The Theatre from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

New York: The Macmillan Co,, 1916. First Edition, First Printing with the words "Set up electrotyped Published February, 1916" printed on the copyright page. "Planned To Be Sung By Efficient Singers Accompanied By a Capable Orchestra." Handsomely bound in contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, the bookplate of W. Seward Webb,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Printed by W. Stansby and to be Sold by Rich. Meighen, 1616. [12], 1015, [1, blank] with engraved allegorical title by William Hole (Pforzheimer state A). Lacking the rare initial blank, as with Pforzheimer's copy. Volume 1, 1616, pages measure 10 3/8" by 7". a small-paper copy. The title to Every Man Out of his Humour has no border… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Printed for H. Herringman , and are to be Sold by Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders at the Sign of the Blue Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, , 1686. [10], 59, [3] pages. Rebound in 20th c. quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt lettering back, newer endpapers, the bookplate of British poet Robert Herring at… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Brentano's Publishers, 1929. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by two of the actors from the New York production at the Henry Miller Theatre, Leon Quartermaine and Colin Keith-Johnston. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket, boards worn at corners, spine dulledand soiled, prior owner name front paste down. The two have signed above their names on the Characters page, and Keith-Johnston… Saber más sobre este artículo

Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1975. SCARCE. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, small crease at top edge front panel, small bookstore sticker top corner front panel, tidy prior owner name in ink verso front end page at bottom corner. Original Japanese title "Bo ni natta otoko". . First Edition in English. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: William Heinemann, 1921. Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"Beverley Baxter, with Kindest regards from Clemence Dane" and below SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY Baxter -" to Mother from Arthur as a little reminder that Beauty still has its disciples in England Xmas 1921". Sir Arthur Beverley Baxter was a journalist, theater critic, and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago: [publisher not identified],, 1939. SCARCE. Very Good, wrappers with small chips and tears, stains top edge rear wrapper. The first edition of this play, albeit in an edited form from the original manuscript. Scarce in any kind of collectible condition. . First Printing. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Julian Messner, 1951. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by America's clown Emmett Kelly at half-title page -" With Best Wishes to Sarah From Emmett Kelly 1952". Kelly joined the Ringling Brothers Circus in 1942 and remained with them until 1956. 1952 was also the year Kelly appeared in the Oscar winner for Best Picture "The Greatest Show on… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: G. W. Dillingham Company , 1898. An uncommon American edition, there were numerous American publishers who came out with editions in 1898. Near Fine, gilt at front cover bright, slight rubbing to cloth at corners, contemporary prior owner name front paste down, . Later American Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

No Place: Harry J. Owens for The Caxton Club, 1953. One of 350 unnumbered copies printed for The Caxton Club, layout by Victor Hammer, presswork by Jacob Hammer and binding by Elizabeth Kner. Near Fine, light rubbing at edges, white splotch seen in picture rear cover a flaw in the hand-made paper. Top edge gilt. A lovely example of fine… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Victor Gollancz, 1957. First British Edition/ Very Good, small bumps to corners, prior owner name and small spot of soiling at half-title page. In a Very Good dust jacket, 1/8" of paper loss at spine ends, top corner front flap crease, spine a shade darkened. Basis for the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical and for the 1961 movie, starring… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Sunbeam Music Corporation , 1970. Director's book, musical staging, Harold Prince presents Zero Mostel in Fiddler on the Roof, copyright 1970 Jerome Robbin at title pages. Entire production Directed & Choreographed by Jerome Robbins. Contains all the songs in this classic Broadway musical with complete staging directions. . Bound in black ring binder, numerous pages with diagrams, 202… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc., 1968. 92 pages, in red staple-bound flexible leather binding, mimeograph duplication, printed rectos only. The original 1965 Broadway production ran for 2,328 performances and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, Best Direction of a Musical and Best Original Score and Scenic Design. It has… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc., 1949. The original cast, including Jean Stapleton, Pat Wilkes, Judy Holliday, Jack Weston, Peter Gennaro, Dort Clark, Sydney Chaplin, Donna Sanders and Eddie Lawrence is listed. Directed by Jerome Robbins and choreographed by Robbins and Bob Fosse, opened on November 29, 1956 at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for slightly more than two… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Lane, 1921. #241 of 450 copies printed for sale in the United States. Features the works of Picasso, Derain, Matisse, and Bakst among others, as well as black and red avant-garde illustrations by Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) throughout. Original quarter white cloth over marbled boards, top edge gilt, Very Good, white cloth darkened, boards rubbed at edges, lacking the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Amsterdam and Leipzig: Chez Arkstée et Merkus, 1747. Three volumes bound in contemporary mottled calf, the backs ornately gilt, marbled end papers, the edges red, ribbon markers. Title pages in red and black, Latin and French on facing pages, title vignettes and headpieces, numerous illustrations including 2 fold-outs. Very Good Plus, light rubbing at corners, slight toning a few pages… Saber más sobre este artículo

Madrid: Imprenta Helénica, Imprenta Rivadeneyra, 1917. Published 1917 and 1928 respectively. 218, (2), 233 pp. Bound in contemporary embroidered cloth over boards, paper labels, a lovely and unique binding. Very Good, hinges starting, pages browning. . Later Edition. Embroidered Cloth . Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: P.- V. Stock & Cie., 1913. SCARCE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -" a monsieur George G. Marshall hermoiguage(?) de sympathie Brieux". With Marshall's lovely bookplate front paste down. George Gehring Marshall was the President of Marshall Drug Company of Cleveland and a noted botanical literature collector. In binding signed "bound by the Booklovers Shop Cleveland"… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paris: Calmann-Levy, Editeurs, 1913. Finely bound in contemporary quarter black morocco over marbled boards, five raised bands with gilt lettering back, marbled end papers. The first trade edition, after a limited numbered edition of 125 copies. Near Fine, tiny rubs at corners, the paper uniformly browning. . First Edition. Quarter Morocco. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.… Saber más sobre este artículo

East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1909. Twelve illustrations in black and red on butcher's paper by Burt Barneson. Decorations by Dard Hunter, although not credited in the book. Very Good, quarter brown suede over grey paper covered boards with matching grey end papers, outer layer of suede peeling at top edge pf spine, rubbing to suede along spine, light wear… Saber más sobre este artículo