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197699606<p>Monte-Carlo Comite de Gestion de l'Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo 1976. 1976. Fine. - An original invitation from the Palais de Monaco printed on 9-3/8 inch high by 6-1/8 inch wide glossy card stock with an integral attached blank leaf with the country's seal at the head. Mostly printed with "Monsieur et Madame Hugues Gall" and "ils seront" invites penned in ink. The invitation to the gala held at the Opera de Monte-Carlo on the occasion of the Fete Nationale is to be held on Friday November 19th 1976 "Par ordre de Leurs Altesses Serenissimes l'Aide de Camp a l'honneur d'informer Monsieur et Madame Hugues Gall qu'ils seront invites a la soiree de gala. en l'honneuyr de Leurs Altesses Serenissimes le Prince Rainier III et la Princesse de Monaco." The invitation is accompanied by the program for the Opera de Monte-Carlo November 20 1976 gala choregraphique. The 10-5/8 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide program is bound in stiff cream wraps titled in gilt with a color illustration mounted on the front cover. The 8-page program includes performances of "Le Pecheur et son Ame / creation mondiale avec Tetsutaro Shimizu Yoko Morishita Egon Madsen et le Ballet de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo" and "Les Grands pas de Deux avec par ordre alphabetique Richard Cragun - Michael Denard - Marcia Haydee - Egon Madsen - Yoko Morishita - Merle Park - Tetsutaro Shimizu - Ghislaine Thesmar - Helgi Tomasson" as well as short extracts from other works. Near fine.</p><p>The National Day of Monaco was first celebrated on November 19th 1952 by decree of Prince Rainier III. The day is marked every year by celebration music and festivals etc.</p><p>The French opera manager Hugues Gall 1940-2024 was head of the Grand Theatre de Geneve and the Paris Opera. He held several influential positions in art and cultural organizations and was director of the Fondation Monet in Giverny.</p> Monte-Carlo, Comite de Gestion de l'Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo, 1976. paperback
1919H10441Chocen: Cenek J. Mojzís 1919. First printing. Good. 8vo wraps 79 pp good plus copy with light wear to wraps some edge wear and loss to rear wrap. In Czech. Worldcat locates 2 copies: Harvard and the Czech National Library. Cenek J. Mojzís unknown
1905H7577Madrid: Nuevo Mundo 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. Large quarto leather backed cloth boards very good light wear to binding original front color covers bound in but not the rear wraps each issue is 24 pp heavily illustrated some colorized photos on all aspects of Spanish theater. Nuevo Mundo hardcover
1903H7578Madrid: Nuevo Mundo 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. Large quarto leather backed cloth boards very good light wear to binding original front color covers bound in including the rear wraps each issue is 24 pp heavily illustrated some colorized photos on all aspects of Spanish theater. Nuevo Mundo hardcover
1924345886New York 1924. Single leaf wrapper folded; two typescript leaves; one handbill. 4to. Illustrated unbound pamphlet wrapper folded with toning and some soiling along edge on recto two spots on verso and small tear near center at edge of page on verso; two typescript leaves folded in: Anna Cora Mowatt's prologue to Fashion and Count Jolimaitre prologue from the Provincetown Player's production; a typescript leaf with a subscription handbill laid in; overall a very good copy of a scarce program and novel piece of New York and theatre history. Single leaf wrapper folded; two typescript leaves; one handbill. 4to. The Greenwich Village Theatre playhouse opened on November 15 1917 on Sheridan Square at Christopher Street where W. 4th Street and 7th Avenue meet and was designed by Herman Lee Meader in a Dutch Colonial style. Actor Frank Conroy was integral in its development and ran the theatre. As early cinema became popular in 1921 The Greenwich started showing films between play engagements. The theatre caused controversy with some residents of Greenwich Village who took offense at the Bohemian lifestyles the space cultivated and promoted and many complaints were lobbied against it over incidents such as a "lewd poster" for an Audrey Munson film Heedless Moths.<br /> <br /> In May 1926 the theater management announced that it had merged with the Actors' Theatre. The name Actors' Theatre was retained and while its permanent home had not been decided upon the announcement made one thing clear: "It will not be the Greenwich Village." <br /> <br /> In January 1928 N. Brewster Morse signed a five-year lease with owner Marguerite A. Barker. Marguerite Abbott Barker b.1893 - d.1930 was a woman of wealth through her father who was president of Eastman Kodak. She was very active in the Greenwich Village theatre scene and hoped to provide a more experimental approach to the theatre experience that included "musical dramatic and motion picture features with a change of program every two weeks." In the lounge area art exhibitions were to be held "where tea coffee and cigarettes will be served during the intermissions." Among the first films screened was Paul Fejos's The Last Moment described by one critic as an "impressionistic picture." She intended to show "unusual films at popular prices" beginning on April 9 1928. <br /> <br /> Fashion was the first play produced by a woman playwright Anna Cora Mowatt in 1845 and revived by the Provincetown Players the original Players included George Cram Cook Susan Glaspell Eugene O'Neill John Reed Louise Bryant Floyd Dell Ida Rauh Edna St. Vincent Millay and Djuna Barnes who maintained residence The Provincetown Playhouse at 133 MacDougal Street. This production for The Greenwich Village Theatre ran from April to July 1924 and in the program here states Eugene O'Neill among it's directors.<br /> <br /> On February 4 1930 The New York Times announced "Demolition of the Greenwich Village Theatre on the northwest corner of Christopher and Fourth Streets.will begin early in March." The article explained that developers George and Edward Blum had filed plans for a 19-story apartment building the tallest in Greenwich Village. The demolished theater was replaced with the two-story Art Deco style Stewarts Cafeteria building that survives significantly altered at street level. unknown
190823199N. P.: Broad Street Theatre Co 1908. 1 vols. ca. 5 x 11 1/2 inches. Browned minor wear else a very good piece. 1 vols. ca. 5 x 11 1/2 inches. Olga Nethersole's Company under the direction of Louis Nethersole included Frank Mills Alexander Frank Lionel Belmore and jack Claire. Following the Hervieu play the produced "The Showman's Wife" by Charles H. E. Brookfield with music from Ruggeiro Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci" <br/><br/> Broad Street Theatre Co unknown
193423906Chicago: Fold-A-Way Products 1934. Stiff card. Near fine. Large publisher printed folding portfolio 11 by 17 inches containing the toy theatre wings backdrops curtain and characters for three plays: Red Riding Hood 4 figures Cinderella 7 figures and Little Black Sambo 12 figures plus two entr'act figures Little Pavlova and Little Oleo and changes of clothing for Cinderella Sambo and the three Tigers. The three scripts are present as well as cardboard slats to move the figures about the stage. Light wear to the outer case a few reinforcements to the hinges of the theatre else this a near fine set with all of the character pieces in nice condition.<br /> <p>. Fold-A-Way Products unknown
19542110502150413248Japan Textile Publishing Company 1954. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Japan Textile Publishing Company paperback
192218778New York: Bascom Theatre Ticket Service 1922. Chipping tearing creasing around edges of covers. Tears and chipping at extremities. Creasing on covers. Pencil notes of addresses on contents called indexes. No date but WorldCat has 1922. Soft Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Bascom Theatre Ticket Service Paperback
192917783<p>New York: Ned Wayburn Studios of Stage Dancing Inc. 1841 Broadway 1929 Two pieces of ephemera. Your Career is an octavo. 60 pp. Ned Wayburn is also an octavo. 4 pp. Unpaginated. 5.5 x 8 in. Rare first editions. OCLC records 4 copies in libraries worldwide of Your Career and no copies of Ned Wayburn.T. Your Career has publisher's beige wrapping with illustration of ballet dancer and title in blue and orange. Minor edgewear. Reproduced photographs throughout. Ned Wayburn printed on green laid paper folded once with copy of letter from Ned Wayburn to Miss Collebrusco inside. Both items are in near fine condition. . These itens encourage young dancers to train and pursue a dance career through the teaching and advice of Ned Wayburn. Your Career advises young women on how to prepare for a stage career as well as sharing information about Ned Wayburn's dance school. Ned Wayburn Dancing Courses includes dates and prices for summer courses. In the letter inside Weyburn encourages Miss Collebrusco enroll early in these classes before they fill up.</p> Ned Wayburn Studios of Stage Dancing, Inc., 1841 Broadway,
1902214563Japan. Meiji 35 1902. Striking black and white woodblock theatre poster depicting 18 dramatic scenes accompanied by a list of actors. Folded a few closed tears repaired on the reverse with archival washi red chop on reverse causing a little show-through at lower right. Overall very good. 45.5 x 71cm. Attractive black and white 1902 theatre poster advertising two performances on the 1 January 1902 of the Yamaguchi Theatre Group . The matinee performance starting at 9am was a patriotic play of five acts titled "Flag Fluttering Wind of Japan". The evening performance comprising six acts began at 5pm and appears to feature various kabuki plays under the title "Actors' Temperaments". <br> <br>The Yamaguchi Theatre Group was a part of the Shinpa 新派Theatre movement which incorporated both modern and traditional theatrical themes during Meiji period. This style and theme remains popular up till present day. Interestingly in this theatre group actors were all male playing both male and female roles. . unknown
1973List2919New York City: George Fenmore Associates 1973. Sixteen page booklet measuring 9 x 12 inches. Some wrinkling some marginal damage overall excellent. The Negro Ensemble Company was opened in 1967 by actor and playwright Douglas Turner Ward actor and producer Robert Hooks and producer Gerald Krone with a grant from the Ford Foundation. It provided free theater training—both in acting and in behind-the-scenes work—to Black people in New York City and put on plays relevant to the community. Notable alumni of the NEC include Angela Bassett Samuel L. Jackson and Giancarlo Esposito among numerous others.<br /> <br /> Offered here is a booklet about the NEC’s production of Joseph A. Walker’s The River Niger which opened in 1972 in the small off-off-Broadway St. Marks Playhouse theater. The play was so popular that it played for weeks longer than planned at St. Marks and then opened on Broadway in 1973. Walker won a Tony for Best Play for The River Niger the first African-American to do so. The booklet includes photographs of the play and an article about it from Ebony magazine alongside photographs from the group’s many other productions. We find two copies of the booklet in OCLC both at the University of California Davis. George Fenmore Associates unknown
1921160171Los Angeles: California Theatre 1921. Archive of 41 vintage photographs of the elaborate stage sets and live performers which supported silent film screenings at the California Theatre in Los Angeles taken during the theatre's first three years in operation 1919-1921. 20 photographs with blindstamps crediting photographer Dick Stagg and 14 with blindstamps crediting photographer J.C. Milligan.<br /> <br /> Photographs housed in an album with typed labels on the versos of the adjacent pages identifying the film screening dates performers and musical numbers. <br /> <br /> The first two photographs in the archive feature a day shot and a striking night shot of the theatre's beautifully elaborate facade followed by a photograph of the "original installation" of the stage and grand staircase. The balance of the photographs however show theatre sets usually with performers present occasionally with the orchestra present and always without the audience present likely taken during rehearsals or after the completion of the set designs. <br /> <br /> The earliest dated photographs in the archive only two and a half weeks after the theatre's opening on December 24 1918 show two different sets for the screening of the 1918 film "Eye for an Eye." The last and latest photograph in the archive shows a parlor set with five costumed actors for the 1921 screening of the 1920 film "Billions." All in all 29 films are represented in the archive.<br /> <br /> Interestingly many of the screening dates of the films represented in the archive coincide with-or date earlier than-the currently believed premiere dates of the films some of which may have had their premiere at the California Theatre. <br /> <br /> Fred Miller opened the California Theatre at 810 S. Main Street in downtown Los Angeles on December 24 1918. The majestic Beaux-Arts cinema housed a capacity of 2000 and was designed by architect Alex B. Rosenthal who also designed the Granada Theatre in Santa Barbara. In 1919 the theatre was bought by Goldwyn Pictures and in 1935 operated as Teatro California often showing Spanish language films until 1983 after which it operated as a grindhouse and pornographic theater. The theater closed in 1987 and was demolished in 1990.<br /> <br /> Photographs: 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine overall with some faint toning with one photograph with two vertical creases.<br /> <br /> Album: 13.75 x 10.25 inches. Very Good plus. California Theatre unknown
192762150Hollywood CA: Hollywood Bowl Assoc. 7046 Hollywood Blvd. 1927. 4to. 32 pp unpaginated. decorated title w/ tinted background borders 28 Xavier Cugat illustrated plates throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art of caricature conductor by Cugat yapp fore-edges minor wear dustsoiling slight scuffing still VG copy. First edition of this surprisingly scarce and splendidly illustrated caricature rendering of the stars and performers at the Hollywood Bowl for the 1927 Season. Caricatured among the “Hollywood Bowlsheviks†are Alfred Hertz who inaugurated the first Hollywood Bowl season of music in 1922 Bruno Walter Vladimir Shavitch Cecil B. De Mille Louis B. Mayer Pola Negri Hestelle Heartt Dreyfuss Lloyd Wright Pierre Monteux Douglas Fairbank and Mary Pickford. De Bru 1900-1990 was a child prodigy taken to Cuba where he trained as a classical violinist played with the Orchestra of the Teatro Nacional in Havana and after New York was hired as musician and caricaturist in Hollywood at the Bowl. He also put together a tango band in 1927 which performed at the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador and later took up a long term residency at the Waldorf Astoria in New York for 15 years and one of the noted performers was Desi Arnaz. His famed caricature “Curtain of Stars†measuring 40 x 60 feet hunt at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. Cugat’s brother Francis was a noted illustrator best remembered for his cover art of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Worldcat locates 1 copy Cal. Hist. Soc. Lib.; Paul Spitzzeri Striking a Chord: A Program for Summer Concerts at the Hollywood Bowl 19-23 July 1927 Homtesead Museum July 20 2020. Hollywood Bowl Assoc., 7046 Hollywood Blvd., paperback
19085578Havana: Moises V. Codina 1908. Good plus. Seven broadsides each approximately 22 x 7.25 inches plus one double bill measuring about 22 x 15 inches. One broadside printed in red and black. Previously folded. Scattered shallow tears from edges not affecting text with some tape repairs on blank versos. A group of eight playbills spanning eight consecutive days in July 1908 that advertise performances and events at the Gran Teatro Payret in Havana. The theater was built by its namesake Jaoquin Payret in 1877 on a corner across from the Villanueva Railway Station now the Capitolio Nacional de la Habana and initially focused on opera and high-class performing arts to compete directly with other established theaters in the Cuban capital. The building had five floors and a capacity of 2300 but the upper balconies collapsed in 1882 after which the theater changed hands and began to showcase more varied popular offerings.<br /> <br /> These playbills publicize an array of performers including the ballet dancer Millas; a cabaret artist Eline Oreo; a magician and telepath Sidney Richards; Troupe Montrose a group of acrobats an Italian dance troupe Les Casettas; two clowns named Pito and Chocolate; and many others. Notably the programming also includes a heavy rotation of short and feature films such as La Electricidad Liquida 1907; El Inagarrables Pick Pocket 1908; Victima de la Ciencia 1907; En Chine: Voyage sur le Canal Impérial 1908; and Venganza del Dervich 1907. The playbill for Thursday July 16 with its headline and date in red proclaims the debut of Trouppe Merodia a seven-person group of acrobats and cyclists as well as the Cuban premiere of a film titled La Caza de Oso The Bear Hunt.<br /> <br /> The theater was closed by hurricane damage in 1926 but reopened as a cinema in 1935 and in the following years became known as the "Cathedral of Spanish Cinema." The building again fell into disuse and disrepair in the decades following the Cuban Revolution but was restored in 2008. A very interesting group that gives a great sense of day-to-day operations at one of Cuba's most important and historic theaters. Moises V. Codina unknown
192750827New York: Frank C. Reilly 1927. 4to. 27 1 pp. Numerous photo illustrations large double-page colour centerfold from painting by M.B. Robinson. Mauve softcovers black lettering on front cover yapp edges minor dustoiling edgewear still VG copy. First edition of this beautifully illustrated Souvenir De Luxe program for the play which opened in 1927. Frank Reilly would also produce A Play Without a Name in 1929. This production featured John Cumberland as Pickwick Charles McNaughton as Sam Weller Hugh Miller as Alfred Jingle and others. Frank C. Reilly, paperback
1926160406Seattle WA: Blue Mouse Theatre 1926. Vintage newsletter for Seattle's Blue Mouse Theatre Vol. 1 No. 4 for the week beginning Saturday March 17 1923. Newsletter features a two-color promotion for "The Beautiful and Damned" attached to the top left corner of the cover.<br /> <br /> The Blue Mouse Theater still in operation today as the Tacoma Blue Mouse Jr. is Seattle's oldest movie theater. During the 1920s the theater published a weekly newsletter every Saturday promoting current and upcoming films as well as Hollywood news and local interest. <br /> <br /> Promoted in the issue on offer here are the films "A Woman's Woman" 1922 "Suzanna" 1923 and "The Beautiful and Damned" 1922.<br /> <br /> 7.75 x 10.75 inches one-color bifold with a two-color attachment. Very Good plus with a faint horizontal crease and a tiny closed tear and chip to the top left. Blue Mouse Theatre unknown
196056965Pasadena CA: n.p. ca. 1960. Folio. 14.5 x 20 in. Twelve original gouache paintings on thick artist’s board 10 of them either w/ typed or manuscript labels 1 entitled “Garden Party†written in manuscript at upper fore-edge 8 preserving their cloth fabric swatch samples some w/ designer’s notes trimmings etc. All are preserved in a gray linen clamshell case minor edgewear rubbing wear to corners still a well-preserved fine set of paintings. This nicely executed set of fashion designs were apparently created for a Civil War theatre production in Southern California around 1960 with characters named Florence Bagshot Mrs. Ludley Bagshot Agatha Mrs. W.D.P.S. and Mrs. Forbes. The designs primarily focused on the women characters including one of a nurse standing in costume in gray striped dress apron and cap with Confederate cavalry trooper in kepi astride his horse and hatless officer with sash standing in the background. Many of the designs reflect the colour palate of the early 1960’s with avocado green vivid blues solid brown earth tones and bright nearly neon orange gauze fabrics in the renderings and samples which would not have been common in those combinations during the Civil War era. Still most of the dress designs incorporate the hoop skirts of the period often with crinoline and/or crinoline cage hoop skirts and high collars with ties and ribbons at the neck and trim patterns typical of the period. The design for Florence Bagshot’s bedroom wear incorporates elements of Mid 20th-Century design and sensibilities rather than the more common chemise and sturdy cotton for the 1860’s. The Confederate Nurse design was painted on “Brownie Board Cold Pressed Duncan Vail Co. Los Angeles†which appears in California art supply advertising from about 1960-1963. We were unable to identify the production after an extensive search through contemporary theatre production trade magazines newspapers and other industry publications. n.p., hardcover
193062548Hollywood CA & New York NY; Oshkosh WI & Parkersburg WV: The Strand Theatre Smoot Theatre Lincoln Theatre & Warner Bros. 1930-1934. Oblong folio. 14.5 x 11.5 in. 100 pp unpaginated. two different papers many preserved in archival mylar sleeves. With 90 original silver gelatin photographs either mounted or loose and inserted into sleeves sized from 2 x 2 in. up to 8 x 10 in. most sized approx. 5 x 7 in. many w/ photographer’s imprints 71 pieces of mounted ephemera including promotional cards souvenir promotional items such as napkins studio advertising mimeograph typescript marketing scripts lobby cards newspaper clippings and more. All leaves bound w/ brass screw posts at gutter margin many preserved in archival mylar sleeves some leaves w/ chipping & tears at fore=-edges offset tears and or reside on versos of a few photos some scuffing old glue markings cropping to some leaves still a VG artifact preserved as album. This exceptional original Warner Bros. Studio marketing photo album/scrapbook chronicles the movie industry’s system of engaging the movie-going public during the Great Depression in a form of interactive promotional live theatre to immerse them in the cinematic experience. Featuring physical props displays special lighting costumed extras studio scripts featuring a myriad of promotions the Warner Bros. Studios theatre group was able to enhance and pull in far more movie-goers and set the foundation for their marketing system in the coming decades. By using their opulent and fabulous 1920’s era created movie palaces these images capture the pre-Code sexualized Mae West in slinky costumes emblazoned on radio station cars physical stand-up showroom displays restaurant menus post-Prohibition tavern beer coasters and even pulled in local officials such as Mayor George Oaks of Oshkosh WI. Also featured here are photos and flyers for the giveaway cars tie-ins with the Oshkosh State Teachers College football team and nearby department store window displays which significantly expanded the visual and immersive experience.Of particular interest is the included and very detailed 117 step campaign script for Mae West’s iconic “I’m No Angel†featuring the titillating star as Tira the circus beauty who manages to always be mistress of the situation whether in the cage with wild beasts her boudoir filled with admirers to be bedded or even charming and seducing the judge at the end of the film with only a wiggle. The pre-Code campaign encourages the Warner Bros. Studio theatre’s to include a “Try your figure†display panel where young women would measure themselves against the busty silhouette and those that matched closest to the scantily gowned West would receive free tickets. Another stunt was setting up a “Mae West Voice Test†using a dictaphone in the lobby with a “pretty girl attendant†set up in charge to ask potential women movie-goer attendees to utter “Come up and see me sometime†and free tickets were awarded for the best Mae West imitations. Other movies featured at the Strand in Oshkosh or the Smoot & Lincoln Theatre’s in Parkersburg WV depicted here with promotions souvenirs and photographs include: “The Sea Wolf†based on Jack London’s book and which starred Milton Sills Jane Keithley and Raymond Hacket released just 1 week after Sills’ death and features stunts with potential young movie-goers to bring their Rin Tin Tin like dogs as well as airplane stunts and lobby card; or elaborate window displays and automobile floats mocked up as dirigibles and costumed extras for Frank Capra’s “Dirigible†released in 1931 and starred Fay Wray Jack Holt Ralph Graves and Hobart Bosworth set against the drama of a competition by fixed-wing aircraft and dirigible airships to reach the South Pole. Other movies briefly archived in the group here feature “When Ladies Meet†released in 1933 starring Ann Harding Myrna Loy and Robert Montgomery or a couple mentions of the 1931 Bela Lugosi Dracula. The 1933 Gold Diggers is featured in several photos which starred Joan Blondell Aline MacMahaon Monica Bannister Joan Barclay and Connie Blackwood as out-of-work Broadway chorus girls. Also appearing here in approximately one fourth of the photo album/scrapbook is a similar campaign as that for Mae West for the 1932 “Fireman Save my Child!†with the wildly popular comedian Joe E. Brown starring as Joe Grant inventor fireman and baseball player offered to play in the big leagues in the film but earning more money from his inventions Again the script advises engaging the local fire department to put on stunts include the supplied advertising on their fire engines and even encourages the use of a large animatronic mechanical head of Brown in a fireman’s hat in the lobby. The movie was actually a natural fit for Joe Brown who had launched his physical comedy during the 1893 Depression by making faces at the firemen on passing coal-burning trains so they would throw coal at him to collect and sell and later worked as circus acrobat and newsboy and was a lifelong baseball fan. From 1930-July 1934 the Hollywood studios were largely self-regulating their content with continued threats by outside groups to “clean†up their movies and somehow balance the puritanical group sensibilities against the ever growing demands by audiences for movies that were daring edgy naughty and even sexualized often depicting spousal abuse sexual bondage marital infidelity free love with stars such as Mae West Norma Shearer Kay Francis Dorothy Mackaill Nancy Carroll and Constance Bennett typically depicted half-clad or in bed. At the time the movie studios and theatre’s were attempting to recoup the massive investments in transitioning to sound films and market the new technology by cultivating a sophisticated campaign system often hiring Broadway writers directors and actors to travel around and oversee their promotions productions. See: John Farr How Movies Got Us Through the Great Depression Best Movies 2024; David P. Hayes Production Code of the Motion Picture Industry 2009; Mae West Reveals Herself as a Circus Queen in “I’m No Angel†at the Paramount New York Times Oct. 14 1933. The Strand Theatre, Smoot Theatre, Lincoln Theatre, & Warner Bros., unknown
196760725New York & London: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club at The Curwen Press 1967. 4to. 8.75 x 12.5 in. xx 184 2 pp. Colour-tinted frontisp. title in red & black numerous plates with all printed in a different monochrome wash colour. Quarter-cloth over terra-cotta Roma paper boards brown & gilt lettering on spine w/ open-backed slipcase NF/NF copy signed & numbered by artist on colophon. First Limited Editions Club edition No. 1455 of 1500 copies printed illustrating and presenting these three famed Greek tragedies. Ayrton 1921-1975 was a noted British sculptor printmaker painter and novelist who centered several works around the myths of the Minotaur and Daedalus. Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club, at The Curwen Press, hardcover
196147315New York: The Living Theatre 1961. Very Good. New York: The Living Theatre 1961. Press release printed mimeograph on single leaf of Living Theatre letterhead 28x21.5cm. Light toning to margins else Very Good.<br /> <br /> Press release dated October 27 1961 announcing a program at the Living Theatre on November 6th which would feature a performance by avant-garde composer John Cage with four lectures "given simultaneously." The release is signed in text by James Spicer. The Living Theatre unknown
196341956New York: The Living Theatre 1963. First Edition. Near fine. Flyer for a benefit event for Amiri Baraka then Leroi Jones hosted by the experimental theater company The Living Theatre. Consisting of readings concert lectures and other entertainments performers included Frank O'Hara Larry Rivers and Joel Oppenhieimer. Proceeds for the event went to Baraka and his then-wife Hettie Jones who were both ill and unable to work. Hardcover. 8.5" x 11" approx. printed recto only in black. Ink mildly faded with slight toning. Very near fine. The Living Theatre hardcover
192143570Montreal: Edwards and Driscoll Limited. Faveitch Publishers. Nd 1921. 8vo. 21cm. 1921. 32p. numerous advertisements many illustrated on somewhat fragile paper the rear wrap has a large scribbler page glued over staples are rusted a very good copy with a colour illustrated wrapper rare not many copies could have survived. ~ ~ ~ WorldCat only 1 location; Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec. They have subsequent issues through the twenties. Not in Aurora. <br /> <br /> “Smoke Between The Actsâ€. Edwards and Driscoll Limited. Faveitch Publishers. Nd unknown
192555771Columbus OH: Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Ohio 1925. 4to. 24 pp unpaginated. printed in red & black numerous photo illustrations w/ large folding colour advertising boradside for the Motiograph Reflector Arc projector laid-in. Textured beige softcovers black & red lettering & illustration front cover yapp edges minor shelfwear slight wear still VG copy. First edition of this scarce and nicely illustrated programme for Ohio movie palace owners and managers in 1925 at the height of the Silent Movie era. Featuring a number of owners and managers from Orpheum and other Theatre circuits including Hettescheimer in Cincinnati Smoots in Mt. Vernon Himmelin in Sandusky and Bieberson Jr. in Delaware. Of special interest are the illustrated ads for Theatre Supply Co. Opera Chairs Perfex Lighting Equipment from the Rollaway Motor Co. Power’s Projectors Simplex Projectors and more. No copies located in Worldcat. Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Ohio, paperback
1932List3665Chicago Illinois: Egyptian Press 1932. Folio 5 pp. Wraps torn at seam slightly musty odor good condition. An unrecorded composition by a woman who travelled through the midwest claiming to be a descendant of Cleopatra using the name Princess Dalla Pattra. The details of the princess are murky as she disappears from newspaper records after 1930 when she admitted in court to using a manager to stage a publicity stunt in St. Louis.1 In her hearing she also admitted that she had been arrested for embezzlement in San Francisco in 1920. Two years later rather inexplicably this songsheet was published in collaboration with a Max Lander who according to patent records was English. <br /> <br /> The introduction to the song reads: “Hear the desert winds shriek and the tom-toms in the distance thrilling with the weird undertone of the desert night then the calm as the Royal Egyptian Maiden sings her love song to her desert prince.†We find no record of the composition in OCLC or anywhere else or of the princess in newspapers after her 1930 court appearance with the only findable record of her continued impersonation a patent registered in 19312 and this song sheet. <br /> <br /> 1 “St. Louis Wonders if it Got a Fooling†Kirksville Daily Express and Kirksville Daily News April 6 1930.<br /> 2 “Only to be with you just for a day†Catalog of Copyright Entries Part 3: Musical Compositions Library of Congress Copyright Office 1932 22760 accessed at ​​https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ZS5jAAAAIAAJ/page/1165/. Egyptian Press unknown
