Search Results: Performing Arts (Bibliographies) from Wykeham Books

The Dolmen Press, Dublin, first edition, 1969. Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,. 53 pp, ills. From the preface – "This Bibliography deals with the original Abbey Theatre Series of fifteen volumes and the later Abbey Theatre Series of nine unnumbered volumes. The front cover of the original series has a line block of Queen Maeve hunting on the Irish hills with an Irish Wolfhound.. The later series has a line block of a boy holding a theatrical mask in each hand on the front cover.. The Bibliographical complexity of the books under review has proved extremely tortuous. Quite apart from the difficulty in obtaining access to sufficient copies, I have had to contend with the problem of two, and in one case, three separate publishers using the same sheets for a particular volume. .. Matters are further complicated since some of the other volumes in the original series, as well as some of the volumes in the later series, were issued by Maunsel in non-series wrappers. One play, Volume XIV. of the original… Read More

Duke University Press, Durham first editionm,1970. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xxii, 133 pp. 685 entries plus 9 in Appendix. From the introduction: "This bibliography is the first attempt to compile information on American theatrical periodicals published from the time of the first such magazine, in 1798, to 1967. Altogether the bibliography lists some 685 periodicals published in 122 cities and 31 states, with locations of issues noted in 137 libraries in the United States and Canada and in the British Museum. As well as identifying the periodicals, the book attempts to indicate the location of the periodicals in specific libraries and the actual holdings in each library. For the eighty-five periodicals which could not be found in any library, the source is given for the belief that such a magazine was actually published..Arrangement of the bibliography is chronological by year of first publication and, within each year, alphabetical by title. As far as possible, each entry includes the original title,… Read More

Harpur & Sons, Derby, first edition, 1964. Cloth, 8vo,. vi, 80 pp. Approximately 1,100 entries. Covers works entirely devoted to the circus or particular aspects such as clowns, trapeze, juggling, etc. Several entries are briefly annotated. Fine in price-clipped darkened and slightly torn dustwrapper.

Harpur & Sons, Derby, first edition, 1978. Edition limited to 900 copies. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. 143 pp, plates. This is the second volume of the best bibliography of conjuring, providing full bibliographical descriptions and capturing as many books and pamphlets of any significance as practicable. Toole Stott travelled extensively to view virtually all the important collections, both institutional and private, so with only two or three exceptions had examined all the works he describes in the first volume and familiarized himself with the work's contents as well as its collation. This second volume adds many more items drawn from the Lloyd Jones/Byron Walker collection. Each volume is divided into sections on works having a direct link with conjuring and legerdemain, and those having a narrower or borderline connection. Locations of all books are given. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.

Benjamin Blom, Inc., New York, 1963 reprint of 1929 first edition. Cloth, cover-titles and ornaments in silver and brown, small 8vo,. xi, 228 pp. 422 entries. Confined to books on dancing in the British Museum Library. Entries are bibliographically described and most items are annotated. The arrangement is alphabetical by author, with a subject index. Covers slightly rubbed, top edge spotted, otherwise Very Good.

Harpur & Sons, Derby, first edition, 1964. Cloth, 8vo,. vi, 80 pp. Approximately 1,100 entries. Covers works entirely devoted to the circus or particular aspects such as clowns, trapeze, juggling, etc. Several entries are briefly annotated. Good.

C. Philip in association with St. Paul's Bibliographies, Winchester, first edition, 1985. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xxix, 168 pp, 16 plates. Over 600 entries. From the introduction: "This bibliography of books on fireworks is concerned primarily with 'recreative' rather than 'military' fireworks, 'pour la recreation' or 'pour la joie' rather than 'pour la guerre', for 'die Lustfeuerwerker' and not 'der Ernstfeuerwerker'. " From the blurb: "It is a surprising fact that fireworks, which have accompanied nearly every major event, whether religious, royal or ceremonial, worldwide for over four hundred years, should have previously escaped the attention of bibliographers. ..The present book [has] over 600 entries, representing more than 250 authors who have dealt with recreative fireworks in their books. As a measure of the rarity of many of the items, over 50 per cent are not recorded in the National Union Catalog, and nearly 60 per… Read More

Harpur & Sons, Derby, first edition, 1964. Cloth, 8vo,. vi, 80 pp. Approximately 1,100 entries. Covers works entirely devoted to the circus or particular aspects such as clowns, trapeze, juggling, etc. Several entries are briefly annotated. Front endpapers spotted, otherwise Very Good in a price-clipped else near Very Good dustwrapper.

Harpur & Sons, Derby, first editions, 1976 and 1978. Editions limited to 1030 signed copies and 900 copies. 2 vols, cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. 288 and 143 pp, 16 pages of plates. 1,414 items. The best bibliography of conjuring, providing full bibliographical descriptions and capturing as many books and pamphlets of any significance as practicable. Toole Stott travelled extensively to view virtually all the important collections, both institutional and private, so with only two or three exceptions had examined all the works he describes in the first volume and familiarized himself with the work's contents as well as its collation. The second volume adds many more items drawn from the Lloyd Jones/Byron Walker collection. Each volume is divided into sections on works having a direct link with conjuring and legerdemain, and those having a narrower or borderline connection. Locations of all books are given. Mild offsetting to endpapers of Volume II, otherwise Fine in Near Fine dustwrappers. Volume I… Read More

Harpur & Sons, Derby, first edition, 1976. Limited edition of 1030 signed copies. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. 288 pp, 16 pages of plates. 912 items. The best bibliography of conjuring, providing full bibliographical descriptions and capturing as many books and pamphlets of any significance as practicable. Toole Stott travelled extensively to view virtually all the important collections, both institutional and private, so with only two or three exceptions had examined all the works he describes in this volume and familiarized himself with each work's contents as well as its collation. Divided into sections on works having a direct link with conjuring and legerdemain, and those having a narrower or borderline connection. Locations of all books are given. A supplementary volume - not present here - was published in 1978. Signed by the author. Small bookseller's label on front pastedown endpaper, otherwise Very Good in a used dustwrapper which has some wear to the spine -ends and corners.

Harpur & Sons, Derby, first edition, 1964. Cloth, 8vo,. vi, 80 pp. Approximately 1,100 entries. Covers works entirely devoted to the circus or particular aspects such as clowns, trapeze, juggling, etc. Several entries are briefly annotated. Very Good in slightly browned dustwrapper.

Harpur & Sons, Derby, first editions, 1976 and 1978. Editions limited to 1030 signed copies and 900 copies. 2 vols, cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. 288 and 143 pp, 16 pages of plates. 1,414 items. The best bibliography of conjuring, providing full bibliographical descriptions and capturing as many books and pamphlets of any significance as practicable. Toole Stott travelled extensively to view virtually all the important collections, both institutional and private, so with only two or three exceptions had examined all the works he describes in the first volume and familiarized himself with the work's contents as well as its collation. The second volume adds many more items drawn from the Lloyd Jones/Byron Walker collection. Each volume is divided into sections on works having a direct link with conjuring and legerdemain, and those having a narrower or borderline connection. Locations of all books are given. Volume I signed by the author. A Very Good set in lightly used dustwrappers, the spine-panel of… Read More

Martino Fine Books, Mansfield Centre, undated reprint (c.2000) of the 1957 first edition. Limited edition reprint, limitation not stated. Cloth, 8vo,. 96 pp, 18 ills,. 323 entries. From the publisher's description: Hall's work remains to this date one of the standard works on the subject. The arrangement of the bibliography is alphabetical. In all 323 items are described. Each item contains full author and title information, collation, place of publication and date. As New.

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 2nd-3rd December, 1982. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. unpaginated (approximately 50 pp), plates. 382 lots. Initials on front wrapper and a few notes to text, otherwise Very Good.

Greenwood Press, Westport, first edition, 1996. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xi, 502 pp. This reference chronicles the history of British theatre from 1956 to 1995 by providing detailed information about some three dozen British playwrights active in those years. Entries are arranged alphabetically. Each entry supplies biographical information, the production history for particular plays, a survey of the playwright's critical reception, an assessment of the dramatist's work, and primary and secondary bibliographies. A selected, general bibliography at the end of the volume directs the reader to important sources of additional information about this period in theatre history. The year 1956 marked a point when British drama and theatre fell into the hands of a group of young playwrights who revolutionized the stage. Playwrights such as Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter made the British theatre as rich, varied, and vital as any national theatre in history. Contents: Preface; ; John Arden (1930- ) by… Read More

Sotheby Parke Bernet, London auction catalogues for sales held on 4th-5th October, 1979. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. 131 pp, plates, ills. Lots 502-1000. The catalogue for the seconfd part only of this 3-part sale. Wrappers slightly sunned, otherwise Good. List of Estimates laid in.

Sotheby Parke Bernet, London auction catalogues for sales held on 5th-6th July, 1979, 4th-5th October, 1979 and 3rd-4th July, 1980. 3 vols, printed wrappers, 8vo,. 98 + 131 + 96 pp, plates, ills. 1,565 lots. A set comprising Part I : Books and Periodicals A-O; Part II : Books and Periodicals P-Z; Mimeographed Books and Instructions; Flick Books; Catalogues of Apparatus and Tricks; Autograph Letters, Manuscripts and Typescripts; and Part III : Posters and Playbills. (A fourth catalogue for the sale held on 2nd-3rd December 1982 is not included). Small tear to spine of Part III, otherwise Near Very Good. List of prices realized and buyers' names and list of estimates for each part laid in.

Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 16th and 17th July, 1979. Printed wrappers, small 4to,. 124 pp, plates. 542 lots. Among the highlights noted in this Part I were the following: Aurificius, de Nvptiis Magni Dvcis Hetrvriae et Bianchiae Cappellae, 1580; Caroso, Il Ballarino, 1581; Fueillet, Recueil de Dances, 1704; Gontchorova & Larionov, L'art Decoratif Theatrale Moderne, 1919; Pecour, Recueil de Dances, 1700; Pemberton, an Essay for the Further Improvement of Dancing, 1711; L'abbe, a New Collection of Dances, c. 1720; Lambranzi, Neue und Curieuse Theatralische Tantz-Schule, 2 Vol., 1716; Noverre, Lettres Sur Ia Danse, 2 Vol., St. Petersbourg, 1803-4; Rameau, the Dancing Master, 1728; Saint-Leon, la Sténochorégraphie, 1852; Sanquirico, Raccolta di Vane Decorazione Sceniche, 1812-27; Santurini, Churfurstlich Bayrisches Frewdenfest, 1662; Tuccaro, Trois Dialogues de L'exercice de Savter et Voltiger En L'air, 1599, and Works by Alophe,… Read More

Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 23rd and 24th October, 1980. Blue printed wrappers, 8vo,. 69 pp. 466 lots. List of estimates loosely laid in. Very Good.

Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 23rd and 24th October, 1980. Blue printed wrappers, 8vo,. 69 pp. 466 lots. Very Good. List of estimates loosely laid in.