
MITCHELL A.G.The Pronunciation Of English In Australia. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1947 2nd ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.82. Dustwrapper little chipped otherwise very good. Price: $30.00
MONCRIEFF GLADYSMy Life Of Song.
illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Adel. Rigby
1971 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.152.+ lists of appearances
and recordings. Gladys Moncrieff was one of the all time greats of the
Australian stage. She enthralled millions and remained at the pinnacle
of her career between the two World Wars. Known as 'Our Glad" her
recordings sold in hundreds of thousands and her stage costumes were
imitated by society women. Fine copy. Price: $30.00
MONCRIEFF GLADYSMy Life Of Song.
illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Adel. Rigby
1971 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.152+ lists of appearances
and recordings. Gladys Moncrieff was one of the all time greats of the
Australian stage. She enthralled millions and remained at the pinnacle
of her career between the two World Wars. Known as 'Our Glad" her
recordings sold in hundreds of thousands and her stage costumes were
imitated by society women. Inscribed and signed by the Gladys Moncrieff on the half-title page. Fine copy. Price: $100.00
MONGREDIEN GEORGESDaily Life In The French Theatre.
In the time of Moliere. illus. with 6 full page plates t/out.
pub. Lond. George Allen & Unwin 1969 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.216. Very good copy. Price: $35.00
MONTES LOLA
The Tragic story of a `Liberated Woman.' with e/paper
illus. & 16 full page plates t/out. pub.
Melb. Heritage Pub. 1973 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.90.
limited to 1000 copies. Fine Price: $30.00
MORGAN MARGERY M. Ed. by. Komos.
A Quarterly Journal of Drama and Arts of the Theatre. 2 vols.
Vol.2 No.2 1969 & Vol.1 No.4 1968 pub. Melb. Monash
Uni. or. crm. & blk. wps. cr.4to. pp.75 approx. Price: $40.00
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MUSCIO WINSTON T. Australian Radio.
The Technical Story 1923-83. illus. with 12 full page
plates t/out. pub. N.S.W. Kangaroo Press 1984 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.244. previous owner's name to f/free e/paper, else fine. Price: $35.00
NATIONAL OPERA COMPANY-TheNational Theatre Arts Festival. Centenary Of Victoria. Jubilee of the Commonwealth Celebrations. The National Arts Festival Committee. Programme.
"The Barber Of Seville" with the Victorian Symphony Orchestra.
Production held in the Princess Theatre Melbourne, 1951 or. red.cream
dec. wrappers, cr.4to. (pp. unpaginated approx.16) Characters include:
Kevin Miller, Frederick Collier, Barbara Wilson, Ella Banner, Keith
Neilson and others. Fine copy. Price: $20.00
NATIONAL THEATRE Royal Visit. Arts Festival. Drama, Opera, Ballet. February 3to
April 24 1954. Souvenir Programme (with 3/6 on front cover) illus. with
photo plates, advts, decorations t/out. Designs by Louis Kahan pub.
Melbourne 1954 or. blue/white card wrappers, cr.4to. pp.40. Fine
copy. Price: $35.00
NEMIROVITCH-DANTCHENKO VLADIMERMy Life InThe Russian Theatre.
illus. with frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out. pub.
Lond. Godfrey Bles 1937 1st.ed. or.dk.grn.cl.
roy.8vo. pp.XVIII.358. "Nemirovitch-Dantchenko was Stanislavsky's
collaborator and a founder with him of the Moscow Art Theatre."
fine. Price: $55.00
NEWTON BERT Bert! Bert
Newton's Own Story. illus. with b/w. and coloured photos. pub.
Melbourne Garry Sparke & Associates, 1977 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.204. Fine copy. Price: $30.00
OBRAZTSOV SERGEI - My Profession.
(puppeteer) illus. with b/w. photos some full page pub. Moscow Foreign
Languages Publishing. Translated from Russian by Ralph Parker &
Valentina Scott. Verses translated by Dorian Rottenberg. or. beige cl.
8vo. pp. 256 front free e/paper cut else very good
copy. Price: $45.00
OENSLAGER DONALDStage Design.
Four centuries of Scenic Invention. profusely illus. with
plates t/out. inc. 32 full page col. pub. Lond. Thames
& Hudson 1975 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.304. a fine
copy in the sl. torn d/w. Price: $125.00 Convert CurrencyParcel Costs
OLD VIC THEATRE COMPANY-The. Ed. by Tatlock Miller. A Tour Of Australia & New Zealand MDCCCCXLVIII. Designed and Decorated by Loudin Sainthill. "The School For Scandal"
Cast includes: Tony Gavin, Robert Beaumont, Mercia Swinburne Oliver
Hunter, Peter Cushing, Peggy Simpson, Eileen Beldon. Dan. Cunningham,
Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, James Bailey, Robert Beaumont and
others.. Produced by Laurence Olivier, Scenery and Costumes by Cecil
Beaton. Richard III. Cast includes, Bernard Merefield, Peter Cushing, Hugh Stewart etc. The Skin Of Our Teeth.
illus. with photo plates drawings t/out. design, drawings and
decorations by Loudin Sainthill, pub. London 1948 or. red/light
green/black card wrappers 4to. pp.60. Ex Libris adhered to front
wrapper. Fine copy. Price: $45.00
OPERA CAVALCADEThe Story of the Metropolitan.
illus. with frontis. & many plates t/out. some full page pub.
N.Y. The Metropolotan Opera Guild 1938 or.red. illus.
boards 4to. pp.68. Contains accounts of great performances
of the past illustrated with photographs of many important scenes.
Fine. Price: $45.00
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OREGLIA GIACOMOThe Commedia Dell'Arte
with 56 b/w illus. pub. N.Y. Hill & Wang Pub, 1968 or. card
wrappers, (paperback), 8vo. pp.158. The Commedia dell'Arte as a form of
improvised comedy has its origins in mid-sixteenth century Italy. It
flourished throughout Europe, particularly in Italy and France, for
about two hundred years. This vividly describes the Commedia dell'Arte
during its heyday, looking at its influence on European theatre both at
the time and until modern times. Little faded to spine, else very
good. Price: $20.00
ORDISH T. FAIRMANEarly London Theatres.
(In The Fields). illus. with 18 dwgs. (wood eng.)
& folding 3 maps pub. Lond. Elliot Stock 1894
(The Camden Library) or. maroon to spine, & olive grn.
cl.bds. glt. cameo to front bd. 8vo. pp. rough-trimmed,
some uncut XVI.298. fine. Price: $150.00