Theatre from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: Greystone Press, 1954 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Decorative paper-covered boards, blue cloth spine with gilt titles, [iv], 414 pp, 15 ff b & w photo plates including frontispiece. Edges worn through, bookplate on fpd, scattered pencil notoations in margins. This non-theatrical biography of actress Gertrude Lawrence was written by… Read more about this item

Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue-grey cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, top edge dyed yellow, 281 pp, 6 ff b & w photo plates, bibliography, index. Very light wear to extremities, old price sticker on rpd. DJ has tears… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1958 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full orange cloth with black titles, xvi, 784 pp, 417 b & w illustrations on 80 ff plates, index. Spine ends fraying. DJ missing except for blurb, which is tipped onto rear paste-down endpaper. "Revised, Augmented Edition." Comprehensive history… Read more about this item

New York: Dial Press, Inc., 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full tan cloth, black titles on spine, b & w photo frontis., xv, 238 pp, 12 ff b & w photo plates. A few spots on top edge. DJ rubbed, half-inch tear to bottom of front panel; in Brodart archival cover.… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full olive green cloth, gilt titles on front board and spine, 334 pp, 26 ff b & w plates. Shaken hinges & spine reglued, corners & spine ends rubbed. Collection of essays on the theatre written from 1912 to 1915. … Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tan boards with blind decoration, natural linen spine with copper titles, top edge dyed red, ix, 195, [1] pp, 8 ff b & w plates, other b & w illustrations in text, index. Signature of legendary Minneapolis bookman J. H. Kittleson on recto… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1961 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green cloth, foil and foil-on-black titles, top edge dyed brown, brown endpapers, [viii], 437 pp, 3 illustrations. About fine except for a half-centimeter tear to one leaf. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Autobiography of the British playwright, director and actor… Read more about this item

New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1962 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green boards with black titles, 122 pp. Extremities slightly rubbed. DJ sm. chip & tear, spine browned; in Brodart archival cover. A standard acting handbook, frequently reprinted for many decades. Shipping weight 1 lb.. 15th ptg. . VG+/VG.… Read more about this item

New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, & Auckland: Bantam Books, 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey boards, black cloth spine with foil titles, [vi], 376 pp, many b & w photos in text, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Tharp's autobiography is "the story of a life in motion". Shipping weight… Read more about this item

New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, & Auckland: Doubleday, 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale grey boards, pale grey cloth spine with foil titles, xvii, 237 pp, 12 ff b & w photo plates. Slight rubbing to bottom front corner on book & DJ, else as new. Kirkland's first volume of autobiography… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: N. V. em. Querido's Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1949 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey boards, black cloth spine, gilt-on-red titles on spine, gilt decoration on front board, 232 pp, 31 ff b & w photo plates, index. Paper browning slightly. DJ has slight rubbing to extremities; in Brodart archival cover. Dutch-language history… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale grey boards, burgundy cloth spine with copper titles, pictorial endpapers, xii, 84 pp, 24 ff b & w photo plates, index. Slight shelf wear. DJ browned & rubbed with 4 cm chip at tail of spine, other chips & tears… Read more about this item

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1995 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Blue boards, gilt titles & dec., xxiii, 1233 pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" sticker, edges of boards slightly worn & faded, else fine. DJ in library-applied cover. Biographical & historical dictionary of the theatre. Shipping weight… Read more about this item

New York: The New Press, 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, gilt titles on spine, xvii, 364 pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Dozens of interviews with actors & actresses and a few others. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Citadel Press, 1961 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale lilac cloth, blue titles on spine, 224 pp, about 400 photos, index to pictures. Slight rubbing and fading to edges of boards. DJ spine sunned some small chips, edge tears with creasing (largest about 1 inch); in Brodart archival cover. … Read more about this item

New York: New Market Press, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, gilt titles on spine, 204, [3] pp, index. Small spot on fore-edge, owner's name on ffep, else fine. DJ shows isolated spots of wear; in Brodart archival cover. Silver tells how to prepare for an audition --… Read more about this item

Cincinnati: Betterway Books (F & W Publications), 1997 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Boards are covered with rather fragile cloth-textured paper, printed brick-red with matching endpapers and gilt titles on spine, otherwise sturdily bound, 160 pp, profusely illustrated with color photos & drawings, glossary, index. Color rubbing off boards at corners & spine… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1874 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Olive drab pebble-grained cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, blind titles on rear board, olive drab end papers, sewn two-sections-on on sunk cords, [6], 21-524, 4 pp. Spine detached at rear joint, front joint about half gone, head of… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Putty-colored cloth, top edge dyed to match, blue titles on spine, xxiii, 411, ix pp, 12 ff b & w photo plates, index. Bottom corners bumped, two small blue stains on top edge. DJ spine sunned, tears with creasing to top… Read more about this item

Tel Aviv: Israel Dance Library, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author on title page. Distributed in the United States by Emmett Publishing, Minneapolis. Gold pictorial wraps, 116 pp (English text), 16 ff b&w photo plates, 88 pp (Hebrew text). Small delaminated area near base of spine, else fine.… Read more about this item