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Performing Arts
All the performing arts are here, with wonderful illustrations dancing across the page for you.
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1928 The Mikado, or The Town of TitipuLondon: 1928A first edition copy of this operatic play by English librettist Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, with the rare dust wrapper included. -
1792 Love's Mistress; Or, The Queen's MaskLondon: 1792A very scarce copy of this ancient comedy written by notorious playwright Thomas Heywood. -
2012-2014 2Vol Inside HBO's Game of ThronesLondon: 2012-2014Two brightly illustrated companion guides to the hugely successful 'Game of Thrones' series. -
1898 L'enfant-Dieu Recueil de Vieux Noels Des Pays de Champagne et De LorraineParis: 1898An uncommon anthology of Christmas carols from the Champagne and Lorraine regions of France. Set to music by Georges Fragerolle. -
1830 The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph AddisonOxford: 1830A handsomely bound, uniform set of the works of Joseph Addison. In the first edition. -
1927 The Chelsea Song BookEngland: 1927A delightful collection of twenty traditional English songs arranged for piano, illustrated with chromolithographs. -
1788 The Theatrical RemembrancerLondon: 1788A very scarce bibliographical work on the history of dramatic performances in English, compiled by John Egerton. -
1904 The Martial Music of the ClansGlasgow: 1904The first edition of this work, allocating various Scottish clans the music associated with them in history and tradition. -
1877 The Songs of ScotlandLondon & New York: 1877A charming collection of Scottish music bound in charming decorative cloth. -
c1800-1804 3vol in1 Music Scores The English Fleet in 1342 and Paul and VirginiaLondon: c1800-04Three bound volumes of scarce sheet music from the start of the nineteenth century. -
1918 Animals in MotionLondon: 1918A fourth impression of Eadweard Muybridge's important photographic and cinematographic study of muscular actions in motion. -
c1800 A Collection of Glees, Canons, Madrigals, etc.Unkown: c1800A very scarce collection of numerous glees, canons, madrigals, ets. in two volumes. -
1933 Pervigilium VenerisSussex: 1933A very scarce work setting an anonymously authored Latin poem to music for orchestra. -
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1951 DramaLondon: 1951A fantastic presentation copy signed by James Laver of this volume exploring the theatrical scene from early Greek and Roman times to the twentieth century. The first edition. -
1948 The Rape of LucretiaLondon: 1948A first edition of this commemorative volume of Benjamin Britten's chamber opera, 'The Rape of Lucretia'. -
c1900 Songs With Pianoforte Accompaniment by Franz SchubertLondon: c1900A decoratively bound collection of the songs of Schubert, put here with a pianoforte accompaniment, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. -
1928 Songs Heard in PalestineNew York: 1928And excellent copy of the first edition of this charming collection of Jewish music as collected and sung by Anna Shomer Rothenberg, accompanied by piano arrangements composed by Meyer Posner. -
1931 Frankenstein, Illustrated with Scenes from the Universal PhotoplayNew York: 1931An exciting edition of Mary Shelley's Gothic novel, featuring numerous still images from the iconic 1931 film. -
1931 Dracula, with Illustrations from the Universal PictureNew York: 1931An exciting edition of Bram Stoker's vampire novel, featuring numerous still images from the 1931 film. -
1888 Commemoration in 1888, the Defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588London: 1888A commemorative collection of ten hymns printed in honour of the three-hundredth anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada. -
1825 The Select Melodies of ScotlandLondon: 1825A scarce six volume in one collection of Scottish verses and music, compiled and signed by George Thomson. -
1981 VirginiaLondon: 1981A very scarce and charming pamphlet of the programme for Edna O'Brien's play based on the lives of Virginia and Leonard Woolf, performed at Theatre Royal, Haymarket, in 1981. Starring beloved British actor Maggie Smith. -
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1898 Das Klavier Und Seine MeisterMuchen: 1898A wonderful German work looking into prolific and popular pianists. -
1912 A la Decouverte de la Musique JaponaiseParis: 1912An exciting and very scarce extract from the Société Franco-Japonaise of Paris exploring the art of Japanese music. -
c1890 OratoriosLondon: c1890A lovely composition of seven volumes in one containing music sheet by notorious composers G. F. Handel, John Brahms, and Ludwig Van Beethoven. -
1821 Oeuvres de Le Sage, In Twelve VolumesParis: 1821A scarce collection of work from French novelist and playwright, Alain-Ren Lesage. -
1945 Ungkarlens Visebog Og Aegtemandens SalmebogCopenhagen: 1945A collection of hymns based on Hungarian ballads by Aage Berntsen. -
1953 Persona GrataLondon: 1953A superb first edition of this wonderful Cecil Beaton work, a collection of portraits of famous people of the time, in his original colourful dustwrapper. -
1969 The Actor's AnalectsTokyo: 1969An impressive copy of this selection of seventeenth and eighteenth century writings on the popular theatre of Japan, the kabuki. The first UK edition. -
c1885 Death and Life (Mors et Vita); a Sacred Trilogy, and The Passion (The Seven Words of our Saviour on the Cross)London & New York: c1885A wonderful leather-bound collection of scores of 'Mors et Vita' by Charles Gounod and 'The Passion' by Joseph Haydn. -
1934 Mr PewterLondon: 1934An excellent first edition of this brilliant fictional work by A P Herbert reporting the text of a broadcast series of talks. -
1959 Moving into AquariusLondon: 1959The scarce first edition of this fascinating and unconventional autobiographical work by English composer Michael Tippett. -
1894 Le Theatre de R.Wagner, De Tannhaseuser a Parsifal: Tristan et IseultLeipzig: 1894A critical examination of Wagner's celebrated opera, Tristan and Isolde, based upon classical myth. -
1903 Das Theater Untersuchungen Uber das Theater-Bauwerk Bei den Klassischenn und ModernenWien: 1903A scarce first edition architectural work on the theatres of Germany, scarce to find with all twenty-six plates present. -
1895 The Child's Garden of SongsChicago: 1895An excellent first edition of this uncommon volume comprising various songs for children with their musical annotations, profusely illustrated in colour throughout with lovely designs by Ella Ricketts.