Item 32746Physiologie du Theatre, Par un Jounaliste.
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Paris: J. Laisne, 1841. First edition. Read More Item Details for Physiologie du Theatre, Par un Jounaliste Add to Wish List
Item #32746
Price: $125
Paris: J. Laisne, 1841. First edition. Read More Item Details for Physiologie du Theatre, Par un Jounaliste Add to Wish List
Item #32746
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np: November 10, 1951. Read More Item Details for Autograph Note Signed to LIFE photographer ALFRED EISENSTAEDT With Self Portrait by Fry. "This is my version: What will yours be? For Alfred Eisenstaedt: with very best wishes; Christopher Fry. November 10 1951." TOGETHER WITH ANS from Martin D'Arcy Add to Wish List
Item #42610
Price: $750
New York: 1 March 1921. Mary Garden Remembers James Huneker. Soprano Mary Garden (1874-1967), writes to literary patron John Quinn, after the death of James Huneker, “Oh! if only you had told me of the need Mrs Huneker was in right after the death of my dear Mr. Huneker …..... Read More Item Details for Autograph Letter, signed (“Mary Garden”), to John Quinn, lamenting the death of James Huneker Add to Wish List
Item #323123
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London: Methuen, 1906. First Edition. A fine account of the life and times of the great actor David Garrick. Read More Item Details for Garrick and His Circle Add to Wish List
Item #30228
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N. P: circa 1940's. Here Carroll A. Wilson writes about the presence of the actor as a kind of second author, quoting Professor Jenkins on the idea that there is no one Hamlet, and recalling to the reader "how much the actor is called upon to do for the author."..... Read More Item Details for Manuscript for an article on David Garrick entitled "England's Greatest Actor and His Times" Add to Wish List
Item #35865
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London: Oxford University Press, 1963. First edition. Read More Item Details for The Letters of ... Edited by David M. Little and George M. Karhl. Associate Editor Phoebe Wilson Add to Wish List
Item #51829
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New York: May 13, 1955. Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Ben Gazarra (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012). In his career-launching role as 'Brick' in the original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN..... Read More Item Details for Portrait photograph of Ben Gazzara as "Brick" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Add to Wish List
Item #219071
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New York: May 13, 1955. Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. In his career-launching role as 'Brick' in the original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, directed by Elia Kazan, which opened on March..... Read More Item Details for Portrait photograph of Ben Gazzara as "Brick" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Add to Wish List
Item #219072
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New York: May 13, 1955. Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Gazzara as the Original 'Brick'. The original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, directed by Elia Kazan, opened on March 28, 1955. His..... Read More Item Details for Portrait photograph of Ben Gazzara as "Brick" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, seated in robe clutching a drink, crutches in background Add to Wish List
Item #218862
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[New York?]: Ca. 1920. Eleonora Duse, Photographed by Arnold Genthe. A strong, evocative image of the near-legendary Italian actress, shown in profile toward the end of her life. Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) was born in Germany and came to San Francisco in 1895 as tutor for the son of a German..... Read More Item Details for ELEONORA DUSE: Fine head and shoulders portrait photograph of the actress, with the photographer's label on verso. Gelatin silver print on smooth paper Add to Wish List
Item #14783
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New York & London: Mitchell Kennerley, 1929. First edition. Inscribed to Percy MacKaye. Inscribed on ffep "To Percy MacKaye — To whom these pictures will bring back memory of our youth … from his friend Arnold Genthe. New York 1931." Genthe photographed MacKaye in costume for his play Sanctuary: A...... Read More Item Details for Isadora Duncan. Twenty-Four Studies. Foreword by Max Eastman Add to Wish List
Item #301357
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Munich: ca. 1810s. Voltz, Johann Michael. One of Volt's most iconic prints from the collection of German stage actor Erwin Faber. Johann Michael Voltz (b. 1784 - d.1858) was an engraver in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany whose political cartoons were syndicated and thoroughly reproduced, especially this particular image of Napoleon. This..... Read More Item Details for Johann Michael Voltz portrait of Napoleon [plate], formerly owned by Erwin Faber Add to Wish List
Item #346189
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New York: 3 December, 1936. Variant of the portrait from the same session as published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. At the time, Gielgud's was making his American stage debut as "Hamlet" -- the role which made his fame. Read More Item Details for Portrait photograph of John Gielgud Add to Wish List
Item #219144
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London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1939. Advance copy of the first book edition, the articles having originally appeared in the “Woman's Journal” in a more reduced form. Advance Proof Copy. His autobiography covering the years 1904 until 1936. Read More Item Details for Early Stages Add to Wish List
Item #32756
Price: $950
New York: April 12, 1937. Rare Van Vchten Portrait: Gish as Ophelia. Despite the pencilled note (added later), during the time of this session, the great star of the silent screen was playing Ophelia opposite John Gielgud's Hamlet on Broadway, with Judith Anderson as Gertrude, Harry Matthews as Horatio, et..... Read More Item Details for Portrait photograph of Lillian Gish as Ophelia Add to Wish List
Item #219119
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New York: 28 Oct., 1947. Variant of the portrait published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Read More Item Details for Portrait photograph of Lillian Gish in her role in "The Marquise", by Noel Coward Add to Wish List
Item #219102
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New York: The Maccmillan Company, 1931. First edition. Inscribed to Paulette Goddard. Inscribed on the endpaper to the well-known actress and one-time wife of Edgar James, Charlie Chaplin, Burgess Meredith and Erich Maria Remarque: “For Paulette Goddard, with affection and gratitude from Myna & Lewis Browne November 10, 1940.” Myna..... Read More Item Details for Since Calvary. An Interpretation of Christian History Add to Wish List
Item #25638
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London: Methuen & Co, (1946). First Edition. Inscribed on free endpaper: “ Paulette - Miriamne-/with affection and admiration-/indeal (?) (Macfiammoir.) 'Winterset' in Dublin-1947." Read More Item Details for All for Hecuba. An Irish Theatrical Autobiography Add to Wish List
Item #24167
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[Waltham Saint Lawrence, Twyford, Berkshire]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Gill, Eric. Number 113 of 450 copies. The dramatist's ingenuously frank autobiography and description of the Restoration and early 18th theatre. Cibber (1671-1757) was an actor, and the author of the comedies The Careless Husband, and Love's Last Shift; he..... Read More Item Details for An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian and late Patentee of the Theatre-Royal Written by Himself Add to Wish List
Item #236514
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[New York: Ellison B. Greenstone, 145 W. 45th St, 1939]. Keepsake from the first run of the movie. rare in good condition. Read More Item Details for Gone with the Wind Add to Wish List
Item #257565
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New York: Atheneum, 1971. First Edition, second printing. Presentation Copy. Theatrical memoirs by the celebrated actress and playwright. Inscribed on half title: “For Alec, darling man, Ruth / Easter '82”. Read More Item Details for Myself Among Others Add to Wish List
Item #11394
Price: $3,000
N.p. [Paris?]: n.d. Grandville, J.-J. Grandville Drawing. Dancers at a costume ball, all of whom wear cat-masks. Fine little sketch by one of the great illustrators of the nineteenth century. Read More Item Details for Bal Masqué Add to Wish List
Item #13733
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New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First American edition. This was Graham Greene's first play. It was produced in London in 1953 and in New York and Paris in 1954. Read More Item Details for The Living Room Add to Wish List
Item #29521
Price: $6,000
New York: Rinehart, 1953. First Edition. Inscribed. Inscribed on the ffep to Fletcher & Inga Pratt by the author Nov. 1953. By the same author as Nightmare Alley. This about the world of the carny. Novelist, historian, and bon vivant Fletcher Pratt (1897-1956) was dean of nonfiction at the Bread..... Read More Item Details for Monster Midway. An Uninhibited Look At the Glittering World of the Carny Add to Wish List
Item #325625