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18891212San Francisco: Theatrical Publishing Co 1889. Very good. Broadside 17 x 6 inches. Previously folded. Small closed tear at top edge. Even tanning. An attractive broadside advertisement for entertainments at a downtown San Francisco theater in 1889. The Wigwam Theater was built in 1884 on the corner of Stockton and Geary Streets as a headquarters and event space for the presidential campaign of the Blaine and Logan Republican ticket. After Blaine lost the election to Grover Cleveland the Republican party leased the brick and sheet iron building to an Austrian immigrant named Gustav Walter who operated it first as a beer hall and then turned it into a venue for variety and vaudeville acts in the late 1880s. The present broadside promotes a slate of acts to be performed on March 11 1889 that range from vaudevillians and sketch comedians to acrobats and prestidigitators. With three lively woodcuts of actors and printed in a variety of types. We locate a portfolio of promotional material for the Wigwam at the Bancroft Library but no other records. Theatrical Publishing Co unknown books
189021271New York 1890. Hardcover. Near fine. Oblong 24mo. black cloth scrapbook with compiler's intials printed in gilt on cover. Contains ~171 leaves with pasted cut-outs of photos and illustrated portraits of stars about 65 in total with orginal typewritten in blue ribbon but top copy biographical information for each. About near fine overall. Light soil to rear board. First leaf detached but otherwise sound throughout and clean with just a bit of wrinkling near glued portraits. <br/><br/>A carefully assembled and impressively detailed set of photos and bios of contemporary American and British actors singers and athletes about 42 of whom are men and 23 women. A few of their names include: Mittens Willett Katie Putnam Mollie Thompson Maude Wilson Hattie Delaro Captain Jack Crawford De Wolf Hopper Frederick Barham Warde William P. Davidge Frank Daniels and Matthew Kilroy. The theatre performers worked in a variety of styles including vaudeville opera and burlesque. Toward the end of the book the focus shifts to athletes all of whom are men: many baseball players in the National League as well as runners rowers and a bicyclist. The scrapbook's biographies are quite detailed some spanning as long as six pages with information presumably gathered from newspapers; likely also the source of the stars' portraits. An absorbing record compiled by an engaged fan during the embryonic stages of celebrity-focused media in the US. hardcover books
188127635Boston: James R. Osgood & Company 1881. 1st edition BAL 23045. Blue cloth binding with gilt & black stamped lettering on front cover & spine. VG slt lean/spine minutely darkened. x 4 252 7 3 pp. Publisher catalogue last 10 pp dated October 1881. Illustrated with frontis & 8 inserted plates one cut. 12mo. <br/><br/> James R. Osgood & Company hardcover 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
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
1874517Salt Lake City 1874. Printed check 9 cm x 21.5 cm printed in black with blanks to be filled in by hand. Near fine. Check is dated September 21 1874 and payable to the Super Napper. The amount is for $2.00 and is signed by Susan Napper. unknown books
1881290Programme at Aberle's Theatre for the Week Commencing Oct. 17 1881. 13 3/8 in. x 4 1/8 in. Printed by Cameron & Co. New York. Aberle's Theatre stood on East 8th Street between Broadway and Fourth Avenue Astor Place in New York City and was opened on September 8 1879 in a building remodeled from St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church. Jacob Aberle whose name appears at the top of this playbill was the proprietor and manager until 1884 when the theatre reopened as The John Thompson. Known variously as Aberle's Theatre The Grand Central The John Thompson The Monte Cristo Comedy Theatre Kennedy's Comedy Theatre and from December 1890 it became a vaudeville theatre being renamed the Germania Theatre in December 1890 this theatre closed in 1902 and was torn down in 1904 to build the Wanamaker Building. The dramatic feature of this variety program was "The Idiot of the Mountains" featuring Claude Marcel as the idiot. The most famous performer on this program was the aerialist Harry Leslie who made headlines world-wide when he walked a tightrope across the Whirlpool Rapids at Niagara Falls in 1865. In this performance at Aberle's Theatre he walked from the rear of the stage up to the gallery over the heads of those in the audience. Billed here as "the only rival to the great Blondin." The other performers were Aberle's stock-in-trade minstrels. Condition good with slight chipping across the top. Cameron & Co. 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
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
187144951Boston 1871. 1st printing presumed ca 1870. Self wrappers. Slight age-toning to paper; a few small tears at edges and one central pin hole that runs through all four pages; overall very good. Single sheet folded once to form four pages. Engraved borderds and illustrations in text. Folded: 10-1/4" x 6-9/16" <br/><br/>A playbill for a production of "No Thoroughfare" at the Boston Theatre with Charles Fechter playing the role of Jules Obenreizer and Carlotta Leclercq in the role of Marquerite. The playbill has many local advertisements and some information about the theatre company in the years 1870 and 1871. Charles Fechter travelled from London to the United States in 1870 and enjoyed a very succesful career in Boston. Critics disaproved of his "Hamlet" also advertised on this playbill but were captivated by his refined style and Continental training Hornblow vol. 2 p. 214. unknown books
188227636Boston: James R. Osgood & Company 1882. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt & black stamped lettering on front cover & spine. VG slt lean/spine minutely darkened/faint foxing to eps. 10 188 4 pp. Index. Publisher catalogue last 4 pp dated Spring 1882. Illustrated with frontis & 5 inserted plates. 12mo. <br/><br/> James R. Osgood & Company hardcover books
185444955San Francisco: Herald Steam Presses 1854. 1st printing presumed ca 1854. Self wrappers. Slight age-toning to paper; creases where its been folded lower quarter has been excised imperfect copy. Single sheet folded once to make four pages verso blank Unfolded: 18-7/8" x 11-3/4" <br/><br/>A scarce only other known copy at UC Berkeley Bancroft Library playbill from the early days of theatre in San Francisco with numerous reviews of the play from other newspapers. The theatre was at this time leased by Catherine Sinclair the former wife of the famous actor Edwin Forrest. This performance included a young Edwin Booth a favorite friend of Sinclair in the role of "Luis a soldier of fortune". Sinclair had to give up the theatre around 1855 due to financial difficulties but continued to support Booth despite his drinking and gambling problems. The theatre had a short run but played an integral part in the careers of both Booth and Sinclair. Montgomery Street was cut through by Columbus Ave. in 1873 and the theatre closed though a small slice of it remained until the 1906 earthquake. [Herald Steam Presses] 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
1880List322Philadelphia: Studio of Joachim Gutekunst 1880. Mammoth albumen print on card mount with original gilt lettered mat 12 ¼ x 15 ¼ inches mat measuring 20 x 23 ½ inches. Very Good. Edwin Booth was a highly successful Shakespearean actor considered by some critics to be the greatest actor of his day. His career was complicated considerably by his relation to his brother John Wilkes Booth who Edwin would disown and refuse to mention following the assassination of President Lincoln Edwin rather poetically saved Abraham Lincoln's son Robert Todd Lincoln from possible death on a Jersey City train platform several months prior to the assassination pulling him up from between the tracks after he had been knocked off the train by a crowd. Booth had connections to Philadelphia owning a theatre there in the 1860s and this photograph was probably taken sometime after he had resumed his touring career after his Booth Theater in New York City closed in 1974 and judging from his age our best guess is that this was taken in the 1880s. Joachim Gutekunst was a highly prolific and successful photographer who enjoyed a four-decade career in Philadelphia with studios in various locations. We find no other record of this mammoth albumen portrait. A generally bright and well preserved print that has survived admirably with one small closed tear to the photograph of about half an inch. Studio of Joachim Gutekunst unknown books
185541960Boston: Hooton's Press 1855. Some age toning light creasing. Horizontal fold-line. Thumb-tack hole in top margin. Still a VG example of this fragile item. One broadside sheet printed recto only. 18-1/2" x 6-3/16" <br/><br/>The Boston Museum 1841–1903 also called the Boston Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts was a theatre wax museum natural history museum zoo and art museum in 19th C. Boston Massachusetts. Moses Kimball established the enterprise in 1841. Hooton's Press unknown books
182042714n. p. 1820. White laid paper black printing.German-language text. Light creasing to top edge; minor foxing; small loss to heading minimally affecting one letter; light center fold line. VG. Broadside printed recto only. 14-1/4" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/>Playbill for a performance on Thursday September 28 1820 at an unnamed playhouse possibly the Frankfurt City Theatre. The star-crossed lovers were played by Herr Becker and Demoiselle Lindner both of whom appear in that theatre's records for other plays. The playbill lists box office times and locations cost differences for the various areas of seating the starting time of 6 o'clock in the evening etc. Interestingly a performance of "Der Corsar" "The Corsair" an opera in two acts is advertised for the following morning which we speculate was based on Byron's wildly popular work of the same name. This opera predates both Francesco Maria Piave's libretto and Verdi's opera of the same name. "Intrigue and Love" was first performed on 13 April 1784 at the Schauspiel Frankfurt in Frankfurt to wide acclaim and continues to be performed today. (n. p.) 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
187040333North Bridgewater: "Gazette" Job Printing Establishment 1870. General edgewear & soiling with old unobtrusive damp stain. Horizontal fold-line. Very Good. Single sheet broadside. 13-1/4" x 7-3/4" <br/><br/> "Gazette" Job Printing Establishment unknown books
186441942Boston: F. A. Searle Printer 118 Washington Street 1864. Some age toning light crease here & there with the occasional spot or two. Horizontal fold-line. Still a VG example of this fragile item. One broadside sheet printed recto only. 18-1/8" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>Margaret Julia Mitchell popularly known as Maggie Mitchell was an American actress born in New York. She made her first regular appearance as Julia in The Soldier's Daughter at the Chambers Street Theatre in 1851. The parts in which she was best liked were Jane Eyre Mignon Little Barefoot and Fanchon the Cricket. Wiki In January 1861 At at De Bar’s St. Charles Theatre in New Orleans Mitchell first appeared in Fanchon the Cricket a new secondhand adaptation by August Waldauer from George Sand’s story “La Petite Fadette.” Her characterization of the sprite of a heroine which included a graceful and entrancing shadow dance was an immediate sensation. Her Southern tour was cut short by the Civil War and Mitchell took Fanchon to Boston and New York where it was equally successful. Fanchon remained her mainstay for 30 years. Audiences never tired of it—her admirers included the likes of Abraham Lincoln and Ralph Waldo Emerson—and even in her 50s Mitchell retained the winsome elfin appeal that made her so successful. She also early obtained the rights to Fanchon which enabled her to amass a considerable estate. EB. We find one institutional holding of this playbill at the MHS. A rare survivor of this play's northern run. F. A. Searle, Printer, 118 Washington Street 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
1874WRCAM48099Oakland 1874. Handbill 8 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches printed on yellow paper. Old light folds else fine. Scarce handbill advertising a night's entertainment at the Dietz Opera House the first theatre in Oakland located at the corner of Webster and 12th Streets. Shows began there around 1874 and continued until 1905 and the theatre hosted stars such as Buffalo Bill and Sarah Bernhardt. Along with McDonough & Earnshaw's Royal Marionettes and the Christy Minstrels part three of the night's entertainment is a performance called "Sports of the Fantoccini" composed of Chinese bell ringers and "Brigham Young and Family." In an 1896 SAN FRANCISCO CALL article about theatrical manager Mark Thall he claims to have been present for McDonough and Earnshaw shows at the theatre "with the first company that opened the old Dietz Opera- house" a date he places at 1870. But since shows did not begin at the Dietz until around 1874 we place the printing of this broadside at that date. unknown books
187945062n. p. 1879. 1st printing presumed. Printed self wrappers. One tiny 1 mm chip at the edge else a fine copy. Broadside on thin peach colored paper. 11-1/4" x 5" <br/><br/>A "programme" for a reception of dramatic scenes from "Old Curiosity Shop" "David Copperfield" and Mr. Pickwick. Very scarce indeed no library holdings found. unknown books
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
188222648New York: Sarony 1882. Cabinet card image of French opera tenor Ernesto Nicolini 1834 - 1898 with the photographer's name of Sarony 37 Union Sqr. N.Y. on the mount below the image; about 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" overall size; light wear; in very good condition. Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. Sarony Paperback books
188222661New York: Mason 1882. Cabinet card image of theatre actress Julia Wilson in her role as "Tot"; with the photographer's name of Mason New York on the mount below the image; about 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" overall size; light wear; in very good condition. Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. Mason Paperback books
