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Dance History: A Methodology for Study
Adshead, Janet ; Layson, June (edited by) Dance Books Ltd Cecil Court, London 1983 0903102749 / 9780903102742 Soft cover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Second hand paperback in very good, clean condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Slight creasing to the back cover and to bottom corner of the front cover. Still clean and tight. 216pp. 104247
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4.00 GBP
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Anthony Hopkins: In Darkness and Light. A Biography
Callan, Michael Feeney Sidgwick and Jackson London 1993 0283061561 / 9780283061561 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Both the book and dust jacket are very good. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Mild bruising to spine ends, a slight flattened crease to the back cover of the DJ and a couple of very short nicks to the edges of the dust jacket. DJ not price clipped. pp. xv, 358. HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to orders with a delivery address outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO extra charges for delivery within the UK. 104862
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6.00 GBP
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The Traditional Dance
Alford, Violet ; Gallop, Rodney Methuen & Co. Ltd London 1935 First Edition Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback, no dust jacket. The binding is firm and pages are clean but pages have significantly browned / tanned. No names or inscriptions. Some foxing to top closed textblock page edge. pp. xv, 204, + 8 pages of Methuen lists. 107020
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7.50 GBP
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Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World
Callow, Simon Harper Press London 2012 000744530X / 9780007445301 Hardcover Fine Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. 3rd printing. Both the book and dust jacket are in excellent, fine condition. Unmarked. Binding tight. Appears unread. pp. xiv, 370. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 103686
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7.00 GBP
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A Short Life of Shakespeare, with the Sources (Abridged)
Chambers, Sir Edmund ; Abridged by Charles Williams Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1963 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Abridged from Sir Edmund Chambers's William Shakespeare: A Study of Facts and Problems. In very good clean condition. A little light rubbing to the dust jacket edges. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear film sleeve (which does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way). 260pp. 303075
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12.00 GBP
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Birth of a Ballet
Austin, Richard ; photographs by Alan Cunliffe; foreword by Christopher Bruce; line drawings by Judy Ling Wong Vision Press Limited 1976 0854780440 / 9780854780440 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Original black cloth boards. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good, clean condition. Minor rubs to dust jacket edges and the dust jacket is slightly darkened at the spine. Binding firm, pages clean. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. 151pp. Dust jacket not price clipped. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 104246
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6.00 GBP
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French Theatre Experiment Since 1968
Champagne, Lenora UMI Research Press Michigan 1980 0835715388 / 9780835715386 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
This is an EX-LIBRARY book, with a few marks to the boards and the usual stamps and labels inside. Text pages are clean; appears little used. 177pp. 303494
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9.00 GBP
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Movement, Awareness and Creativity
Bartal, Lea ; Ne'Eman, Nira Souvenir Press 1975 0285621556 / 9780285621558 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Original black boards. Yellow lettering on the spine of the dust jacket is faded. The book and dust jacket are otherwise in very good, clean condition. No names, inscriptions or other marks. Dust jacket not price clipped. 179pp. 104244
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8.00 GBP
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Oxford Playhouse: High and low drama in a university city
Chapman, Don The Society for Theatre Research | University of Hertfordshire Press 2008 1902806867 / 9781902806860 First Edition Hardcover Fine Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. In clean, tight, unmarked condition - a fine copy. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. pp. xx, 343. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. (Books photographed without the film sleeve, due to reflection). 308575
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10.00 GBP
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Whither the Theatre....? A letter to a young playwright
Bax, Clifford Home & Van Thal Ltd London 1945 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Grey cloth boards. Slim booklet-style publication. Brief inscription and date on the f.e.p. 32pp. Some foxing to the dust jacket, which is supplied by us in a loose protective clear film sleeve. 303616
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6.00 GBP
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Free Admission
Chase, Ilka W. H. Allen [c. 1949] London 1949 Hardcover Fair No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Publication date not stated but is c. 1949. This is the second part of Ilka Chase's autobiography; part one being called Past Imperfect. Original cloth. The boards are rubbed and marked. On the front pastedown Bristol Homeopathic Hospital Library bookplate. Otherwise quite a sound reading copy. 272pp. 105081
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4.50 GBP
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Malone Dies
Beckett, Samuel Calder and Boyars 1975 0714508586 / 9780714508580 Soft cover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Clean and tight, very good second hand paperback. Red and white covers. Some light creasing to the front cover and an old price sticker, with price blocked out, on the back cover. A slight bump to the top corners. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks inside. pp. 117. 308413
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7.00 GBP
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I Remember It Well
Chevalier, Maurice W. H. Allen 1971 0491004362 / 9780491004367 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
A few minor rubs and two short tears to the top edge of the dust jacket. Otherwise in VG clean condition throughout. No names or inscriptions. The DJ is supplied by us in a loose protective archival film sleeve to prolong the life of the jacket. (This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and is fully removable if preferred). 221pp. 303376
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6.00 GBP
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Two Kafka Plays: Kafka's Dick, and The Insurance Man
Bennett, Alan Faber and Faber 1987 0571147275 / 9780571147274 Soft cover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Paperback. Clean and tight but pages have significantly browned, particularly at the edges. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. pp. xxvi, 131. 308071
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15.00 GBP
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Lord of the Three Worlds
Collis, Maurice; with Designs for the Stage By Feliks Topolski Faber and Faber Limited 1947 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Original orange cloth binding, faded around the edges. No names or inscriptions. Lightly bruised and rubbed spine ends and corners. The play is set in Burma. On the bottom edge of the front endpaper is a Burma Bookshop stamp. A couple of grubby marks on the reverse of the half-title page. 107pp. 013375
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4.00 GBP
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Observer of the Dance, 1958-1982
Bland, Alexander Dance Books Ltd London 1985 0903102919 / 9780903102919 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Original blue boards, very slightly bruised at the spine ends. The dust jacket is a little faded at the edges. In very good, clean condition - no previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Binding firm. pp. xiv, 250. Dust jacket not price clipped. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. 305371
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10.00 GBP
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The Comedies of William Congreve [in Two Volumes]
Congreve, William Methuen & Co., Ltd London 1895 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
2 volume set. Condition: good. Cloth faded at the spine and edges. Bump to one corner. Deckled / untrimmed edges. Some foxing. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Bindings sound. Frontis. portrait to volume I. pp. xxxiii, 192, 217. A HEAVY set - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this set costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 103736
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25.00 GBP
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Ballet and Dance: A Guide to the Repertory
Brinson, Peter ; Crisp, Clement David & Charles 1980 0715381148 / 9780715381144 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Original light brown boards. In very good, clean condition. The dust jacket is faded at the spine; not price clipped. Binding firm and square. pp. xii, 274. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. 305374
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5.00 GBP
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Roaring Boys: Playwrights and Players in Elizabethan and Jacobean England
Cook, Judith ; with a foreword by Gregory Doran Sutton Publishing 2004 0750933682 / 9780750933681 Hardcover Fine Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Both the book and dust jacket are in excellent, fine condition. Unmarked. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. DJ not price clipped. The DJ is supplied by us in a loose protective archival clear film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. pp. xi, 212. 303621
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10.00 GBP
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The Dramatic Works of Richard Brome Containing Fifteen Comedies Now First Collected in Three Volumes [3 vol set]
Brome, Richard John Pearson Covent Garden, London 1873 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardbacks. 3 volumes. Rebound within the last 30 years or so, in sturdy plain blue cloth bindings, with titles in gilt to the spine. Blind stamped title pages for New University Library. No other library markings. The bindings are firm. Pages are clean but tanned / browned, particularly at the edges. The first few preliminary pages of the first volume have some disintegration at the spine edge but they are still quite firmly bound into the textblock. Overall a good solid set of this scarce edition. A HEAVY set - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this set costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. Each volume is 17.3cm tall. 309361
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215.00 GBP
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Thinking Aloud: Fragments of Autobiography
Cotes, Peter Peter Owen 1993 0720609003 / 9780720609004 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
VG. No names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is a little rubbed at the edges, with a few short tears to the top edge. Not price clipped [£18.95]. 208pp. The DJ is supplied by us in a loose protective archival film sleeve to prolong the life of the jacket. (This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and is fully removable if preferred). 303374
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6.00 GBP
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Britannia's Pastorals [A Scolar Press Facsimile]
Browne, William [1613]-1616 The Scolar Press Limited 1973 085417026x / 9780854170265 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Facsimile edition first published 1969 - this is a reprint of 1973. Very good clean condition - NEAR FINE. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. The dust jacket is faded at the spine. Not price clipped. The DJ is now protected in a loose archival film sleeve. 135pp. 26.5cm. 100457
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16.00 GBP
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Richard Burton, A Biography
Cottrell, John ; Cashin, Fergus Arthur Barker Limited London 1971 0213993651 / 9780213993658 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Publisher's original red boards. Top edge red. Some spotting to the pastedowns only. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good, clean condition. No names or inscriptions. Binding firm and pages clean. Minor bruising to spine ends and some light rubs to the dust jacket edges. DJ not price clipped. pp. xvii, 376. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 104279
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5.00 GBP
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In the Wake of Diaghilev - Autobiography: Two
Buckle, Richard Collins St James's Place, London 1982 0002165449 / 9780002165440 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Both the book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Original red boards. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Binding firm and pages clean. Dust jacket is dulled at the spine. 367pp. DJ not price clipped. 104474
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5.00 GBP
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To-night at 8.30 [3 Volumes]
Coward, Noel William Heinemann Ltd 1936 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
3 separate volumes in uniform bindings. Purple cloth - all faded spines but the spine of Volume I has faded more than the other two. Prelims of the first two volumes have browned. Volumes 2 and 3 have previous owner's name and date in the front. Some foxing to the closed outer textblock edges. Spine ends a little rubbed. pp. 106, 102, 119. Volume I is a reprint; 2 and 3 are first editions. 303520
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25.00 GBP
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The Richard Burton Diaries
Burton, Richard ; edited by Chris Williams Yale University Press 2012 0300180101 / 9780300180107 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine Near Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback, with dust jacket. Both the book and dust jacket are in excellent near fine condition. Original black boards. There are a few tiny speckles to the top outer closed textblock page edge. First impression. The dust jacket has a few tiny rubs to corners. The binding is firm and square. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. pp. x, 693. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. A HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 307302
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13.00 GBP
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The Letters of Noel Coward
Coward, Noel ; edited by Barry Day Methuen Drama 2007 0713685786 / 9780713685787 Hardcover Very Good Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Binding is nice and tight and square. Little / lightly read. VG condition. There is a small bump to the top of the closed textblock edge, affecting just the top edge of a few pages in the middle of the book. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Dust jacket not price clipped [£25.00]. The DJ is supplied by us in a loose protective archival film sleeve to prolong the life of the jacket. (This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and is fully removable if preferred). 780pp. A VERY HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to orders outside of the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for delivery within the UK. 303485
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19.50 GBP
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The Letters of Noel Coward
Coward, Noel ; edited by Barry Day Methuen Drama 2007 0713685786 / 9780713685787 Hardcover Near Fine Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Binding is nice and tight and square. Little / lightly read. VG condition. There is a small bump to the top of the closed textblock edge, affecting just the top edge of a few pages in the middle of the book. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Dust jacket not price clipped [£25.00]. The DJ is supplied by us in a loose protective archival film sleeve to prolong the life of the jacket. (This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and is fully removable if preferred). 780pp. A VERY HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK mainland as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. Small surcharge may apply to UK highlands and islands and N. Ireland; larger surcharge for overseas destinations. NO additional charges for sending within the UK mainland. 303617
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16.00 GBP
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The Legend of the Rood, with The Three Maries and The Death of Pilate from the Cornish Miracle Plays
Halliday, F. E. (translated with introduction by)
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Present Past, Past Present: a Personal Memoir
Ionesco, Eugene ; with a new introduction by Robert Brustein ; translated from the French by Helen R. Lane
6.00 GBP
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The Bald Soprano and Other Plays
Ionesco, Eugene ; translated into English by Donald M. Allen
6.00 GBP
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William and the Artist's Model. A Play in One Act.
Crompton, Richmal
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Peggy to her Playwrights: The Letters of Margaret Ramsay, Play Agent
Ramsay, Margaret ; selected and edited by Colin Chambers ; introduction by Simon Callow
10.00 GBP
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The Traditional Dance
Alford, Violet ; Gallop, Rodney
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Oxford Playhouse: High and low drama in a university city
Chapman, Don
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Malone Dies
Beckett, Samuel
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![The Comedies of William Congreve [in Two Volumes], Congreve, William](shop_image/product/103736.jpg "The Comedies of William Congreve [in Two Volumes], Congreve, William")
![Britannia's Pastorals [A Scolar Press Facsimile], Browne, William [1613]-1616](shop_image/product/100457.gif "Britannia's Pastorals [A Scolar Press Facsimile], Browne, William [1613]-1616")
![To-night at 8.30 [3 Volumes], Coward, Noel](shop_image/product/303520.jpg "To-night at 8.30 [3 Volumes], Coward, Noel")
