Drammaturgia e teatro

The Stage and Its Stars Past and Present: A Gallery of Dramatic Illustration and Critical Biographies of Distinguished English and American Actors from the Time of Shakespeare Till Today (Two Volumes)

Gebbie, Paul; Gebbie, Howard; Gebbie, George · 1890 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$500.00 (€453.65 | £378.46 | ¥79,844)

Philadelphia, Gebbie & Co, 1890. Hardcover. Two Volumes. Folio. Hardcover. Full edge gilt. Bound in full leather with gilt titles. 128 photogravure portraits and scenes from steel plates, and over 400 portraits in the text. 43 cm. VG-. Wear/scuffing around the edges to the boa...

The Art of Dancing, Historically Illustrated, to Which Is Added a Few Hints on Etiquette; Also, the Figures, Music, and Necessary Instruction for the Performance of the Most Modern and Approved Dances, As Executed at the Private Academies of the Author

Ferrero, Edward · 1859 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

New York, Dick & Fitzgerald, 1859. Hardcover. A gray casebound book with gilt text on the spine. 181, 103 pages (the first set being text and the second being sheet music). Contains nine black-and-white illustrations. G: Wear to the edges and corners, especially around the spi...

F.F. Proctor: Vaudeville Pioneer

Marston, William (and) John Henry Feller · 1943 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York, Richard R. Smith, 1943. Hardcover. A light blue fabric casebound book with silver text on the spine and front cover. 191 pages; contains black-and-white images. VG: Some wear to the fabric, especially at the edges and corners of the boards. Fading to the spine. Plate...

Stories of the Ballets: The Sleeping Beauty and the Firebird

Apleby, William (and) Frederick Fowler · 1972 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

London, Oxford University Press, 1972. Hardcover. A light blue casebound book with a pink matte dust jacket. 58 pages; illustrated in black-and-white. VG: The inside corners of the dust jacket have been clipped. Significant white stains to the blue fabric. Clean body pages and...

Magie Lumineuse: Du Theatre D'Ombres a la Lanterne Magique

Remise, Jac (and) Pascale Remise (and) Regis van de Walle · 1979 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Paris, Balland, 1979. Hardcover. A black casebound book with a glossy dust jacket that has yellow text on a black spine. 318 pages; profusely illustrated with a majority color images. G/VG: Tears and curling to the top and bottom edges of the dust jacket. Light foxing to the e...

Fashion Designers at the Opera

Matheopoulos, Helena · 2011 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

New York, Thames & Hudson, 2011. Hardcover. Red cloth with white color pictorial glossy dustjacket. 191 pp. numerous vivid color plates and illustrations. Unlike ballet, which has a history of dipping into fashion, the opera has just begun to utilize talented designers for pro...

The Mikado or the Town of Tifipu

Gilbert, Sir W.S. · 1928 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London, Macmillan, 1928. Hardcover. Large Octavo. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles and illustration in illustrated jacket. vi, 96 pages illustrations 26 cm. VG/G+. Jacket is fairly toned, especially on the spine. Light chipping around the head of the spine. Inch l...

Dancing with Helen Moller

Dunham, Curtis · 1918 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York, NY, John Lane Company, 1918. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards; gilt lettering on front and spine; no dj; 115 pp; illustrated with over 42 b/w plates. A comprehensive look at the practice and philosophies of Greek dance from the 19th century based on the teachings o...

Aeschylus I: Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Suppliants, Prometheus Bound

Aeschylus; Sommerstein, Alan H. · 2008 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2008. Hardcover. Sixteenmo. Hardcover. Olive cloth boards with gilt stamped titles.xlvi, 576 pages ; 17 cm. Aeschylus (ca. 525-456 BCE), the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world's great art forms, witnessed the establish...

Greek Scenic Conventions in the Fifth Century

Arnott, Peter · 1962 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1962. Hardcover. A gray spine with a black plate that has gilt text on it. The remainder of the boards are blue. 147 pages. Contents are as follows: Arena and platform -- Stage furnishings (1) : Skene and stage altar -- Stage furnishings (2) : altar as...

Leland Opera House, Albany, Ny Broadsides in Bound Volumes 1876-1181

1877 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$1,750.00 (€1,587.76 | £1,324.61 | ¥279,452)

Albany, NY, Leland Opera House, 1877. Hardcover. Two bound Volumes. Deteriorating 3/4 red leather, with red leather imprinted label centered in the front of green cloth-covered board covers. Both with the signature of J.W. Albaugh on the ffep. Albaugh was the manager and Lease...

The Book of the Dance

Genthe, Arnold and Shaemas O'Sheel · 1920 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Boston, Massachusetts, International Publishiers, 1920. Hardcover. Black boards with gilt lettering and design; xvii, [20]-227 pp.; richly illustrated. Fair boards with good interior ( Ex-Library from Visual Studies Workshop with sticker on lower spine and on rear pastdown; bo...

Vor Und Hinter Dem Vorhang: Theater-Und Konzert-Scherze

Fliegenten Blatter · 1905 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Munich, Germany, Braun & Schneider, 1905. Hardcover. grey boards w/ color illustrations, black printing. 183 pgs w/ bw illustrations throughout. Text in German. Illustrated throughout. Light tanning to pages. Written by the German satirists of Fliegenten Blatter. Good (boards ...

Theatre Serge de Diachilew Les Biches : Realisation Scenique

1924 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$300.00 (€272.19 | £227.08 | ¥47,906)

Paris, Editions des Quatre Chemins, 1924. Softcover. Lithographed coloe covers with design by Marie Laurencin and faded tissue guard covers with a few small tears. Frontis portrait photograph of Laurencin by Man Ray. 23 bw photographs with tissue guards and printed captions. A...

Fantasie Und Nachtstucke: Fantasiestucke in Callots Manier, Nachtstucke, Seltsame Leiden Eines Theater-Direktors

Hoffmann, E.T.A. · 1964 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Munich, Germany, Winkler Verlag, 1964. Hardcover. flexible grey cloth boards w/ stylized gilt printing. 822 pgs w/ bw illustrations. top edge yellow. cream paper jacket w/ red, black printing. plain slipcase. Text in German. VG- (light wear to boards. patches of tanning upper ...

Merce Cunningham Dance Company Benefit Art Sale: January 16 - 23, 1993

Burgin, Christine · 1993 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York, Cunningham Dance Foundation Inc, 1993. Softcover. long, white stapled wraps w/ stylized black printing. approx 30 unpaginated pgs w/ bw illustrations. Robert Artschwager/Jasper Johns item sheet is laid-in. Intro by Christine Burgin. Good+ (wraps scuffed & scratched; ...

Yvonne Rainer: Work 1961–73

Rainer, Yvonne · 2020 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Brooklyn, New York, Primary Information, 2020. Softcover. white wraps w/ bw illustrations & black printing. book x, 338 pgs w/ illustrations. "Forty-six years after its publication, Primary Information brings Yvonne Rainer's classic book back into print in an exact facsimile. ...

Kostumkunde Fur Sammler

Mutzel, Hans Heinrich Hermann Eduard · 1919 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Berlin, Richard Carl Schmidt & Co, 1919. Hardcover. Red boards with black illustration and gilt and black lettering; 205 pp.; richly illustrated. Text in German. Good- (Boards are sunned, smudged and foxed; edges and corners show shelfwear and bending; text block edges are dar...

L'Amour, le Prince Et la Verite, Un Acte Illustre D'Eaux-Fortes, Dessinees Et Gravees Par Jeanne Rosoy

Schlumberger, Jean · 1927 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Paris, Au Sans Pareil, 1927. Paperback. White wraps with blue DJ and dark blue lettering; 93 pp; richly illustrated. Text in French. Ill.: Jeanne Rosoy. Good (Wraps show mild shelfwear; DJ shows sunning and foxing and smudging; DJ is edgeworn; some pages show darkening at edge...

Personal Property from the Estate of Marlene Dietrich

Sotheby's (Beverly Hills, California) · 1997 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Beverly Hills, CA, Sotheby's, 1997. Paperback. BW illustrated wraps with white lettering; bw illustration on inside front cover; 123 pp; richly illustrated. This is a fun auction catalogue which displays all sorts of items from actress Marlene Dietrich's personal collection of...