General books on the theatre including histories

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Cornelia Otis Skinner: Bottoms Up!

CODE: 110497

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London. Constable & Co Ltd. 1955.

First edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 8vo. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. 208 pages. Owners name on front end page. Dust jacket price clipped and frayed/torn around the edges.

Very Good / Good + condition

Destouches Dancourt etc: Comedies - Le Dissipateur Les Bourgeoises A La Mode L Homme Singulier Le Menteur

CODE: 101272

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Paris. Duchesne. 1788.

Half speckled calf leather binding by Bellamy of Oxford. Marbled covers. Hardback. No dust jacket. 12mo. 162 pages, 120 pages, 144 pages + pages 339-480. Armorial bookplate of Voltelin Heath. 18th century French notation on blank end page. Some wear to edges.
Provenance: From the library of Gyrn Castle. Nantlys. Mostyn Hall and Capesthorne Hall.

Very Good condition

Eric Salmon: The Dark Journey

CODE: 100284

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London. Barrie & Jenkins. 1979.

First edition. Hard back. Dust jacket. 8vo. 326 pages. Review copy with slip.

Fine / Very Good + condition

H L Childe Pemberton: He, She and the Poker - a duologue and other dramatic pieces

CODE: 101868

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London. Griffith, Farran Browne and Co. no date (circa. 1890).

First Edition. Hardback. No dust jacket. 16mo. [iii]/ 83 pages. Slight rubbing to front cover. Samuel French copyright pasted on title page. Scarce.
Very Good + condition

J M Glover: Jimmy Glover & His Friends

CODE: 2209091

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London. Chatto and Windus. 1914.

First edition. Hardback. 8vo. 6 x 9 inches. xi/ 325 pages. Oringinal Maroon cloth. Ex library. Subscription library sticker on front cover. Book plate has been removed from front paste down with part remaining. Uncut pages. Some waterstaining and soiling to covers and spine. Corners bumped. Two very small holes to rear hinge. End pages very slightly browned.

Good condition

James and Horace Smith: Rejected Addresses Or the New Theatre Poetarum

CODE: 102165

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London. John Murray. 1851.

22nd edition. Quarter tan calf leather binding. Hardback. No dust jacket. 12mo. xxxiv/ 193 pages. Frontis by Harlow + 6 illustrations in the text by George Cruikshank. Marbled page edges and end pages. Booksellers label. Armorial bookplate for Cotterill Scholefield. Tears to corners of pages 165 and 191. Does not affect the text. Minor foxing to prelims. Repair to head of spine. General edge wear.

Good + condition

Laurence Echard, Terences Comedies Made English

Laurence Echard (and Others): Terences Comedies Made English - with His Life and Some Remarks at the End

CODE: 100329

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London. Printed for J J Knapton, R Knaplock, D Midwinter, etc. 1733.

Eighth edition. Full period natural tan calf leather binding. 16mo. xxviii/ 326 pages. Frontis + some embelished borders. Hinges cracked but boards are holding. Owners names on front end pages and title page. General wear and tear. Worn especially to head and foot of spine. Light foxing.

Good condition

Percy Fitzgerald: The Life of David Garrick - From original family papers and numerous published and unpublished sources

CODE: 101114

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London. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co Ltd. 1899.

New and Revised Edition. Hard back. No dust jacket. 8vo. xvi/ 480 pages. Covers area little dented with a slight water mark to spine. Ex. Libris bookplate from the David Morris collection.

Very Good condition

Pierce Egan: The Life of an Actor

CODE: 101817

Price : £125.00 Price: £0.00

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London. Pickering and Chatto. 1892.

Reprint. Modern quarter black leather binding with five raised bands. Hardback. No dust jacket. Small 4vo. xvi/ 257 pages. Embellished with twenty seven colour characteristic scenes, etched by Theodore Lane. Top edge gilt. White replacement end pages.

Very Good + condition

Pierre Corneille: Chefs-D' Oeuvre de Th. Corneille

CODE: 1705093

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Paris. Stereotype D' Herhan. 1804.

Five volumes. Full period tree calf bindings. Hardbacks. Large 16mo. (10cm x 16.5cm), 262 pages, 291 pages, 300 pages, 270 pages, 284 pages. Marbled end pages and page edges. Head and foot of spines worn with some loss. Some patchy foxing/brown spots.

Good + condition

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