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MOVIE PLAYBILL FOR "HOLD THAT CO-ED", STARRING BARRYMORE, GEORGE MURPHY & MARJORIE WEAVER + THREE OTHER FILMS OF THE DAY
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Enosburg Falls: Falls Playhouse, 1939. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. (4)pp; small portraits. The other movies are: "Thanks for Everything" with Adolphe Menjou, Jack Oakie and Jack Haley; "Wife, Husband & Friend" with Warner Baxter, Loretta Young and Binnie Barnes; and "Stablemates" with Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney. 7.75" x 5.5". more information
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EL COLISEO...EMPRESA: FERNANDO D. SILVA...DOMINGO 7 DE MAYO DE 1939...MONUMENTAL CORRIDA! CARTEL DE ORO A PRECIOS ECONOMICOS!
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Aguascalientes, Mexico: Eugenio Alvarado, 1939. First Edition. not bound. Very Good. Broadside, small piece torn from top margin (no text loss); 17 illus from photographs. "Grandiosa Reaparicion de los Maravillosos Pequenos Toreros. Juanito Vela, Pepe Vela y Manolo Torres." Text continues in Spanish. Admission prices are in dollars and cents: for women and children, $1.00 in the shade or 75 cents in the sun. The photographic illustrations include eight views of bulls, captioned by name and number, and nine portraits of matadors, pecadors and bandilleros. 23.5" x 7.75 more information
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THE MENACE OF THE MOVIES
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Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1944. Third printing. Original wraps. Very Good. (32)pp. The author writes about Hollywood's "overemphasis" on crime and sex, the low morals of film stars, femme fatales, unpunished criminals, &c. 6.75" x 4.5". more information
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TRAD & NOW: Australia's National Folk Magazine, Issue #4, Winter 2003
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Wollongong, Australia: Trad & Now, 2003. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. 66pp. "Features news, reviews and information on traditional & contemporary music, dance, storytelling and reports on live performances." 11.5" x 8.25". more information
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TRAD & NOW: Australia's National Folk Magazine, Issue #2, Summer 2003
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Wollongong, Australia: Trad & Now, 2003. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. 66pp. "Features news, reviews and information on traditional & contemporary music, dance, storytelling and reports on live performances." 11.5" x 8.25". more information
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TRAD & NOW: Australia's National Folk Magazine, Issue #1, Spring 2002
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Wollongong, Australia: Trad & Now, 2002. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. 94pp. "Features news, reviews and information on traditional & contemporary music, dance, storytelling and reports on live performances." 11.5" x 8.25". more information
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TRAD & NOW: Australia's National Folk Magazine, Issue #7, Autumn 2004
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Wollongong, Australia: Trad & Now, 2004. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. 66pp. "Features news, reviews and information on traditional & contemporary music, dance, storytelling and reports on live performances." 11.5" x 8.25". more information
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TRAD & NOW: Australia's National Folk Magazine, Issue #8, Winter 2004
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Wollongong, Australia: Trad & Now, 2004. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. 50pp. "Features news, reviews and information on traditional & contemporary music, dance, storytelling and reports on live performances." 11.5" x 8.25". more information
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TRAD & NOW: Australia's National Folk Magazine, Issue #3, Autumn 2003
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Wollongong, Australia: Trad & Now, 2003. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. 66pp. "Features news, reviews and information on traditional & contemporary music, dance, storytelling and reports on live performances." 11.5" x 8.25". more information
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THE EMCEE COLLECTION OF HECKLER STOPPERS, COMIC DICTIONARY, COMIC SONG TITLES Useful to disc jockeys, band leaders, emcees, radio and television announcers
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Chicago: D & C Frankel, ca. 1950. First edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 19pp; vertical crease. 9" x 6" more information
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INDIAN DANCING. Special Edition published by arrangement for the members of The Royal India, Pakistan and Ceylon Society only
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London: Phoenix House, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 119pp, index; 94 plates from photographs. This well-illustrated guide to the history and practice of Indian dancing is demonstrated by a leading exponent of the art. Chapters include: Origin and History of Indian Dancing; Abhinayamkuram:The Language of Gestures; Bharata Natyam; Kathakali; Kathak; Manipuri; etc. 9.5" x 6.25". more information
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HERB'S BLUE BONNET CALLS
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El Paso, TX: Published by the author, 1947. Fourth Edition. Pictorial wraps. Good. Signs of light handling. 68pp; illus from photographs and drawings. On the cover is a photo-portrait of Greggerson, the well-known El Paso caller. Contains the "calls" and dance instructions for 52 square dances collected in Texas and New Mexico, including Herb's own "Fill in Lines or Patter," introductions to get the squares started, etc. 9" x 6". more information
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PHUNOLOGY: A Book of Tried and Proved Plans for Play, Fellowship, and Profit...for use in Home, Church, and Community
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Nashville: Cokesbury Press, 1923. Revised Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: ix, 443, bibliography. Has month-by-month chapters on programs, games, socials, parties, stunts, plays, shows, &c. 8" x 5.5". more information
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HEANEY MAGIC COMPANY: Magical Apparatus, Stage Illusions, Card Tricks, Mind Reading Effects, Crystal Gazing Acts, Spirit Tricks... Catalogue No. 25
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Berlin, Wisconsin: Heaney Magic Co., 1924. First edition thus. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 225pp; vignettes throughout text. 6.25" x 4.25 Contains full descriptions and prices. more information
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CAROLINA FOLK-PLAYS. Edited, with an introduction on Folk-Play Making by Frederick H. Koch... [signed]
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NY: Henry Holt, 1922. First Edition. Original Cloth. Good. Spine cloth sun-tanned. pp: xxix, 160; 6 plates from photographs. The photos are from original productions of the plays. This copy is signed "Yours Faithfully" by Koch in 1923. This first collection contains "pioneer plays of North Carolina life.drawn by the writers from their own tradition and from their observation of the lives of their own people." The plays were written by students at Chapel Hill and produced by the Carolina Players. These five one-act plays, Koch states, are "full of atmosphere and flavor.outlaws, moonshiners, witches and land-pirates." Also included are Koch's essay on "folk play-making" and T. Peete Cross's essay on "the language of the plays," a commentary on the patterns of Appalachian speech. 7.5" x 5". more information
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RETABLO DE MARAVILLAS (Conjuntos "Tierra Ferme" y "Cerro del Avila") con Yoland Moreno, la Bailarina del Pueblo Venezciano
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Caracas: Republic of Venezuela, 1954. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. Text in Spanish. 24pp; illus throughout from photographs. This is the programme for the pioneering "Retablo de Maravillas," a tapestry of Venezuelan dance, created and directed by Venezuelan poet Manuel Rodriguez Cardenas, and starring then-19-year-old Yolanda Moreno. A well-known figure in the world of folkloric dance, Moreno later became director of "Danzas Venezuela," an internationally known troup. This programme includes many photographs, full-page and smaller. 12" x 9". more information
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WATER FOLLIES OF 1937...PROGRAM
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Boston: National Water Frolics, 1937. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 16pp; illus from photographs. The 1937 water follies, a "new hit in the sports world" starred world and national swimming and diving champions. This program has 10 one-page biographies of the stars along with large photographs of each, including Olympic champion swimmer Eleanor Holm, diver Dorothy Poynton Hill, "hilarious water comedian" Bill Lewin, and others. Also featured is "the largest portable pool in the world," the 75-feet-long venue of the 1937 Follies. 10.75" x 8.5". more information
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LOS TOROS EN ESPANA
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Madrid, Spain: Editorial Orel, 1969. First Edition. leatherette. Fine. various illustrators. Text in Spanish. Three large volumes, 1200+ pages of text by various "prestigious" writers; 352 color plates after oil paintings by various artists. This limited edition, a comprehensive work on bullfighting in Spain, is bound in bright-gold leatherette over padded boards, red lettering. Chapter dividers throughout the three volumes are made of red paper with a velvet finish, lettered in gold. Laid in is a lengthy, Spanish-language newspaper review of this elaborate work. 12.25" x 9.5 This is a heavy set: shipping is extra at cost. more information
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EL CANTE FLAMENCO: Guia Alfabetica
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Madrid: Afrodisio Aguado, 1966. First Edition. leatherette. Very Good. Text in Spanish. pp: 222, (1); 8 plates, folding map. Thumb-size piece torn from bottom corner of one leaf with loss of a few words, else near fine condition. 6.25" x 4.25". more information
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RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL...SHOWPLACE OF THE NATION...PROGRAM WEEK BEGINNING THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1954
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NY: Radio City Music Hall, 1954. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. (4)pp; four illus from photographs. Has a cover photo of the Rockettes, a portrait of Elizabeth Taylor (then starring in "Rhapsody"), and the rest of the bill. 9" x 6". more information
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HANDY"--a collection of eleven booklets on recreation
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Delaware, OH: Coop Recreation Service, 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. (377)pp; text illus. Each booklet has a pictorial cover. Topics include programs, leadership and budgeting for social recreation events, with specific booklets on mental games, outdoor games, "handy stunts," "Romancing: Folk Lore of Courtship" (games, proverbs, love songs); international folk dances; "Southern Singing Games"; and "Western Play Party Games." 6.75" x 3.75". more information
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