CONSTANT COQUELIN. Préface d’Edmond Rostand. Pierre Lafitte & Cie 1909.
Folio. [iv]pp. 20 plates with tissue guards unbound as issued. Enclosed in three flap fall back case, cloth backed boards with worn suede label to upper board, some chipping to edges, some soiling.
No. 78 of a Limited Edition of 500 Copies.
£40.00 [ref: 159170]
JOHN CURRY. Michael Joseph 1978.
1st UK Ed. 4to. 224pp. Illus. throughout with numerous b/w. photos. Very good in lightly yellowed d/w. with some very sl. chipping to corners.
Signed by John Curry to front free endpaper.
£12.00 [ref: 174259]
DELIUS. A Life in Letters 1862-1934. Scolar Press in association with The Delius Trust 1983-8.
1st UK Ed. 2 vols. [xxxiv] + 458pp. + [xxxvi] + 500pp. Numerous ills. from photos. Original gilt lettered cloth dampstained to edges of boards, d/ws. faded to spines.
£100.00 [ref: 196133]
VERDI A Biography. With a Foreword by Andrew Porter. O.U.P. 1993.
1st Ed. Thick 8vo. xxx + 941pp. Port. fronits., 16 plates showing mainly ills. from photos. Very good in d/w. sl. bumped to tail of spine.
£25.00 [ref: 199464]
BAS DE SOIE ET PIEDS NUS. Bibliothèque Générale D’Édition, Paris 1907.
322pp. Many ills. French text. Ex-libris Herbert Schimmel, minor inscription, lightly browned, sporadic spotting, original ills. wrapps. bound in, marbled e.ps., rebound in modern half cloth with marbled boards, gilt to leather title label to browned spine sl. rubbed.
£18.00 [ref: 159377]
LA PAUVRE BOUGRE ET LE BON GÉNIE. [with] Silvérie, Ou Les Fonds Hollandais; Le Seul Bandit du Village. Flammarion N.d. c.[1900].
3 plays in one. Many ills. Original wrapps. bound in, lightly browned, marbled e.ps., bound in modern half morocco with dec. boards, gilt to spine, gilt ruling to joints & corners, t.e.g.
£25.00 [ref: 159174]
THE PICTURE SHOW ANNUAL 1927. ... 1927.
4to. 160pp. Profuse ills., several cold. Margins lightly browned, sl. split to upper joint, cloth backed pictorial boards, rubbed & sl. browned.
£12.00 [ref: 151107]
BIOGRAPHIA DRAMATICA. Or a companion to the playhouse: Containing historical and critical memoirs, and original anecdotes of British and Irish dramatic writers, from the commencement of our theatrical exhibitions; amongst whom are some of the most celebrated actors. Also an alphabetical account of their works, the dates when printed, and occasional observations on their merits. Together with an introductory view of the rise and progress of the British stage. A New Edition: carefully corrected; greatly enlarged; and continued from 1764 to 1782. Printed for Rivingtons et al 1782.
New Ed. 2 vols. lii + 496pp + 442pp. Lightly browned, light sporadic spotting, sl. worming to lower margin of a portion of vol. 1, new e.ps., bound in modern calf with gilt to spine.
£100.00 [ref: 165560]
COEUR DE BRONZE. [and] Une Leçon de Monsieur Fleurant du Dr. Paul Rabier-Labiche. Illustrations de Henri de Renaucourt. Cortial, Paris 1931.
Royal 8vo. 53pp. 14 two tone ills., 1 cold. French text. Ex-libris Herbert Schimmel, original wrapps. bound in, marbled e.ps., bound in full dec. morocco with 9cm wide dec. cold. band to boards, red & gilt device & gilt lettering to browned spine, occasional minor scratches.
Deux Comédies Inédites.
£75.00 [ref: 159378]
LES CHANSONS EN DENTELLES Mises en musique par Georges Marietti, Emile Lassailly & Théodore Botrel. Paris Georges Ondet N.d. c.[1909].
Reprint? Sm. 4to. 99pp. Tinted ills. throughout with dessins de Leonce Burret.Upper hinge sprung with backstrip partially detached, wrapps. sl. chipped with wear to backstrip.
Presentation copy from the Author with lengthy inscription to front free end paper.
£30.00 [ref: 159053]
