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Homes of Poets and Historical Homes: First Series

n/a · 1896 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

New York, H. A. Rost Printing and Publishing Co, 1896. Softbound. Bluish paper wraps (with extensive tape repairs). One page Publisher's Note, followed by the 6 etchings, each one signed. This series contains 6 etchings: Birthplace of William Shakespeare (A.J. Mura); Homestead o…

King Of Shadows

Susan Cooper · 2010 · Book Haven

NZ$10.50 (€5.26 | $5.80 | £4.39 | ¥926)

Red Fox 2010 Paperback, 247pp. I lay very still, with all my senses telling me that I had gone mad. The plague? Nobody's had the plague for centuries. Nathan Field, a talented young actor, arrives at the newly rebuilt Globe Theatre in London to play Puck in A Midsummer Night's D…

Sorotchintzy Fair

GOGOL, NIKOLAI (ILLUSTRATED BY GENNADIJ SPIRIN) (ADAPTED BY COUNTESS SYBIL SCHONFELDT AND TRANSLATED BY DANIEL REYNOLDS) · 1990 · S. Howlett-West Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Boston, MA: David Godine, Publisher / DRG, 1990. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Gennadij Spirin. Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The…

Poems. By *****

[JENYNS (Soame)]: · 1752 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

London: Printed for R. Dodsley..., 1752. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. 8vo, 173 x 105 mms., pp. [iv], 194, [2], with H5 and H6 in cancelled state. BOUND WITH: [TOMKIS (Thomas)]: Albumazar: A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. London: Printed for R. Dods…

The Modern Wit

Shelley Klein · 2008 · Book Haven

NZ$9.50 (€4.76 | $5.25 | £3.97 | ¥838)

Michael O'Mara Books, Limited 2008 Paperback, 176pp. ""One of the few lessons I have learned in life is that there is invariably something odd about women who wear ankle socks. " --Alan Bennett Every generation has its own signature brand of wit, from the Elizabethan wits like W…

The Lambs of London

Peter Ackroyd · 2005 · Book Haven

NZ$15.50 (€7.77 | $8.56 | £6.48 | ¥1,367)

Vintage 2005 Paperback, 256pp. Mary Lamb is confined by the restrictions of domesticity: her father is losing his mind, her mother watchful and hostile. The great solace of her life is her brother Charles, an aspiring writer. It is no surprise when Mary falls for the bookseller'…

Poems.

I. M. HOROBIN. · 1935 · Clearwater Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Shakespeare Head Press / Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 70pp. Black cloth lettered in gold at the spine and upper board. Clifford Dyment's copy, with his contemporary ownership name pencilled to the head of the front free endpaper…

Theater heute 8/1973. THEMA: James Joyce: Verbannte.

1973 · Antiquariat Thomas Haker GmbH & Co. KG

€8.00 ($8.82 | £6.67 | ¥1,408)

Friedrich Velber bei Hannover 1973. ca. 60 S. Standardeinband. INHALT: Querschnitt-Theaterheft 1926 - Franz Blei: Nichts steht dem heutigen Menschen ferner als das heutige Theater / Alfred Flechtheim: Boxen ist besser / Benito Mussolini: Die Duse / Kurt Pinthus: Die Theater kön…

Theater heute 8/1983. THEMA: Jean Genet: Der Seiltänzer.

1983 · Antiquariat Thomas Haker GmbH & Co. KG

€7.00 ($7.72 | £5.84 | ¥1,232)

Friedrich Zürich 1983. ca. 56 S. Standardeinband. INHALT: Peter von Becker: Nach den Querelen am Bayrischen Staatsschauspiel. Michael Merschmeier: Aufsteiger des Jahres: Heribert Sasse. Theaterkommentare von Volker Hassemer, Heribert Sasse und Franz Josef Strauß. Peter von Beck…

Theater heute 12/1997. THEMA: Tankred Dorst: Harrys Kopf.

1997 · Antiquariat Thomas Haker GmbH & Co. KG

€7.00 ($7.72 | £5.84 | ¥1,232)

Friedrich Seelze 1997. ca. 72 S. Standardeinband. Bibl.-Ex. INHALT: Gespräch mit Thomas Holtzmann. Franz Wille: Robert Wilson luminiert Gertrude Steins Saints and Singing im Berliner Hebbeltheater. Michael Merschmeier: Achim Freyer am Wiener Burgtheater. Peter Kümmel: Robert Wa…

Theater heute 7/1993. THEMA: George Tabori: Requiem für einen Spion.

1993 · Antiquariat Thomas Haker GmbH & Co. KG

€7.00 ($7.72 | £5.84 | ¥1,232)

Friedrich Seelze 1993. ca. 56 S. Standardeinband. Bibl.-Ex. INHALT: Michael Merschmeier: Wie Peter Zadek am Berliner Ensemble Vittorio de Sicas Das Wunder von Mailand auf die Bühne bringt. Franz Wille: Die Perser, unsäglich nach Aischylos, inszeniert von Dieter Dorn in den Münc…

British Drama: An Historical Survey from the Beginnings to the Present Time

NICOLL, ALLARDYCE · 1925 · Round Table Books, LLC

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1925. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full burgundy boards, gilt lettering on spine, blind-stamped border and embossed medallion on cover. Illustrated with 17 reproductions on glossy stock. NB. John Ramsay Allardyce Nicoll (1894 - 1976…

The Jews: A Treasury of Art and Literature

KELLER, SHARON R. (ED) · 1992 · Round Table Books, LLC

$70.00 (€63.51 | £52.98 | ¥11,179)

New York: Beaux Arts Editions, 1992. 0883639645. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0883639645. Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover, green endpapers. Profusely illustrated with 240 beautifully reproduced color and B&W illustrations. Drawn from sources …

"Old Curiosity Shop" & "Barnaby Rudge" [condensed versions as published in] PARLEY'S PENNY LIBRARY; Or, Treasury of Knowledge, Entertainment and Delight. Volume the First

Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870] · 1841 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$385.00 (€349.30 | £291.37 | ¥61,487)

London: Cleave, Shoe-Lane, Fleet-Street, (n. d.). 1st edition thus, ca 1841. Cf. Gimbel E155. Original publisher's ribbon-embossed green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering & publisher monograpm blind stamped to front board. Yellow eps [appear renewed]. 408 [i.e. 404…

The Huntington Library Quarterly: Vol. III, No. 4, July, 1940

1940 · Clausen Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

San Marino, CA, Huntington Library. 1940. Wraps, 8vo - over 7 " - 9 " tall. Periodical, Vol. III. No. 4. Small tear at the top edge on the title page, else textblock is clean and tight. Tear on front top edge, usual shelf wear to the edges and corners, small moisture stain on fr…

Le RIME Del PETRARCA. From Pickering's Diamond Classic series

Petrarch, Francesco [1304 - 1374] · 1822 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$137.50 (€124.75 | £104.06 | ¥21,960)

Londra [London]: G. Pickering, 1822. 1st edition thus (Keynes, p. 84). Red cloth binding with printed paper title label to spine. 237, [13] pp. 9 page index at rear, plus a one page advert. Frontis portrait by R. Grave. Engraved title. Heraldic device to printed t.p. 3-9/16" x 2…

Choice Selections and Recitations

Harvey James · 1903 · Phoenix Books (Joanne's Used Books)

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Christian Hearld, 1903. Unstated. Hardcover. Choice Selections and Recitations by Harvery, James The Christian Herald, 1903, unstated edition Hardback in acceptable condition, NO dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, some tanning of pages due to paper used and …

Cosmopolitan Magazine: vol. LIV, December 1912, no.1, January, 1913, no.2; February no.3; March 1913, no.4 April 1913 May 1913.

Charles G. D. Roberts, Alfred Henry Lewis, Frank P. Stockbridge, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

Lewis: Wolfville; Are You Useful or Useless? by Elbert Hubbard; My Story of Fredericksburg by General Joshua L. Chamberlain;. Articles by Robert W. Chambers: The Streets of Ascalon; E. Phillips Oppenheim: Grace Burton and Stephen Pryde; Henry Tyrrell: Julia of Avon; Acton Davis:…

The Dramatick Works of Beaumont and Fletcher; Collated with All the Fromer Editions, and Corrected; with Notes, Critical and Explanatory, by Various Commentators; and Adorned with Fifty-Four Original Engravings.

Beaumont; Fletcher · 1778 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, T. Evans and P. Elmsley, 1778. Leather. A ten volume set of works featuring the dramatic writing of the renaissance playwrights Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. Complete in 10 volumes. Scarce to find a complete set. Featuring the dramatics works of Francis Beaumont an…

The Life of a Showman; and the Managerial Struggles of David Prince Miller: With Anecdotes and Letters of Some of the Most Celebrated Modern Actors and Actresses. The Art of Fortune Telling. An Expose of the Practices of Begging Imposters, Mountebanks, Jugglers, and Various Deceivers of the Public; Together with the Secrets of Conjuring, and an Explanation of the Most Celebrated and Striking Tricks of Wizards and Conjurors

David Prince Miller · 1866 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,877.20 | $3,171.27 | ¥506,471)

London, Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1866. Paperback. A very scarce autobiography by the entertainer and showman David Prince Miller, an interesting work on the life of a theatre manager in Victorian Britain. The second edition of this vanishingly scarce work.Only seen once at auction in…