Drammaturgia e teatro

The Radio City Theatres, the Radio City Music Hall, the Rko Roxy Thatre: Show Place of the Nation

n/a · 1933 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New York, Radio City/Rockefeller Center, 1933. Softcover. Art Deco color-illus. wraps with bw lettering. Textured glassine overlay. Stapled. 24 pp. with color drawings and bw photos. A souvenir booklet about "The World's Greatest Theatres"; the story in brief text and photos, ...

The Italian Comedy: The Improvisation Scenarios, Lives, Attributes, Portraits, and Masks of the Illustrious Characters of the Commedia Dell' Arte

Duchartre, Pierre Louis and Randolph T. Weaver (translator) · 1929 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York, New York, The John Day Company, 1929. Hardcover. Black cloth, with gilt titling at spine and front cover; 330 pp.; 217 illustrations, mostly bw but a few in color. A wonderful reference on the Commedia dell' Arte. Not the nicest copy, but the pages are rather clean. ...

The Book of the Dance

Genthe, Arnold · 1920 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.46 | ¥27,945)

Boston, International Publishers, 1920. Hardcover. Brown cloth, gilt letters and decoration on front cover, 228 pp. BW & color illus. German-born American photographer Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) shares here photographs he has taken of dancers. "My object was not to make a book ...

I Teatri Di Firenze

Roselli, Piero, et al. · 1978 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Florence, Italy, Casa Editrice Bonechi, 1978. Softcover. Dark brown & illus. wraps, 270 pp. many BW illus. Text is in Italian. Traces the history of theater in Florence, Italy, across the centuries and finally into the age of cinema. One section looks at the actual theater bui...

Borzoi

Schwezoff, Igor · 1938 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. 7th edition. Hardcover. Tan stamped cloth, black & decorated dust jacket, 384 pp. Autobiography of Russian-American dancer and choreographer Igor Schwezoff (1904-1982). Inscribed in 1943 to photographer Phyllis Dearborn Massar. VG- (Book has...

The Petrified Forest

Sherwood, Robert Emmet · 1935 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First. Hardcover. Maroon cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, 176 pp. First edition. Play is set in Arizona's Petrified Forest. VG (pencil ownership mark on front flyleaf, some ex-library marks, no dj, otherwise quite nice.) .

Beggar on Horseback: A Play in Two Parts

Kaufman, George S. and Marc Connelly · 1924 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York, Boni and Liveright, 1924. Hardcover. Black stamped cloth, paper title labels, 237 pp. envelope containing fake newspaper excerpt. Second printing. Does include the "fake newspaper" that was issued with the original publication. With a preface by Alexander Woollcott. ...

The Essential Theatre

Stoklos, Denise · 1992 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Sao Paulo, Brazil, Denise Stoklos Productions, 1992. Softcover. BW pictorial wraps; 72 pp.; 23 bw photos. VG (Some very light scuffing to wraps) .

The Square Dance, Including Round Dances, Quadrilles, Novelties and Mixers

1940 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Chicago, Chicago Park District, 1940. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards, library binding; 243 pp.; Numerous bw photos and figures. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration of the State of Illinois; Includes a history of square dancing, tea...

The Circus Its Origin and Growth Prior to 1835

Greenwood, Isaac J. · 1898 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New York, New York, The Dunlap Society, 1898. 1st edition, Limited to 260 copies, with signature of Theodore L. De Vinne. Hardcover. Green library portfolio and slipcase, red cloth spine with brown boards, gilt spine titles. 117 pp. 12 black and white plates (10 missing). Very...

An Historical Account of the Providence Stage ; Being a Paper Read Before the Rhode Island Historical Society , October 25th, 1860

Blake, Charles · 1868 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Providence, George H. Whitney, 1868. Limited to 200 copies, unnumbered. Hardcover. Teal library portfolio and slipcase, Green cloth boards, embossed border, gold title on spine. 297 pp. A history of the theatre in Providence, Rhode Island, from 1745 to 1860. Reading copy. Ex-l...

Harkness Ballet Programs 1967

Harkness Ballet · 1967 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$185.00 (€167.85 | £140.03 | ¥29,542)

New York, Harkness Ballet, 1967. Hardcover. Blue library buckram. Unpaginated. Most programs are bw, with a few in color. The title is a descriptive title, as the book was not published as such. This volume contains a collection of approximately 35 programs from performances b...

The Theatres of Paris, Illustrated with Original Portraits of Eminent Living Actresses

Charles Hervey; Alexandre Lacouchie · 1846 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$675.00 (€612.42 | £510.92 | ¥107,789)

Paris / London, Galignani and Co. / John Mitchell, 1846. Hardcover. Green library buckram. 399 pp. Good (ex-library. perforation stamp on title page--page was reenforced at the same place, and slightly toned from the adhesive. some foxing, especially at the beginning and end. ...

The Dramatic Mirror Quarterly

1891 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$700.00 (€635.10 | £529.85 | ¥111,781)

New York, Dramatic Mirror, 1891. Hardbound. Three volumes (issues) bound into one volume 170 pp. total. The Dramatic Mirror Quarterly was edited by Harrison Grey Fiske. Exceedingly rare. Original copies only found at Harvard and The Huntington Library. All research indicates t...

Patriotes En Scene: Le Theatre de la Republique (1790-1799), Un Episode Meconnu de L'Histoire de la Comedie-Francaise

Barry Daniels; Jacqueline Razgonnikoff · 2007 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Vizille, France, Musee de la Revolution francaise, 2007. Softcover. Off white wraps with pictorial front. 272 pp. Color and bw plates. In French. Published in conjunction with the exhibition on the Theatre des Varietes Amusantes. VG (sticker residue on front) .

La Chauve-Souris de Moscou de Nakita Balieff Au Theatre Femina [Deuxieme Programme]

Comoedia Illustre · 1921 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Paris, Comoedia Illustre, 1921. 2nd edition. Softcover. Paper wraps with color illustration, sewn binding, [16] pp. 8 color illustrations, including cover and additional bw images. In French. Program produced for production of "La Chauve-Souris de Moscou," or, "The Bat," a tou...

La Chauve-Souris de Moscou de Nakita Balieff Au Theatre Femina [Troisieme Programme]

Comoedia Illustre · 1921 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Paris, Comoedia Illustre, 1921. 3rd edition. Softcover. Paper wraps with color illustration, sewn binding, [14] pp. 8 color illustrations, including cover and additional bw images. In French. Program produced for production of "La Chauve-Souris de Moscou," or, "The Bat," a tou...

Isadora Duncan: The Dances

Nahumck, Nadia Chilkovsky et al. · 1994 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$185.00 (€167.85 | £140.03 | ¥29,542)

Washington, D.C. The National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1994. Hardcover. Black cloth boards, silver titling; black & color illus. dust jacket, 532 pp. Numerous bw photo reproductions, and dance notation charts throughout; weighs 6.5 lbs. Dust-jacket dampstaining does not af...

Callas: Gesichter Eines Mediums

Csampai, Attila · 1993 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Munich, Germany, Schirmer / Mosel, 1993. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; BW pictorial dj.; 272 pp.; 4 color, 165 bw. Text in German; Includes an essay by Attila Csampai; A wonderful collection of photos of opera singer Maria Callas throughout her career. VG / VG .

San Francisco Theatre Research, Volume 4

Estevan, Lawrence (ed.) · 1938 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$70.00 (€63.51 | £52.98 | ¥11,178)

San Francisco, WPA Works Progress Administration, 1938. First Series. Hardcover. Blue buckram boards, [vii] 156 pp. 4 bw illustrations. Contains Monograph IX: Junius Brutus Booth, the Elder; Monograph X: Junius Brutus Booth, the Younger; and Monograph XI: Edwin Booth. A reprod...