Performing Arts

Toronto: James Campbell & Son 1875, 1st Canadian. (Hardcover) 201pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt decoration. (Drama, First Editions).

Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press 1926, a numbered copy from a limited edition of 550. (Hardcover) 59pp. Very good plus. Beige half cloth with beige boards and paper spine label. The pages are unopened. Publisher series: Berkshire Series 2 . Introduction by Allardyce Nicoll. (Drama).

New York: Penguin Books, 1999. 1st Printing . Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket. SIGNED ON THE TITLE PG. BY ARTHUR MILLER, BRIAN DENNEHY, KEVIN ANDERSON, HOWARD WITT, ELIZABETH FRANZ AND TED KOCH. A lovely editon of the classic play published on the occasion of the plays 50th anniversary and the well received 1999 Broadway revival. Illustrated with 4pgs. of b&w photos from the original production that starred Lee J. Cobb along with 4pgs. in color of photos from this most recent revival. Laid in is a small folded handbill, along with a small color candid photo of Miller and Dennehy at the Tony Awards holding their Tonys. Fine/fine. Laid in is a fold over illustrated brochure for the most recent revival of "A View From The Bridge" from 2015 and also included is a nice foldover poster for a lit film festival held at the brooklyn public library in fe. 2018. When fully opened there is a nice stylized portrait in red of arthur miller. sold as a collection only Please not that some of the… Read More

Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1990, hardcover, 400 pp, Edition not stated, No previous English-language editions or printings noted, Very Good+ in Good dustjacket, Signed and dated by the Author in the year of publication on the front endpaper, three tiny spots to front endpaper as well, small ink stamp and light dampstain to rear pastedown. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge bumps, dampstain to rear panel and flap, in new Brodart sleeve. Five plays by the Russian dramatist focused on Lenin's role in organizing the Communist Party network, leading the Russian Revolution, and the formation of the Soviet Union. Shatrov's plays about Lenin became the most frequently staged plays in all of the USSR during the reign of Leonid Brezhnev. Contents include five plays: Bolsheviks, The Brest Peace, Blue Horses on Red Grass, Thus Shall We Conquer!, and Onwards...Onwards...Onwards!, as well as an interview with the author 'History is a Factual Drama' and an afterword by Dr. Yuri Sharapov:… Read More

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 120pp (plus plates), printed wrappers. A clean (appears unread, minor cover wear/soil) copy of the softcover edition of this scarce Cassavetes screenplay. This is the work as originally written, and it differs in some ways from the finished version of the film. Includes a brief but insightful introduction by Cassavetes as well as a section of stills.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. Although often remembered as one of the blacklisted Hollywood Ten, John Howard Lawson (1894-1977) was also a co-creator of the Screen Actor's Guild and a prolific play and screenwriter. This rare book on the theory and technique of playwriting has become a classic for those writers interested in how to structure and create convincing, well-rounded, balanced characters, within a theatrical framework. Originally published in 1936, this is a Third Impression. The book is in clean, Very Good+ condition. It is bound in a black, woven cloth with yellow lettering on the front panel and spine, and has top-edge red stain. The binding is tight and secure. The pages are clean and bright, with no marks, stains or tears. There is a signature of the former owner, Robert B. Parker, Jr., on the free front endpaper. (Although I purchased this book in Boston in 1965, I don't think this is the same Parker who writes mysteries.) The book measures 5 1/2 by 8 1/4 inches and… Read More

Benois, Alexandre 1870-1960. Watercolour and pencil on laid paper with partial watermark "MBM." 320 x 240 mm. Signed by the artist with initials and dated 1932 in pencil at lower left. With pencilled notes in Benois's hand. Very slightly soiled; 35 mm. tear to blank right margin repaired; remnants of mounting paper to upper corners of verso. Possibly a preparatory drawing for the Tsaritsa's costume. Rimsky-Korsakov's last opera, Coq d'Or (The Golden Cockerel) was first performed in Moscow at the Solodovnikov Theatre (Sergey Ivanovich Zimin's private opera company), on September 24/October 7, 1909. It is in a prologue, three acts, and an epilogue by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov to a libretto by Vladimir Nikolayevich Bel'sky after the eponymous imitation folk tale in verse by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, based in turn on 'The House of the Weathercock' and 'Legend of the Arabian Astrologer' from The Alhambra by Washington Irving. "The Golden Cockerel is the only one of Rimsky- Korsakov's… Read More

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Film Archive, 2001. First edition. Trade softcover. Published Cambridge, MA: Harvard Film Archive, 2001, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers with Freench flaps, 7 1/4" x 10 1/2", 135pp., lavishly illustrated with color plates. CD MISSING, else fine. . 1st. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

8° (mm 175x110); cc. (4), 608, (24). Dopo le prime quattro carte, splendida tavola calcografica ripiegata - firmata "J. Ziarnko" e datata Paris 1612 - fuori testo (mm 265x300, margini inclusi), raffigurante il torneo di cavalieri che si volse presso la Place Royale. Legatura coeva in pergamena, titolo manoscritto al taglio-piede del volume. Alcuni fascicoli naturalmente bruniti, tuttavia buon esemplare.

The third 'annata' of what is considered the first French magazine hosts the description and the (first?) iconographic witness of the tournament entitled 'Le Romant des Chevaliers de la Gloire', organized by the Queen Regent, Maria de' Medici, to celebrate the wedding of Louis XIII with Anne of Austria. At the pages 331-58 of the volume there is the report of the celebrations and, above all, of the carrousel, with a detailed legenda of the large plate. A description of the festival was published in the same year - Le Romant des chevaliers de la gloire containing plusieurs hautes et fameuses… Read More

New York: Crown Archetype, 2014. Signed by John Cleese. First U.S. edition / First printing. White paper spine, white paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. A memoir from the comedy legend John Cleese. Founding member of Monty Python's Flying Circus and creator and star of Fawlty Towers.

After the international success of Jacques Demy's film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Demy was offered to direct a Hollywood film with Columbia Pictures in 1967. Agnès Varda joined her husband to California, where she became fascinated by the counterculture that was taking place in Los Angeles – from the Vietnam War protests to the formation of the Black Panthers, the Women's Liberation, and the Hippie movement.
A year later in 1968, Varda completed her screenplay about the hippie culture in California, titled Peace and Love, which was commissioned by Gerry Ayres, the same producer who brought Jacques Demy to Columbia Pictures. The studio liked the script but would not grant Varda the final cut, leading to an abrupt end to negotiations with Varda walking away from the project.
In Varda's film Les plages d'Agnès [The Beaches of Agnès] from 2008, Gerry Ayres adds to this incident:
"Agnès had the chance to make a film for Columbia Pictures at the time, but she slapped the hand of the man who pinched… Read More

This 8 inch by 10 inch color photo of Briigitte Bardot depicts the actress in a bilkini with a matching cape.The photo is matted in a blue photographic mat, and is autographed by Brigitte Bardot.
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Kerruish, Jessie Douglas. The Undying Monster: A Tale Of The Fifth Dimension. (Apa The Hammond Mystery) 1936 First Edition, Macmillan Company, NY. IN 2 dust Jackets! The original unclipped $2.00 red and black graphic design dust jacket (discoloured by exposure to marine air) and a new Facsimile replacement dust jacket for a great looking shelf display appearance! EXLIB. Green Boards with black titling. 256 pages. 5 5/8 X 7 15/16 . Summary: "First published in 1922, The Undying Monster set the stage for the many classic werewolf movies and stories that would follow. A centuries old family curse resurfaces to torment the only two remaining family members of the old Hammond dynasty. Set against the backdrop of the Sussex South Downs. Widely regarded as one of the best werewolf novels, brought to the big screen by 20th Century Fox in 1942 (retitled in Britain as The Hammond Mystery)."

GOOD-CONDITION/NEW FAX JACKET. Kerruish, Jessie Douglas. The Undying Monster: A Tale Of The Fifth Dimension. 1936 Popular Edition, Philip Allan, London. QUITE RARE IN THIS EDITION. USED. Green boards, black titling. Good- Condition /New Fax Dust Jacket. Light foxing noted, spine is sunned. 256 pages 5 X 7 3/8. Summary: "First published in 1922, The Undying Monster set the stage for the many classic werewolf movies and stories that would follow. A centuries old family curse resurfaces to torment the only two remaining family members of the old Hammond dynasty. Set against the backdrop of the Sussex South Downs. Widely regarded as one of the best werewolf novels, brought to the big screen by 20th Century Fox in 1942 (retitled in Britain as The Hammond Mystery)."

New York: Harpercollins, 1997. Signed by Johnny Cash on a publisher's special Cash bookplate laid into the book. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.