Search Results: Performing Arts from Sandhill Books

Seuil, 2006. Paperback. Very Good/no jacket. Blue wraps, 139 pages, 12 in tall. Collection of 9 essays in French with many photographs. A clean copy with light wear to the wraps.

Spring Green, Wisconsin: American Players Theatre, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/no jacket. Decorative paper covered boards, 149 pages, 13-in tall, photographs throughout.

Grote Publishing, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 142 pages, 11.5-in tall, profusely illustrated. A chronicle of the famous and not-so-famous circus's of Wisconsin. A clean dust jacket with light edge wear. Fine in a very good dust jacket.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1940. Very good. xi, 534p, illustrations, frontispiece, 21 cm tall (octavo). Cloth covered boards, gilt title on spine. Ownership signature of Dalton Trumbo on free endpaper. Dalton Trumbo was a screenwriter and novelist who refused to give information to the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. Subsequently he was jailed and blacklisted. He wrote the screenplay for "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo," "Spartacus," "Exodus," and many others. Gilt title on spine is somewhat dulled.

Cincinnati, Ohio: Billboard Publishing Company, 1939. Softcover. Very Good/no jacket. 85p, 14in tall, folio. Vol. 51 No. 10. Cover portrait of band leader Gray Gordon, photographed by Maurice Seymour. Latest news concerning radio, music, vaudeville, circuses, carnivals, amusement machines, etc. Light spine curl.

Cincinnati, Ohio: Billboard Publishing Company, 1944. Softcover. Good/no jacket. pp 82, 14in tall, folio. Vol 56 No 19. Cover portrait Guy Lombardo. Latest news concerning radio, music, vaudeville, circuses, carnivals, amusement machines, etc. Light spine curl, 2 leaves detached from stapled binding.

University of California Press, 1994. second printing. Softcover. Fine. 371 pages, 9-in tall, bibliography and index. Explores the development of black African cinema.

Weatherhill, 1970. first edition. Hardcover. Fine/no jacket. Beige cloth with gilt title block to the spine, 222 pages, 8.5-in tall, photographs throughout.

Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Books, 2011. Softcover. As New/no jacket. 273pp, illustrations throughout, 28cm tall, quarto. Author's bold signature on title page, ghost of signature on next leaf.

New York: Tannen Magic, 1983. first printing. Hardcover. Fine/no jacket. Blue cloth, 132 pages, 11 in tall. Illustrations throughout of 30 close-up magic tricks.

La Crosse, Wisconsin: Visual Magic, 1983. 2nd Printing. Softcover in very good condition. Blue and white illustration on front, blue plastic comb binding, 59 pages, 21cm tall, octavo. The first part contains guidelines and advice in assembling a children's clown show. The second part includes 6 clown routines. "As a clown that performs magic, I make it a point never to come out looking superior at the end of trick." A clean copy showing light wear on the covers.

Memphis Flash, 1978. Softcover. Fine/no jacket. unpaged, 10 leaves, 27cm tall, quarto. No text or captions, 79 b/w photos of Elvis on stage during his final concerts.

Chicago: Theatre Playboard, 1958. Softcover. Very Good/no jacket. 11 p, 23 cm tall, octavo. Cover photo of Constance Bennett. Playbill for a 1958 performance of "Auntie Mame" at the Erlanger Theatre in Chicago, starring Constance Bennett and directed by Morton Da Costa. A very good copy with a light vertical crease.

no publisher, 1980?. Softcover. Good/no jacket. unpaged, 10 leaves, b/w portraits, 26cm tall, quarto. Cover photos of Myron Floren, Dick Dale, and Bobby and Cissy, includes portraits and biographical sketches of the performers. This souvenir book was probably published when Floren toured with his own band and many Welk Show performers during the Welk Show off season. Signed by Dick Dale, Jim Roberts, and 2 other performers on front cover. Light crease on front, unobtrusive ink scribble on rear.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1967. first edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. xii, 342pp, illustrations, 22cm tall, octavo. History of the WPA Theatre Project. Ownership signature on endpaper. Dust jacket has minor rub and tear on spine panel, light soil on rear panel.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937, c1936. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. 392p, 21cm tall, octavo. Collection of four scripts: Lady for a Day; It Happened One Night; Little Women; and The Story of Louis Pasteur. Spine has spot of light rubbing, endpaper shows a previous owner's price in black marker. Clean, very light wear, good binding.

Madison, Wisconsin: Fuller Opera House, 1893. Softcover. Very Good/no jacket. pp 4, 23cm tall, octavo. Printed by Tracy, Gibbs & Co. in Madison, Wisconsin. Ezra Kendall's production of "A Pair of Kids" toured for at least six seasons, including this 1893 performance in Madison. Many local ads. Light wear, clean.

No publisher, 1949. Softcover in very good condition. Portraits of Gene Autry on front and rear covers, a facsimile(?) of Autry's signature on front.18 pages, 28cm tall, quarto. Illustrated with photos of Gene, his wife, and horse at their Melody Ranch home. Seven articles about the performers in the Gene Autry Show and the Melody Ranch radio program. Covers have a short tear at the top of the spine, minor handling creases.

Asia Books, 2003. Softcover. Good. Color photographs throughout, 79 pages, 11-in tall. Thailand's most venerated theatre tradition is the enactment of the ancient Indian myth Ramayana, known in Thailand as Ramakien. A clean copy with light surface wear to the front cover.

Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1992, first printing. Hardcover in near fine condition, no dustjacket. Gray cloth, xxix and 577 pages, 24 cm tall, octavo, bibliography and index. Number 13 in the Bibliographies and Indexes in the Performing Arts series. This title lists the screen credits of more that 5,400 features, documents, shorts and serials released from the 1890s through 1930. Small soil spot to the fore edge, otherwise a clean and unworn copy.