Theater, theatre
Don't Get Me Started [inscribed and signed]
New York: Ballantine Books, 1998. Hardcover. 199p., brief inscriptions (2) signed simply Kate by the lesbian performance artist, very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket. More
Cat.No: 50163
The burlesque tradition in the English Theatre after 1660
London: Methuen, 1952. xvi+152p., color frontispiece, preface, introductory, footnotes, illustrated with 13 plates, summary, bibliography, index, very good first edition in nice openweave cloth caseing gilt. Davenant and Buckingham, Duffett, John Gay, Henry Fielding, Sheridan, W.S. Gilbert, Shaw, Leacock. Max Beerbohm, pantomime and ballet etc. From p.23: "Burlesque in France..... More
Cat.No: 84705
Acting Gay: male homosexuality in modern drama
New York: Columbia University Press, 1992. Hardcover. xviii, 317p., preface, notes, annotated list of resources, index, illustrated with photos, chapters on AIDS and pederasty, very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket. Between Men - Between Women, Lesbian and Gay Studies Series, Lillian Faderman & Larry Gross..... More
Cat.No: 23358
All people are famous (instead of an autobiography)
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. Hardcover. 327p., gift inscription on free front endpaper, bookstore label on rear pastedown endpaper, else very good condition in like dj. Founder of the 1930's Group Theatre. More
Cat.No: 19750
Dancers of Bali
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. Hardcover. 250p., illustrated with a generous clutch of b&w photographs by the author, hardbound in 8.5x5.5 inch dark grey papered boards lacking the jacket. Casing paper has small chips at most extremities, else sound, clean within and unmarked except for the endsheets, which bear..... More
Cat.No: 298510
Les eleves de l'Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris - sous le patronage de La Federation Francaise de la Publicite - vous presentent - Une Nuit de la Publicite, 2 Fevrier 1952 - Acheve d'imprimer sur les presses de l'Imprimerie "La Ruche" le 20 Janvier 1952 d'apres une maquette de Jacques Seletti et Michel Sense - Dessins de Jean Cocteau, Jacques Grizeaud, Michel Sense - Ornements et Monogramme de Jacques Seletti
Paris: Ecole Superieure de Coimmerce de Paris, 1952. Paperback. Unpaginated, about forty pages, 5.25x8.25 inches, text in French, b&w ads throughout for cabarets, what to wear at a cabaret, what to drink. Features a sort of frontispiece, some ten leaves into the item opposite a sort of titlepage, this frontis..... More
Cat.No: 250580
The infernal machine and other plays (Orpheus, The Eiffel Tower Wedding Party, The Knights of the Round Table, Bacchus, The Speaker's Text of Oedipus Rex)
Norfolk: New Directions, 1963. Hardcover. 409p., embossed plate of previous owner otherwise a very good first collected edition in cloth, gilt and unclipped dust jacket with a long closed tear to the lower front panel along the flap fold. More
Cat.No: 180213
Souvenir Portraits: Paris in the Belle Epoque
New York: Paragon House, 1990. Hardcover. vi, 173p., introduction, illustrations, notes, very good first US edition stated in unclipped dj with tiny chip at tail of spine. European Sources Series, Russell Epprecht & Sylvère Lotringer, editors. Illustrated with Cocteau's sketches. More
Cat.No: 83041
Jean Cocteau: the man in the mirror
New York: Coward-McCann, 1968. Hardcover. 286p. + front., 22p. photos, drawings, bibliography, principal works cited, index, very good first US edition stated in cloth boards and lightly-worn, dj. More
Cat.No: 25763
An Impersonation of Angels: a biography of Jean Cocteau
New York: The Viking Press, 1968. Hardcover. x, 438p. + 16p. photographs, very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. More
Cat.No: 39907
Duty to the Crown
Tallahassee: Dreamspinner Press, 2013. Paperback. 198p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Sequel to "The Actor and the Earl" An Elizabethan actor stands in for his twin sister when she reneges on an arranged marriage! In this one he portrays the wife of the Earl. More
Cat.No: 218766
Forever Hold His Peace
Tallahassee: Dreamspinner Press, 2014. Paperback. 184p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Third volume in the "The Actor and the Earl" series . A male Elizabethan actor portrays the wife of the Earl and is accused of witchcraft! Forever hold his codpiece? More
Cat.No: 218768
Affiliated Schools scrapbook, vol. 1, no. 5, April 1938. New activities for workers groups
New York: Affiliated Schools for Workers, 1938. Magazine. 72p., wraps, a few stamps on front wrap else very good condition, 8.5x11 inches, mimeographed on one side only. Six Articles: 1. Conference of Women's Auxiliary delegates. 2. Labor conferences for office workers. 3 Notes on planning for a sectional conference. 4..... More
Cat.No: 264391
Value, price and progress
[San Francisco?]: State Finance Committee, Communist Party of California, [194-?]. 4p. brochure, very good. Script for a short play, taking place inside a Communist Party club, about the importance of fundraising and budgets. More
Cat.No: 40529
After Dark: magazine of entertainment vol. 5, #6, October 1972
New York: Danad Publishing, 1972. Magazine. 86p. including covers 8.5x11 inches, articles, features, reviews, listings, illustrated with b&w photos and ads, very good semi-glossy entertainment magazine in lightly-worn stapled pictorial wraps. Joseph Hardy, Dory Previn, Marjoe Gortner, Frederic Forrest, David Bowie(cover shot). The numbering of the volumes is illogical in..... More
Cat.No: 187088
After Dark: the national magazine of entertainment vol. 10, #7, November 1977: The Mythic Passion of Sidney Lumet's Equus
New York: Danad Publishing, 1977. Magazine. 114p. including covers 8.5x11 inches, articles, features, reviews, listings, illustrated with b&w and color photos and ads, small stain on front wrap, else very good semi-glossy entertainment magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. There are two "volume 10" runs in After Dark. The first was..... More
Cat.No: 311902
After Dark: the national magazine of entertainment vol. 6, #12, April 1974; Celebrating Cabaret
New York: Danad Publishing, 1974. Magazine. 102p. 8.5x11 inches, articles, reviews, interviews, ads, photos, staples rusted, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Centerspread photos of cabaret stars and drag queens. Reworking of "Ballroom Dance Magazine" and "Dance Magazine" A magazine of arts, stage, dance and music that bridged the..... More
Cat.No: 311711
After Dark: the national magazine of entertainment vol. 10, #4, August 1977: Ann-Margaret
New York: Danad Publishing, 1977. Magazine. 100p. including covers 8.5x11 inches, articles, features, reviews, listings, illustrated with b&w photos and ads, very good semi-glossy entertainment magazine in lightly-worn stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story Mikhail Barishnikov. The numbering of the volumes is illogical in the beginning years up to about 1971..... More
Cat.No: 243568
After Dark: the national magazine of entertainment vol. 7, #12, April 1975: Barbara Streisand in "Funny Lady"
New York: Danad Publishing, 1975. Magazine. 100p. including covers 8.5x11 inches, articles, features, reviews, listings, illustrated with b&w photos and ads, worn semi-glossy entertainment magazine in lightly worn stapled pictorial wraps. Streisand cover story. Also an article on Don Bachardy and Chrisopher Isherwood. The numbering of the volumes is illogical..... More
Cat.No: 238625
After Dark: the national magazine of entertainment vol. 9, #2, June 1976; Barry Manilow
New York: Danad Publishing, 1976. Magazine. 100p. includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, articles, reviews, news, entertainment, theatre, film, fashion, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story on Barry Manilow. Also: A Work-in-Progress; Tennessee Williams creating "This Is (and entertainment)" Bruce Weber photographs Jeff Bridges. Arnold in "Stay Hungry." More
Cat.No: 242858
After Dark: magazine of entertainment vol. 5, #8, December 1972: Cal Culver
New York: Danad Publishing, 1972. Magazine. 88p. including covers 8.5x11 inches, articles, features, reviews, listings, illustrated with b&w photos and ads, very good semi-glossy entertainment magazine in lightly worn stapled pictorial wraps. The numbering of the volumes is illogical in the beginning years up to about 1971. The first notice..... More
Cat.No: 238846
After Dark: magazine of entertainment vol. 4, #3, July 1971: Underwhere?
New York: Danad Publishing, 1971. Magazine. 84p. including covers 8.5x11 inches, articles, features, reviews, listings, illustrated with b&w photos and ads, very good semi-glossy entertainment magazine in lightly-worn stapled pictorial wraps. Cover stories include Kenn Duncan photos of naked men and women and funderwear. Originally Dance Magazine. Early issues have..... More
Cat.No: 285825
After Dark: magazine of entertainment vol. 5, #9, January 1973: Bette Midler
New York: Danad Publishing, 1973. Magazine. 88p. including covers 8.5x11 inches, articles, features, reviews, listings, illustrated with b&w photos and ads, very good semi-glossy entertainment magazine in lightly worn stapled pictorial wraps. Great cover photo of Bette in fur hat by Kenn Duncan. She appears in a fashion spread by..... More
Cat.No: 238847
After Dark: magazine of entertainment vol. 4, #1, May 1971: Bette Midler cover
New York: Danad Publishing, 1971. Magazine. 88p. including covers 8.5x11 inches, articles, features, reviews, listings, illustrated with b&w photos and ads, good semi-glossy entertainment magazine in lightly-worn stapled pictorial wraps. Cover stories on Bette Midler, "Follies", Claire Bloom, filming "Fortune and Men's Eyes." "Diary of Three Motley Days in a...... More
Cat.No: 285811