Theater & Drama from Adamstown Books

London, England: Duckworth & Co. , 1904. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 250 pp. w/ 16 b&w illustrations including one pullout view of London. Volume from a larger series looks at the theatrical art, physical theaters, and working conditions of actors and playwrights in Elizabethan and Jacobian England. Special attention is given to… Read more about this item

Boston MA: D.C. Heath & Co., 1911. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Edited by George MacDonald (Oxford). Emphasis on literary aspects of play. Includes historical introduction, notes, glossary, and appendices. Scarce Edition. Book Condition : Good+; former owner's name in pencil on front free end paper, no text marks; light bending to boards; mild… Read more about this item

New York: The New York Public Library, 1919. Book. Good. Soft cover. Softcover ex-seminary library pamphlet, affixed to and preserved in pressboard. 11 pp, no illustrations. Discusses trends in early American plays from pre-Colonial times to approximately the 1860s. "Reprinted August 1919 from the Bulletin of the New York public library of July 1919." Condition: Good; smudging to cover, some… Read more about this item

Self-published By Author, 1931. Book. Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Probable First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page. Gray softcover, 39 pp. Complete title: "Fichthorn's Letter System of Music Reading With Essentials for Vocal Classes : Also Useful in private Voice and Instrumental Teaching as well as Class Instrumental Instruction. One… Read more about this item

Chicago: Meyer & Brother, 1929. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Probable First. Brown wraps, small stapled softcover, 36 pp, unillustrated. A Paramount Line Publication published by Meyer & Brother, 1929. Three plays and three pageants selected as especially fitting and delightful the Christmas program." Plays: The Spirit of Christmas by Howard Hawthorne & Howard - Christmas of Olden Times by… Read more about this item

Woodstock, IL: Dramatic Publishing, 1996. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Probable First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A one act play for community theater or high schools. Using the backdrop of a student seeking admission to a competitive dance program, this play deals with the issues of drug and alcohol abuse among friends and family members.… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1915. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Collection of plays portraying early American pioneer life. 8 b&w plates. Hardback - green cloth with gilt lettering and drawing of a tree in gilt, no dustjacket. 175 pp. Bookplate inside front cover and small stamping to rear pastedown. Light aging… Read more about this item