Work Projects Administration, 1940. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 342 pages. 8-1/2 by 10-3/4 inches. With 13 mounted plates. 'A Monograph History of the San Francisco Stage and Its People from 1849 to the Present Day.' Printed in typescript rectos (one-side) only. Very good in stiff pictorial wrappers and black cloth.....
Clarendon Press, 1934. Hardcover. Paged continuously: 336, 340-697 pages. Illustrations in black-and-white. A very good 2-volume set in price-clipped dust jackets with short chips and tears to the edges. Offsetting to the endpapers from the jackets.
Hong Kong University Press, 1971. Trade Paperback. Originally published in 1959 under title: Mei Lan-fang, leader of the Pear Garden. First paperback edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Routledge, 1998. Trade Paperback. 214 pages. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Minor edge wear. In this engaging and disarmingly frank book, comic Jay Sankey spills the beans, explaining not only how to write and perform stand-up comedy, but how to improve and perfect your work. Much more than a......
Walker and Company, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 187 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket; short creased snag to the front cover. Spine head bumped. Publisher's review slip laid in.
Paul Elek, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 327 pages. 'This volume gives the first substantial outline in any Western language of Chinese theatre, from its origins to the present day' -- from the jacket flap. Illustrated in black-and-white. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
University of Washington Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 685 pages. With color illustrations and black-and-white fold-outs. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a dust jacket with light edge wear else fine.
Dover Publications, June 1966. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). The roots of the Italian commedia dell'arte stretch back to the Atellanae Fabulae, popular farces of ancient Rome. Modern descendants can be found in the antics of a comic like Charles Chaplin. But as an institution it was unique.....
Hart-Davis, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Theater criticism by Beerbohm, much of it previously uncollected. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining.
Trade Paperback.
Routledge, September 1994. Trade Paperback. As She Likes It is the first attempt to tackle head on the enduring question of how to perform those unruly women at the centre of Shakespeare's comedies. Unique amongst both Shakespearian and feminist studies, As She Likes It asks how gender politics affects the.....
Palgrave Macmillan, (2003). Trade Paperback. 329 pages. First published in 1975. With a new preface to the third edition. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Light stains to page block. Shakespeare and The Nature of Women, first published in 1975, inaugurated a new wave of feminist scholarship. It claimed.....
Pocket Books, 1969. Mass Market Paperback.
M. Witmark and Sons, January 1905. Hardcover.
Oxford University Press, January 1969. Hardcover.
Ad Press, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. 175 pages. Stories based on the Australian-born actor's time on the vaudeville circuit. Black-and-white frontispiece by the author. Levy's skills and a cartoonist thrilled audiences. 'While he drew he indulged in a monologue which resembled that of Will Rogers' -- from his obituary in.....
Whitehouse/Spelling, 1981. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 190 pages plus blank pages for notes. An acting textbook, from a controversial acting teacher. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). This copy has the ownership signature of the actor Leonard Lightfoot (TV series like Silver Spoons and She's the Sheriff).....
THEATRE ARTS BOOKS, January 1969. Hardcover.
Spring Books, January 1957. Hardcover.
Rutgers University Press, April 1999. Trade Paperback. With the Chat Noir cabaret (1881-1897) and the Quat'z 'Arts cabaret (1893-1910) as its main focus, and concentrating on individuals who participated in the group activities of the Hydropathes (1878-1881) and the Incoherents (1882-1896), this collection of five essays documents and explores the.....
Chronicle Books Llc, April 2001. Trade Paperback. Among the most accomplished color photographers of our time, Jeff Brouws presents over 80 resplendent photographs capturing the dreamy magic of the carnival midway. Gravity-defying amusement rides, brightly colored booths, the beseeching barkersBrouws' tableaux are accompanied by dozens of historical images from photographers.....
Faber & Faber, 1950. Hardcover.
PAJ Publications, 1986. Trade Paperback. 185 pages. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining.
University of Chicago Press, January 1969. Trade Paperback.
Prentice Hall Trade, March 1984. Trade Paperback.