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

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: Faber & Faber 1956. 8vo. First English Edition. 94 pp. Yellow hardback in black & white pictorial jacket, not price clipped. Lightly rubbed to spine ends and extremities, a few small tears around edges. Small marks to panels. Slight darkening to top of back board, otherwise boards clean. Offsetting to endpapers and a W. S. Kennedy bookplate, designed by… 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

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1954. Small 8vo. Second Impression. ix, 101 pp. Hardback with gilt lettering to spine in green jacket, not price-clipped. Slight wear to jacket extremities, a 3cm tear to front panel and a few other small tears; minor sunning to spine. Internally clean. With sheet music and songs at the rear, the tunes of… Read more about this item

Paris: fils, libraire 1771. 8vo. Latin and French dual language. 3 volumes. xxiv, [i], 591, [1]; [iii], 512, [1]; [iii], 485, [3] pp. Full sheep with gilt stamped cardinal arms to boards, gilt decoration and lettering to spine, raised bands, gilt-decorated turn-ins and a.e.g. Some wear and rubbing to extremities, including small areas of loss to spine ends. Internally clean.… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co. 1911. 16mo. First edition in this format. (viii), xix, 157 pp. Original green cloth with gilt decoration, ruling & lettering to front board & spine. Top edge gilt. Creasing to tail spine end, general rubbing and shelf wear. Ink initials to front free endpaper. Uncut pages. Bright and clean internally with the very occasional spot. .… Read more about this item

London: The Saturn Press 1947. Small Square 8voIllustrated. Unpaginated. Original pictorial boards in pictorial jacket. Light bumping, rubbing and wear to extremities of jacket and book. Internally clean. Jacket is not price clipped. A selection of 473 fragments from Shakespeare with lively illustrations by Edward Ardizzone throughout. 15 cms tall. . Very Good. Pictorial Boards. First Edition. 1947.

Glasgow: Robert Forrester 1892. Small 4to.Limited Edition. Large Paper Edition. Limited to 100 copies, of which this is no. 87. [v], frontis, 221, viii pp. Quarter calf with gilt lettering to spine over cloth boards; t.e.g. Bumping and wear to extremities. Light foxing to prelims, but otherwise internally clean. Photogravure frontis. of the Theatre Royal, Dunlop Street. A detailed study… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton 1969. 8vo. First Edition. 219 pp. Hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in pictorial jacket. Jacket has some rubbing and wear, with a few short tears. Minor bumping and marking to boards and spine. Generally internally clean. Uncommon. Dent was a friend of Leigh's. 0241018064 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1969.

London: The Folio Society circa 2010. 8vo. xx., 308 pp. Shrink-wrapped. As this is shrink-wrapped, we have not determined which printing this is. Originally published in 2009, there was a reprint in 2010. . As New. Hardcover. 2010.

London: MacGibbon & Kee 1964. 8vo. First UK edition. 106 pp. Hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in price-clipped jacket. Jacket is lightly edgeworn with minor marking to rear panel. Internally clean. . Very Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition. 1964.

London: Oxford University Press 1957. 8vo. The Oxford Standard Authors edition. viii, 1164, [3] pp. Full lambskin in slipcase; top edge gilt; gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Some wear to slipcase. Minor bumping to corners and rubbing to spine. Minor marking to bottom edge. Internally clean. . Very Good. Full Leather. Reprint. 1957.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1924. Small 8vo. 3 volumes. [vii], 848, 8 ads.; [vii], 982; [vii], 888 pp. Full maroon leather with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and gilt publisher's stamp to front board; decorated endpapers, top edge gilt. Minimal rubbing to extremities, some very small chunks out of spine of volume 3. Ink names to… Read more about this item