Performing Arts

Toronto: Musson [no date]. (4to) xxxiv, 144pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Green cloth with lettering and cover illustration in gilt. Illustrated title page, 36 mounted color illustrations with printed tissue guards. The front hinge has a 2-inch tear at the top and the corners are lightly worn. In a custom mylar jacket. Illustrations by James D. Linton. Introduction by A.T. Quiller-Couch. (Drama, Illustrated Books).

Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1990, hardcover, 400 pp, Edition not stated, No previous English-language editions or printings noted, Very Good+ in Good dustjacket, Signed and dated by the Author in the year of publication on the front endpaper, three tiny spots to front endpaper as well, small ink stamp and light dampstain to rear pastedown. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge bumps, dampstain to rear panel and flap, in new Brodart sleeve. Five plays by the Russian dramatist focused on Lenin's role in organizing the Communist Party network, leading the Russian Revolution, and the formation of the Soviet Union. Shatrov's plays about Lenin became the most frequently staged plays in all of the USSR during the reign of Leonid Brezhnev. Contents include five plays: Bolsheviks, The Brest Peace, Blue Horses on Red Grass, Thus Shall We Conquer!, and Onwards...Onwards...Onwards!, as well as an interview with the author 'History is a Factual Drama' and an afterword by Dr. Yuri Sharapov:… Read More

HBO Video / Orion / Image Entertainment 1986 Signed by Oscar Winner Michael Caine. First edition / First printing. Laserdisc in illustrated laminated sleeve. Very fine in fine sleeve, with cut-out hole drilled upper right corner of cover. Oscar winner for Supporting Actor to Michael Caine, Supporting Actress to Dianne Wiest, Screenplay to Woody Allen.

New York, Doubleday, 1979 hardcover, 369 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Signed by the Author on the front endpaper, Good+ in Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light wear and light bumps to head and heel of spine. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, chips to head and heel of spine, larger at the heel, age toning to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The noted novelist and author of The World of Henry Orient, You Can Go Home Again, The Two of Us and Tender Offer presents a memoir of her father the well-known playwright, producer, director and screenwriter of such Hollywood classics as The Desert Fox, How to Marry a Millionaire, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The Three Faces of Eve, The Dirty Dozen and many others. Illustrated with 24 pages of black-&white plates from both personal and public photographs. Appended: Nunnally Johnson Pictures, Index. ISBN 9780385134064

New York, Grove Press Inc, 1985, hardcover, 86 pp, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight bump to heel of spine. Dustjacket shows light edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. Two short plays written immediately following the Pulitzer-Prize winning Glengarry Glen Ross. In The Shawl a small time mystic attempts to bilk a bereaved woman of her inheritance while Prairie Du Chein takes place on a train speeding through the Wisconsin night where a friendly card game explodes into a moment of menace. ISBN 9780394550510

New York, Grove Press, 1987, hardcover, xv-91 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the half-title page. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price, in protective glassine cover. The award-winning American playwright, essayist and novelist presents a unique adaptation of the Chekhov classic with his own impeccable eye for character and ear for dialogue. Adapted from a literal translation by Peter Nelles. ISBN 9780802130020

This is a scarce, vintage issue of "MOVIE WEEKLY" magazine from October 29, 1921. Special "Around the World with CHARLIE CHAPLIN" issue, featuring Chaplin on the front cover, as well as a 2-page spread titled "Around the World with Charlie Chaplin - The Great Comedian Revisits 'Merry England' the First Time in Seven Years" with numerous photographs. Complete issue with all pages.Condition:Some light soiling to the covers; the front cover has a stain near Chaplin's mustache, and a thin stain line over his right eye. The pages are in very good condition - mostly clean with only an occasional ink smudge and small stain; no writing found. The 15/16-17/18 leaf at the center of the issue is present, but detached (see photos).

Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press 1912, 1913, numbered copy from a limited edition of 760. (Hardcover set) 265, 261pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Two volumes. Frontispiece, illustrations, notes, bibliography, appendix, index. There is a previous owner's bookplate and name on the front endpaper of both volumes. "Within the span of Shakespeare's birth and death there took place a vital melioration of the conditions of English acting and playgoing, together with some slight improvement in the status of the player. It is true that, subject to certain reservations, the stage still remained, as it had been constituted by Act of Parliament, a banned vocation". Book about Elizabethan Playhouse. Locale: London--England. (Drama, Acting, Shakespeare, Theater).

Ten Little Indians Dodd, Mead Greenway Edition, Copyright 1967 by Agatha Christie Mallowan. States: First published in the Greenway Edition in the United States 1978. Number line starts with 2. Used. VERY GOOD/ VG Unclipped original bright orange fish motif dust jacket. ffp $8.95 A nice, crisp copy in a mylar wrap. DJ spine states 24. Our DJ spine is slightly sunned. "Ten Little Indians, aka And Then There Were None and (offensive language alert) Ten Little N*ggers, is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November, 1939 as Ten Little N-ggers, after the children's counting and minstrel song, which serves as a major plot element."

Jiangxi Art Publishing Company, 1993. Hardcover First Edition. 170pp, large quarto in case. Compiled by the Music-drama Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts. Near Fine book in Good slipcase. Gray boards show minor shelf and handling wear; there is a crease on the page before the Contents. Else clean and bright. This is, overall, a stunning volume, colorful and clean, gray boards and colorful pastedown are clean, tight binding. Slipcase shows significant shelf and handling wear with scuffing, fading, three tears in the binding at the spine of the slipcase, and edge and corner wear. It has done its job protecting the volume inside. [Seattle, WA, U.S.A.] Photos are of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.

Ricou Browning gained fame as playing "The Creature", aka Gill-man, in the cult horror film classic "Creature From the Black Lagoon". This 8 inch by 10 inch color photograph portrays him as The Creature. The photo is matted and framed, and and is autographed by Ricou Browning. Due to the size of this item, shipping prices will be individually quoted.

May Allison was a Hollywood film star who achieved notoriety during the Golden Age of the Silent Film.
This rare black & white photo depicts the actress holding a slender vase of flowers, is matted in a pastel photo mat, framed, and is autographed,
"Sincerely -
May Allison".

Charles Bronson was, and still is, one of the most iconic movie action heroes ever to emerge from Hollywood.
This 8 inch by 10 inch black & white photo is a promotional movie still from Tri Star Pictures for the movie, "The Evil That Men Do', made in 1984, and portrays Bronson leveling a revolver at an unseen opponent. Tho photo is matted and framed and is autographed "Charles Bronson" along the bottom edge.
This autographed photo is accompanied by a publicity letter from Tri Star Pictures giving a brief summary of the movie plot.
Together these items will make a unique addition to to your collection of classic Hollywood movie memorabilia.

Raquel Welch is one of the enduring Hollywood icons whose appeal never wanes.
This 8 inch by 10 inch black & white photo is a movie still from the 1971 film, "Hannie Caulder".
The photo is autographed by Raquel Welch, and is framed and matted.
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Jawbone Press, 2016-09-05. paperback. Very Good. 6x1x8. Clean, unmarked interior text, no highlighting, underlining or writing. Softcover book is clean and bright, shows a bit of edge and corner wear, a bit of shelf wear. No rips, chips, stains or tears. Binding is in very good condition, solid, square. A book that is currently OOP / NP (Out-Of-Print edition / No Longer in Print), uncommon, a first edition, collectable or hard to find. Revised and updated edition. 2016. Jawbone Press. Ships in box, quickly and with care.