Search Results: Performing Arts from Book Happy Booksellers

New York: Columbia University Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; First Edition; 306pp; DJ price-clipped, boards square & bright, small stain to front board, decorated endpapers, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Collection of advice and notes left by great actors of the live popular theater of Japan, the kabuki, at the end of the 17th century. Studies in Oriental Culture No. 3. Edited, translated & with an introduction & notes. Illustrated. Includes Japanese text.

Foreningen Drottningholmsteaterns Vanner, 1950. Softcover. Good+. 8-1/2" x 11-1/2" Softcover; 24pp; Handling & a few small marks to covers, slight forward slant, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+ condition. Photographs of Castle Theater at Drottningholm, Sweden. Illustrated with photos & diagrams. Text in Swedish. Photography by C. G. Rosenberg.

Berlin, Germany: Rembrandt Verlag, 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8-1/4" x 10" Cloth in DJ; 180pp; Tape repairs to DJ, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine/Good condition. Title translates as: Biography of a theater: Half a Century Castle Park Theatre Berlin. Illustrated with many photos. Text in German.

London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; 272pp; DJ slightly edgeworn & protected by mylar sleeve, gift inscr. to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG/VG condition. History of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in England, after its first fifty years. Illustrated with photos.

Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 235pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, as new, Fine condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author. Revealing and entertaining history of Auntie Mame. Illustrated with photos.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Cloth in DJ; 139pp; DJ age-toned at edges & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square & clean, bookplate to front pastedown, previous owner's name to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG- condition. Complete book of Billy Rose's Broadway production based on Meilhac & Halevy's adaptation of Prosper Merimee's Carmen. Illustrated with photos from the Broadway production.

Colorado Springs, CO: American Dance Programs, 1983. Softcover. Very Good+. 8-1/2 x 11 Softcover; 100pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Vintage country & western dance manual. Starts off with the basics and finishes with the techniques and styles of the pros. Illustrated with photos.

Berkeley, CA: Folk Dance Federation of California, 1945. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good-. 8-1/2 x 11 Spiral-Bound Softcover; 51pp; Brown textured card covers, faint vertical crease to front cover, a few faint pencil marks, binding is sound, VG- condition. Vintage folk dancing manual.

Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, Inc., 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 342pp; Tan cloth boards with titling to front & spine, endpapers illustrated with map, slight label remnant to front board, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Source book of international folk dances. Illustrated with diagrams.

New York: Pageant Press, Inc., 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Cloth in DJ; 192pp; DJ chipped & protected by mylar sleeve, previous owner's stamp to FFEP, mark to bottom edge, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/Good condition. Unusual, quirky volume containing a review of "A History of the Theatre" by Freedley & Reeves which includes the authors life story as well as an illuminating discussion of theatre. 40-page illustration section in rear, some in color.

Tokyo, Japan: College Women's Association of Japan, 2001. Softcover. Very Good+. 7" x 10" Softcover; 80pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Related flyers laid in. Program from College Women's Association of Japan Lecture Series for 2003 on aspects of Japanese theatre. Contains speaker profiles, synopses and articles. Topics include: Kabuki, Noh, Bunraku, Modern Theatre & more. Illustrated.

Costa Mesa, CA: Goldens. Softcover. Very Good. Wraps; 32pp; Covers slightly age-toned with slight handling wear, clean, tight copy, VG condition. Collection of (old-fashioned non-PC) impression gags by TV personality & stage magician. Illlustrated. Published circa 1970s.

Boston: Francis A. Niccolls & Co.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. 572pp; Brown cloth boards, paper title labels to spine, top edge gilt, deckle edges, frontispiece tissue guards intact, title labels edgeworn, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG- condition. No. 168 of Edition limited to 750 sets. Two volume set. (First two volumes of Canterbury Edition of 14-volume set entitled, Old England: Her People At Home and Abroad: Manners, Morals, Customs, Loves, Adventures, Anecdotes and Incidents.) Illustrated.

San Francisco, CA: American Society for Eastern Arts, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 9" x 8" Softcover; 115pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Introduction to dance drama of Kerala, India. Photo/Design by Jan Steward. Illustrated throughout with photos.

New York: New Directions, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Fair. Cloth in DJ; 274pp; DJ price-clipped, age-toned, chipped & protected by mylar sleeve, light staining to boards, previous owner's name to FFEP, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+/Fair condition. Complete exposition of the first entirely successful system for recording human movement by the president of the Dance Notation Bureau, Inc. Preface by George Balanchine. Introduction by Rudolf Laban. Illustrated by Doug Anderson.

Chicago, IL: Hub Electric Company, Inc., 1962. Softcover. Very Good. 8-1/2 x 11 Wraps; 32pp; Small penned diagram to back cover, else covers clean & bright, three-hole-punched for binder, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Principles of remodeling and turning small spaces into little theatres, based on the design practices of James Hull Miller, Theatre Designer. Illustrated with photos & diagrams.

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; First Edition; 254pp; DJ clean & bright with slight edgewear, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Follows the six-month 1968 American Tour of The Living Theatre, acclaimed as the most vanguard theatre company in the world. Illustrated with photos.

London, UK: British Museum Publications Ltd, 1980. Softcover. Very Good+. 80pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Examines Malay shadow puppets with a special reference to the collection purchased by the British Museum from Awang Lah, a famous Kelantanese puppeteer. Illustrated.

London: Robert Hale, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Hardcover in DJ; 192pp; Clean, tight copy, VG+/VG+ condition. Biography of legendary English music hall star Marie Lloyd (1870-1922). Illustrated.

New York: William Faro, Inc., 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/None. 318pp; Navy blue cloth boards with faded titling to spine, dampstaining to rear board and edges of several pages, deckle edges, short tears to a few pages, text unmarked, binding is sound, book protected by (chipped) clear plastic sleeve, Good+ condition. New York theater journalist who later became a Hollywood writer and producer on life around Broadway in New York City.