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1616-1916: A CELEBRATION HELD ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, MAY 9TH, 1916
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Durham: Seeman Printery for UNC , 1916. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. 16pp; two full-page and four text illustrations. The Celebration comprised student enactments of nine scenes from Shakespeare plays with a precis of each scene. 8.5" x 6 ... more information
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$12.00
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AL BAKER'S EXCLUSIVE "TWENTY FIVE DOLLAR" MANUSCRIPT:
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s.l.: Al Baker, Circa 1950. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. 16pp, printed on rectos only. 11" x 8.5 Contains detailed instructions for performing Al Baker's Billet Reading Extraordinary, Two Person Slate Test, Living and Dead Trick, Mind Reading Card Trick, &c. ... more information
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$40.00
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AMERICAN PLAYS, PRINTED 1714-1830:
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NY: Burt Franklin, 1970. Reprint. Original Cloth. Fine. pp: (xii), 152; two plates. First published in 1934, this work contains 347 full entries, along with indices by title and publication date. 7.25" x 5 ... more information
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$12.00
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ARMY HIT KIT FOR SOLDIER SHOWS: Volume II [songbook]
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![ARMY HIT KIT FOR SOLDIER SHOWS: Volume II [songbook]](http://c2.bibtopia.com/h/100/566/114566100.0.m.jpg "ARMY HIT KIT FOR SOLDIER SHOWS: Volume II [songbook]")
Washington Department of the Army nd (1952)., 1952. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 10.75" x 7.75" (64)pp Contains lyrics, music, and guitar chords for 12 songs, along with production notes for soldier shows. Songs include: Put Your Little Foot Right Out; The Martins and the Coys; When the Bloom Is on the Sage; Goofus; The Mexican Shuffle; etc. Illustrated by cartoon on cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. ... more information
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$12.00
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS), NEW YORK, 31 AUGUST 1889, TO STEPHEN C. MASSETT, COMPOSER, RE HER SINGING ONE OF HIS SONGS
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1889. Very Good. 2pp. Tipped into an old manila folder. 8" x 5 Stephen C. Massett (1820-1898) worked as an actor, composer, author, monologist, &c. His papers are at Georgetown University. In part: "110 W. 40th St., New York.I thank you for letting me have the manuscript of your new song, "My Heart Is Free." There is a simplicity in the melody, and a charm in the words, which I much like. And I shall take great pleasure in singing it, at my concerts this winter. I am obliged to... more information
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BELASCO THEATER NEWS," No. 23, Vol. I, July 10, 1905
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Los Angeles: Belasco Theater, 1905. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The lead story in this issue of the "Theater News" is about Harry Mestayer's special performance in Ibsen's "Ghosts" and other upcoming productions. Included in the group is a four-page announcement with a portrait of Mestayer, a summary of the plot of "Ghosts," etc. Also present is a 5-1/2" x 4-1/2" broadside promoting a special matinee on July 19th. various sizes. ... more information
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BELASCO THEATRE...PRESENTING "TOM MOORE"...ROMANTIC COMEDY IN FOUR ACTS, FOUNDED UPON THE LIFE OF IRELAND'S GREATEST POET
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NY: T. Newman, Mason Opera House, 1905. First Edition. Good. Broadside, some wear at top and bottom edges, no text loss. Lists the characters, the scenes in Ireland and London, and the musical program under direction of J.N. Laraia. 9.5" x 4.5 ... more information
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$8.00
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BILTMORE THEATRE...AUGUST 20, 1945...DIANA BARRYMORE - BRAMWELL FLETCHER IN..."REBECCA" WITH ETHEL GRIFFIES
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Hollywood: Peter Ermatinger, Manager, 1945. First Edition. Very Good. Broadsheet, 2pp; illustrated ad. Lists cast & synopsis of scenes. Ad for C.C. Brown's Ragtime Chocolates on Hollywood Blvd, 1/2 block west of Chinese Theatre. 12" x 4.75 ... more information
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$8.00
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BLACK AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS, 1800 TO THE PRESENT: A Bibliography
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Metuchen, NJ Scarecrow Press 1976., 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Binding and contents in very good condition. 8.75" x 5.5" pp: vii, 295 From the library of theater-historian Doris Abramson, whose works appear five times in the general bibliography. This book comprises an alphabetized listing of 530 African-American playwrights and their more than 1,550 plays, followed by a general bibliography of criticisms and reviews, and a title index. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. ... more information
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$16.00
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THE BOOK OF BALLETS:
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NY: Crown, 1939. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Good. pp: x, 246; complete with 31 color plates after Matisse, Picasso, Berard, etc. and 200 halftone illustrations. 10" x 7.5 ... more information
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$60.00
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BROWN SUGAR: Eighty Years of America's Black Female Superstars. Designed by Joan Peckolick
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NY: Harmony Books, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 208pp; illus throughout from photographs. From the library of theater-historian Doris Abramson, with her small label on the half-title page. Bogle, the film and theater critic, takes a decade-by-decade look at the female African-American superstars of stage and screen, 1900-1980. The individual and collective biographical information is complemented by many illustrations, some full-page. 11" x 8.25". ... more information
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$32.00
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BUDDHA AND HEARTSTONE MAGIC...MAGICIAN SHOW FROM SPIRIT RETURNED!...24 MYSTERY TRICKS...GREATEST MAGICIAN OF ALL TIMES
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Buddha & Heartstone, 1920. First Edition. Very Good. Poster printed in red and green on heavy stock; 9 illus from photographs. Text in English and Polish. Each photo-illustration of B&H doing his tricks is 4-1/4" x 2-1/2". Overall size of poster, 14.25" x 26 This magician's stage name might be a play on the name of Harry Bouton (Blackstone) who came into prominence circa 1918, although the illusions advertised on this poster do not approach Blackstone's. A few of the B&... more information
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$40.00
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CAROLINA FOLK-PLAYS
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NY: Henry Holt, 1922. First Edition. Original Cloth. Good. pp: xxix, 160; 6 plates from photographs; spine cloth sun-tanned. 7.5" x 5 Signed "Yours Faithfully" by Koch in 1923. This first collection contains "pioneer plays of North Carolina life.drawn by the writers from their own tradition and from their observation of the lives of their own people." The plays were written by students at Chapel Hill and produced by the Carolina Players. These five one-act plays, Koch states, a... more information
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CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN IN LANCASTER
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Lancaser, PA: Lancaster County Hist Soc, 1930. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. 24pp. Cushman, an actress, performed in Lancaster in 1841. Also in this issue: public meetings against public schools (1823); etc. 9.25" x 6.25 ... more information
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COMEDIE CAUMARTIN ... PRESENTENT "BOEING-BOEING":
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Paris: G. Mourlot, 1970s. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 24pp; 8 portraits. This programme includes a brief history of the show, critical comments, full-page portraits, tour schedule, &c. In French. 7" x 5.25 ... more information
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CURTAINS GOING UP:
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NY: Pitman, 1939. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: ix, 412, index; 64pp illus from photographs. 9.25" x 6 This is an association copy, presented to a woman by the president of the Civic Little Theatre, Allentown, PA. Mounted on the rear endsheet is a certificate of merit to the same woman, presented for "loyal service" to the Civic Little Theatre. Also present is a handwritten list of CLT productions.... more information
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DID ADAM SIN? ALSO, STORIES OF NEGRO LIFE IN COMEDY, DRAMA AND SKETCHES (Qty: 2)
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Los Angeles: Lew Payton, December, 1937. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. pp: 130, (2) advt for the Payton School of Script Reading and Writing. Bound in stiff, pictorial paper covers with slight spine fade as usual. 8" x 5.5 The African-American author of this book, born in West Virginia, worked in vaudeville and minstrelsy prior to his career as a writer of broadway & radio shows as well as film scripts. Citations: Whiteman, A Century of American Fiction by Negroes, 29; Blockson Colle... more information
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THE DRAMA OF SAVAGE PEOPLES
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1916. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. pp: ix, 274, index. 1,000 copies printed. 8.25" x 5.25 The author turns to "savage peoples the world over" and examines their "rites, ceremonies, dances and pleasures" in search of the germ of the drama.... more information
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EL DORADO. Music Composed, Arranged and Conducted by Louis F. Bush. Directed by Tom Tyrrell
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San Francisco: Bohemian Club, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Collector's bookplate on endpaper. pp: xiv,58,(9); frontispiece. This 72nd Grove Play of the Bohemian Club, an adventure story re the 1849 gold rush, was printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy. 9.5" x 6.25". ... more information
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EMCEE: The Entertainer's Magazine
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Chicago: D & C Frankel, 1955. First edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 12pp; cartoons in text. This issue of the magazine of "patter, chatter and laughs" features Maureen O'Hara on the cover. 11" x 8.5 ... more information
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$8.00
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