Vintage, December 1994. Mass Market PaperBack. Never before, the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black people's lives been seen on the stage, observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959. Indeed Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama..... More
Ipswich Pr, September 1985. Cloth. Octavo in dustjacket with foxing. Flap not clippe. Burgundy cloth covered boards with gold lettering. Matching burgundy end pages. Dust stains textblock edges. [220 pages.]. More
Random House, January 1952. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Octavo {5' x 8'}. In DJ with sun-browned spine & marginal tanning. Front flap is clipped. Verso tanned. Boards covered by beige color cloth with red & gold lettering and devices. B&W photograph of Harold Lang (as Joey) and Vivienne Segal..... More
Simon and Schuster, January 1971. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo in dustjacket with mildly darkened edges. Burgundy cloth covered boards with two tiny spots along spine. Lettering on spine in somewhat faded gold and gold stamped (not faded) facsimile signature front panel. Tanning/foxing end pages front and rear. Dust stains top..... More
Dodd, Mead & Company, January 1974. Cloth. Octavo. In dustjacket with marginal darkening, edgewear & tanned spine. Verso heavily darkened. Front flap is not clipped. Aquamarine cloth covered boards with black lettering along spine. Black end pages. Darkened/dust stained textblock top edge. [435 pp.]. More
Alfred A. Knopf, January 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in dustjacket with darkened spine & mild edgewear. Front flap is not clipped. Quarter bound: dark brown cloth covered spine with gold lettering along spine. Tan paper covered boards with brown 'W.K.' initials stamped front panel. Tanning to end pages. Darkened/dust..... More
Cooper Square Press, September 2000. Trade Paperback. From 1905 to the crash of 1929, Sam Shubert (1874-1905) and his brothers Lee (1874-1953) and J. J. (1878-1963), despite poor beginnings and near-illiteracy, created a theater monopoly unrivaled in history. Their ruthless business tactics and showmanship made 42nd Street the heart of..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, April 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Hart's famous autobiography, 'Act One', ends at what was only the beginning, when he was 25. Now Bach, the author of 'Final Cut' and 'Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend', presents the first full-scale biography of 'The Prince of Broadway', who rose from..... More
University of North Texas Press, March 2006. Cloth. The large-scale Broadway musical is one of America's greatcontributions to world theatre. Bill and Jean Eckart were stagedesigners and producers at the peak of the musical, and their designsrevolutionized Broadway productions. At a time when sets were meantto remain simply backdrops that..... More
Random House, January 1968. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. In edgeworn, darkened, DJ with rubbing, creasing and considerable wear overall. Front flap is clipped. Red cloth covered boards with silver lettering. Blue end pages with marginal fade. Spine slightly pulled at top. Dust stained & darkend top edge. [432 pp.]. More
J. T. White, January 1973. Leather. {7' x 10& 1/2'} Small quarto. In dustjacket with darkened margins & spine. Flap not clipped. Dark brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering. More
Horace Liveright, 1929. Cloth. Octavo. Missing dustjacket. Black cloth covered boards with quite faded gilt lettering & fleurs-de-lys decoration on spine. Bumped corners & worn edges. Heavily darkened top textblock edge. Deckled fore-edge. Previous owner's name inked last page. [352 pp.]. More
Vintage, 1973. Mass Market PaperBack. Damp stained, darkened, dog-eared. Cover starting to detach from textblock. More
Routledge, April 1999. Hardcover. The glorious tradition of the Broadway musical from Irving Berlin to Jerome Kern and Rodgers and Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim. And then . . . Cats and Les Miz. Mark Steyn's Broadway Babies Say Goodnight is a sharp-eyed view of the whole span of Broadway musical..... More
Doubleday Anchor, January 1957. Mass Market PaperBack. Darkened spine & margins. [306 pp. plus four page list of available Anchor titles.]. More
Dramatists Play Service, December 1961. Trade Paperback. More
Hardie Grant, December 2021. Hardcover. With 60 recipes, Three Ingredient Cocktails demonstrate that all the best cocktails are made with no more than three ingredients - think martini, old fashioned and margaritas. Divided by main ingredient - gin, vodka, tequila, whisky, rum and sparkling wine - each drink can be..... More
ABRAMS, November 1989. Cloth. The Broadway shows and best-loved actors of yesteryear are brought back to life in this book of playbills, posters, caricatures, photographs, articles and other paper mementos created to publicize, glorify and even pan the plays and their players. {9' x 12'} Quarto. In dustjacket with mild..... More
Harry N. Abrams, May 2001. Cloth. Dreams may come true on the stage, but they're made behind the scenes. From frenzied last-minute rehearsals to costume transformations to nightly curtain-call countdowns, backstage routines and rituals create an energy unique to each performance. Rivka Katvan captures these revealing moments in Backstage, her..... More
Dover Publications, February 1976. Paper Back. {9 & 1/4' x 10'}. Mild edgewear. Small quarto. Toning. {154 pp.]. More
Atheneum, January 1961. First Edition. Cloth. [6' x 9 & 1/2'] In dustjacket with edgewear, chipping and many small tears. Foxing/dust stains to DJ recto. Heavy foxing & tanning to verso. Front flap clipped. Blue cloth covered boards with gold & red lettering. Foxing & dust staining to textblock edges..... More
See notes, January 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first. Octavo. In chipped/edgeworn dustjacket with darkening. Verso foxed/darkened. Front lower flap is clipped. In cloth covered boards with blue & red lettering. Pine green paper cover boards. Black end page. Grey topstain. [245 pp.]. More
Dodd, Mead, January 1949. Cloth. Octavo. In heavily chipped/edgeworn dustjacket with rubbing. Large jacket piece missing top of spine (two inches by one inch). Small holes worn in jacket at folds. Darkening/foxing to verso of DJ. Tan cloth covered boards with red rectangle containing silver lettering on spine. Darkened to..... More
Putnam, January 1969. Cloth. Octavo. In tattered, chipped & torn dustjacket with darkened spine. Foxing/dust staineed at margins. Likewise dust stained/tanned on DJ verso at folds & spine. Sangria colored cloth with gold lettering along spine. Foxing/dust stains textblock top edge and deckled fore-edge. Squash colored end pages front &..... More
Collier Books, September 1974. Reprint. Paper Back. Octavo. Dust stains & soiling. Sticker residue affiixed to verso of front cover. 308 pages. More
