The Voices and Hands of Bunraku.
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1977. Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white. Slim oblong 4to, decorative yellow cloth, d.w., board slipcase. Tokyo: Kodansha, (1977). Fine. More
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Playbill for Albee's Adaptation of "Lolita"
New York: Playbill, 1981. Thin 8vo, photographic wrappers. New York: Playbill, February, 1981. First Edition. The play, starring Donald Sutherland & Ian Richardson opened in March, 1981, to devastatingly bad reviews. More
I Teatri di Parma "dal Farnese al Regio".
Milan: Nouve Edizioni, 1969. Numerous illustrations in color & in black & white. Small folio, white boards (small wear at top and bottom of hinges), d.w. chipped. (Milano: Nouve Edizioni, 1969). First Edition. Very good. More
Charles Macklin: An Actor's Life
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960. Frontis plus 5 illustrations. vi + 280pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960. A near fine copy in a lightly edgeworn, but very good dust jacket. More
Chagall: Dreams and Drama. Early Russian Works and Murals for the Jewish Theatre
Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 1993. Beautifully illustrated, including many full color plates. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, (1993). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Text in Hebrew and English. More
Towards a New Theatre: Edward Gordon Craig & Hamlet
Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1975. Illustrated. 4to, stiff wrappers. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1975. Exhibition catalog, printed in French and English. Presentation copy from Arnott to Francis Steegmuller. Laid are are two typed letters signed to Steegmuller concerning his doing a radio broadcast on Craig in conjunction with the exhibition. More
The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II
New York: Knopf, 2008. Foreword by Alice Hammerstein Mathias, Introduction by Ted Chapin. 81 photographs. 422pp., 4to, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; 2 pages dogeared and creased, otherwise text is fine. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Tragedy of Francis Bacon, Prince of England
Los Angeles: Philosopher's Press, 1940. From the text and anagrammatic writing in the First Folio Edition of the Shakespeare Hamlet. Transcribed by Wallace McCook Cunningham. Frontis. 96pp., thin 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper; dust wrapper lightly edgeworn. Los Angeles: Philosopher's Press, 1940. A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Art of the Puppet
New York: Bonanza, 1973. Signed with original color drawing. Profusely illustrated in color. 251pp. Tall 4to, gilt-decorated red boards, slightly edge-worn d.w. New York: Bonanza Books, (1973). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Signed and inscribed on the copyright page with an original color drawing from the author to Martin Segal: "For Martin Segal, With much appreciation for the support he has given our theater. Bil and Susanna Baird." More
The Satiric and the Didactic in Ben Jonson's Comedy
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1947. 192pp. 8vo, green cloth, edgeworn d.w. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1947. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
The Maides Tragedy
New York: Chesire House, 1932. Introduction by Christopher Morley. Wood engravings by Freda Bone. viii + 147pp., tall 8vo, half green leather over marbled boards, deckled edges; spine faded, lightly rubbed. New York: Chesire House, 1932. A near fine copy. One of 1200 numbered copies. More
Herbert Beerbohm Tree.; Some memories of him and his art collected by Max Beerbohm.
London: Hutchinson. Frontispiece & 57 illustrations. 314 pages. Thick 8vo, cloth, d.w. (missing bottom half of spine). London: Hutchinson, n.d. (1920). First Edition. The preliminary pages & fore-edge hae some foxing. More
Heroes and Heroines of Bitter Sweet.
London: Leadlay, 1931. 5 colored plates, plus manuscript facsimiles. 8 separate sheets of light gray cardboard, in portfolio of gray boards & white vellum spine; rubbed & dust soiled. (London, Leadlay, Ltd., 1931). First Edition. Limited to 900 numbered copies. The prints, including one of Noel Coward, are in very fine condition. More
A Souvenir of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, As Presented by David Belasco at the Lyceum Theatre, New York December 21, 1922
New York: David Belasco, 1923. 28 full-page plates. 173 pages, folio, flexible boards with plain brown printed wrappers. New York: Privately Printed for Distribution, 1923. A fine copy. More
Thinking About the Playwright: Comments from Four Decades
Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1987. 364 pages, 8vo, yellow cloth with gilt lettering (light smudging and remnants of a sticker on the front cover). Evanston: Northwestern University Press, (1987). A very good copy with a tight, clean interior. More
The Dramatic Event: An American Chronicle.
1954. 278pp. 8vo, cloth-backed bds., d.w.; (back of d.w. soiled, price clipped). N.Y.: Horizon, 1954. vg. More
Hallie Flanagan: A Life in the American Theatre.
New York: Knopf, 1988. Illustrated. xviii + 436pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. More
Kate Remembered.
New York: Putnam, 2003. Illustrated sparsely in black & white. 370pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, slightly sunned d.w. New York: G.P. Putnam's, (2003). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York Plaisance; Number One...An Illustrated Series of New York Places of Amusement
New York: New York Plaisance, 1908. Many plates, some are mounted. 4to, original gray cloth, ex-lib, cloth soiled and partially darkened, head of spine lightly worn, edges of corners worn and bumped. (New York: New York Plaisance), 1908. First Edition. This volume contains illustrated interiors of the New Amsterdam Theatre and Murray's Restaurant in New York City. Ex libris from the Old Colony Club with their rubberstamp on the front cloth cover and on the margins of several plates. At..... More
An Eye for the Stage: The Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts at the McNay Art Museum
San Antonio: McNay, 2004. Illustrated throughout in color. 96 pages, Slim 4to, green cloth, slightly rubbed dust wrapper. San Antonio: The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, (2004). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of all Time
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2004. Foreword by Jerry Orbach. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. 4to, glossy lavender boards, metallic silver dust wrapper. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, (2004). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
La Trilogie de Seville: Don Juan, Figaro, Carmen
Paris: Marval, 1999. Text in French. Illustrated in color and black and white. 201 pages, 4to, tan boards, dust wrapper. Paris: Marval, 1999. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Ibsen the Norwegian: A Revaluation
London: Chatto & Windus, 1966. x + 173pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper; small tears to rear of dust jacket. London: Chatto & Windus, 1966. A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
Australian Variety.
Sydney: 1913. Vol. I, nos. 1-9, thin 4to, printed wrappers. (Sydney), October 15 - December 10, 1913. Very good (+). First 9 issues of this scarce weekly, "catering to the vaudeville & sporting fraternities..." More