Performing Arts - Theatre / Dance from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: Methuen & Co. 1920. Small 8vo. (x), 182 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Edges rough. Bumping to the spine and corners, and a slight lean to the binding. Ink ownership inscription to the first free endpaper dated 1926, otherwise internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth. Sixth Edition. 1920.

London: Constable & Co. Ltd. 1913. 4to. First edition. [i], frontis., [iv], 240 pp. 12 full-page colour plates. Publisher's gilt decorated and lettered cloth. Wear to spine ends and fading to the same, though gilt bright. Occasional foxing. Black and white in-text illustrations. This book 'seeks to present a souvenir of the performances with which so many spectators have been… Read more about this item

London: Secker & Warburg 1956. 8vo. First UK edition, red cloth in dust jacket, 320pp. Jacket spine is slightly sunned with a few stains, minor rubbing to edges, overall clean and intact. Offsetting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean with no markings. Tennessee Williams is one of the foremost American playwrights of the 20th century; this volume contains his breakthrough play,… Read more about this item

London: Keith Prowse 1939. Small Folio. A scarce copy of Keith Prowse's book on London theatre plans, 108 pp. Illustrated paper covers. Contains fantastic full-page illustrations of the layouts of around 100 well-known theatres such as the Old Vic, Palladium, Globe, Lyceum, Lyric, Sadler's Wells and many more, complete with decorative borders advertising Keith Prowse. Small tears to joints, and… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co. 1920. 8vo. [viii], 157, [4] pp. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamped lettering and device to board. Minor bumping and rubbing to binding. Ink inscription to ffep. dated 1926, otherwise internally clean. Wilde's four act comedy, first performed in 1892 at the St James' Theatre. 18cms tall. . Very Good. Publisher's… Read more about this item

London: Charles Cox 1847. Large 8vo. Bound by S & T Gilbert with ticket to front endpapers. iv, 1080 pp. Half dark green morocco over marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt decoration and blind embossed details to spine; marbled endpapers and edges. Rubbing to boards and board edges; internally clean. With wood engraved illustrated title for each play by W. Harvey… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1995. 8vo. xxii, 387 pp. White hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in pictorial unclipped jacket, with later price sticker. Slight rubbing to jacket. John Peacock is a lecturer in English at the University of Southampton. This is the first full study of Jones' work as a stage designer for the Stuart court masques. A nice… Read more about this item

New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. N.d. [c. 1910's]. 32mo. In 24 volumes complete in its uncommon original box. Publisher's full limp morocco in assorted colours and grains; gilt lettering and devices to boards and spines, red edges and marbled endpapers. Small format with each volume measuring 5.5cm x 8cm. Wear to joints and edges of box. Slight fading… Read more about this item

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1954. Small 8vo. First Edition. ix, 101 pp. Recently bound in full dark blue morocco, with gilt lettering to spine, raised bands, gilt border to boards, marbled endpapers and top edge gilt. An attractive clean copy. . Near Fine. Full Morocco. First Edition. 1954.

London: Hutchinson 1956. Small 8vo. First Edition. 112 pp. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. Darkened spine and rubbed panels. Ink name of previous owner, the writer Andrew Salkey, to ffep, otherwise internally clean. This work was performed at The Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1952. Abse is considered as one of the best Welsh writers of the 20th century. . Very… Read more about this item

London: George Bell & Sons 1902. 16mo.Illustrated. xii, 142, [4] pp. Full green cloth with gilt decoration and lettering to boards and spine, slightly dulled; decorated endpapers, top edge gilt. Light ink marking to front board. Some rubbing, bumping and slight fraying to joints and extremities. Ink name to pastedown and some foxing throughout. Frontispiece, title page and other black… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape 1964. Small 8vo. Review copy with publisher's slip. 242 pp. Publisher's yellow boards in dust jacket; black top-edge. Jacket edgeworn with short tear to front panel. Boards clean. Internally clean. No ownership names. Jacket not price-clipped. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1964.

London: Faber and Faber 1964. 8vo. First edition. 112 pp. Purple hardback with gold lettering to spine in dust jacket (not price clipped). Bottom right corner bumped; edges slightly yellowed. Internally clean and neat. Irish poet and playwright, Louis MacNeice, wrote prolifically as a screenwriter, with more than 150 scripts to his name in his time at the BBC. The… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co 1924. Small 8vo. First thin paper edition. xii, 564 pp. Navy blue Ramage morocco binding with intricate gilt decoration to boards and spine and turn-ins. All edges gilt, silk endpapers. A few spots to prelims and endpapers. Internally clean. With 350 humorous and charming in-text illustrations by W. S. Gilbert. The Ballads were to become a… Read more about this item

London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd. 1932. Small 8vo.Prize Binding. xx, 217 pp. Half morocco over cloth boards with gilt crest of Queenswood School, Herts. to front board; gilt lettering and devices to spine; t.e.g. Minimal wear and rubbing to extremities and boards. School prize bookplate. Internally clean. . Very Good. Half Morocco. 1932.

London: The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd. 1905 - 1908. 12mo. c. 1905. 39 volumes complete. 37 plays and 2 volumes of Poems. Cream coloured cloth with lovely green and red Arts & Crafts decoration on front covers and spines by Talwin Morris. Top edge burnished green. Title-pages in red & black. Frontis to each volume. Some minor bumping at spine… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge & Co. 1858 - 1860. Large 8vo. In 3 volumes complete. lxviii, 746; [iii], 771; [iii], 816 pp. Full calf with gilt-decorated borders to boards and gilt decoration and lettering to spines; raised bands; gilt-decorated turn-ins; a.e.g; marbled endpapers. Some bumping and rubbing to extremities, with light scratches to boards. Light, scattered foxing, heavier at prelims. Illustrated… Read more about this item

London: J .M. Dent & Co. 1954. 8vo. First Edition. x, 181 pp. Blue hardback with gilt lettering in pictorial jacket, not price clipped. Jacket chipped at spine ends and extremities with minor loss; rear panel spotted. Minor yellowing and ink inscription to front endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Frontis photo. Collection of radio scripts broadcasted by Thomas for the BBC… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber 1956. 8vo. First English Edition. 94pp. Yellow hardback in black & white pictorial jacket, not price clipped. Jacket yellowed with minor wear around edges. Boards clean. Slight offsetting to endpapers and ink name to ffep., but otherwise internally clean. With a publisher's note on page 5 explaining that the play text is that used in the… Read more about this item

New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company 1996. Folio. Facsimile edition. xxvii, 928 pp. Publisher's quarter faux maroon leather over illustrated silk boards. Gilt lettering & decoration to spine. Ribbon bookmark. Book is in fine condition. In gilt-lettered slipcase, which has a few dents and shelfwear to edges. Tear to top right-hand open edge. A very handsome volume. 0393039854… Read more about this item