Signed Photograph of Sir Derek Jacobi
No Binding. 8" x 10" 8" x 10" signed B&W photo of Jacobi. Light toning to edges. Else fine. More
Theatre Studies
Aeschyli Septem Quae Supersunt Tragoediae
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1960. Hardcover. 12mo. Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis. Text in Greek and Latin. Full navy cloth. xvi, 375 pp. Light rubbing to spine ends. Small damp stains to top edge of text block. Dust jacet is age toned to spine and edges, a few short..... More
The Art of the Puppet
New York: Bonanza Books, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full red paper boards. 251 pp. Fully illustrated in colour. Light rubbing to extremities of boards and dust jacket, else fine. More
The Cornish Ordinalia: A Critical Study
Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1980. Hardcover. 8vo. vii, 191 p.p. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. B&W frontis + illustrations throughout. Bumping to corners and spine ends, some damp staining to top and fore edge of text block. Light age toning to edges of pages but text..... More
The Greek Tragic Theatre
London: Chatto & Windus, 1978. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Ancient Culture and Society. Soft cover. 143 pp. [4] pp. B&W photos. Covers lightly age toned, else fine. More
The Night They Raided Minsky's: A Fanciful Expedition to The Lost Atlantis of Show Business
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter grey cloth, purple paper boards. Top edge red. Colour pictorial endpapers. 351 pp. Fading to cloth spine, worse at ends. A few bumps to edges of boards. Front board slightly bowed. Interior is bright and clean. Dust jacket sunned..... More
Eleutheria: A Play in Three Acts
New York: Foxrock, Inc., 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full aqua paper boards. xxvi, 196 pp. Fine.Translated from the French by Michael Brodsky. More
Endgame: A Play in One Act. Followed by Act Without Words: A Mime for One Player
New York: Grove Press, 1958. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Grove Press edition. Soft cover. 91 pp. Covers rubbed, spine cocked, damp staining to top of fore edge of rear cover and tail edge of text block, some creasing to joints and covers..... More
Theatre in The East: A Survey of Asian Dance and Drama
Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1956. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter red cloth with blue cloth boards, brown spine lables and gilt lettering and pointelle decoration to spine. Gilt letting and mask device to upper front board. Pictorial endpapers. x, 374 p.p. Slight sunning to edges. Dust jacket has chip to spine..... More
The School for Scandal
San Francisco, California: Chandler Publishing Company, 1961. Soft cover. 12mo (tall). Chandler Editions in Drama. Soft cover, stapled binding. xv, 87 p.p. Bumping to corners, creasing to lower corner of front cover, wear to spine and light chafing to covers, a few small damp stains to head of front cover..... More
The Dramatic Criticism Of Alexander Woollcott
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. mustard yellow cloth. v, 286 pp. A few spots of very light soiling to cloth, minor rubbing to corners, else fine. More
Domnei: A Comedy Of Woman-Worship
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1930. Pape, Frank C. Hardcover. 8vo. First impression of illustrated edition. Orig. black cloth, gilt lettering and decorative panel to front board. Illustrated endpapers. T.E.R. xvii, 252 pp. Ten B&W illustrations in text, incl. frontis. White stain to head of front board. A...... More
The Jewel Merchants: A Comedy in One Act
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Limited and numbered first edition, #457/1040. Full brown cloth, gilt stamped title to spine and publisher's device to lower front board. 63 pp. Fading to gilt, rubbing to spine ends and corners, foxing to rear board. Pencil inscription..... More
The Way of Ecben: A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1929. Pape, Frank C. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, #18/850. First edition. Quarter parchment spine and corners, blue paper boards, gilt titling to spine and publisher's device to front board. Roughly cut edges. Some darkening to spine, light dust soiling to..... More
OnStage at Glenn Gould Studio: Vol. 12, No. 6 December 2-13, 2003
Toronto: CBC Radio-Canada, 2003. Soft cover. 8vo. Orig. whte wrappers, 28pp. Illustrated. SIGNED on front wrapper by Gordon Pinsent. About fine. Canadian actor and director plays Al Purdy in the performance Al Purdy at the Quinte Hotel, which was performed on Tuesday December 9th, 2003. More
"My Subtext Was Too Loud" : Further Anecdotes from the Canadian Theatre
s.l. First Choice Books, 2008. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 304 pp. Included disk of photos. Fine condition. Vernon Chapman directed over 249 professional stage productions, and played at theatres all across Canada. This second volume of his reminiscences is an engaging, sometimes funny and sometimes serious exploration..... More
The Tomorrow Box
Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 1989. Soft cover. 8vo. Third Edition, Second Printing. Paperback, 106pp. Wrappers a bit faded but o/w fine. "The Tomorrow Box tells the story of two marriage in an Ontario farming family." More
Shakespeare's Gladiator Games
Toronto: Upstart Crow Publishing, 2005. Soft cover. 8vo. Paperback, 53pp. Illustrated. About fine. The Third Installment of Shakespeare's Sports Canon. More
The Camborne Play
Cornwall: Dyllansow Truran, 1988. Soft cover. 8vo. A verse translation of Beunans Meriasek. x, 11-197. Paperback. This edition was prepared for a performance under the direction of Jerry Finch for the Cornwall Drama Association at the Cornish Eisteddfod, 1986. Printed primarily on coloured paper (pink, green, and goldenrod). Light bumping..... More
Stage Properties
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Practical Stage Handbooks. Orig. green paper boards. 96 pp. B&W illustration in text. Bump to spine head. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Light foxing to rfep. Dust jacket is price clipped, age toned, rubbed to covers..... More
Blithe Spirit: An Improbable Farce in Three Acts
New York: Samuel French, 1941. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. grey card wrappers, staple bound. 96 pp. Toning to extremities, yellow stain to front cover, wear to spine. Perforation at lower staple. More
More Champagne Darling
Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED and dated to title page. Original tan cloth. 365 p.p., [16] p.p. B&W photo plates. Some light edge wear, creasing to spine, small chip to spine head. Dust jacket bumped at extremities, chips to spine head, a few short tears. Paddy..... More
More Champagne Darling
Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED and dated to title page. Original tan cloth. 365 p.p., [16] p.p. B&W photo plates. Some light edge wear, creasing to spine. Dust jacket bumped at extremities, chips to spine edges, tape repair to upper corner of front cover, a few..... More
Fifty Seasons at Stratford
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart/Madison Press, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 10.25" x 11.25" SIGNED by author to half-title. Full black paper over board. Pictorial endpapers. 223 pp. Fully illustrated in colour and B&W photography. Fine. On the occasion of Stratford's golden fiftieth season here is the remarkable history of a festival..... More
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd: A Record of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Canada 1955
Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full brown cloth. xii, 178 pp. Colour illustrations in text. Spine slightly cocked. Light spot of foxing to tail edge of rear board. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, lightly bumped to extremities, soiled..... More