Search Results: Performing Arts / Acting and Theatre from Hall of Books

New York: Sterling. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition hardback with no jacket 1979. In overall very good condition with only minor signs of handling and storage. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text clean and clear throughout.

Michael O'Mara, 2008. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, Third Printing hardback, 2008, with unclipped jacket. In overall near fine condition with only slight signs of handling and storage: dj a touch rubbed to edges; blue cloth boards, with bright silver titles to spine, are very clean. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text and plates very clean and clear throughout.

Robson Books, 1989. 1st. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition hardback, 1989, with unclipped jacket. In overall near fine condition - dj slightly rubbed to edges. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text and plates clean and clear throughout.

London: J. M. Dent. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback with unclipped jacket 1969. In overall very good condition with only minors signs of handling and storage. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text clean and clear throughout.

Jupiter Books, 1975. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback, 1975, with unclipped jacket. In overall near fine condition with only slight signs of handling and storage. Internally very clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text and photographs bright and clear throughout. From a private collection, not an old library book.

New York: Fromm International Publishing Corporation, 1997. Paperback. Very Good. First US paperback edition, 1997, in overall near fine used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - faint crease to front cover lower rh corner. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Harrap, 1974. 1st. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition hardback, 1974, with unclipped jacket. In overall near fine condition with only slight signs of handling and storage. Internally very clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - owner's name and address neat to front pastedown hidden by front dj flap; text and plates clean and clear throughout. From a private collection, not an old library book. A particulalry nice copy, photographs available.

The Alderman Press, 1985. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback, 1985, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - dj still very glossy, slightly toned to spine with superficial scratches to rear; original red cloth boards, with bright gilt titles to spine, nice and crisp. Internally very clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - there are small ticks and underlinings here and there in the text where the original owner of this title (an actor) either performed at the venue described or knew the performers mentioned; text and copious illustrations bright and clear throughout. From a private collection, not an old library book. Photograph available.

Paperback. Fine. Comb-bound paperback - 8.5 x 11.5 inches, 160 pages (unpaginated). In fine condition. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text and pictures crisp and clean throughout. This appears to be a self-published pictorial autobiography of a career in Variety/Show Business with a wealth of playbills, articles, press cuttings and photographs including the great and the good of English showbusiness since WW2. Fascinating and rare.

John Calder, 1978. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback, 1978, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - dj rubbed to upper edges and slightly faded to spine. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Methuen, 1950. 1st. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. First edition hardback, 1950, with no jacket. In overall good condition - original red cloth boards are tanned to spine and lightly stained. Internally very clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations clear throughout. From a private collection, not an old library book.

University of Texas Press, 1980. 1st. Hardback. Good/Fair. First edition hardback in the University of Texas Press Slavic Series (no. 2), 1980, with unclipped jacket. In overall good used condition in a fair dj with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dj generally shelfworn and faded with chips to edges and a couple of repaired tears; red cloth boards rubbed to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - name to front paste-down dated 1988; toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. An excellent reading or study copy. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Methuen, 1985. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback with a foreword by Walter Matthau, 1985, in an unclipped jacket. In overall near fine used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dj slightly rubbed to edges with a couple of faint scratches to rear cover; black cloth boards clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions; light tanning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Secker and Warburg, 1975. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition hardback, 1975, with unclipped jacket. In overall near fine condition with only slight signs of handling and storage: dj a touch shelfworn; brown cloth boards, with gilt titles to spine, are very crisp. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text and plates very clean and clear throughout.

Werner Laurie, 1952. 1st. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. First edition hardback, 1952, with no jacket. In overall good condition with the usual minor signs of handling and storage. Binding tight, no annotations - gift inscription to ffep; slight tanning to page-ends, text clean and clear throughout. Private copy, not an old library book. Photographs available.

Rockliff, 1949. 1st. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. First edition hardback, 1949, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - original dark blue cloth boards are shelfworn with a couple of light stains to front panel. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; light spotting to page-ends and prelims but text and illustrations clean and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

New York: Harper & Row, 1977. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition first printing hardback, 1977, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good condition with only minor signs of handling and storage. Internally very clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. From a private collection, not an old library book. Photograph available.

Samuel French Limited, 1958. Paperback. Good. First paperback edition with a foreword by Sir John Geilgud, 1958, in overall good-to-very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - card covers slightly creased to spine and rubbed to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Jupiter, 1976. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback, 1976, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good condition. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions; slight tanning to page-ends, text and illustrations crisp and clean throughout. Private copy, not an old library book. Photographs available.

Century, 1999. 1st. Hardback. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition hardback, 1999, with price-clipped jacket. In overall very good to near fine condition with only minor signs of handling and storage. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text and plates clean and clear throughout.