Dancing in the Dark by Howard Dietz - 1974

New York: Albondocani Press, 1984. First Edition. A previously unpublished one-act play that takes place in London. This is #128 of 150 numbered copies. Hand-sewn red marbled paper wrappers with white label on front printed in black. Publisher's one-page prospectus laid in. Fine. SCARCE. A gorgeous production featuring Swedish marble wrappers by William Ferguson and Nancy King of Worcester, Massachusetts.

Works Projects Administration, 1939. Softcover. Good. The hard-to-find Volume 13, Minstrelsy, of the notable ca. 1939 WPA San Francisco Theater Research series. This volume presents an extensive history of regional San Francisco minstrelsy from its earliest days. Illustrated with 19 historical photos of performers, some in blackface. Contents include discussions of blackface. Numerous appendices. Scarce. 301 pp. 10 3/4" x 8 3/8". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear and minor loss to bottom right corner of front panel. Light staining along margins of front panel spine and bottom. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Antverpiae (Antwerpen): Apud Ioan. Cnobbarum (Jan Cnobbaert), 1634. leather_bound. Gut. 348 Seiten. Ganzleder der Zeit auf drei Bünden mit geprägtem Rücken. Duodez, 11 x 6 cm (etwas berieben und bestoßen, Lederbezug mit kleinen Fehlstellen, Spiegel und Vorsätze mit teils zeitgenössischen Einträgen, alter Stempel auf Vorsatz, sonst innen sauber, im Ganzen: ordentlich erhalten). Mit dem Exlibris "Cabinet du Marquis de Montpeyrolle". Der Band enthält folgende Dramen: 1. Dionysius Petavius (Denis Petau): Carthaginienses Tragoedia. - 2. Dionysius Petavius (Denis Petau): Usthazanes sive Martyres Persici Tragoedia. - 3. Jacobus Libenus: Joseph Tragoedia. - 4. Ludovicus Cellotius (Louis Cellot): S. Adrianus Martyr Tragoedia. - 5. Ludovicus Cellotius (Louis Cellot): Sapor admonitus Tragoedia. - 6. Ludovicus Cellotius (Louis Cellot): Chosroes Tragoedia. "Denis Pétau auch: Dionysius Petavius (geb. 21. August 1583 in… Read More

London: John Russell Smith, 1858. John Lyly (Lilly or Lylie), (c. 1553 or 1554 - November 1606) was a English writer, poet, dramatist, and courtier, best remembered now for his plays. V. 1. John Lilly and his works. Endimion. Campaspe. Sapho and Phao. Gallathea. Notes. --v. 2. Mydas. Mother Bombie. The Woman in the Moone. Love's Metamorphosis. Notes. xxxii, 298, 284 pp. Two volumes in Fine binding signed Matthews, (William Matthews (1822-1896), the most prominent American bookbinder at that time) of full polished calf, the backs with red and green morocco labels lettered in gilt and with intricate gilt tooled decorations, ornate inner gilt dentelles, marbled end papers, the top edges gilt. Near Fine, scant small rubs, front cover Vol.I a bit toned. A quite lovely set of an uncommon title. Library of Old Authors. . First Edition. Full Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: New Directions, 1962. Near Fine, prior owner bookplate and name in ink, in a Near Fine dust jacket, toning to the white areas. Dust jacket designed by Nicola Wood. Basis for the 1964 film directed by John Huston and starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, and Grayson Hall, who won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Graham Sutherland. One of a limited edition published in series 1939+ by The Limited Editions Club of New York., this being from set number 1249 of the original edition of 1950 sets, published for subscribers only. Internally the text and all illustrations are in Near Fine to Fine condition. Pages on front edge are uncut at section ends. An excellent copy of a member of a now-scarce matching set, all thirty-seven of which have been offered for sale individually at different prices by this bookseller. All those of which are still unsold are listed separately on this site, under their individual titles. Size: Large Book - between A4 and A3. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Deckled edges (rough cut), browned. Top edge gilt in good condition. Illustrator:… Read More

Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1928. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Deems Taylor with best wishes David Belasco November 1928". Deems Taylor (1885-1966) was an American composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music. He was known as "the dean of American music". A quite uncommon title. Very Good, cloth rubbed, top corner title page dog-eared, several pages with small marginal paper loss, contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Constable and Company, 1914. First Edition, Constable and Company, London, 1914. In original olive green cloth, gilt titles at spine and top edge gilt. Near Fine, gilt top edge a bit dulled, in a Near Fine dust jacket, slight wrinkling at head of spine. Laid in are a postcard from the publisher and an advertisement leaflet with 20 new titles for 1914, and a newspaper clipping hand dated 22 May 1914 that is a review of this book, titled "Mr. Shaw on Parents and Children; A Moralist on Education". Overall a quite lovely copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Albany Empire Theatre No date, circa 1979-1982. SCARCE theatre poster. Fine, as issued. Great graphics and color. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Fine. 20" x 30".

Firenze: Successori Le Monnier , 1866. Two volumes, with the bookplates of Louis Dyer, Sunbury Lodge, Oxford front paste downs. Louis Dyer (1851-1908) was an American educator and autho and was a lecturer at Balliol College, Oxford. Two volumes bound in contemporary unsigned full vellum, covers with double gilt rules bordering gilt tooled emblems of Oxoniensis Academia (Fronts) and Coll deBal Oxon (rear covers), the backs with two red morocco labels and intricate gilt tooled decorations, marbled end papers, edges dyed yellow. Overall a thoroughly delightful Oxford binding. Very Good Plus, the vellum lightly soiled, scattered toning to end papers. interior text clean and bright. Frontispiece portrait engraving and fold-out chart Vol. I. A rather SCARCE edition, text in Italian. . Second Edition. Full Vellum. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.