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Programs

If you love the theatre, you should definitely peruse the rare programs section of the Biblio Rare Book Room. Many of the programs featured below are programs from famous or influential plays, and they would surely add some diversity to your rare and antique book collection. Any of the rare programs featured in the Biblio Rare Book Room would be great gifts for the theatre lover in your life.

Rembrandt :

Rembrandt : Schilderijen bijeengebracht ter gelegenheid van de inhuldiging van Hare Majesteit Koningin Wilhelmina, 8 September-31 October 1898 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

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Used - Good-
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1st
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Paperback
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Thessaloniki, Greece
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A 1st ed. good- paperback catalogue, cov. is torn & chipped in places & has others signs of wear as in image, text block is clean/tight with minor foxing on front & back p., pencil notes on inside b. cov. & b. end p.62p. 18,5x11,5cm. 150gr.
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The Barrier: A New Musical Drama in a Prologue and Two Acts
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The Barrier: A New Musical Drama in a Prologue and Two Acts

by Hughes, Langston [Libretto]; Milton Smith [Director]; Jan Meyerowitz [Music]; Muriel Rahn [Actor]

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1st Edition
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New York: Columbia Theater Associates of Columbia University, 1950 Original printed tri-fold playbill, with a typed slip for a replacement cast member laid-in; playbill is displayed in a two-sided black glass frame; sale also includes an original ticket stub tipped-in. Presentation copy from Langston Hughes, along with inscriptions from other cast and production members (Muriel Rahn who played Cora Lewis and Jan Meyerowitz who wrote the music). In 1949, Hughes reworked his pet thesis of the "tragic mulatto" from his 1928 play "Mulatto" into an opera, "The Barrier," the music written by modern composer, Jan Meyerowitz. The opera was first produced in the Brander Matthews Hall at Columbia University in 1950 and directed by Milton Smith. The playbill reproduces Hughes? thoughts on his libretto, "It concerns the bitter wall of color between the inhabitants of Albamar Plantation in contemporary Georgia, Colonel Thomas Norwood, his brown housekeeper, Cora Lewis, and their… Read More
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Theatre program for 'Ludo'
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Theatre program for 'Ludo'

by [THEATRE MICHEL] SCIZE, Pierre

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First Edition
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Publications Willy Fischer, 1932. First Edition. Ludo, a comedy in three acts by the renowned French journalist, novelist and playwright, Pierre Scize (pseudonym for Michel Joseph Piot, 1894 -1956). Scize was hit by a shell in the first months of WWI, losing his arm. With all that remained of him, Scize started to write. He wrote for L'Œuvre, Bonsoir, Paris-Journal, Canard Enchaine, La Figaro and was a member of one of the first ciné-clubs, Ricciotto Canudo's CASA, becoming a film critic for Candide and Paris Soir. Small octavo, illustrated paper wrappers, 24 pages, photographically illustrated with art deco advertisements and portraits of the company in black & white throughout, near fine. Rare.
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Unbowed
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Unbowed

by Maathai, Wangari

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First Edition stated, First Printing
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Hardcover
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New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006, hardcover, xvii-314 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Signed by the Author without personal inscription, simply 'Best Wishes, Wangari' on the title page, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight rubs and edge bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. Laid-in is an announcement/invitation of The Geoffrey O. Seltzer Lecture at Syracuse University, 17 October 2006, entitled Sustainable Development, Democracy, and Peace: A Critical Link, containing biographies of the speaker, and Mr. Seltzer, and a donation card. Also laid in is a newspaper clipping from the Syracuse Post-Standard reviewing the event and sharing the speaker's message. This personal memoir from the founder of the Green Belt Movement in Africa and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize follows the author through her early life and struggle for education, her numerous run-ins with the brutal Moi government, and her eventual… Read More
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From the Homefront: Robert Rooney Works 1953-1988
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From the Homefront: Robert Rooney Works 1953-1988

by Duncan, Jenefer (and Merryn Gates) (Editors)

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Edition not stated, No previous printings noted
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Clayton, Victoria Australia, Monash University Gallery, 1990, large-format staple-bound paperback Exhibition Catalogue (8" x 12"), 60 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Near Fine condition in illustrated card covers. Straight tight and clean with no markings, slight bumps to corners and head of spine. An in-depth look at the life and work of the influential Australian Art Critic, Conceptual Artist, Painter, Musician, Photographer, and Printmaker with contributions from his contemporaries, other artists and critics, and a selection of his own writings. Profusely illustrated throughout with reproductions of Rooney's work on heavy, glossy stock. Contributors include: Charles Green, Rosemary Adam, John Whiteoak, Philip Brophy, Jenepher Duncan, and Merryn Gates. Appended: Exhibitions and Bibliography, Catalogue of Works. ISBN 9780732602154
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