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The Pilates Body
by Brooke Siler
Brooke Siler is the co-owner of re:AB, the renowned studio for Pilates® training in New York City, where her clients include Amber Valletta, Shalom Harlow, and Liv Tyler. Hailed as the "trainer to the stars," she trained under Joseph Pilates' protégé, Romana Kryzanowska, and has been recognized by Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, and the New York Observer as one of the country's leading fitness gurus. She lives in New York City.
Awakening the Buddha Within
by Lama Surya Das
Lama Surya Das, the most highly trained American lama in the Tibetan tradition, presents the definitive book on Western Buddhism for the modern-day spiritual seeker.The radical and compelling message of Buddhism tells us that each of us has the wisdom, awareness, love, and power of the Buddha within; yet most of us are too often like sleeping Buddhas. In Awakening the Buddha Within, Surya Das shows how we can awaken to who we really are in order to lead a more compassionate, enlightened, and balanced...
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A Girl Named Zippy
by Haven Kimmel
When Haven Kimmel was born in 1965, Mooreland, Indiana, was a sleepy little hamlet of three hundred people. Nicknamed "Zippy" for the way she would bolt around the house, this small girl was possessed of big eyes and even bigger ears. In this witty and lovingly told memoir, Kimmel takes readers back to a time when small-town America was caught in the amber of the innocent postwar period--people helped their neighbors, went to church on Sunday, and kept barnyard animals in their backyards. Laced with...
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Broadway Books & Ephemera
One More Time: A Memoir
by BURNETT, Carol
New York: Random House, 1986. hardcover. near fine/very good. Illustrated. 308 pages. 8vo. Grey and red boards, slightly edgeworn d.w. New York: Random House, (1986). A near fine copy in a very good wrapper.<br/> <br/> Inscribed on half-title page: "For [...] with love Carol Burnett"<br/> <br/>
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$50.00
Framed Signed Playbill with two ticket stubs for "Biloxi Blues
by SIMON, Neil (1927 - )
New York, 1985. framed. 8.5 x 5.5 inches, Neil Simon Theatre, August 22, 1985. Inscribed "To Judith, Neil Simon." The ink has faded, but otherwise fine condition. Matted in white beside two ticket stubs each measuring 2 x 4 inches; set in a black frame measuring 12.75 x 14.75 inches.<br/> <br/>
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$200.00
Framed Typed Note Signed on personal stationery
by SHUBERT, Lee (1871 - 1953)
New York, 1947. framed. 1 page, 7.25 x 5.5 inches, New York, January 3, 1947, in part: "I take pleasure in enclosing you herewith season pass to our theatres for 1947." One faint horizontal fold and a small crease in the lower right corner. Float-mounted, matted in light yellow, and set in a brown wooden frame (several scuff marks) measuring 11 x 9.25 inches. Very good(-) condition.<br/> <br/> Prominent theater owner and producer.<br/> <br/>
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$375.00
Original publicity portrait photograph of Jack Palance, circa 1951
by Jack Palance (subject); Gene Kornman (photographer)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951. Vintage oversize borderless publicity portrait photograph of actor Jack Palance, circa 1951. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of Twentieth Century-Fox crediting photographer Gene Kornman. Palance made his first big break on Broadway, as Marlon Brando's understudy in "A Streetcar Named Desire," directed by Elia Kazan. Kazan later cast the actor in "Panic in the Streets" (1950), a thuggish role that garnered him praise and...
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$375.00
The King and I
by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
198 pp. Vocal score, quarto, 9 x 12 in., red covers with blue ink. Very good, with only the slightest wear at top of spine. A musical play: The King and I, music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd. Based on the novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. Choreography by Jerome Robbins. First performance at the St. James Theatre, New York March 29, 1951.
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$60.00
BROADWAY
by Brooks Atkinson
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1970. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 6 x 9 in. Red cloth boards. Numerous B&W illus. Condition is NEAR FINE ; covers like new but one corner is bumped. Binding tight and text spotless. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not price-clipped. very clean two small closed tears ar spine head. Drama. Stax.
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$15.00
Signed Playbill -- "Where's Charley?
by BOLGER, Ray (1904 - 1987)
New York, 1950. pamphlet. His signature on the front cover of an attractive 1950 Playbill for the Broadway play "Where's Charley?" which depicts a wonderful three-quarters-page caricature of Bolger in character. Additionally signed by co-star Byron Palmer. This issue of Playbill features some great vintage ads including the Copacabana featuring Frank Sinatra (with full course dinner for $2.50) and a full back cover ad for Chesterfield Cigarettes with Kirk Douglas. Two small water-spot...
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$125.00
All The World's A Stage
by Harwood, Ronald
London: Methuen. 1984. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and drawings. 320 pages. The development of theatre from Aristophanes to Miller, from Plautus to Beckett. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.
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$11.77
Fiddler on the Roof
New York, NY: United Artists Records, 1971. Hard. Very Good. 2-records set, original motion picture soundtrack recording; soloist Isaac Stern, music adapted and conducted by John Williams.
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$57.00
Song of Norway: An operetta based on the life and music of Edvard Grieg.
by Edvard Grieg, Robert Wright, and George Forrest. Song of Norway
224 pp. Vocal score. Wraps, beige covers with brown lettering, no title on spine, quarto, 9 x 12 in. Very Good, perhaps slightly tilted spine. Edvard Grieg, Robert Wright, and George Forrest. Song of Norway: An operetta based on the life and music of Edvard Grieg. Musical adaptation and Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest. Book by Milton Lazurus from a play by Homer Curran. Orchestral and Choral Arrangements and Musical Direction by Arthur Kay. Choreography and Sing Ensembles sated by George...
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$50.00
Program signed by ten actors
by BLACK BROADWAY (THE PRODUCTION)
New York, 1980. unbound. Extremely scarce Playbill-sized signed program, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, for "Black Broadway," a retrospective musical revue that featured songs by black and white composers from the golden jazz age including Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and Fats Waller, performed at Town Hall, New York City, May 1 - 24, 1980. Boldly signed on the cover by the starring cast: "John W. Bubbles," "Nell Carter," "Honi Coles," "Adelaide...
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$500.00
Camelot.
by Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
236 pp. Vocal score. Wraps, blue covers with red ink, also printed on spine. Quarto, 9 x 12 in. Near fine, with a little sunning to spine. Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner. Camelot. New York 17, N.Y. 609 Fifth Avenue: Chappell & Co., Inc. with Alfred Productions, Inc., c1962. Plate 5384-232. First performed on December 3, 1960 at the Majestic Theatre, New York City with Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, Robert Goulet, and Roddy McDowell. "Story of Camelot, "from a May, 1968, publication laid in. Also laid...
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$85.00
Signed Playbill -- "Venus Observed
by HARRISON, Rex (1908 - 1990)
New York, 1952. pamphlet. Playbill signed "Rex Harrison" on the cover, along with the signature of actress Lilli Palmer (next to their image), for their appearance in the 1952 Broadway play "Venus Observed" at the New Century Theatre. Very light vertical fold; otherwise very good condition.<br/><br/> English actor who is best remembered for his role as Professor Higgins in the stage and film versions of "My Fair Lady."<br/><br/>
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$100.00
The Third Theatre
by Brustein, Robert
London: Jonathan Cape. 1970. Octavo Size. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Previous Owner's name/details to Preliminary Pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 294 pages. Major essays and articles about American theatre written between 1957 and 1968 and contains a selection of the author's reviews. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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$11.77
Paint Your Wagon
by Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
260 pp. Plate number 1876. Cream-colored wraps with red titles, quarto, 9 x 12 in. A bit of wear, some creases in spine, else fine. Paint Your Wagon: A Musical Play. Music by Frederick Loewe, Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, Dances and Musical Ensembles by Agnes de Mille. First performance at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre, New YorkNovember 12, 1951.
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$60.00
The Sound of Music - An Original Soundtrack Recording
by Rogers & Hammerstein
USA: Maritime Enterprises Inc, 1965. Hard. Fair.
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$51.00
Kiss Me, Kate
by Cole Porter
140 pp. Plate 10858. Vocal score, quarto, 9 x 12 in. Salmon wraps with dark (violet?) titles. Near fine with a small spot on the front wrap and a slight bump on a rear corner. Saint Subber and Lemuel Ayers present, A Musical Comedy: Kiss Me, Kate. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Sam and Bella Spewack, choreography by Hanya Holm, orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett. Based on Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew. "So, kiss me, Kate, thou lovely loon, ere we start our honeymoon."
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$58.00
Broadway
by Atkinson, Brooks
MacMillan, New York, 1974. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. First Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 564 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket has small closed tears, but otherwise complete and overall sound.. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Evidence of a bookplate removed on front pastedown. This book is...
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$13.07
The Longest Street: A Memoir
by SOBOL, Louis
New York, 1968. hardcover. very good. Foreword by Jim Bishop. Numerous Illus. 448pp. Tall 8vo. New York, (1968).<br/> <br/>
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$15.00
Broadway
by Atkinson, Brooks
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co, 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. Revised Edition. First Printing. ix, [1], 564 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Red cloth with white spine title. Dust jacket. Influential theater critic Books Atkinson (1894-1984) worked for the New York times from 1922 to 1960. "here is a lively, anecdotal history of the theatrical capital of America, from turn-of-the-century operettas and melodramas to the excapist extravaganzas and protest theater of the sixties and the revivals of the...
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$19.00
Where's Charley
by Frank Loesser
136 pp. Plate number 2979. Vocal score, wraps, quarto 9 x 12 in. Where's Charley?: A musical comedy in two acts, book by George Abbott, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, based on the 1892 play "Charley's Aunt" by Brandon Thomas. Set in Oxford in 1892. The musical's Broadway opening was on October 11, 1948, at the St. James Theatre. The choreography was by George Balanchine.
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$50.00
Peter Allen The Boy from Oz
by Maclean, Stephen
Sydney: Random House Australia. 1996. Very Good condition - minor crease to spine. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 360 pages. An inside look at the man, the entertainer - his fame, artistry, image. . 1st Edition (Australia). Trade Paperback.
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$9.81
After the Fall (Original screenplay for an unproduced film, circa 1970s)
by Arthur Miller (playwright); Abby Mann (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Original typescript screenplay for an unproduced film called "After the Fall," based on Arthur Miller's 1964 play about a Jewish intellectual living in New York. Miller's play opened on Broadway in 1964, at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, ran for 208 performances, and closed on May 29, 1965. A television movie of the play was released in 1974, but Mann appears to have not been involved in the project. Abby Mann (1927-2008) wrote screenplays for "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961),...
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$750.00
The Sound of Music - An Original Soundtrack Recording
by Rogers & Hammerstein
USA: Maritime Enterprises Inc, 1965. Hard. Fair.
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$57.00
