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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Stella Adler: On Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekhov
New York: Knopf, 1999. 323 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1999. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good wrapper--minor rubbing to edges. More
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
The Tempering of Eugene O'Neill
New York: Harcourt, 1962. Lightly illustrated with a handful of b/w photos. 301 pages. 8vo, brown cloth, tattered d.w. New York: Harcourt, 1962. First edition. A very good(-) copy--cloth lightly soiled and shelfworn, previous owner inscription and bookstore stamps to endpaper; in a poor wrapper. 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
John Gielgud: Camera Studies by Gordon Anthony
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1938. Illustrated with b/w photos throughout. Unpaginated (XXIV plates). London: Geoffrey Bles, (1938). First edition. A very good copy--lightly shelfworn, small stain to title page; lacking dust wrapper. 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. Slim 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
Asimov's Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan
New York: Doubleday, 1988. 1056pp., cloth, d.w. New York: Douleday, 1988. The dust wrapper is fine except for a small gouge on the fold of the back panel. 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
Anna Cora: the Life and the Theatre of Anna Cora Mowatt.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1954. Frontis portrait, lightly illustrated in b/w. 402 pages. 8vo, burgundy cloth. London: Secker & Warburg, 1954. A very good(+) copy, lacking dust wrapper. 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
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
The Fabric of Memory.
New York: Farrar Straus & Cudahy, 1957. Lightly illustrated with b/w photos. 311 pages. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Farrar Straus & Cudahy, (1957). A very good copy, sunning to spine; in a very good(-) wrapper--sunning and staining to spine, slightly edgeworn. 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
The Theatre of Commitment and Other Essays
New York: Atheneum, 1967. 241 pages. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. New York: Atheneum, 1967. First edition. A very good copy--foxing and staining to outer edges--in a very good wrapper. More
Theatre of War: Comments on 32 Occasions
New York: Viking, 1972. 428 pages. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Viking, (1972). A near fine copy in a very good(-) wrapper--upper corners of front cover taped. 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. 370 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: G.P. Putnam's, (2003). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine 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