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Things That Have Interested Me (Second Series)


Bennett, Arnold

Hardcover. New York, NY, George H. Doran Company, First Edition, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 264 pages. Hardcover. Red boards with faded gilt titles to spine. Light soiling to boards. Light toning throughout. Deckled side edge. Clean, tight & unmarked copy.

Record # 751571


Price: $19.00 

Tragic Muse: Rachel of the Comedie-FrancaiseBrownstein, Rachel
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Tragic Muse: Rachel of the Comedie-Francaise


Brownstein, Rachel

New York, 1st, 1993, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 318 pages, b&w illustrations. Lovely copy. Light wear to dust jacket, else like new.

Record # 450511


Price: $18.00 

 

Trouping - How the Show Came to Town


Lewis, Philip C.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row , 1st, 1973, b&w photos, 266 pgs. Very slight chipping at top of dust jacket on spine. previous owner's stamp on inside front cover with previous owner's signature.

Record # 108572


Price: $20.00 

 

Upstage


Brown, John Mason

Hardcover. New York, Norton, 1st, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 276 pages. Chipping to cloth at top of spine. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover. Text clean and tight.

Record # 608260


Price: $12.00 

 

VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN THEATRES


GLASSTONE, VICTOR

Softcover. US, THAMES & HUDSON LTD, 1st, 1975-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 136 pages. 210 b&w illustrations, 8 in color. Illustrated frontispiece. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 466204


Price: $15.00 

When the Circus Came to Town: The Circus Story with a Pictorial ArrayAungst, Dean M.
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When the Circus Came to Town: The Circus Story with a Pictorial Array


Aungst, Dean M.

Softcover. Lebanon PA, Applied Arts, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, color wrappers, 40 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean copy.

Record # 411942


Price: $19.00 

A Magnificent Fight: The Battle for Wake Island by: Cressman, Robert J.
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A Magnificent Fight: The Battle for Wake Island by: Cressman, Robert J.

Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 2nd, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 324 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book recounts the story of how the Wake Island garrison survived nearly daily bombings and repulsed the first Japanese attempt to take the atoll against overwhelming odds at the outbreak of World War II in the pacific theater. Clean copy. Record # 34061
Price: $12.00 

big broadcast, 1920-1950, The by: Buxton, Frank
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big broadcast, 1920-1950, The by: Buxton, Frank

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Good, Dust jacket: Good, 301 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. 32 pages of b&w photographs. Gilt titles on spine. Edge wear to dust jacket. Dust Jacket price clipped. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. . Record # 467656 Record # 467656
Price: $12.00 

Broadway by: Atkinson, Brooks
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Broadway by: Atkinson, Brooks

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, revised, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 564 pages, b&w photographs throughout. Light edgewear, small tears to dust jacket. Else clean and tight. Record # 453910
Price: $12.00 

Horse Dung Trail: Saga of the American Circus by: McKennon, Joe
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Horse Dung Trail: Saga of the American Circus by: McKennon, JoeHorse Dung Trail: Saga of the American Circus by: McKennon, Joe

Horse Dung Trail: Saga of the American Circus by: McKennon, Joe

Hardcover. Sarasota, FL, Carnival Publishers, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 528 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some chips and wear. Covers underneath are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. An excellent history of the Circus in America, presented around a central fictional character, and written by a well known historian of the circus. "Every person, except Dick Dale and his families, was an actual living person. Every show actually existed and played the towns mentioned on the dates recorded. Every event actually happened at the time and place documented. Whether Dick Dale was there, or not, you may decide for yourself." Clean copy. Record # 33704
Price: $18.00 

Shuberts of Broadway, The: a History Drawn from the Collections of the Shubert Archive by: McNamara, Brooks
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Shuberts of Broadway, The: a History Drawn from the Collections of the Shubert Archive by: McNamara, Brooks

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 230 pages, b&w photographs and illustrations, dust jacket covered with Mylar, very clean, tight copy. Record # 801221
Price: $12.00 

The Complete Lyrics of Lorenz Hart by: Editor: Hart, Dorothy Editor: Kimball, Robert
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The Complete Lyrics of Lorenz Hart by: Editor: Hart, Dorothy Editor: Kimball, Robert

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1986, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 317 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a few closed tears, and mild rubbing. Pink paper boards with a black cloth spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book contains all the lyrics from the shows of Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart who, together with his partner Richard Rodgers, contributed greatly to American musical theater history with their numerous love songs. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34367
Price: $40.00 

Theatre Outlook by: Priestley, J.B.
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Theatre Outlook by: Priestley, J.B.

Hardcover. London, Nicholson and Watson, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, yellow cloth, 84 pages. Black & white and color photos and charts. Dust jacket with edgewear, light chipping. "What is happening to our theatre now? What ought to happen to it in the future? We are in a curious position. We are worse off because the economic conditions of theatrical production are appalling, and, better off because we have created new audiences with a sharp appetite for good drama." A appraisal of Post-war theatre in Britain. Clean copy. Record # 200592
Price: $12.00 

War in Europe by: Moody, Jr., Sidney C.
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War in Europe by: Moody, Jr., Sidney C.

Novato, CA , Presidio, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. 100+ B&W photos. A pictorial history of the European Theater during the 1940's by the photographers of the Associated Press. Record # 301668
Price: $12.00 

WILL IN THE WORLD: HOW SHAKESPEARE BECAME SHAKESPEARE by: Greenblatt, Stephen
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WILL IN THE WORLD: HOW SHAKESPEARE BECAME SHAKESPEARE by: Greenblatt, Stephen

HARDCOVER. New York, W.W. Norton, 4th, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, New York, W.W. Norton, 4th, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy with minor wear and light foxing to inside dust jacket.. 430 pages. Record # 467300 Record # 467300
Price: $12.00 

World of Musical Comedy, The by: Green, Stanley
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World of Musical Comedy, The by: Green, Stanley

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap , Unknown, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, A history of the musical stage by it's foremost composers and lyricists. Black & white photos, 397 pages. Dust jacket with light edgewear, spine fading Record # 200375
Price: $12.00 


  
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