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RALPH RICHARDSON: THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY
Written by John Miller.
Stock no. 1831177
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ralph Richardson was a contradictory genius who remains a legendary power and presence dominated stage and screen for over 50 years. Richardson eschewed most of the romantic heroes that made his two friends, Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud, famous; he was the only one of the three thought capable of playing the ordinary man. Foreword by John Gielgud. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xv and 384 pages including index. ISBN: 0283062371. Text block very slightly grubby else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine (sunned) and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

PEG WOFFINGTON
Written by Charles Reade; Austin Dobson. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1325899
Published by George Allen. 1st 1899. Good condition.

This novel follows the life of the renowned 18th-century Irish actress, Peg Woffington, from her rise in the London theatre scene, her rivalry with other performers, and her complex love story with Mr. Vane. Large Paper Copy (one of 200 copies printed on hand-made paper). Introduction by Austin Dobson. Red cloth boards with elaborate gilt decoration to spine and front cover. 297 numbered pages, edges untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to covers. Neat writing in ink to endpapers, pictures and small paper clippings stuck to endpapers, prelims and to rear fly-leaf. Browning to endpapersl. Light foxing to page margins.

THE THEATRE AT WORK
Written by James Cleaver. Illustrated by James Cleaver.
Stock no. 1323703
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Picture Puffin Book No. 75. Pictorial paperwraps. 31 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Staples rusty. Covers slightly pulled at staples. Publisher's 'new' price sticker to front cover (stating 2/-). Contents clean.

HARLEQUIN CORNER
Written by Pamela Brown. Illustrated by Marcia Lane Foster.
Stock no. 1323558
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Writing in ink (black and pink) to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and chipped, rear panel slightly grubby.

HOGARTH AND THE SHOWS OF LONDON
Written by Andrew Stevens.
Stock no. 2134879
Published by University of Wisconsin Press. 1996. Very good condition.

Large square format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0932900429. Foxing and browning to covers; some creasing to corners.

CHEPSTOW THEATRES
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1821808
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st thus 1975. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pink card wrap booklet. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900278293. Pink covers lightly creased at corners, slightly faded at spine. Contents fine.

THE OMNIBUS BOX: BEING DIGRESSIONS AND ASIDES ON SOCIAL AND THEATRICAL LIFE IN LONDON AND PARIS, 1830-1850
Written by Mark Edward Perugini.
Stock no. 2134003
Published by Jarrolds Publishers. 1933. Good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Fading to spine, which also has a little fraying to cloth. Marks and scuffing to covers. Inscribed by Author to a previous owner (Not Fully SIGNED by); To Harry with love from his old pal - the author, Mark' 22nd May 1933. Some foxing throughout.

CHEPSTOW THEATRES
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1319528
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

Pink card wrap booklet. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900278293. Staples rusty. Contents fine.

A THEATRE WORKBOOK
Written by Jocelyn Herbert; Cathy Courtney.
Stock no. 1810064
Published by Art Books International. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Examining in depth the work of a contemporary British stage designer. Based on conversations between Herbert and Courtney. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1874044058. Base of spine shelf bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge-worn, scuffed and has a small chip to lower edge of rear panel.

PEINES DE COEUR D'UNE CHATTE ANGLAISE
Written by Honore De Balzac.
Stock no. 1108863
Published by Publications Willy Fischer. Circa 1978. Almost very good condition.

Cream cardwraps. Theatre programme and story. Text in French. B/w illustrations and photos on stage. Surface paper loss to cover edges. Covers grubby. Damp stain to lower margins throughout.

THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (1799-1882)
Written by P.C. Sadgrove.
Stock no. 1706800
Published by Ithaca. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

ISBN: 0863722024. Wrapper spine faded.

ACTING WALES STARS OF STAGE AND SCREEN
Written by Peter Stead.
Stock no. 1702563
Published by University of Wales. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Black boards gilt title to spine. 211 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0708316239.