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Darling of Misfortune: Edwin Booth 1833-1893


Lockridge, Richard

Hardcover. New York, NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1932, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 358 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in blue cloth, Blind stamped title on front clover with design, faded gilt title on spine. Some moisture damage to front covers, not to pages, or edges. Tanning from age throughout and further agewear. Pages unmarked. In very good shape for its age. The life story of the brother of John Wilkes Booth.

Record # 31940


Price: $23.00 

 

Curse of the Misbegotten, The: A Tale of the House of O'Neill


Bowen, Croswell

Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Written with Shane O'Neill, the playwright's son. Black & white photos. 384 pages. Dust jacket edgeworn, chipped. A few pages with pencil lines in margins otherwise very good.

Record # 59056


Price: $12.00 

 

Gilliam on Gilliam


Christie (Ed.), Ian

London/NY, Faber and Faber, 3rd, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 294 pages.

Record # 65115


Price: $16.00 

 

An Autobiography


Galwau, James

Hard Back . NY, St. Martins , 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. Light rubbing to dust jacket.

Record # 201001


Price: $15.00 

 

Anna Pavlova: Her Life and Art


Money, Keith

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 425 pages, profusely illustrated in b&w. Dust jacket with soil, big chip to rear panel.

Record # 405517


Price: $44.00 

Let Me Entertain You Brown, David
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Let Me Entertain You


Brown, David

Hardcover. New York, 1st, March 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages, b&w photographs. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451499


Price: $10.00 

Tom: The Unknown Tennessee Williams -- Volume I of the Tennessee Williams Biography Leverich, Lyle
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Tom: The Unknown Tennessee Williams -- Volume I of the Tennessee Williams Biography


Leverich, Lyle

Hardcover. New York, 1st, October 17, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 644 pages, b&w photographs. Small mark on top edge. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451639


Price: $15.00 

 

Kid of Coney Island, The: Fred Thompson and the Rise of American Amusements


Register, Woody

Hardcover. Oxford ; New York, Oxford University Press, USA, 1st, October 18, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 400 pages. Price-clipped. Clean covers and dust jacket, pages crisp and unmarked, stiff binding; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 452675


Price: $20.00 

 

Shattered Applause: The Lives of Eva Le Gallienne


Ph.D., Robert A Schanke B.A. M.A.

Hardcover. Carbondale, Southern Illinois University Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 319 pages, b&w photos. Minor wear top dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 453872


Price: $15.00 

 

Jimmy O'Dea: The pride of the Coombe


Ryan, Philip B

Hardcover. Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland, Poolbeg, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 269 pages. Photographs in b&w. Light wear, scratches and a small closed tear to dust jacket, else a nice, clean copy.

Record # 457237


Price: $20.00 

 

Last Impresario: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Sol Hurok


Robinson, Harlow

Hardcover. New York, Viking Adult, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 521 pages, with black & white photographs. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 457326


Price: $15.00 

 

Josephine Baker


Hammond, Bryan

Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape LTD, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 304 Pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color/black and white photographs. Light foxing to front end paper. Tape repaired dust jacket shows signs of edge wear as well as fading. Cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine.

Record # 468066


Price: $31.00 

Actress: postcards from the road by: Ashley, Elizabeth
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Actress: postcards from the road by: Ashley, Elizabeth

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, M. Evans, reprint, 1978, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 252 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Reminder mark to top edge. Sticker residue to dust jacket cover. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 469377
Price: $12.00 

My life in three acts Hayes, Helen
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My life in three acts


Hayes, Helen

Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 266 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Silver gilt titles on spine. Dust jacket price clipped, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469385


Price: $25.00 

 

Fool of the Family: A Life of J.M. Synge


Cormack, W. J. Mc

Hardcover. New York, NYU Press, Reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 500 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with minor edgewear. Black and white images throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 471124


Price: $19.00 

 

Vollendete Vergangenheit - Tagebucher 1951-1952


Cocteau, Jean

Hardcover. Munchen/Zurich, Piper, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 507 pages plus publishers ads. German text. B&W photos.

Record # 601923


Price: $10.00 

 

Early Stages


Gielgud, John

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st US, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 322 pages, Illustrated in b&w. Top edge lightly soiled. Foxing to inside covers. Corners lightly bumped.

Record # 603103


Price: $13.00 

 

George Meredith - His Life and Art in Anecdote and Criticism


Hammerton, J. A.

Hardcover. Edinburgh, John Grant, 2nd Revised, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 391 pages. Black & white illustrations. Front hinge weak. Light fraying at top and bottom of spine. Ex-library copy.

Record # 607748


Price: $18.00 

 

Voices Offstage: A Book Of Memoirs


Connelly, Marc

Hardcover. Chicago, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc , 1st, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 258 pages. Hardcover. Black & white photographs. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 613629


Price: $19.00 

Dance With Demons - The Life of Jerome Robbins Lawrence, Greg
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Dance With Demons - The Life of Jerome Robbins


Lawrence, Greg

Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 622 pages. Hardcover with black & white photographs throughout. Dust jacket with only minor wear. Clean, unmarked & tight copy.

Record # 750124


Price: $19.00 

 

Shaw: An Autobiography, 1856-1898 by: Shaw, Bermard

Hardcover. New York, Weybright and Talley, 2nd printing, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 336 pages. B&W photos. Pictorial dust jacket with small tear on top front and worn and slightly soil on front and back. Black boards with gilt title to spine. Marked on front and back and sun-faded around top edges. Previous owner signature and date on front flyleaf. Record # 850128
Price: $12.00 

 

Sketches From My Life


Sats, Natalia

Hardcover. Moscow, Raduga Publishers, 1st English, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 435 pages, with photographs, translated from the Russian by Sergei Syrovatkin. Dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 854137


Price: $20.00 

 

Curtain Falls, The


Reed, Joseph

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company , 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 282 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half title page. B&w photographs and illustrations throughout. Illustrated frontispiece. Related articles laid in.

Record # 857383


Price: $25.00 

 

Sun and Shadow


Aumont , Jean-Pierre

Hardcover. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 315 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Gilt titles on spine. Dust jacket price clipped, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857499


Price: $15.00