Search Results: Performing Arts from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

London: A. & C. Black Ltd., 4,5, 6 Soho Square (Morrison and Gibb Ltd.), n.d. [1948]. Illustrated by b&w author line drawings throughout. unspecified edition. I412EE, 0606EG. Illustrated stitched wraps. 12mo (18cm). pp. 48; 48. Teacher's Notes. Near Fine. Light edgewear, faint old rear crease to Introductory Book. Period publisher order postcard laid in for Great Britain and Northern Ireland..

New Jersey: Norfe Enterprises, [1970]. Illustrated by Clyde Smith cover, b/w stills and ports. First thus edition. Stapled wraps. 4to. pp. [20]. VG. Light wear and offset. Joseph Kipness & Lawrence Kasha in Association with 1970 Tony Award for Best Musical..

New York: F.S. Crofts & Co. (Vail-Ballou Press), 1930. Illustrated by 34 b/w plates, line drawings. First (SD, no asterisk) edition. Black cloth printed gilt, orange and black illustrated eps, orange topstain. Royal 8vo. pp. x, 163, [3] blank. Bibliography. VG+/No jacket. Ink owner, dulled spine..

(Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire): BSO (Hunt Barnard & Co. Ltd.), 1956-57. Illustrated by b/w ports, cameos and photos, full orchestra and Tanglewood centerfolds including a photo of Albert Schweitzer at a Children's Concert at the Hatch. First edition. Second issue with rear RCA Baton Ad presented by Frank Folsom (President RCA) to Munch and Fiedler. Red pictorial wraps (front program logo). Large Post 4to. pp. [i], [24], [1] schedule of concerts, [1] rear RCA ad. Near Fine. Light cover wear, internally fine. Featuring European Tour, History and Conductors, Current members, Concert schedule: Symphony Hall Season, Pops (Arthur Fiedler), Charles River Esplanade, Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, Charles River Esplanade. (Multiple copies and scan of front available)..

Kansas City: Andrew McMeel Publishing, 2005. First (Numbers) edition. Review sheets laid in. Pictorial wraps. 12mo. pp. 275. Fine..

Waukesha, WI: Country Beautiful, (1969). Illustrated by Full color & b/w reproductions and photos throughout. Assumed first (NAP) edition. Maize cloth printed red. Oblong 4to. pp. 289, [1] blank. Index. VG+/VG/Unclipped price in mylar. Several short tears, shallow chips at folds, short head creases to jacket..

New York: Hackett Memorial Publication Fund, 1960. Illustrated by b&w photographs. First edition. Blue cloth. 8vo. pp. xix, 420. Near Fine/VG/Unclipped price in mylar. Edgewear, closed tear and creasing. Memoirs of 34 years on the American stage and a lifetime in Theta Delta Chi..

Boston: Beacon Press, 1979. Illustrated by b&w photographs by Milton Feinberg. First edition. Blue cloth. 8vo. pp. 164. Near Fine/VG+/Unclipped price in mylar. Light edgewear jacket..

New York: World Publishing Company, 1969. First edition. Black cloth. 8vo. pp. 312. VG/In like jacket/Clipped price in mylar. Edgewear, creasing, sunned edges, closed tears..

Caldwell: Caxton Printers Ltd, 1939. Illustrated by Janet Vallis blue and white endpapers; B/W frontis and photographs throughout. First (SD edition. Decorative cloth. Small 4to. pp. 375. Index, Glossary. Near Fine/Lacks jacket. Overall page toning, no ownership..

New York: Drake Publishers, Inc, (1976). Illustrated by Ted Enik drawings and b/w photos. First American edition. Red washable cloth. Imperial 8vo. pp. [ii], 157. Appendix. Very Good/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Ink owner, several minor board nicks, internally Fine in jacket with lines of protective separation on rear..

Roxbury, MA: Nathaniel Dame & Co, n.d.. Stated first edition. Japanese Stab bound by KTB in Acid Free (AF) cloth, AF marbled eps, printed AF parchement topboard label. Signed by "First Ed. First Issue, Nat Dame". 4to. pp. [36]. Good. 514 entries on washed and archival repaired foxed brittle paper, some pages edge chipped. Scarce typed entries of part two of the extensive stage library of the Editor of the Boston Transcript. [We rebind and restore books and manuscripts]..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. Edited by Arthur Hobson Quinn. Stated first (G-Z) edition. Plays and Playwright Series. Burgundy ribbed cloth, gilt print spine. Demy 8vo. pp. xvi, [2], 335, [1]. Bibliography, Chronology of important dates, Index. About VG/No jacket. Cap and corner wear, overall light page darkening. "On a Variety of interesting subjects" pamphlet laid in (Harper's ad)..

Boston: H.M. Teich (Algonquin Press), 1949. Illustrated by author b/w sketches. Stated first edition. (First Book, Second state with "Concord" symphony on page 30, corrected to "Three Places in New England"). Clay cloth, printed black spine, top board illustration. Signed by author on half-title page. Demy 4to. pp. 108, [1] colophon. As New/As New/Unclipped price in mylar. Conductors, players and soloists in action sketches and human interest commentary. Koussevitsky, Walter, Munch, Fiedler, Goossens, Szell, Stokowski, Milhaud, Bernstein, Ellington, Menuhin, The Pops, Esplanade, Tanglewood..

Boston: H.M. Teich (Algonquin Press), 1949. Illustrated by author b/w sketches. Stated first edition. First Book, First state with "Concord" symphony on page 30, (Second State corrected to "Three Places in New England"). Clay cloth, printed black spine, top board illustration. Signed by author on half-title page. Demy 4to. pp. 108, [1]. As New/As New/Unclipped price in mylar. Conductors, players and soloists in action sketches and human interest commentary with many of their facsimile signatures on jacket. Wife of R. Laning Humphrey, Public Relations Director of BSO, 1929-1988..

Cranbury, NJ: A.S. Barnes, 1970. Later edition. Black cloth. 8vo. pp. 245. VG/Good/Unclipped price in mylar. Soiled, torn, chipped jacket..

New York: Stage Publishing, August 1937. Illustrated by color cover, ads, b/w photos and reproductions. First edition. Binding sheet with special numbered edition for...is blank. Pale brown velvet with brass plate clasp. Folio. pp. 196. Very Good. Velvet is rubbed and hinges weak, but magazine cover and contents near fine and brilliant. Reproduced articles including wonderful ads ca. 1900 on. Postage as 2 books..

New York: Times Books, (1985). Illustrated by B/W text photos. First printing and stated edition. Blue boards, gray quarter cloth, gilt print spine. Thick 8vo. pp. xviii, 509, [1] Photo credits. Bibliography, Index. NF/NF/Unclipped price in mylar. Previous owner bookplate,,traces of edgewear, several tiny nicks at jacket folds. Author is recipient of 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Critism. ISBN: 081297789X..

New York: William Morrow, 1987. First edition. Gray boards, pink quarter cloth. 8vo. pp. 494. Fine/In like jacket/Clipped price in mylar..

Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2001. Illustrated by full color and black & white throughout. First edition. Extended card wraps. 4to. pp. 184. Index. As New. Exhibit catalogue for Hartford, Sarasotta and Austin Exhibits (2001-2) with essays byEugene R. Gaddis, Ellen Handy, Karal Ann Marling, and Lee Siegel. Wonderful visual memoir of an expired performing art form..