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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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c1850 Taglioni's Favorite Shawl Dance Ballet Sheet Music In Leather BindingLondon: c1850A scarce volume of sheet music. -
c1880 Cartes-de-Visite VICTORIAN Photograph MUSIC BOXManufactured in Germany: c1880A rather remarkable Victorian cartes-de-visite photograph album and a simply delightful working musical mechanism, with original key! -
c1860 Eight Trios for Piano Violin Violoncello C G Reissiger BoundUnknown: c1860A collection of eight trios by C. G. Reissiger. -
1891 The Standard Oratorios Their Stories Music and Composers George P UptonChicago: 1891An insightful reference work on several oratorios, their composers as well as the origin of oratorios. In a stunning half morocco binding. -
c1890 Carmen H Meilhac et L Halevy Georges BizetParis : c1890Georges Bizet's classic opera in four acts, in the original French. -
1888 Representative ACTORS Anecdotes Celebrated British Actors W Clark RussellLondon: 1888A Victorian history of British actors since the 1500s. -
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1901 3vols Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians Roycrofters HubbardEast Aurora: 1901Three attractive books by Elbert Hubbard, printed at his Roycroft Press. -
c1890 Songs And Verse By G J Whyte-Melville New Edition With Numerous AdditionsLondon: c1890An uncommon single volume edition of Songs and Verses by G. J. Whyte-Melville. -
1927 Twenty-Five New Figure and Character Dances Elizabeth Turner Bell PlatesLondon : 1927A book of steps for many dances for children. -
1913 3 vols Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians Illustrated F MaitlandLondon: 1913A scarce set of illustrated encyclopedic dictionaries. -
c1870 Christian Lyrics Chiefly Selected From Modern Authors Engrave FrontispieceLondon: c1870A lovely little collection of Christian Lyrics from various authors, chiefly modern, with a two colour title with decorative capitals. -
1840 3vol The Stage Both Before and Behind the Curtain Alfred BunnLondon: 1840The complete three volumes of this comprehensive account of Alfred Bunn's experiences as a Stage Manager. -
1925 Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18 Eskimo Songs MusicOttawa: 1923A volume of the report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition. -
c1930 3vols Stories of the Great Operas and Their Composers Ernest Newman MusicLondon: c1930A fascinating study on the great operas. -
1886 Pianoforte Solo DOROTHY a Comedy Opera B. C. StephensonLondon : 1886A rare piece of sheet music of "Dorothy" a comedy opera. -
1860 The Theatre of the Greeks A Treatise Greek Drama John William DonaldsonLondon : 1860A popular Victorian history of the theatre of Attic Greece. -
1898 Actors of the Century Frederic Whyte Illustrated Kembles BoothLondon: 1898A collection of biographies of eminent actor-directors of the 1800s. -
c1940 Fifty-Six Baritone Songs With Accompaniments for Pianoforte Sheet MusicLondon and Glasgow: c1940A useful book of baritone songs with sheet music. -
c1808 4 Vols in 2 Convito Armonico Music Half-Calf ScarceLondon: c1808A scarce two volume set of Convito Armonico -
1879 Children's Theatricals Popular Fairy Tales Written by J Keith AngusLondon : 1879A series of Popular Fairy Tales. -
1928 Robes of Thespis Costume Designs By Modern Artists Sheringham Boyd MorrisonLondon : 1928A beautifully illustrated text displaying a wide selection of theatre costume. -
1792 Edinburgh MUSICAL Miscellany selected by D. SIMEEdinburgh: 1792A scarce and important collection of 144 songs of the British Isles with notation. -
1953 The Globe Restored Elizabethan Theatre C Walter Hodges IllustratedLondon: 1953A study of the theatre of Shakespeare, with particular reference to The Globe. -
c1880 16vols in1 Music Scores Piano Forte Bellini Beethoven Strauss CallcottLondon: c1880A collection of sixteen pieces of music arranged for the Piano Forte. -
1903 The George Alexander Birthday Book, LANE, DIARYVigo Street, London and New York: 1903A delightfully charming birthday book, including quotes from a variety of plays featured on the day they were first performed. -
1916 A Tribute To The Genius of William Shakespeare W L Courtney TercentenaryLondon: 1916A literary, illustrated tribute to the Bard of Avon. -
1988 Soursweet Screenplay By Ian McEwan First EditionLondon: 1988Soursweet is a 1988 British film directed by Mike Newell. The screenplay was written by Ian McEwan from the novel by Timothy Mo. -
1869 ONE HUNDRED CHOICE HYMNS In Large Type THIRD EDITIONEdinburgh : 1869A collection of 'One Hundred Choice Hymns, In Large Type', an enlarged third edition. -
1934 Edwin Eliott Willoughby A Printer of Shakespeare Manuscript Mark JeoffroyLondon : 1934A first edition of this work on Shakespeare. -
1897 Theatre Complet Cie Alfred de Vigny French Plays Chaterton Othello ShylockParis: 1897A collection of plays by French dramatist Alfred de Vigny.