CHARLIE CHAPLIN. A Brief Life.
New York, Doubleday. 2014. 8vo. pp.viii + 289 with black & white photographs. White quarter cloth with papered boards hardcover in original pictorial dust wrapper. Very Good.
PERFORMING ARTS
RADIO FUN ANNUAL 1951.
The Amalgamated Press, London, 1950. small 4to.pp.191 a little surface daage to papered hardcover boards.no dustwrapper as issued. comics, stories, foxing to page edges.shelf rubbed. A fascinating insight into radio pogrammes and their stars,Arthur Askey, Jimmy Durante, Charlie Chester.Jimmy Jewel, The Falcon, The Brains Trust. etc The perfect Christmas Annual.....
THE ELGAR -ATKINS FRIENDSHIP .; Foreword by Adrian Boult
David & Charles ,Newton Abbot, 1984. First Edition .8vo.pp.510 ,index.illustrations Very Good hardcover in Very Good dust jacket. ISBN 071538583 6 Edward Elgar and Ivor Atkins organist of Worcester Cathedral from 1897-1950 were the greatest of friends ,meeting almost every week for over forty years until Elgars death in 1934.....
MICHAEL BALCON PRESENTS. A LIFETIME OF FILMS.
Hutchinson, London, 1969. First Edition. 8vo. pp.xiv + 239 . Illustrated in black and white . Very Good cloth hardcover in Very Good slightly chipped dust jacket. Balcon's name is synonymous wth Ealing, first with the war films and then with the comedies. Michael Balcon knew everyone, Korda, Louis B......
ROLLER COASTER. Wooden and Steel Coasters, Twisters and Corkscrews.
Sandstone Publishing, NSW, 1998. Tall 4to. pp.192 = many colour and black & white photographs & diagrams. Original blue cloth hardcoverin pictorial dust wrapper.
THE HISTORY OF THE CIRCUS.
London, Michael Joseph, 1977. Folio Miniatures.12mo pp.32 + 16 full page illustrations in colour, black & white illustrations in text. Original pictorial laminated hardcover. Very Good.
BARRY JACKSON AND THE LONDON THEATRE.; With a foreword by Charles B.Cochran. Illustrated from the Designs of Paul Shelving.
Arthur Barker,London,1933. 4to.pp.xiv+ 215 Illustrated 8 tipped in plates. original vellum style binding in hardcover , in chipped and missing dust wrapper now protected. see illustrations The book is clean and fresh. First Edition limited to two hundred numbered copies signed by te Author & The Artist.Barry Jackson was the.....
BOGART. In Search of My Father.
London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1995. Foreword by Lauren Bacall. First Edition. Royal 8vo. pp.vii + 286 with black & white photographs, index. Very good hardcover in very good pictorial dust wrapper.
BEGINNING.; Illustrated by Phylidda Law .
Chatto & Windus , London.,1989. 8vo.pp.xii+ 244 Very Good hardcover in Very Good dust jacket. First Part of the autobiography of the Irish actor producer,director ,
ENTERTAINMENT AND RITUAL. 600-1600.
London, Stainer and Bell. 1979. First Edition. Small 4to. pp.223. Illustrated throughout. index.previous owners small signature to title page. a small stain to front of dust wrapper from a label.Very good original hardcover in pictoril dust wrapper. Entertainment sacred and secular. Performances including processions, ritual, maypoles, mazes miracle plays etc......
BERLIOZ . The Making of An Artist , Servitude & Greatness. TWO VOLUMES.
Allen Lane , The Penguin Press , London. 1999. Two Volumes 8vo. pp. xxiv + 648 , pp.xi + 896. Illustrations , indexes. Near Fine hardcovers in Near Fine dust wrappers. ISBN 0713993855 ,0713993863 Berlioz was not simply a great and revolutionary composer but perhaps the greatest conductor of his.....
SISTERS
Macmillan, London, 1989. 8vo, pp. 249 incl. appendix. Hardcover in slightly creased, otherwise good dust jacket. Illustrated in black & white. Good condition. ISBN 033346740X. Jackie Callas was opera legend Maria Callas' closest surviving relative and the only person who knows the true story of her early years. She knew.....
AND THE BANDS PLAYED ON.An informal history of British Dance Bands; Foreword by George Chisholm.
Elm Tree Books,London.1980. 8vo.Quality softcover.pp.139.with illustrations in text. brief Discography Very Good. ISBN 0241104483 From 1919 when the original Dixie Jazz Band played London through to the golden age of the 1930s to the big band invasion from America through the war years Sid Colin traces the development of that.....
MIGHTY LIKE AN ELEPHANT...
Bribie Island, Queensland. A Mahout Publication. 2004. 4to. pp.224 illustrated throughout with black & white and colour photographs and illustrations, bibliography and index. Limited to 200 numbered this is No 80. This copy is also signed on the title page.Original quality stiff pictorial card wrappers., A near fine copy. Elephants.....
ANNA PAVLOVA.
Cassell , London, 1932. First Edition Royal 8vo. pp,iv + 409. Blue cloth hardcover spine sunned but the vignette on the upper board is really bright. dscreet owners signature else internally Very Good with one colour plate and beautiful sepia photographs throughout. This exquisite ballerina inspired generations of dancers and.....
THE GREEN MILE.THE SHOOTING SCRIPT.; Screenplay by Frank Darabont. Introduction by .Stephen King.
Scribner,Simon & Schuster, New York, 1999. Large Quality softcover.pp xvi + 173. Illustrations, full shooting script plus storyboard excerpts. behind the scenes photographs Very Good clean tight copy. ISBN 0684870061.
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.THE SHOOTING SCRIPT.; Screenplay and Notes by Frank Darabont. Introduction by .Stephen King.
Newmarket Press, New York, 1996. Large Quality softcover.ppxx + 190. Illustrations, full shooting script plus storyboard excerpts. Very Good clean tight copy. A Newmarket Shooting Script .ISBN 1557042462 The Shawshank Redemption was nominated for 7 Academy Awards.
JAMES STEWART A BIOGRAPHY .
Turner Publishing, Atlanta , 1996. 8VO pp 512. Illustrated.index Very Good hardcover in Very good dust wrapper. ISBN 157036227 0 The laconic hero, extraorinary actor , ladies man , devoted husband and father. The James Stewart his fans saw and the man behind the legend.
SPECIAL EFFECTS; CREATING MOVIE MAGIC
Abbeville Press, New York, 1984, Oblong 4to.pp.252. Profusely illustrated throughout in b/w and colour. Very Good haedcover in Very Good dust wrapper . The secrets and art of special effects from the pioneers to the present.
SOME REMINISCENCES AND THE BAGPIPE.
Hay, John Knox's House, Edinburgh,n.d. Crown 8vo.pp.xii + 432 + 34p.plates mainly of pipes and players. Dark blue,half calf raised bands, leather title labels.marbled boards. One of the best books on bagpipes.
THE MIKADO.; Illustrations by W.Russell Flint & Charles E. Brock.
Macmillan.London.1979. 8vo.pp.vi + 96 + 8p.colour plates and black & white illustrations in text. Dark blue hardcover titled in gilt in turquoise & gilt dust wrapper.Very good. Facsmile of 1928 edition. Gilbert & Sullivan operetta.
THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD.; Illustrations by W.Russell Flint & Charles E. Brock.
Macmillan.London.1979. 8vo.pp.vi + 102 + 8pcolour plates and black & white illustrations in text. Red hardcover titled in gilt in matching red & gilt dust wrapper.Very good. Facsmile of 1929 edition. Gilbert & Sullivan Operetta.
THE DIVINE SARAH. A Life of Sarah Bernhardt.
Harper Collins, London, 1992. First edition.,8vo.pp.x + 353.Illustrated. Very Good hardcover in Very Good dust jacket. Sarah Bernhardt was the first truly international star, with as huge following in Great Britain and America as in her native France.The inspiration for Oscar Wildes Salome.She was adored by Wilde Dumas ,Cocteau and.....
Inside the Dream, The Personal Story of Walt Disney.
New York: Round Table Press, 2001. Large Square 4to pp.189+many colour & black &white illustrations. Original black cloth hard cover with guilt lettering and pictorial dust wrapper.
JOHN GRIERSON. A Documentary Biography
Faber , London, 1979. First Edition. pp.298. Illustrated. Previous owners name on ffendpaper ,endpapersf oxed else.Very Good hardcover in price clipped dust jacket.