Search Results: Theatre from Thomas Rare Books

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1933. 583pp. First single volume edition. D.j. and fore-edge foxed. Green cloth, gilt title to spine on red title block. 1st edition. hard back. V.g./V.G. Foxed. large 8vo.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1984. 182pp. Illustrated. hard back. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Collins, London, 1950, first edition, 222pp, b&w illustrations throughout, quarto, original red cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, v.g. condition. Introduction and commentary by Arnold L. Haskell. ballet photography by v arious photographers. W/ an intro. by Sa chverell Sitwell..

London: Heinemann, 1931. 703pp. Decorated title by Rex Whistle. Brown cloth, gilt [unfaded]. The story of an English theatrical family in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The story was made into a television series in 1966.. New impression. hard back. V.g./No Jacket. large 8vo.

London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1964. 181pp, ill. throughout. Head of d.j. small loss and a little frayed otherwise a nice copy.. 1st edition. Black cloth, gilt. Fine/V.g.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Jupiter Books, London, 1977, first edition, 139pp, illustrations throughout, octavo, original brwon cloth, d.j., d.j. a little bumped in corners other a v.g./fine copy. 'An investigation into what makes the sawdust fly.'.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1941. xv, 368pp. 40 plates. Signed by the author and dedication to Geoffrey Wright, the composer and writer who worked at the Gate Theatre studio, London. 'To Geoffrey Wright in gratitude and all good wihes Charles B. Cochran' to the title-page. Blue cloth gilt with CB device to the front board. Dusty spine.. 1st reprint. Hard Cover. V.g./No Jacket. 8vo.

London: Cambridge Univ Press, 1989. 1104pp, illustrated throughout. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. large octavo.

London: W.H. Allen, 1944. 220pp. Attractive pictorial boards by Louis Curti. War quality paper.. 1st ediiton. hard back. V.g.. 8vo.

Max Parrish & Co. London, under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Assoc. 1949, first edition, 40pp, 4 pages colour illustrations, b&w map of Sweden, small octavo, original green cloth, gilt lettering, decorative full colour d.j., ex-libris, chipped and little soiled d.j. From the Handbook of European National Dances..

London: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1925. 105pp. 12 colour plates, 12 collotype reproductions of drawings in monochrome, and facsimiles of first edition title-pages, of the first Duenna playbill (November 1775), and of the programme of the Playfair-Sheringham production at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith (December 1924). Dated to reverse of the half-title page. Brown buckram, gilt unfaded. Attractive lillac end-paers with ink inscription dated Xmas 1925. T.e.g.. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by George Sheringham. 4to.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1984. 383pp. 53 illustrations. A biography of Eleonora Duse, the Italian actress 1858-1924. No fading, clipping or inscriptions. 1st edition. hard back. Fine/Fine. large 8vo.

London: Doubleday, 2000. 294pp. Photos. Neat cut to front end-paper to remove a name otherwise unclipped, marked or faded.. 1st ed., 1st imp.. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

London: Reinhardt & Evans Ltd., 1949. xxxviii, 434pp. Illustrated with plates. Red cloth. New Ediiton. hard back. V.g./No Jacket. large 8vo.

London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1975. Unpaginated [c130pp]. Illustrated throughout. 355 exhibits described in detail. Mustard pictorail card wrappers. Fine copy [trifle creasing]. THE GEORGIAN PLAYHOUSE: Actors, artists, audiences and architecture, 1730-1830 : [catalogue of an exhibition held at the] Hayward Gallery, 21 August to 12 October 1975. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Oblong 4to.

New Jersey: Chartwell Books Inc., 1984. 216pp. Illustrated throughout. White illus. d.j. [clipped]. Scarce in the UK.. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine/V G price-clipped. 4to.

New York: Viking, 1998. xiv, 384pp, Red pictorial illus. d.j. [13579108642]. Rear flap crease otherwise a lovely unmarked copy. No inscriptions, fading, clipping or marks.. 1st edition, 1st impression. hard back. Fine/Fine. large 8vo.

London: Columbus Books, 1951. 734pp 59 illustrations. Bibliography 711-713pp and Index 715-734pp. Written by H. Irving's grandson. Green cloth, gilt. Spine a trilfe toned.. 1st edition. Pictorial Soft Cover. fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: William Heinemann, 1907. 224pp Frontis. photo portrait of the author, 2 tipped in colour plate llustrations.. Cream buckram deluxe'vellum' binding, gilt. A Souvenir Of The Anniversary And 400th Performance At The St. Jamess Theatre Feb 1st 1907. Presented By Mr. George Alexander. Spine a trifle browned. Printed by Ballantyne & Co. Limited, Tavistock Street, London. Attractive gilt decroated binding. Please email for photos. Special Souvenie Edition. hardcover. V.g.. 8vo.

Covent Garden, London: Burnets, 1912. 24pp. Dec. paper wrappers. Designed and collected by Silvia Parsons for the Winchester Historical Gathering 1912. 36 coloured illustrations of costumes through the ages. Prined on quality paper with an attractive cover. p18-23 ads for the publisher. A little foxed to cover.. 1st Ediiton. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo.