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An Actress in the Theater of PoliticsAlexander, Jane
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An Actress in the Theater of Politics


Alexander, Jane

Hardcover. New York, PublicAffairs Perseus Book Group, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 335 pages. Gilt titles on spine, b/w photographs throughout. Clean inside. Witty retelling of actress Alexander's years at the NEA.

Record # 30096


Price: $31.00 

 

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 

 

Anton Tchekhov - Literary and Theatrical Reminiscences


Koteliansky (Editor), S. S.

Hardcover. London, George Routledge & Sons, 1st UK, 1927, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 249 pages. Foxing to edges and some pages throughout. Covers show standard wear. Unmarked text.

Record # 609515


Price: $20.00 

 

Bernard Shaw: The Lure of Fantasy 1918-1950 Volume III


Holroyd, Michael

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st Edition, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 544 pages. Hardcover. Volume III. Decorated endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. Blue textured cover boards, navy blue quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, very good. In this, the final volume of Halroyd's mammoth Shaw biography, the story opens with G.B.S. campaigning in the general election of 1918 and gradually unveils him in his various roles as conjurer, fabulist, and seer.

Record # 32456


Price: $25.00 

 

Body Merchant, The - The Story of Earl Carrol


Murray, Ken

Hardcover. Pasadena, Ward Ritanie, 1st, 1976, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white photos, 243 pgs.

Record # 100899


Price: $15.00 

 

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 

 

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 

Damon Runyon: A LifeBreslin, Jimmy
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Damon Runyon: A Life


Breslin, Jimmy

Hardcover. US, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1991-09-23, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 410 pages. Hardcover. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 466746


Price: $13.00 

Dance With Demons - The Life of Jerome RobbinsLawrence, 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 

 

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 

 

DESIGN FOR LIVING. ALFRED LUNT AND LYNN FONTANNE. A Biography


Peters, Margot

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 307 pages. 62 Illustrations with captioned photographs. Light blue boards. Silver titled spine. Notes and Bibliography. Color pictorial dust jacket of Lunt and Fontaine. Nice copy.

Record # 220697


Price: $10.00 

Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballet Russes 1909-1929Pritchard (Editor), Jane
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Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballet Russes 1909-1929


Pritchard (Editor), Jane

Hardcover. London, V & A Publishing, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated in full color and black & white. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 612304


Price: $75.00 

Duse, a biographyWeaver, William
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Duse, a biography


Weaver, William

Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 383 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Includes extensive bibliography. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469378


Price: $15.00 

 

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 

 

Eminent Tragedian, The - William Charles Macready


Downer, Alan S.

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 392 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket price clipped. B&w illustrations. Library copy with only one stamp.

Record # 602716


Price: $18.00 

 

Enter Joseph Papp: In Search of a New American Theater


Little, Stuart W.

Hardcover. New York, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, review copy, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to edges. Light fraying to top spine dust jacket.

Record # 2233494


Price: $15.00 

 

Eva Le Gallienne - A Biography


Sheehy, Helen

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, First Edition, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 529 pages. Black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket with light, marginal wear to edges. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 750848


Price: $31.00 

Far From DenmarkMartins, Peter
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Far From Denmark


Martins, Peter

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Company, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 242 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear, rubbing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 855266


Price: $19.00 

 

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 

 

General Tom Thumb and his Lady


Romaine, Mertie E.

Hardcover. Taunton, William S. Sullwold, 2nd, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 94 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Light wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 604416


Price: $13.00 

 

George Cukor: A Double Life : A Biography of the Gentleman Director


McGilligan, Patrick

Hardcover. New York, St Martins Pr, 3rd Printing, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 404 pages, with black & white photographs. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456953


Price: $18.00 

 

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 

 

Ghost Light: A Memoir


Rich, Frank

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 315 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Pages clean and bright, binding tight, spine straight. Dark brown cover boards, gilt title stamped on spine and author's initials blind embossed on front cover. In beautiful condition, looks barely read.

Record # 31689


Price: $13.00 


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