Performing Arts from Sandhill Books

University of California Press, 1994. second printing. Softcover. Fine. 371 pages, 9-in tall, bibliography and index. Explores the development of black African cinema.

A. S.Barnes and Company, 1950. Hardcover. Fine/good. Red cloth, 130 pages, 10-in tall. Clean dust jacket with edge wear. Fine in a good dust jacket.

Grote Publishing, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 142 pages, 11.5-in tall, profusely illustrated. A chronicle of the famous and not-so-famous circus's of Wisconsin. A clean dust jacket with light edge wear. Fine in a very good dust jacket.

Duke University Press, 1994. Softcover. Very Good. 120 pages, 9-in tall, many photographs and drawings. Author's personalized inscription on title page. Covers with smidgeon of soil, wear. Owner's signature on half title page.

Asia Books, 2003. Softcover. Good. Color photographs throughout, 79 pages, 11-in tall. Thailand's most venerated theatre tradition is the enactment of the ancient Indian myth Ramayana, known in Thailand as Ramakien. A clean copy with light surface wear to the front cover.

Impulse Publications, 1968. Softcover. Good. Alwin Nikolais illus. 152 pages, 11-in tall, illustrations by Alwin Nikolais. Report of the Developmental Conference on Dance held at the University of California-Los Angeles in 1966 and 1967. Contains many articles by various authors, including Jean Erdman, Alwin Nikolais, Patricia Wilde, and Jose Limon. The goal of the conference was to bring… Read more about this item

Weatherhill, 1970. first edition. Hardcover. Fine/no jacket. Beige cloth with gilt title block to the spine, 222 pages, 8.5-in tall, photographs throughout.

Spring Green, Wisconsin: American Players Theatre, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/no jacket. Decorative paper covered boards, 149 pages, 13-in tall, photographs throughout.

New York: Tannen Magic, 1983. first printing. Hardcover. Fine/no jacket. Blue cloth, 132 pages, 11 in tall. Illustrations throughout of 30 close-up magic tricks.

Spring Green, Wisconsin: Players Academy Press, 1986. first edition. Hardcover. Fine/no jacket. Red cloth, 109 pages, 8 in tall. Three Chekhov comedies translated by John Alan Wyatt: On The Harmfulness of Tobacco; The Bear; The Proposal. Illustrated with Ted Boerner's costume renderings and with scenes from the comedies performed by the American Players Theatre near Spring Green,… Read more about this item

Seuil, 2006. Paperback. Very Good/no jacket. Blue wraps, 139 pages, 12 in tall. Collection of 9 essays in French with many photographs. A clean copy with light wear to the wraps.

Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1992, first printing. Hardcover in near fine condition, no dustjacket. Gray cloth, xxix and 577 pages, 24 cm tall, octavo, bibliography and index. Number 13 in the Bibliographies and Indexes in the Performing Arts series. This title lists the screen credits of more that 5,400 features, documents, shorts and serials released from the 1890s through 1930.… Read more about this item

No publisher, 1949. Softcover in very good condition. Portraits of Gene Autry on front and rear covers, a facsimile(?) of Autry's signature on front.18 pages, 28cm tall, quarto. Illustrated with photos of Gene, his wife, and horse at their Melody Ranch home. Seven articles about the performers in the Gene Autry Show and the Melody Ranch radio program. Covers have… Read more about this item

Chicago: Time, 1970. Softcover in very good condition. Cover photo of Johnny Carson is Philippe Halsman's 100th cover photo for Life magazine. 66 pages, 13 in tall, volume 68 number 2. In this issue: a tragic war in Biafra and Nigeria; the Soviet socialized health system; Carson's trip to Lubbock, Texas to do a stage show. Covers show light wear,… Read more about this item

no publisher, 1980?. Softcover. Good/no jacket. unpaged, 10 leaves, b/w portraits, 26cm tall, quarto. Cover photos of Myron Floren, Dick Dale, and Bobby and Cissy, includes portraits and biographical sketches of the performers. This souvenir book was probably published when Floren toured with his own band and many Welk Show performers during the Welk Show off season. Signed… Read more about this item

University Press of Florida, 2005. first printing. Softcover. Fine. Many b/w photos, xi and 136 pages, 23cm tall, octavo, bibliography.

New York: Marlowe & Company, 2001. first printing. Hardcover. Very good/fine. Yellow paper over boards and white title,153 pages, color photos throughout, 29cm tall, quarto. Morris's dance is set to a musical oratorio composed by Handel in 1740. "Handel set his music to a libretto constructed largely from Milton's poems, L'Allegro and Il Penserosos, written in 1631." Ghost… Read more about this item

New York: National Concert and Artists Corporation, 1960?. Softcover. Good/no jacket. unpaged, 8 leaves, illustrations, 30cm tall, quarto. Program for an American performance by Les Ballets Africains, or the National Ensemble of the Republic of Guinea. Photos of Africans in native costume and masks. Text provides info about the African dance company and about the censorship of the… Read more about this item

University of Wisconsin Press, 2012. Softcover. Fine/no jacket. Published in the Wisconsin Film Studies series. xiii and 308 pages, illustrations, 23cm tall, octavo, notes and index. A clean and unworn copy.

Minneapolis: University Of Minnesota Press, 2003. Softcover. Fine/no jacket. x and 242 pages, 23cm tall, octavo. Published in the Commerce and Mass Culture Series.