J C Williamson Ltd (13 items)

London: Apollo Theatre, 1930. First Edition. . Paperback. Fair. NOT A BOOK - 12pp theatre programme. No date, ca 1930. Centre pages detached, some tape on them. Front cover soiled contains photographs of Martha Lorber; Lynne Overman, Jane Welsh , Jack Raine.

Sydney: Playbill, 1967. soft cover. VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear and edge wear to covers./No Jacket. Starred Hayes Gordon as Tevye and Rod Dunbar as the Fiddler. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 27 cm.

Melbourne: Allan & Co., 1918. soft cover. FR. Covers quite worn, with front cover taped on. Internally good, with edge tears to several pages./No Jacket.

Theatre Royal Souvenir Programme. (Adelaide: Thornquest Press: [1937]) Decorated wrappers plus pp. 56. Illustrated. Replete with photographs of leading lights in Adelaide’s social and musical scene. A near fine copy.

(Adelaide: Printed by Vardon and Sons Ltd.) Pictorial Art Deco wrappers plus pp. 36. Illustrated. ‘“Tip Toes” has Tantillating Melodies!’ p. 5 (215 x 140 mm). Neat cancelled library stamp on rear wrapper; a very good copy.

(Melbourne and Sydney: Printed and Published by Syd. Day, The Printer Ltd.) Pictorial wrappers pp. 24 (257 x 100 mm). Illustrated. A few small marks and creases; a very good copy.

(Adelaide: Vardon and Sons) Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 28. Illustrated. A very good copy.

(Melbourne and Sydney: Syd Day The Printer Ltd.) Pictorial wrappers pp. 24 (257 x 100 mm). Illustrated. A little foxing; a very good copy.

Melbourne: J C Williamson Theatres Ltd. Very Good; 1964 (date of Melbourne premiere) on front cover. Paperback. Stapled binding. Souvenir Magazine designed and written by Charles Dearden numerous b/w photos of cast and scenes from the original Australian production which premiered in Adelaide1963 and Melbourne 1964. Paul Daneman as King Arthur & Jacquelyn McKeever Queen Guenevere with Raymond Westwell as Director. Colour photo centrefold of royal court. Article on popularity of musical shows in Australia with listing of productions and artists.100gms weight; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 22 pages .

J.C. Williamson, Melbourne, 1924. 48 pp, large quarto, sepia photographic plates, unusually fine copy in illustrated limp wrappers.. With facsimile 10 autographs on photographic plates of Nellie Melba, Toti Dal Monte, Dino Borgioli, Lina Scavizzi, Augusta Concato Piccaluga, Nino Piccaluga, Aga Lahoshka, Phyllis Archibald, Apollo Granforte, and Franco Paolantonio.

J.C. Williamson, Melbourne, 1924. 48 pp, large quarto, sepia photographic plates, unusually fine copy in illustrated limp wrapper. Director: Nevin Tait.. With facsimile 10 autographs on photographic plates of Nellie Melba, Toti Dal Monte, Dino Borgioli, Lina Scavizzi, Augusta Concato Piccaluga, Nino Piccaluga, Aga Lahoshka, Phyllis Archibald, Apollo Granforte, and Franco Paolantonio.

Sydney : Carter's Builder Printing Works, [1913]. Narrow quarto (280 x 110 mm), self-wrappers (featuring advertisements for Anthony Horderns' men's and women's fashion and Fine Art Gallery); [16] pp, with numerous illustrated advertisements and photographic illustrations including portraits of stars Miss Mabel Batchelor and Reg Riemenschneider, musical director Leo Grouse and Railway & Tramway Musical Society Secretary R. E. Bedwell; centre pages with full cast list; front wrapper with contemporary newspaper review of this production of ""A Country Girl"" affixed to top edge; lower wrapper with an old tape repair and loss at upper margin (no loss of text), top corners a little dog-eared, staples rusted, but internally clean and sound. Rare programme for a pre-World War One Sydney amateur theatre production. The Railway & Tramway Musical Society was established in 1894, and continued to entertain Sydney audiences with its light fare - mostly musical comedies - up until 1930. No other example traced.

Melbourne: J. C. Williamson Ltd / Speciality Press, 1936. Paperback quarto, stapled pamphlet, very good condition, black & white text-photos & drawings (colour covers both sides), adverts, minor edgewear. 42 pp. Souvenir program for this ballet contains magnificent cover art by Normal Lindsay, from an original painting in the possession of Mr E. J. Tait, a managing director of J. C. Williamson Ltd. Produced by J. C. Williamson Ltd at His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne. Contains full-page portraits of Colonel W. de Basil, Leon Woizikowsky, Valentina Blinova, Helena Kirsova, George Gee, Valerie Hay, Donald Burr. (Estimated date, 1936 or 1937. Text mentions 1935, and an event scheduled later for 1938. Loosely inserted: Receipt for previous sale of this item.).