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Performing Arts
All the performing arts are here, with wonderful illustrations dancing across the page for you.
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1927 Design in the TheatreLondon: 1927A fascinating supplement from 'The Studio', this volume focusing on the beautiful designs used within theatres across history, illustrated throughout including in colour. -
2015 Too Naked for the NazisNot Stated : 2015A lovely copy of this biography of legendary sand dance performers Wilson, Keppel and Betty, the first edition complete in its unclipped dust wrapper. -
1941 English MusicLondon: 1941A beautifully bound first edition copy of this charming history of English music, bound for Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. -
c1760 Les Precieuses RidiculesParis: c1760A very scarce collection of Moliere's satirical plays, published in approximately 1760. -
1910 Kneipe in Honour of C.F. Chandler Given by the Officers and Students of the Chemical Department Columbia UniversityColumbia University: 1910A smart bound copy of the hymns sung at a part given for C.F. Chandler at the Chemical Department, Columbia University , on May 13, 1910. A very scarce object. -
2016 The Beatles A Hard Day's Night: A Private ArchiveLondon: 2016Illustrated throughout with bright photographs and fascinating ephemera, this is an unprecedented archive of never before published photographs of the Beatles in the early 60s. -
1889 Angling SongsEdinburgh: 1889A first edition copy of this charming book on songs for fishing, written by Thomas Tod Stoddart. -
1792 Love's Mistress; Or, The Queen's MaskLondon: 1792A very scarce copy of this ancient comedy written by notorious playwright Thomas Heywood. -
Taschenbuch zum Geselligen VergnugenLeipzig: 1822A beautifully illustrated German pocket guide to social entertainment. -
2012-2014 2Vol Inside HBO's Game of ThronesLondon: 2012-2014Two brightly illustrated companion guides to the hugely successful 'Game of Thrones' series. -
1898 L'enfant-Dieu Recueil de Vieux Noels Des Pays de Champagne et De LorraineParis: 1898An uncommon anthology of Christmas carols from the Champagne and Lorraine regions of France. Set to music by Georges Fragerolle. -
1927 The Chelsea Song BookEngland: 1927A delightful collection of twenty traditional English songs arranged for piano, illustrated with chromolithographs. -
1788 The Theatrical RemembrancerLondon: 1788A very scarce bibliographical work on the history of dramatic performances in English, compiled by John Egerton. -
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1925 Dal cor Gentil d'Italia Canti dal Veneto alla SardegnaOxford: 1925A rhythmical collection of traditional Italian folk songs. -
c1909 Richard Wagner's Werke Opern und MusikdramenBerlin: c1909Eleven volumes of the musical works of Richard Wagner. -
1904 The Martial Music of the ClansGlasgow: 1904The first edition of this work, allocating various Scottish clans the music associated with them in history and tradition. -
1877 The Songs of ScotlandLondon & New York: 1877A charming collection of Scottish music bound in charming decorative cloth. -
c1800-1804 3vol in1 Music Scores The English Fleet in 1342 and Paul and VirginiaLondon: c1800-04Three bound volumes of scarce sheet music from the start of the nineteenth century. -
1918 Animals in MotionLondon: 1918A fourth impression of Eadweard Muybridge's important photographic and cinematographic study of muscular actions in motion. -
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1951 DramaLondon: 1951A fantastic presentation copy signed by James Laver of this volume exploring the theatrical scene from early Greek and Roman times to the twentieth century. The first edition. -
1948 The Rape of LucretiaLondon: 1948A first edition of this commemorative volume of Benjamin Britten's chamber opera, 'The Rape of Lucretia'. -
1928 Songs Heard in PalestineNew York: 1928And excellent copy of the first edition of this charming collection of Jewish music as collected and sung by Anna Shomer Rothenberg, accompanied by piano arrangements composed by Meyer Posner. -
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1892 Theatre de Jean RacineParis: 1892A three volume set of the theatrical works of Jean Racine in Mudie bindings. -
1888 Commemoration in 1888, the Defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588London: 1888A commemorative collection of ten hymns printed in honour of the three-hundredth anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada. -
1825 The Select Melodies of ScotlandLondon: 1825A scarce six volume in one collection of Scottish verses and music, compiled and signed by George Thomson. -
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1898 Das Klavier Und Seine MeisterMuchen: 1898A wonderful German work looking into prolific and popular pianists. -
c1890 OratoriosLondon: c1890A lovely composition of seven volumes in one containing music sheet by notorious composers G. F. Handel, John Brahms, and Ludwig Van Beethoven. -
1821 Oeuvres de Le Sage, In Twelve VolumesParis: 1821A scarce collection of work from French novelist and playwright, Alain-Ren Lesage. -
1945 Ungkarlens Visebog Og Aegtemandens SalmebogCopenhagen: 1945A collection of hymns based on Hungarian ballads by Aage Berntsen. -
1969 The Actor's AnalectsTokyo: 1969An impressive copy of this selection of seventeenth and eighteenth century writings on the popular theatre of Japan, the kabuki. The first UK edition. -
c1885 Death and Life (Mors et Vita); a Sacred Trilogy, and The Passion (The Seven Words of our Saviour on the Cross)London & New York: c1885A wonderful leather-bound collection of scores of 'Mors et Vita' by Charles Gounod and 'The Passion' by Joseph Haydn. -
1934 Mr PewterLondon: 1934An excellent first edition of this brilliant fictional work by A P Herbert reporting the text of a broadcast series of talks.