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187944932Boston 1879. 1st printing presumed. Printed self wrappers. Slight age-toning to paper; bit of fore-edge rash to top half of bill overall VG. Single sheet folded once to make four pages. Engraved headpiece and small engravings in text for ads. 11-7/8" x 9" <br/><br/>Apparently this play a crowd favorite at the Boston Museum for Bolton records earlier performances in 1877 & 1878 cf. CH 80 & 83. unknown books
187445063London: E. Rimmel 1874. 1st printing presumed. Bolton BL no. 25. Printed self wrappers. A VG copy some age toning and chips at fore-edge some scattered stains no text is obscured. Single leaf folded vertically to form 4 pp. Elaborate pictorial title-page. Folded: 9-3/8" x 7-5/8" <br/><br/>The Gaiety Theatre The Strand London was where Dickens saw his last play in 1869. This production of The Battle of Life was edited for the stage by Charles Dickens Jr. and starred prominent actors John Lawrence Toole 1830-1906 as Ben Britain and Ellen Farren 1848-1904 as Clemency Newcombe. No library holdings found on OCLC: scarce. The play opened on December 26 1873. E. Rimmel unknown books
187944958New York: J. C. Foreman 1879. 1st printing presumed. Self wrappers. Slight age-toning to paper; creases where its been folded remnants of tape repair to fold overall VG. Single sheet folded once to make four pages. Engraved headpiece and small engravings in text for ads. 14-1/4" x 10-3/4" <br/><br/>Playbill for an early American performance of "Engaged" during the successful Poole & Donnelly era at the Grand Opera House in New York City. William Schwenk Gilbert was a prolific English playwright and dramatist. This play was published during the most successful decade of his career. In 1907 Gilbert was the first dramatist to be knighted and during his fifty years as a playwright he was credited with raising the standards on the English stage for both the playwright and the actor his use of the Comic was so unique the term 'Gilbertarian' was coined for his work which has never been truly successfully imitated. "Engaged" opened in October 1877 was well received on both the English and American stages and is still performed today. It's cited as Gilbert's most popular stage work aside from the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. This production cast the famous Agnes Booth wife of Junius Brutus Booth in the role of Belinda Treherne. J. C. Foreman unknown books
186045068San Francisco: Calhoun Printer 1860. 1st Printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. AN About VG copy some age-toning and foxing first line of text discolored & somewhat obscured from evidence of mounting materials and repair to top-edge verso. Broadside leaflet. 7-3/8" x 4" <br/><br/>The headline production presumed to be inspired by Mrs Hofland's 1842 novel "The CZARINA: An Historical Romance of the Court of Russia." A scarce early San Francisco playbill for the Lyceum Theatre which was managed by a member of the Booth family at the time. Calhoun, Printer unknown books
185841641Boston: Hooton Printing Establishment 1858. 1st printing. Buff printed paper. Modest wear to paper some age-toning rubbing/light chipping to edges horizontal crease. Very Good. Single broadsheet printed recto only. 12-1/16" x 5-9/16" <br/><br/> Hooton Printing Establishment unknown books
34772London: Sadler's Wells Theater n. d. Black paper with b/w photographic image and red and white title lettering printed to top portion of poster. Minor wear horizantal crease from folding. Withal a VG copy. Broadside. 20" x 12-1/2" <br/><br/> Sadler's Wells Theater unknown books
34771n. p. n. d. Black stiff-stock paper with b/w photographic image and white title lettering printed to top half. Very light wear. A VG copy. Single sheet. 20"x 14" <br/><br/> unknown books
185524813Paris: Martinet 1855. 192 x 128 mm. Printed on wove paper. Signed in the plate with the initials "A.L."<br/><br/>Slightly foxed. Published as plate no. 651 in the series entitled "Galerie Dramatique." <br/><br/>Performed at the Théatre de L'Ambigu Comique. Martinet unknown books
40326White printing on black background. Edgeworn & soiled. About Very Good. Broadside. 21-7/8" x 14" <br/><br/>Thomas' famous work wherein "an omniscient narrator invites the audience to listen to the dreams and innermost thoughts of the inhabitants of a fictional small Welsh fishing village Llareggub "bugger all" backwards. They include Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard relentlessly nagging her two dead husbands; Captain Cat reliving his seafaring times; the two Mrs Dai Breads; Organ Morgan obsessed with his music; and Polly Garter pining for her dead lover. Later the town awakens and aware now of how their feelings affect whatever they do we watch them go about their daily business." Wiki. unknown books
1990185578San Francisco: Theatre Rhinoceros 1990. 20p including covers 5.5x8.5 inches illustrated with photos and ads cast and crew bios very good playbill/prgram folded sheets. Theatre Rhinoceros unknown books
1987201555San Francisco: Theatre Rhinoceros 1987. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill glossy stock printed one-side-only photo of male hands exchanging cash text in black ink on white stock UK reviews very good. Theatre Rhinoceros unknown books
193826792New York: Theatre School of Dramatic Arts 1938. First Edition. Octavo 22.5cm.; original pink staplebound double self-wrappers printed in brown; unpaged; textblock printed on pink stock interleaved with photographic plates. Fine. Order blank laid in. New York Historical Society only in OCLC as of June 2015. Theatre School of Dramatic Arts unknown books
14786Phil Chilton 1958. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Phil, Chilton, 1958 unknown books
14787Phil Chilton 1959. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Phil, Chilton, 1959 unknown books
14789NY CROWN 1966. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. NY, CROWN, 1966 unknown books
14790NY CROWN 1967. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. NY, CROWN, 1967 unknown books
14791NY CROWN 1968. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. NY, CROWN, 1968 unknown books
14792NY CROWN 1969. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. NY, CROWN, 1969 unknown books
14793NY CROWN 1970. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. NY, CROWN, 1970 unknown books
14794NY CROWN 1975. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. NY, CROWN, 1975 unknown books
14795NY CROWN 1987. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. NY, CROWN, 1987 unknown books
108140Boston: 1854. Broadsides 7 1/2 x 19†wood and lead letterpress printing in protective sleeve; very good. § Two playbills from 1854 featuring “Mr. Forrest†in “Damon and Pythias or The Test of Friendship†and “Gladiator!†Edwin Forrest 1806-1872 was the first American-born star of the U.S. stage. His feud with British actor William Charles Macready was said to have played a major role in the deadly Astor Place Riot of 1849. 1854. Broadsides unknown books
190131345New York: McClure Phillips & Co 1901. 1st edition. Red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. TEG. POS dated 1901. A VG copy. xv 1 blank 399 7 pp. 6 pages of adverts at end of volume. Frontis. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> McClure Phillips & Co hardcover books
19717962Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press 1971. 1st edition. NF/VG pc. 811 pp including index 8vo. <br/><br/> Southern Illinois University Press unknown books
188911068NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1889. 1st edition. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. TEG. VG slt cock/lt soiling & wear. 226 pp illustrated with plates & facsimiles sm 8vo. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
