TOSCA, An Opera By Giacomo Puccini: Performance Poster by Myers, J. William (Artist) - 1983

Toronto: James Campbell & Son 1875, 1st Canadian. (Hardcover) 201pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt decoration. (Drama, First Editions).

California: AFTRA-SAG. Very Good. 1993. Third Edition. Stapled wraps. Book is Very Good. Third Edition 1993. Clean and unmarked text. Appears book never read. Tight and sturdy binding. Very slight and thin 1/2 inch front cover surface mark. A very slight bottom page ends mark - NOT a remainder. Bottom spine end has a tiny 1/8 inch closed chip. A very slight front cover top corner and few pages top corner (to about page 26) bend mark. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 74 pages .

Magical Publications, Pasadena, CA, 1987; First Edition; tall 8vo, 133 pages; illustrated; green cloth; gilt titles. Biography of early vaudeville magician Leon Harry Levy, "The Great Leon" (1876-1951), inventor of "Fire and Water," "The Death Ray Gun," and other popular stage magic tricks. Illustrated with numerous period b&w photographs, plus a color frontispiece reproduction of a Great Leon magic poster advertising the "Fire and Water" trick. Copy #955 of a limited edition of 1,000. As New, without dust jacket, as issued. Laid-in are two vintage portrait photographs, from the Leon estate, of Leon and of his stage assistant Edythe Packard Levy, the "It’s Me Again!" girl, to whom he was married in 1903 and with whom he remained for thirty-six years.

, 1927; Original manuscripts of Jed Dooley (1884-1973), vaudeville comedian who before going solo was partnered with his sister Ethel and brother Billy in a trick cycling act billed as "The Three Dooleys." Included are eight hand-typed gag sheets recording recent changes and additions to Dooley’s comedy act, dated June 19 through December 12, 1927, and identified at top as, "Original gags added to my act since my last registration, Nov. 16th, 1926." Each sheet is hand signed by Dooley in numerous places. Also included are two handwritten versions of one of Dooley’s acts which featured standup, cycling, saxophone playing, and rope tricks, all with accompanying patter. The first is a nine-page full-length act from the late twenties, and the other a condensed three-page version labeled "Short Version of Act As Done at Coast-Guard, Feb 22, 1943." The long version is handwritten on both sides of engraved letterhead stationery from the Hotel George Washington in… Read More

Girard, KS: E. Haldeman-Julius Publications. 4to. With Introductions by Maria-Theresa, Carl Van Vechten, Mary Fanton Roberts, Shaemas O'Sheel, and Arnold Genthe. Included are Dance Sequence Drawings of Ballet, Agna Enters, Martha Graham, a Group of Pupils of Isadora, and Drawings Against War and Fascism by Walkowitz, with an Introduction by Konrad Bercovici. Unpag. (32pp.), 19 full-page plates with numerous sketches by Walkowitz. Stapled Wraps (covers and pages yellowed; small tear front endpaper; very small bump, bottom crease, otherwise VG. Signed by Walkowitz on the cover and, also, inscribed to the American sculptor, Hannah Small, by him, front endpaper.

G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 1974; First Edition; Signed; 8vo, 380 pages; photo illustrated. Biography of legendary film, stage and television actor Paul Muni, five-time Academy Award nominee and Oscar Winner in 1936 for his role in "Pasteur." Written by distinguished American playwright Jerome Lawrence, author of "Inherit The Wind," which starred Muni on Broadway. Lawrence, close friend and associate, was regarded by Muni as his adopted son. Warmly inscribed and signed on the f.f.e.p. by Lawrence on date of release, October 21, 1974. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good dust jacket which has a couple of tiny closed edge tears at the extremities of the spine panel. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

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.

RARE SIGNED STATED FIRST EDITION: Gaddis, Thomas E.: Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Story of Robert Stroud .1955 Random House 1st. Ed. w/ exlib replacement 1st Ed. DJ is an original HARVEY GABOR White/black jail bars/ bird inset dust jacket protected by a mylar wrap. Unclipped Front flap states 9/55. Used. Good-/Good condition original dust jacket. Front cover states: "The fantastic true story of the prisoner with the longest record of solitary confinement in the United States – who became a leading authority on birds." The original source material for the gripping American film starring Burt Lancaster. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

New York, N.Y. (115 W. Broadway): Artists Poster Committee, 1984. With Union burst. Poster, lithography on clay paper. [22½ x 35 inches], VG or better. Light rippling throughout. On the left, one clean tear of ~3 inches, may be mended. Some light chipping to ink at edges and similar light edge wear. "On August 11, 1984, President Ronald Reagan was preparing for his weekly radio address on National Public Radio. During a soundcheck he said, 'My fellow Americans I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.' The audio was subsequently leaked. Despite making a joke about nuclear genocide, Reagan was reelected by a landslide a few months later."—Exhibition Annotation: Center for the Study of Political Graphics. Worldcat.org finds one copy at the University of Michigan and one at MoMA and none in trade. All posters are presently stored between acid free boards, flat, under weight. They will be shipped rolled, in tubes.

The Case-book Of Sherlock Holmes. By Arthur Conan Doyle. Publisher: John Murray, 1929 Cheaper Edition. Short story anthology. Detective fiction. Used. Clean and square. Protected in a mylar wrap. Good Condition/Good- ORIGINAL DUST JACKET illustrated by J. Abby. Blue blind-stamped cloth. Toning as is typical of this edition. RARE original, White, blue and red pictorial dust-wrapper. Priced at 2/- net to the bottom right of the front panel. Back panel of the jacket lists "New volumes in Murray's Fiction Library. The 12 Titles listed there are from Beau Geste to The Black Flemings. 320pp. 4 5/8 X 7. A great find. Adventures included here are: The illustrious Client; The Blanched Soldier, The Mazarin Stone, The Three Gables, The Sussex Vampire, The Three Garridebs, The Problem of Thor Bridge, The Creeping Man, The Lion's Mane, The Veiled Lodger, Shoscombe Old Place, The Retired Colourman.