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New York: William Morrow & Company, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. The story of Actors Equity Association, the theatre union formed in 1913 to fight for fair contracts and better working conditions. In the striking and scarce dust jacket. The author, Alfred Harding, was the editor of Equity Magazine for more than 30 years. As The New York Times noted… Read more about this item

New York: The Ballet Theatre, 1940. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto (12 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches; 313 x 225 mm), [32] pages, in stapled pictorial wrappers (soft cover). Scarce program for the first season of the company that is now known as American Ballet Theatre. The profusely illustrated program for 1940 includes synopses of 17 ballets, profiles of choreographers… Read more about this item

Shershenevich, Vadim. Igor Ilyinsky. Moscow: Kinopechat, 1926. First Edition, First Printing. 24mo (5 7/8 x 4 3/8 inches; 150 x 110 mm), 14, [2] pages in photo-illustrated stapled wrappers. An illustrated booklet on comic actor Igor Ilyinsky (1901-1987) in the Kinopechat series. Ilyinsky was associated with the Meyerhold Theatre, most notably as Bruno in Fernand Crommelynck's "Magnanimous Cuckold." He also… Read more about this item

New York: The Living Theatre, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto (9 1/8 x 6 inches; 230 x 155 mm), 16 pages, in stapled red wrappers printed on Japanese paper. Program for Paul Goodman's "Faustina," which opened at the Living Theatre on May 25,1952, starring Julie Bovasso as Faustina. Judith Malina directed and Julian Beck designed sets and costumes. This… Read more about this item

[Tempo Playhouse] [Playbill] Stein, Gertrude and Jean Genet. Julie Bovasso and Cletus L. Gundy Present a Tempo Playhouse Production: Gertrude Stein's "The 13th of March": Selections From the First Reader [and] Jean Genet's "The Maids." New York: Tempo Playhouse, [1955]. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm), [8] pages, in stapled wrappers. A rare playbill for… Read more about this item

[Living Theatre]. A Tribute to Julian Beck. [New York]: Publisher Not Stated, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Single sheet folded to create [4] pages, measuring 8 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches (212 x 140 mm) when folded. Printed on heavy paper stock, with ragged edges to the cover and second page. Program for a memorial tribute to Julian Beck, cofounder… Read more about this item

Glinka, M.I. Ivan Susanin [A Life for the Tsar]. Moscow: Bolshoi Theatre, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Single printed sheet folded to create [4] pages, measuring 6 1/2 x 4 1/8 inches (163 x 106 mm) when folded. Rare playbill for the opera Ivan Susanin, performed at the Bolshoi Theatre, on September 26, 1943. This was a notable production because it… Read more about this item

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich. Lebedinoye Ozero [Swan Lake]. Moscow: Bolshoi Theatre, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Single sheet, printed recto only, measuring 8 1/8 x 5 inches (205 x 126 mm). Rare playbill for Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, which took place at the Bolshoi Theatre's Main Stage in Moscow on September 28, 1943. This was a notable production because it came two… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Small 8vo (7 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches; 190 x 118 mm), viii, 257 pages, in mustard-colored cloth, purple titles to spine, in a stunning dust jacket designed by Larry Rivers (hard cover). INSCRIBED by Kenneth Koch on the half title: "To Franklin / with no chance of [circles the title: A Change… Read more about this item