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195126090La Parade Paris 1951. 8vo. First Edition text in French with 16 plates free endpapers very lightly browned some light and inoffensive age-staining; original printed wrappers a very good bright clean copy. The script of Cocteau's famous surrealist feature film 1950 starring Jean Marais and Maria Casares. With stills from the film shot by Corbeau. La Parade, Paris, unknown
1984040589Los Angeles: Korean Cultural Service 1984 1985 1986 1987 1990 1984. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Fourteen Issues Of This High Quality Magazine Mostly Focusing On Arts Published By The Korean Consulate For English Language Distribution. <br/> <br/> Korean Cultural Service 1984 1985 1986 1987 1990 paperback
0428124070.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0365017159.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19782111902160801375Shufunotomosha 1978. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Shufunotomosha paperback
1940024673New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1940. First Edition . Boards. Very Good /DJ Flap Only. 10 1/4" Tall. Original Drawing By Robert Edmond Jones. 88 Pp. An Attractive Example Well Preserved Age Toning To Spine And Top Edge Of Boards Unfaded Hinges Tight Small Loss Along Top Edge Of Spine. Inscribed By Almost All Cast Members "To Dorothy"; From A Collection Of Books From The Estate Of Dorothy Gish Who Had A Role In The Play. <br/> <br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1940021803New York City: Federal Theatre Project 1940. Original Manuscript . Wrappers / Metal. Very Good. Original manuscript typed carbon. Ownership note of R Robert H. Breen on cover label and title page. Post-its from Chicago and Hollywood actor Arthur H Peterson Jr. noting that it was sent to him by "him" in 1940. The play does not appear in the Prouty archives at George Mason University but apparently there is a copy at the NYPL and another at Kent State. Conkle wrote for the Federal Theatre Project. Peterson wrote and also directed The Little Theatre off Bughouse Square in Chicago as producer and director. <br/> <br/> [Federal Theatre Project] unknown
19592090502113709412Not Available 1959. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
20042090502113708330Not Available 2004. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
2090502113715401Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19732090502113717862Not Available 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
188138148London Chatto and Windus 1881 hardcover. Author was novelist and drama critic for the London Pall Mall Gazette; he contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography; wrote other books about the stage Century Cyclopedia. -- Hardcover two volume set attractive dark green covers with bright spine letters. Condtion: near fine v.2 has shallow crease to several pages and edge foxing to a few; owner name. Chatto and Windus hardcover
187910045London: Longmans Green and Co. 1879. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Probably the First Edition of this 'novelization' for young people of 6 stories from Euripides' plays; preface is dated April 1879. 12mo green cloth aeg no dj; good cocked; spine faded spotted and chipped at top; corners worn to boards; odd armorial bookplate covering most of the front pastedown bookseller's sticker below bookplate F. Loeser & Co. Brooklyn; water stains on top edge of both pastedowns and feps; pages browned; 154pp 12pp ads. <br/> <br/> Longmans, Green, and Co. hardcover
1881032552Boston: Roberts Brothers 1881. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 63 Pp 2 Pp Ads At Rear. Red Cloth Printed In Black Green And White Endpapers. First American Printing 1981 Date On Title Page. Light Wear Lettering Strong Three Tiny Frays At Ends Of Spine Covers With Tiny Flecks To Color. Ownership Signature Of Andy Francisco 1866-1947; From Estate Of Artist J Bond Francisco's Nephew Jack Okey So Probably A Relative. Per Wikipedia Benoît-Constant Coquelin 1841 - 1909 Known As Coquelin Aîné "Coquelin The Elder" Was A French Actor "One Of The Greatest Theatrical Figures Of The Age." Coquelin Was Born In Boulogne-Sur-Mer Pas-De-Calais. He Was Originally Intended To Follow His Father's Trade Of Baker He Was Once Called "Un Boulanger Manqué" - "A Failed Baker" - By A Hostile Critic But His Love Of Acting Led Him To The Conservatoire Where He Entered Régnier's Class In 1859. He Won The First Prize For Comedy Within A Year And Made His Début On 7 December 1860 At The Comédie-Française As The Comic Valet Gros-René In Molière's Le Dépit Amoureux But His First Great Success Was As Figaro In The Barber Of Seville In The Following Year. It Was An Honour For Coquelin To Be A Part Of The Comédie-Française At Such A Young Age. This Company Had Already Been In Existence For Around 150 Years. He Was Made Sociétaire In 1864. There Were 21 34 Shares And They Were Divided Among The Lead Actors Known As Sociétaires. The Sociétaires Co-Manage Choose Plays And Share Profits. When There Was An Opening Caused By Retirement Resignation Or Death It Was Filled By A Member Of The Pensionnaires. And Just Four Years After Joining The Comédie-Française Coquelin Became One Of The Elite Sociétaires. During The Next Twenty-Two Years He Created The Leading Roles In Forty-Four New Plays At The Comédie Française Including Théodore De Banville's Gringoire 1867 Paul Ferrier's Tabarin 1871 Émile Augier's Paul Forestier 1871 L'étrangère 1876 By The Younger Dumas Charles Lomon's Jean Dacier 1877 Édouard Pailleron's Le Monde Où L'on S'ennuie 1881 Erckmann's And Chatrian's Les Rantzau 1884. In Consequence Of A Dispute With The Authorities Over The Question Of His Right To Make Provincial Tours In France He Resigned In 1886. Three Years Later However The Breach Was Healed; And After A Successful Series Of Tours In Europe And The United States He Rejoined The Comédie-Française As Pensionnaire In 1890. During His Time Away From The Comédie He Wrote His Book Art And The Actor. It Was During This Period That He Took The Part Of Labussière In The Production Of Victorien Sardou's Thermidor Which Was Banned By The Government After Three Performances. In 1892 He Broke Definitively With The Comédie-Française And Toured For Some Time Through The Capitals Of Europe With A Company Of His Own; In New York For Instance He Performed At Abbey's Theatre In 1894 Playing The Lead In Tartuffe His Son Jean Played Orgon And Mascarille In Les Précieuses Ridicules.3 In 1895 He Joined The Renaissance Theatre In Paris And Played There Until He Became Director Of The Théâtre De La Porte Saint-Martin In 1897. Here He Won Successes In Edmond Rostand's Cyrano De Bergerac 1897 Which He Repeated In The Summer Of 1898 At The Lyceum Theatre London Émile Bergerat's Plus Que Reine 1899 Catulle Mendès's Scarron 1905 And Alfred Capus And Lucien Descaves' L'attentat 1906. In 1900 Coquelin Toured In America With Sarah Bernhardt Appeared At Broadway's Garden Theatre In A Production Of Cyrano De Bergerac Bernhardt Played Roxane. He Made His Only Film The Duel Scene From Cyrano De Bergerac With Sound Recording On Phonograph Cylinder. The Film Is Thought To Be The First Ever Made With Both Color And Sound. On Their Return To France He Continued With His Old Colleague To Appear In L'aiglon At The Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt. He Was Rehearsing For The Creation Of The Title Role In Rostand's Chantecler Which He Was To Produce When He Died Suddenly In Paris In 1909. <br/> <br/> Roberts Brothers hardcover
1881032553Boston: Roberts Brothers 1881. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 63 Pp 2 Pp Ads At Rear. Light Brown Cloth Printed In Black Green And White Endpapers. Wear Lettering Strong Fraying On Top Of Spine And At Tips. Signature Of Hollywood Art Director Jack Okey It's A Wonderful Life Etc. Small Private Price Label On Rear Pastedown. Per Wikipedia Benoît-Constant Coquelin 1841 - 1909 Known As Coquelin Aîné "Coquelin The Elder" Was A French Actor "One Of The Greatest Theatrical Figures Of The Age." Coquelin Was Born In Boulogne-Sur-Mer Pas-De-Calais. He Was Originally Intended To Follow His Father's Trade Of Baker He Was Once Called "Un Boulanger Manqué" - "A Failed Baker" - By A Hostile Critic But His Love Of Acting Led Him To The Conservatoire Where He Entered Régnier's Class In 1859. He Won The First Prize For Comedy Within A Year And Made His Début On 7 December 1860 At The Comédie-Française As The Comic Valet Gros-René In Molière's Le Dépit Amoureux But His First Great Success Was As Figaro In The Barber Of Seville In The Following Year. It Was An Honour For Coquelin To Be A Part Of The Comédie-Française At Such A Young Age. This Company Had Already Been In Existence For Around 150 Years. He Was Made Sociétaire In 1864. There Were 21 34 Shares And They Were Divided Among The Lead Actors Known As Sociétaires. The Sociétaires Co-Manage Choose Plays And Share Profits. When There Was An Opening Caused By Retirement Resignation Or Death It Was Filled By A Member Of The Pensionnaires. And Just Four Years After Joining The Comédie-Française Coquelin Became One Of The Elite Sociétaires. During The Next Twenty-Two Years He Created The Leading Roles In Forty-Four New Plays At The Comédie Française Including Théodore De Banville's Gringoire 1867 Paul Ferrier's Tabarin 1871 Émile Augier's Paul Forestier 1871 L'étrangère 1876 By The Younger Dumas Charles Lomon's Jean Dacier 1877 Édouard Pailleron's Le Monde Où L'on S'ennuie 1881 Erckmann's And Chatrian's Les Rantzau 1884. In Consequence Of A Dispute With The Authorities Over The Question Of His Right To Make Provincial Tours In France He Resigned In 1886. Three Years Later However The Breach Was Healed; And After A Successful Series Of Tours In Europe And The United States He Rejoined The Comédie-Française As Pensionnaire In 1890. During His Time Away From The Comédie He Wrote His Book Art And The Actor. It Was During This Period That He Took The Part Of Labussière In The Production Of Victorien Sardou's Thermidor Which Was Banned By The Government After Three Performances. In 1892 He Broke Definitively With The Comédie-Française And Toured For Some Time Through The Capitals Of Europe With A Company Of His Own; In New York For Instance He Performed At Abbey's Theatre In 1894 Playing The Lead In Tartuffe His Son Jean Played Orgon And Mascarille In Les Précieuses Ridicules.3 In 1895 He Joined The Renaissance Theatre In Paris And Played There Until He Became Director Of The Théâtre De La Porte Saint-Martin In 1897. Here He Won Successes In Edmond Rostand's Cyrano De Bergerac 1897 Which He Repeated In The Summer Of 1898 At The Lyceum Theatre London Émile Bergerat's Plus Que Reine 1899 Catulle Mendès's Scarron 1905 And Alfred Capus And Lucien Descaves' L'attentat 1906. In 1900 Coquelin Toured In America With Sarah Bernhardt Appeared At Broadway's Garden Theatre In A Production Of Cyrano De Bergerac Bernhardt Played Roxane. He Made His Only Film The Duel Scene From Cyrano De Bergerac With Sound Recording On Phonograph Cylinder. The Film Is Thought To Be The First Ever Made With Both Color And Sound. On Their Return To France He Continued With His Old Colleague To Appear In L'aiglon At The Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt. He Was Rehearsing For The Creation Of The Title Role In Rostand's Chantecler Which He Was To Produce When He Died Suddenly In Paris In 1909. <br/> <br/> Roberts Brothers hardcover
1776DEMO016704IGeneve SW 1776. Revised & Enlarged edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Copperplate engravings. 12mos contemporary full tree calf extra extra-gilt spines marbled papers. <br/><br/>Edited by Mons. Voltaire. Originally published in 1774. Very handsome set for one of France's greatest dramatists. Ex libris Sir Richard Bedingfeld probably the 5th Baronet Bedingfeld of Oxborough 1767-1829; however vol. 8 has an inked inscription indicating it was given to C. Bedingfeld -probably his wife Charlotte Georgiana Jerningham Bedingfeld. Note: the frontispiece to vol. 1 identifies its artist as Elizabeth Thiebau. Copperplate engravings. hardcover
1885228881Librairie de la Bibliothèque Nationale Paris 1885. Hardcover mit Leinenrücken und -ecken Kleinformat Zustand: keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten leicht berieben. Librairie de la Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, hardcover
1884228878Librairie de la Bibliothèque Nationale Paris 1884. Hardcover mit Leinenrücken und -ecken Kleinformat Zustand: keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten leicht berieben. Librairie de la Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, hardcover
1963047083New York: World Publishig 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 115 Pp. Black Cloth Stamped In Gilt And In Red. First Edition Stated. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $3.50 With 1/2" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Panel. Inscribed To Actress Elizabeth Talbot-Martin "To Liz- Who Brought Command And Talent And Great Heart To The First Performance Of These Pieces- With Gratitude And Affection Norman / Desilu Theatre July 1964". <br/> <br/> World Publishig hardcover
1934024613London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1934. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. Frontispiece Plates portrait photographs. Yellow Cloth 112 Pp. First Edition. Scarce Collection Of Short Views-On-Life From Well Known British Entertainment Celebrities. Book With No Wear But Dusty Spine A Little Aged. Dj Priced 3S6d With Wear And Small Losses At Corners No Loss Of Lettering Or Design Not Price-Clipped. <br/> <br/> George Allen & Unwin Ltd. hardcover
1942006990Adyar Madras India: Kalakshetra 1942. Hardcover light green cloth in original non price-clipped beige dust-jacket. 270pp. Portait frontispiece. Contains the verse-plays "The Kings Wife" and "The Hound of Uladh" the former a drama about the life of Rani Mirabai and the latter a tale based on ancient Celtic mythology. No previous ownership marks. A clean square copy with mild wear to tips Beige dust-jacket complete shows moderate age soiling and toning with spine sunned to goledn brown. A very good copy in a near very good dust-jacket of a very scarce title. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kalakshetra Hardcover
1929030802London: Martin Secker 1929. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Dj By G E Calthrop. 111 Pp. Gray Possibly Gray-Green Cloth With Paper Spine Label Printed In Red And Black. Near Fine In Near Fine White Dj No Fading At All Just A Trace Of Rubbing No Chips Or Stains Or Fraying Just A Single One Inch Long Closed Tear At Top Edge Of Rear Panel. Exceptionally Scarce Without Fading To The Pink Spine. This Example Was Preserved As One Of A Group Of Dj's From The 1920'S And 1930'S Which Were All Stored Flat Apart From The Books. Book With Small Ownership Name "M Bell" Possibly The Actress Marie Bell Who Appeared In Coward Productions But No Example Of Her Signature Has Been Compared To This One. <br/> <br/> Martin Secker hardcover
1925006711London: Ernest Benn Ltd. First printing of this play in the Contemporary British Dramatists series published one year after the play was first performed. Bookplate to the inside front cover dated ownership on the front free endpaper 1925 neat annotation to the Dramatis Personae to indicate the two main actors at the Royalty Theatre 1924-25 Noel Coward and Lillian Braithwaite. Natural tanning of the pages minor wear only to this somewhat ephemeral publication. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. . Very Good. Card Covers. First Thus First Printing. 1925. Ernest Benn Ltd unknown
1916DEMO016733IParis: Nouvelle Revue Francaise 1916. First French edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo 2811pp. rebound in Art Deco style by L. Roger-Maxime in full morocco; in in a slipcase. <br/><br/>This is an unnumbered copy of the thousand copies done for French speakers. Since its first appearance in England in 1911 it had been translated into Japanese and Russian. This was a seminal set of essays in which Craig re-imagines and re-images the theater and demonstrates it with his 16 color plates included here. The Art Deco banded binding has reds black and cream inlays by L. Roger-Maxime all in a compatible slipcase with splashes of color. Translated from the English by Genevieve Seligmann-Lui; Introduction by Jacques Rouche Nouvelle Revue Francaise hardcover
1919293Boston: Little Brown and Company 1919. First Edition. Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 211 x 144 mm vii 298 pages in black cloth titles in gilt to spine in the scarce unclipped dust jacket. <br /><br />A collection of articles about the theatre by Edward Gordon Craig 1872-1966 a stage designer and theatrical producer and director. Although he directed only a handful of plays "his controversial theories of scene design and stagecraft gave him eminence in the European and American theater" The New York Times July 30 1966 page 25. For instance he favored three-dimensional stage effects and more innovative lighting than the traditional footlights. <br /><br />Copies of this book in the original dust jacket are scarce to the market. <br /><br />CONDITION: Rubbing to cloth fading to spine titles top edge dusty bottom edge a bit soiled. Internally a couple of stray ink marks but otherwise clean and bright. The unclipped dust jacket has some soiling nicks and chips with slight fading to text. Overall a Very Good or better copy. <br /><br /> Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
