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Denmark: Various, 1935. 'Soya' (Carl Erik Martin Soya) (1896 - 1983) Danish author, epicure, playwright and social-satire moralist. "
Soya's works are a mixture of primitiveness with refinement, uncertainty & intransigence with forbearance, courage with compassion
A Rabelais-like character comedian and fabulant who is constantly haunted by a misanthropy akin to Guy de Maupassant
His countless publications extend into a majority of genres and forms: newspaper journalism, reviews, poetry, children's books, school plays, librettos, aphorisms, pamphlets
Among numerous honors received were the Holberg Medal in 1947, Henrik Pontoppidan Memorial Fund 1949, Gyldendals Herman Bang scholarship, 1950 Oehlenschlæger scholarship in 1961, Johs. Ewald scholarship in 1968, and the Danish Academy's highest award in 1975..." (see the third edition of the Danish biographical dictionary, published 1979-84) The collection was formed due to the close and…
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THE STORY OF LEON BAKST'S LIFE
by [Bakst, Leon]: Levinson, André
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1923 - 1957 Collection of over 50 individual Inscribed & Signed Publications of Danish Humorist Playwright Author Carl Erik Soya
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Fields of Wonder
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book, 1947 First printing of the first edition, original publisher’s teal cloth, yellow top edge; in original dust jacket; written while Hughes was a visiting writer in residence at Atlanta University, containing over 70 poems including “Border Line” that was submitted by Hughes for the 1962 anthology Poet’s Choice. A presentation copy from Langston Hughes to Marius Flothius: “Especially for / Marius Flothius / with my thanks for your excellent / musical settings / of my poems, / Sincerely / Langston Hughes / New York, November 1, 1955.” Additionally, loosely laid-in is a brochure for Hughes’ “The Rhythms of the World” and a single page carbon copy of Hughes’ short poem “Cross.” Marius Flothuis (1914–2000) was a Dutch composer who set six of Hughes’ poems to music.
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[Les oeuvres de Moliere].
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1679 Works of MOLIERE French Plays Theater School for Wives Misanthrope 4v LOT"It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable."
― Molière
A rare lot of 17th-century printings of works of Moliere. This lot of 4 volumes from various printings includes some of Moliere's most famous works such as:
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"School for Wives"
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"The Imposter" or "Tartuffe"
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"The Forced Marriage"
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"Medicine of Love" or "Dr. Cupid"
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MOLIERE
[Les oeuvres de Moliere].
Amsterdam, Paris: 1679-1693.
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o Vol. II (1679) – [2], 84; 60; 84; 43; 108
o Vol. III (1684) – [2], 36; 62 (i.e. 96); 60; 36; 84; 36; 60
o Vol. IV (1693) – [2], 108; 60; 96; 108
o Vol. VI (1684) – [2], 72; 32; 34, [2]; 71, [1]; 32
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Les tragedies de Robert Garnier, conseiller dv roy, lieutenant general criminel au siege presidial & seneschaussee du Maine
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1616 Robert Garnier Tragedies French Theater Plays Ancient ROME Brutus PorciaRobert Garnier was a 16th-century French poet who is best-known for his collection of tragic plays. These tragedies, however, did not necessarily resemble of the tragic play of classical literature – they were much shorter and featured long monologue speeches followed by melodic chorus sections rather than more traditional back-and-forth dialogue.
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'Bradamante'
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GARNIER, Robert
Les tragedies de Robert Garnier, conseiller dv roy, lieutenant general criminel au siege presidial & seneschaussee du Maine
Roven: Raphaël du petit Val, 1616
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Le Theatre
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1692 Plays of Pierre Corneille French Theatre Le Cid Nicomede Drama 5v SET ParisPierre Corneille was a famous 17th-century French playwright often thought to be outdone only by Moliere. Corneille wrote some of the best plays in French literature including Le Cid and Nicomede, all of which are included in this five-volume 1692 set of the works of Corneille.
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CORNEILLE, Thomas
Le Theatre
Paris: Chez Pierre Traboüillet, 1692.
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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 5 volumes
o Vol. I – lx, [6], 560, [4]
o Vol. II – lviii, [2], 363 (i.e. 563), [1]
o Vol. III – xxxvi, 504
o Vol. IV – 504
o Vol. V – 473, [1]
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DE SPECTACULIS THEATRALIBUS CHRISTIANO CUIQUE TUM LAICO, TUM CLERICO CETITIS
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In 4. Dim. 28,5x22 cm. Pp. LVI+376. Rara prima edizione del 1752 di questa importante opera del sacerdote Daniele Concina (1686-1756). Concina era noto principalmente per il suo inflessibile rigore e per le sue orazioni energiche e spesso violente. Il suo intento era quello di un ritorno alla Chiesa delle origini. Questa opera formata da tre dissertazioni è una critica aperta alle rappresentazioni teatrali a causa della loro presunta influenza corruttrice dei costumi. Al verso dell'occhietto il testo di una lettera circolare di Papa Benedetto XIV datata 1 Gennaio 1748 agli arcivescovi e vescovi in latino ed in volgare nella quale egli attesta la tolleranza anche se di mala voglia per il divertimento carnevalesco. Tra gli argomenti trattati: storia degli spettacoli, la dottrina luterana, il pensiero di Paolo Segneri in merito, Pignatellli, Bellarmino, le donne in scena, la voluttà del teatro, la musica teatrale ecc... In buone condizioni. Copertina in cartonato coevo con titolo…
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1923 - 1957 Collection of over 50 individual Inscribed & Signed Publications of Danish Humorist Playwright Author Carl Erik Soya
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Denmark: Various, 1935. 'Soya' (Carl Erik Martin Soya) (1896 - 1983) Danish author, epicure, playwright and social-satire moralist. "
Soya's works are a mixture of primitiveness with refinement, uncertainty & intransigence with forbearance, courage with compassion
A Rabelais-like character comedian and fabulant who is constantly haunted by a misanthropy akin to Guy de Maupassant
His countless publications extend into a majority of genres and forms: newspaper journalism, reviews, poetry, children's books, school plays, librettos, aphorisms, pamphlets
Among numerous honors received were the Holberg Medal in 1947, Henrik Pontoppidan Memorial Fund 1949, Gyldendals Herman Bang scholarship, 1950 Oehlenschlæger scholarship in 1961, Johs. Ewald scholarship in 1968, and the Danish Academy's highest award in 1975..." (see the third edition of the Danish biographical dictionary, published 1979-84) The collection was formed due to the close and…
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Nogaku Komenshu: Onshi Kyoto Hakubutsukan Tokuubetsu Tenkan [Old Portrait Masks of the Noh Drama]
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Folio. Unpag. full-page plates (3 color with tissue guards). Japanese text. Pictorial boards with title on attached paper label, faded, lightly stained green cloth slipcase with bone clasps.Extra shipping and insurance required for this item.
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San Francisco Theatre Research: Minstrelsy (Blackface)
by Lawrence Estavan, Editor
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Works Projects Administration, 1939. Softcover. Good. The hard-to-find Volume 13, Minstrelsy, of the notable ca. 1939 WPA San Francisco Theater Research series. This volume presents an extensive history of regional San Francisco minstrelsy from its earliest days. Illustrated with 19 historical photos of performers, some in blackface. Contents include discussions of blackface. Numerous appendices. Scarce. 301 pp. 10 3/4" x 8 3/8". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear and minor loss to bottom right corner of front panel. Light staining along margins of front panel spine and bottom. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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Fields of Wonder
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book, 1947 First printing of the first edition, original publisher’s teal cloth, yellow top edge; in original dust jacket; written while Hughes was a visiting writer in residence at Atlanta University, containing over 70 poems including “Border Line” that was submitted by Hughes for the 1962 anthology Poet’s Choice. A presentation copy from Langston Hughes to Marius Flothius: “Especially for / Marius Flothius / with my thanks for your excellent / musical settings / of my poems, / Sincerely / Langston Hughes / New York, November 1, 1955.” Additionally, loosely laid-in is a brochure for Hughes’ “The Rhythms of the World” and a single page carbon copy of Hughes’ short poem “Cross.” Marius Flothuis (1914–2000) was a Dutch composer who set six of Hughes’ poems to music.
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Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky
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Nijinsky, Romola. Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky. The Definitive Biography Copyright 1980. Simon and Schuster stated First Impression Thus. Number line starts with 1. EXLIB. Good Condition/ VG original dust jacket. 260 pages, indexed. ISBN0671411233. PERFORMING ARTS, RUSSIA, BALLET, VASLAV NIJINSKY. Summary: "The life of Vaslav Nijinsky is not merely a record of a great dancer's artistic triumphs; it is one of the strangest stories ever written. There is madness everywhere. From the child's first appearance with a troupe of wandering Russians to that last terrible performance, his "Marriage With God" , it is a growing chaos of madness, abnormality, distortion, genius and beauty." 260 pages, indexed. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4.
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection)
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) (aka The Mousetrap). Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus Bantam Books Inc., NY, September, 1988. Number line: 0987654321. As New. Summary: "A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate." THE MOUSETRAP: Known as the "world's longest-running play," The Moustrap has been running since 1952 and celebrated 70 years in London in 2022."
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Dr. Johnson: A Play
by Newton, A. (Alfred) Edward, 1864- 1940
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Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press 1923. Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press [Updike, Merrymount] 1923. Hard Cover. Signed. xvii, 120 pages, plates; 23 cm. "Of the five hundred and eighty-five copies of this Hand-made Paper Edition, this is copy number 18", signed by the author. Bound in decorated paper with green linen spine & paper spine label. Updike, Merrymount Press Bibliography 586. Stock#OB145. VG.
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Another Part of the Forest
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ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST. THE VIKING PRESS, FIRST EDITION STATED FIRST PRINTING THUS, APRIL, 1947. Used. Very good condition/Good + condition original unclipped, $2.00 price appears on front flap. Fuscia dust jacket spine is a trace sunned. Mylar wrap. Another Part of the Forest, a play in three acts by Lillian Hellman, author of "The Little Foxes", and "The Searching Wind". Patricia Neal frontispiece.
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[Order Form for Henry Vaughan's Sacred Poems]
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London: Vale Press, 1897. Very good with a few instances of minor spotting.. Single leaf announcing the book's publication, size, binding, and edition limitation. Printed in Vale type. Tomkinson 11 (for the book).
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Will Rogers Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom (Salesman's Dummy)
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O'Brien, P.J. Will Rogers Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom. With an appreciation by Lowell Thomas. Copyright 1935, P.J. O'Brien. Published by George A. Parker Company, Philadelphia. Illustrated. RARE SALESMAN'S DUMMY WITH SUBSCRIPTION BLANKS. Includes excerpts from 296 page complete book. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8. BIOGRAPHY OF WILL ROGERS. USED. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ AS ISSUED.
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Old Theatre Days & Ways
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W.J. Lawrence. Old Theatre Days & Ways. First published 1935 by George Harrap & Co. Ltd., London. ANGLOPHILIA. THEATRE HISTORY. PERFORMING ARTS. BRITISH HISTORY. ISBN 9781131731827. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. 256 pages. 5 7/8 X 8 5/8. This copy is located in United States.
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The Clocks, A Hercule Poirot Mystery
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Agatha Christie. The Clocks, A Hercule Poirot Mystery. 2013, Center Point Pub. Thorndike, Maine. LARGE PRINT EDITION. RARE/SCARCE THUS. ISBN 9781611737127. 5 7/8 X 8 ¾. 350 pages. EXLIB. VG/VG unclipped $34.95 DJ. Synopsis: "A hired stenographer lets herself into her client's home only to realize that the body of a dead man is sprawled across the living room floor. When recounting the scene to Detective Poirot, She distinctly remembers a cuckoo clock striking three but all the living room clocks showed 4:13. Poirot determines that, even more strangely, only one of these clocks belonged to the owner of the house."
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Thais (Universal Library)
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Anatole France. Grosset & Dunlap Universal Library Edition. No date or statement on copyright page. Circa 1929. USED. VERY GOOD/GOOD ORIGINAL UNIVERSAL LIBRARY DUST JACKET. QUITE RARE THUS. Dust jacket has a bit of loss at top of spine. Glossy black boards with silver, green and black titling and ornamentation. Lime green endpapers. No frontispiece or any other photos appear in this edition. 5 7/8 X 8 ½. 154 pages. "Thais is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and based on the 1890 novel "Thais" by Anatole France, a story of forbidden love. Cinema, Film History. Silent Film Era.
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The Plays Of Eugene O'Neill (Three Volume Set): Volume I: Strange Interlude, Desire Under The Elms, Lazarus Laughed, The Fountain, The Moon Of The Caribees, Bound East For Cardiff, The Long Voyage Home, In The Zone, Ile, Where The Cross Is Made, The Rope, The Dreamy Kid, Before Breakfast, Volume II: Mo
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The books in this multi-volume set are in very good condition. There is almost no wear on all three books in this set. The front, back, spine and cover boards are in very good condition as well as the edges. There is minor bumping on the corners of all three books. The previous owners name is written on the inside of the front cover boards of all three books. The pages of all three books are tanned and yellowed but clear of any markings. This multi-volume set contains the complete plays of Eugene O'Neill.
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