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195949878New York: Celia Adler Fondeyshon un bukh-komitet Celia Adler Foundation 1959. First Edition. Two octavo volumes 24cm. Blue cloth boards; dustjackets; viii688pp; illus. Old damp-marks to board edges of both volumes causing discoloration to cloth but no structural damage. Text clean tight and unmarked; jackets lightly worn and sun-faded; complete sound and Good. Text entirely in Yiddish save verso of title page which provides both a transcription and an English-language translation of the title and publisher. Exceedingly uncommon autobiography of Celia Adler 1899-1979 daughter of Jacob Adler and half-sister to Stella Adler known as the "First Lady of the Yiddish Theatre." Adler was associated with the Yiddish Art Theater movement of the 1920s and gave one of the first theatrical portrayals of a Holocaust survivor in her brother Luther's 1946 Broadway production A Flag is Born. Unaccountably scarce even for an American work written entirely in Yiddish: OCLC notes a single location only in the U.S. Northwestern; five more copies are in European and Israeli institutions. Celia Adler Fondeyshon un bukh-komitet [Celia Adler Foundation] unknown books
1969WRCLIT51366New Haven: Yale School of Drama 1969. I:1-3; II:12. Five issues. Large octavo. Printed and pictorial wrappers. Photographs. Wrappers lightly rubbed or smudged address labels on lower wrapper of first four issues wrappers of II:2 a bit creased; very good. Edited by Ren Frutkin et al. Published three times per year printing original work and commentary in these years of revolution in the theatre: II:1 is a special issue on The Living Theatre; #3 features "Sex and the Single Theatre" and #2 is subtitled: "Crisis 1968: Politics and Imagination." Yale School of Drama unknown books
1937WRCLIT72889New York 1937. Volume one numbers 4 & 5; volume 2 numbers 1-4. Six issues. Quarto. Stapled stiff wrappers. Photographs and illustrations a few in color. Wrappers occasionally dust-tanned or smudged library blind-stamp in lower fore- corner of first wrapper; chiefly very good. Edited by Pierre de Rohan. Originally subtitled the "Monthly News Bulletin Issued for All Workers on Federal Theatre Projects Throughout America by the Bureau of Research and Publication" then finally abbreviated to the "Bulletin of the Federal Theatre Project." An essential record of the Theatre Project under the direction of Hallie Flanagan. Its aspiration to appear monthly was short-lived and a final third volume appeared evidently terminating in May 1938. The last three issues here indicate efforts to achieve distribution to the public through newsstands and bookshops rather than just to individuals associated with the Project. Those issues were distributed according to a note in pictorial covers rather than in the typographic wrappers evidenced here. Don Freeman contributed several frontispieces including color and there are color plates of marionettes and costume designs. The text ranges from summary reports and projections by Flanagan and others to accounts of specific productions and theatre groups in the North East as well as elsewhere. Uncommon essential. unknown books
1936WRCLIT72942New York 1936. Volume one number five. Quarto. Stapled stiff wrappers. Photographs and illustrations two pages in color lithograph. Wrappers faintly dust tanned at edgesotherwise very good. Edited by Pierre de Rohan. Originally subtitled the "Monthly News Bulletin Issued for All Workers on Federal Theatre Projects Throughout America by the Bureau of Research and Publication" then finally abbreviated to the "Bulletin of the Federal Theatre Project." An essential record of the Theatre Project under the direction of Hallie Flanagan. Its aspiration to appear monthly was short-lived and a final third volume appeared evidently terminating in May 1938. Don Freeman contributes a multilithographed frontispiece and there are two color plates of costume designs. The text ranges from summary reports and projections by Flannagan and others to accounts of specific productions and theatre groups in the North East as well as elsewhere. Uncommon essential. unknown books
1936WRCLIT72943New York 1936. Volume two number two. Quarto. Stapled stiff wrappers. Photographs and illustrations two pages in color lithograph. Wrappers dust soiled with some light inky fingerprints internally very good. Edited by Pierre de Rohan. Originally subtitled the "Monthly News Bulletin Issued for All Workers on Federal Theatre Projects Throughout America by the Bureau of Research and Publication" then finally abbreviated to the "Bulletin of the Federal Theatre Project." An essential record of the Theatre Project under the direction of Hallie Flanagan. Its aspiration to appear monthly was short-lived and a final third volume appeared evidently terminating in May 1938. Don Freeman contributes a multilithographed frontispiece and there is a color litho of costume designs. The text ranges from summary reports and projections by Flannagan and others to accounts of specific productions and theatre groups in the North East as well as elsewhere. Uncommon essential. unknown books
1937WRCLIT72944New York 1937. Volume two number three. Quarto. Stapled stiff wrappers. Photographs and illustrations one in color lithograph. Lower wrapper dust darkened at edges otherwise very good. Edited by Pierre de Rohan. Originally subtitled the "Monthly News Bulletin Issued for All Workers on Federal Theatre Projects Throughout America by the Bureau of Research and Publication" then finally abbreviated to the "Bulletin of the Federal Theatre Project." An essential record of the Theatre Project under the direction of Hallie Flanagan. Its aspiration to appear monthly was short-lived and a final third volume appeared evidently terminating in May 1938. Don Freeman contributes a frontispiece and there is a color litho of marionettes. The text ranges from summary reports and projections by Flannagan and others to accounts of specific productions and theatre groups in the North East as well as elsewhere. Uncommon essential. unknown books
1937WRCLIT72945New York 1937. Volume two number four. Quarto. Stapled stiff wrappers. Photographs and illustrations one in color lithograph. Wrappers dust darkened at edges otherwise very good. Edited by Pierre de Rohan. Originally subtitled the "Monthly News Bulletin Issued for All Workers on Federal Theatre Projects Throughout America by the Bureau of Research and Publication" then finally abbreviated to the "Bulletin of the Federal Theatre Project." An essential record of the Theatre Project under the direction of Hallie Flanagan. Its aspiration to appear monthly was short-lived and a final third volume appeared evidently terminating in May 1938. Don Freeman contributes a frontispiece and there is a color litho of a stage design. The text ranges from summary reports and projections by Flannagan and others to accounts of specific productions and theatre groups in the North East as well as elsewhere. Uncommon essential. unknown books
1920List330New York: Arnold Genthe 1920. Silver gelatin print 6 ¾ x 9 ¼ inches on larger mount. Signed by Genthe on the mount inscribed by Marlowe as Marlowe Sothern on the mount as follows: "To Jean: our little comrade on our walks in Beautiful Stockbridge. In remembrance also of 'Sun Yat Sen' and Choo-Chio Chow. September. 1940. Julia Marlowe Sothern. Very Good. An uncommon image of the actress feminist and suffrage advocate Julia Marlowe who adopted the name - though never legally - Julia Marlowe Sothern after working with the Shakespearean actor E.H. Sothern. Ill health led Marlowe to retire from the stage in 1924 and she was seldom seen in public. This photograph inscribed later in her life is an uncommon relic from her reclusive later years. We can find no record of a Jean or the names mentioned. <br /> <br /> Arnold Genthe who famously photographed the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 from the site of his destroyed studio moved to New York in 1911 where he became a portrait photographer. He most likely took this picture in his stint on the east coast. We find no other record of this specific portrait of Marlowe. Some silvering at margins otherwise excellent with some light normal tanning to mount. Arnold Genthe unknown books
2066Prague. Evzen J. Rosendorf. 1926. First and only edition. Paper Wraps. 8vo. Adolf Hoffmeister illustrator. Music by Jaroslav Jezek. 112pp. Pages loose condition is good. unknown books
2065Prague. Evzen J. Rosendorf. 1926. Only edition. Paper Wraps. 8vo. Adolf Hoffmeister illustrator. Music by Jaroslav Jezek. 112pp. Pages loose condition is good. unknown books
1935184205Berkeley: The Little Theatre 1935. Two playbills 16p. and 12p. 5.5x8 and 5.75x8.75 inches local advertising cast and crew synopsis laid-in very good booklets in stapled wraps. Production 118 was a comedy by the theatre's director Edwin Duerr and production 127-8 was O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra" presented over the course of a day. The Little Theatre unknown books
19684746Santiago de Chile 1968. Paperback. Very Good. 53p. Original wrapper. Spanish text. Issued on the 25th anniversary of the University's Teatro de Ensayo. <br/><br/> paperback books
187621656Hoxton London: B. Pollock 1876. Wraps. Very good. <p><br/>Uncut sheets approximately 7 by 8½ inches all hand colored: 8 plates of characters 14 plates of scenes and 4 plates of wings. The plates are complete but the text booklet is not present.<br/><p><br/>The sheets of this toy theater are in near fine condition with only a couple of edges a bit rough. <br/><p><br/>The estimated date of publication varies. 'The Forty Thieves' was issued by many both before and after Pollock's edition. But Benjamin Pollock established his firm in Hoxton in 1876 after marrying the daughter of another publisher John Redington.<br/><p>. B. Pollock paperback books
187621657Hoxton London: B. Pollock 1876. Wraps. Very good. <p><br/>Uncut sheets boiund with string approximately 7 by 8½ inches all hand colored: 6 plates of characters 7 scenes and 3 plates of wings. One character removed from Plate 6. Accompanied by another copy incomplete: Character plates 1-4 scene plates 1-5. Lacking the text book.<br/><p><br/>The sheets of this toy theater are in remarkably fresh condition with only a couple of edges a bit rough and with remnants of the binding string. <br/><p><br/>The estimated date of publication varies. But Benjamin Pollock established his firm in Hoxton in 1876 after marrying the daughter of another publisher John Redington.<br/><p><br/>Speaight Toy Theatre 1969 p. 213.<br/><p>. B. Pollock paperback books
194522839Various ca. 1945-1960. Oblong string-bound folio album. 13 black paper leaves with 241 black and white snapshot photographs densely mounted both recto and verso. With an additional 130 black and white and 11 color photographs loose. 382 in all. Album leave have some waviness from adhesive. A few prints perished. Loose prints mildly curled worn. Entire contents housed in new archival box. Overall very good. <br/><br/>Large archive centered around an album of resettlement family life and theatre performances within Latvian Displaced Persons Camps in Germany following WWII — majority of views likely of the camp at Augsburg judging from signage and countryside terrains. The unnamed compiler appears to have been active in the Latvian National Theatre before the war and had a vital role in the performances staged within various DP Camps between 1945 and 1950 with at least Esslingen and Augsburg as named locations in notations to performance images. In his 2014 book DPs: EUROPE'S DISPLACED PERSONS: 1945–51 Mark Wyman writes of the desire to maintain national pride and customs in the camps: "Professor Alfreds Straumanis a former actor and director in Latvian DP theatre said that this desire was especially prominent in the extensive network of theatrical companies that spread through the Latvian camps. These had an immediate base to grow on since most the former Latvian National Theatre actors . were in the Meerbeck DP camp; in fact some fifteen of that organization's best professionals where joined by some twenty others who also had professional theater experience in Latvia." 163 Notable images include a series of the family living in a boxcar; many views of camp processing procedure; a ca. 1950 trip aboard the USS General R. L. Howze transport from Europe to The United States; dozens of theatre production photos; ancestral CDV's and pre-war family photos; several sketches depicting life in the camps; as well as theatre images of Latvia. The family appears to have settled in the U.S. Washington state following their 1950 passage and continued to perform in traditional Latvian theater even traveling to Bolivia for performances. Approximately 65 post-war family images are also among the more than 300 scarce primary views of Latvian DP Camp life and traditional Latvian theatre before and after World War II. unknown books
179621336Paris 1796. 390 x 290 mm. <br/><br/>Some foxing and minor wear. Hall III p. 385 2. <br/><br/>Raucourt a popular and controversial French actress made her debut at the Comédie Française in 1772 as Dido going on to play all the classical tragédienne roles. "Her beauty and talent had made her famous but her not so secret love affairs with other women made her notorious . Raucourt led the Sect of Anadrynes a society of lesbians in Paris . At the outbreak of the Revolution she was imprisoned for six months with other royalist members of the Comédie Française and she did not reappear upon that stage until the close of 1793 and then only for a short time. She deserted with a dozen of the best actors in the company to found a rival colony but a summons from the Directory brought her back in 1797 . Her funeral was the occasion of a riot. The clergy of her parish having refused to receive the body the crowd broke in the church doors and were only restrained from further violence by the arrival of an almoner sent posthaste by Louis XVIII." Wikipedia. unknown books
21321Le Kain is depicted in the role of Orosmane in Voltaire's "Zaire." 420 x 282 mm. No place no date but Paris ca. 1775. <br/><br/>Slightly browned and foxed. Proof before text. Hall III p. 32. <br/><br/>Le Kain was a noted French actor who performed with the Comédie Française. 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
19717962Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press 1971. 1st edition. NF/VG pc. 811 pp including index 8vo. <br/><br/> Southern Illinois University Press 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
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
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
