Drama/Entertainment from JimsOldBooks

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Applause, 2011. Ex American library copy (Clark County, Springfield, Ohio) with labels to spine and back cover, small ink stamps on top and bottom page edges and a date stamp on half-title, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A biography of the American actor Jerry Orbach,… Read more about this item

London: Eyre Methuen, 1980. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also some chipping to top edge of inner flaps of same. slight bumping to spine ends and corners of black boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Contains six plays, the winners of the second Giles Cooper awards chosen from plays… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 2001. Minor scuffing to spine ends, previous owner's name inside front cover, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this slim soft-cover book. A play set in small-town America in the late 1930s. Signed by the author on title page "Thanks for your words! Naomi Wallace 2001".… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Polygon, 1983. Slight scuffing to spine ends and corners of cover, top edge of same is a bit yellowed (from age, NOT tobacco), but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this slim soft-cover book. Looks at the 1983 film "Local Hero, filmed in NE Scotland. Not many copies around, and… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Polygon, 1985. Front cover is a bit grubby, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this slim soft-cover book. A two-act play written in the Doric dialect of NE Scotland based on "The Christian Watt Papers", set mostly in Broadsea near Fraserburgh between the mid nineteenth and early twentieth… Read more about this item

London: Little, Brown and Company, 1997. Slight creasing to edges and a scuff-mark to fold of front panel of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of black boards, also a crease to bottom corner of front board. Original owner's bookplate inside front board, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Signed… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury, 2010. Second Edition from 2010. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A concise introduction to the history of the mass media in Britain, including print, broadcasting and film. This second edition has extra material added since the… Read more about this item

London: Spring Books, 1960. Unclipped dustwrapper has a lot of creasing to the edges, and a large tear to the front panel, just next to the picture of Charlton Heston. Some bumping to spine ends and corners, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no names or scribblings inside. An annual-style book with numerous short articles… Read more about this item

New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1964. Some creasing and wear to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to ends of red cloth-covered spine and to corners of black paper-covered boards, an ink stamped address on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of extracts from the US TV show "Candid Camera" featuring… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co Ltd, 1973. Some wear to the edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, the third of the author's autobiographical books. This one deals with the start of her acting career and wartime life in Glasgow. 207pp.. Hard Cover. Very… Read more about this item

London: I B Tauris, 2008. A small crease to the top corner of front cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Looks at twenty-seven Western films from ''Stagecoach'' in 1939 to ''Tombstone'' in 1993. 274pp, some b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read more about this item

Glasgow: Brown,Son & Ferguson Ltd, 1978. Some minor creasing to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book dealing with the art of theatre production. Also contains a one act play for reference purposes, ''The Joker'' by Pat Trevor. Foreword by Angus McVicar. Signed by the author on title… Read more about this item

London: Routledge, 1992. A crease to the spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this paperback book in which the author looks at the political and social nature of American films from the 1930s to the 1960s, particularly those made by directors whose careers began in 1940s Hollywood, including directors such as Orson Welles, Elia Kazan, Jules Dassin, Abraham… Read more about this item

London: T Werner Laurie Ltd, 1931. Green cloth boards have some fading, but white titles on front board are still bright, with the titles on the spine a bit less so. Small (half-inch) tears to the top left and bottom right hand side of the spine. Some foxing to outer pages. Otherwise a good clean tight copy… Read more about this item