LE CAFÉ OU L'ECOSSAISE, COMÉDIE Par M. Home, Traduite En Français. by Voltaire , Francoise Marie Arouet De (1694-1778) - 1760

London: William Miller. Very Good. 1810. Hardcover. Complete in three volumes. Vol's 2 & 3 only. Clean full leather with gilt ruled border. Spine with gilt Lettering. Texts tight, clean & intact. Both volumes with a pictorial title page. Marbled endpapers. Prior owners book plate. Chipped spine heads and lightly rubbed corners. Theatre; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1212 pages .

Chicago: Dixie-Vortex Company. Very Good. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. These DIXIE CUP PREMIUMS were given to a patron when they had 12 collectible ice cream lids with miniature photos of stars. After collecting the 12 needed lids required to trade for one photo, most children decided it was better to keep all 12 lids rather than trade them for one photo therefore increasing the high collectibility and scarceness of the premiums. A series of 24 different stars were published for each year along with a cover. I These full-color large-format premiums feature beautiful artwork and rich color printed on heavy card stock paper. Each premium was designed with a color stripe & two holes along the left edge for easy binding in a scrapbook. Each year the color of the stripe & the lettering changed; thus, although undated, each year's issue is distinctive. The reverse of each 8 x 10-inch premium features black-and-white stills from the star's recent films along with a few short… Read More

Works Projects Administration, 1939. Softcover. Good. The hard-to-find Volume 13, Minstrelsy, of the notable ca. 1939 WPA San Francisco Theater Research series. This volume presents an extensive history of regional San Francisco minstrelsy from its earliest days. Illustrated with 19 historical photos of performers, some in blackface. Contents include discussions of blackface. Numerous appendices. Scarce. 301 pp. 10 3/4" x 8 3/8". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear and minor loss to bottom right corner of front panel. Light staining along margins of front panel spine and bottom. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Antverpiae (Antwerpen): Apud Ioan. Cnobbarum (Jan Cnobbaert), 1634. leather_bound. Gut. 348 Seiten. Ganzleder der Zeit auf drei Bünden mit geprägtem Rücken. Duodez, 11 x 6 cm (etwas berieben und bestoßen, Lederbezug mit kleinen Fehlstellen, Spiegel und Vorsätze mit teils zeitgenössischen Einträgen, alter Stempel auf Vorsatz, sonst innen sauber, im Ganzen: ordentlich erhalten). Mit dem Exlibris "Cabinet du Marquis de Montpeyrolle". Der Band enthält folgende Dramen: 1. Dionysius Petavius (Denis Petau): Carthaginienses Tragoedia. - 2. Dionysius Petavius (Denis Petau): Usthazanes sive Martyres Persici Tragoedia. - 3. Jacobus Libenus: Joseph Tragoedia. - 4. Ludovicus Cellotius (Louis Cellot): S. Adrianus Martyr Tragoedia. - 5. Ludovicus Cellotius (Louis Cellot): Sapor admonitus Tragoedia. - 6. Ludovicus Cellotius (Louis Cellot): Chosroes Tragoedia. "Denis Pétau auch: Dionysius Petavius (geb. 21. August 1583 in… Read More

London: John Russell Smith, 1858. John Lyly (Lilly or Lylie), (c. 1553 or 1554 - November 1606) was a English writer, poet, dramatist, and courtier, best remembered now for his plays. V. 1. John Lilly and his works. Endimion. Campaspe. Sapho and Phao. Gallathea. Notes. --v. 2. Mydas. Mother Bombie. The Woman in the Moone. Love's Metamorphosis. Notes. xxxii, 298, 284 pp. Two volumes in Fine binding signed Matthews, (William Matthews (1822-1896), the most prominent American bookbinder at that time) of full polished calf, the backs with red and green morocco labels lettered in gilt and with intricate gilt tooled decorations, ornate inner gilt dentelles, marbled end papers, the top edges gilt. Near Fine, scant small rubs, front cover Vol.I a bit toned. A quite lovely set of an uncommon title. Library of Old Authors. . First Edition. Full Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: William Miller. Very Good. 1810. Hardcover. Complete in three volumes. Vol's 2 & 3 only. Clean full leather with gilt ruled border. Spine with gilt Lettering. Texts tight, clean & intact. Both volumes with a pictorial title page. Marbled endpapers. Prior owners book plate. Chipped spine heads and lightly rubbed corners. Theatre; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1212 pages .

New York: Albondocani Press, 1984. First Edition. A previously unpublished one-act play that takes place in London. This is #128 of 150 numbered copies. Hand-sewn red marbled paper wrappers with white label on front printed in black. Publisher's one-page prospectus laid in. Fine. SCARCE. A gorgeous production featuring Swedish marble wrappers by William Ferguson and Nancy King of Worcester, Massachusetts.

Chicago: Dixie-Vortex Company. Very Good. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. These DIXIE CUP PREMIUMS were given to a patron when they had 12 collectible ice cream lids with miniature photos of stars. After collecting the 12 needed lids required to trade for one photo, most children decided it was better to keep all 12 lids rather than trade them for one photo therefore increasing the high collectibility and scarceness of the premiums. A series of 24 different stars were published for each year along with a cover. I These full-color large-format premiums feature beautiful artwork and rich color printed on heavy card stock paper. Each premium was designed with a color stripe & two holes along the left edge for easy binding in a scrapbook. Each year the color of the stripe & the lettering changed; thus, although undated, each year's issue is distinctive. The reverse of each 8 x 10-inch premium features black-and-white stills from the star's recent films along with a few short… Read More

Works Projects Administration, 1939. Softcover. Good. The hard-to-find Volume 13, Minstrelsy, of the notable ca. 1939 WPA San Francisco Theater Research series. This volume presents an extensive history of regional San Francisco minstrelsy from its earliest days. Illustrated with 19 historical photos of performers, some in blackface. Contents include discussions of blackface. Numerous appendices. Scarce. 301 pp. 10 3/4" x 8 3/8". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear and minor loss to bottom right corner of front panel. Light staining along margins of front panel spine and bottom. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Los Angeles, California, 1896. Spine missing, binding is loose but all pages present. Stamped with raised seal of National Alliance Theatrical Stage Employees, Local Los Angeles, CAL No. 33. Has odd swastika stamp on cover. It appears to be the stamp of S. Aten but not certain.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Full-Leather. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.