Whittaker herbert introduction (6 Ergebnisse)

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good / with Protective Cover. Good condition. Clean text, few breaks in the spine. Some slight yellowing around the edges of the FEP and BEP Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Mild wear to book and jacket. xxiv, 64 pp + 8 pp of black and white photos related to the last chapter (Twelfth Night). Each chapter is illustrated with un-numbered pages of black and white photos. A photographic record of the first five seasons at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival. A lengthy Introduction of 21 pages precedes the pictorial record of the festival, organized in chapters by play. Alec Guinness starred in the plays from the first festival in 1953: King Richard III and All's Well That Ends Well. Other actors of note found in the credits include Christopher Plummer, Lorne Greene, a young William Shatner, and James Mason.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN . Hardback. Good to Very Good condition book, with some browning to edges of interior pages, some fading to cover edges, minor pagewear, in a Good Condition dustjacket with multiple small closed tears, chips, rubs and creases to edges, some browning to jacket edges, 3/4-inch chip. Tight, sound, unmarked copy except for previous owner's initial on front endpaper. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Photos include Alec Guiness as Richard III, Christopher Plummer as Hamlet, and William Shatner & Lorne Greene in Julius Caesar. No Signature.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Informative 20-page Introduction by Herbert Whittaker. Followed by a photo of the Stage, then bya page or more for each of the Plays with a complete Cast List, iuncluding the Diurector, the Set Designer and the Music. Plus, superb photohraphs of scenes and/or principal Actors in the production. Personnel in the Casts for the various plays include a great many Canadian actors & acresses - to mention just a few - Mavor Moore, Don Harron, William Shatner, Christopher Plummer, Francis Hyland, Bruno Gerussi, Lorne Green, Eric House, and many more. Plus, several great British actors also appeared - Alec Guiness, JHames Mason, William Guthrie 7 more. xxix, 72 page photograph section. A bright, clean copy, unmarked, with a sound binding, no wear to the cloth. The dustjhacket is clean and unmarked but shows minor wear to the corners. We show no pre-determined postal rates from our location due to the huge variety of weights, dimensions and destinations shown on our orders. The postage for each order is determined individually - using the least costly options available. Online Listing sites are frequently unable to post correct rates because systems can not calculate postage using weights, dimensions, speed or specific customer requirements. Please email for images and/or postal rates to your destination, at our cost. No obligation to purchase at any rate.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. (ix) (ix) 310 pp. Personalized inscription by Hugh Walker, along with a personal dropped-in letter from Walker to Mary Rooney, the wife of Jim Rooney, the front doorman and a retired employee of the O'Keefe Brewing Company, on the demise of Mr. Rooney. Also dropped-in is a brief newspaper article from 1996, also written by Hugh Walker. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine; brown endpapers; headband; profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's inscription, no interior markings. Some of the finest performers in the world played the O'Keefe, from Harry Belafonte to Carol Channing and Katherine Hepburn, Richard Burton, Anne Murray, Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet, Richard Harris, Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury, Diahann Carroll, Mary Martin, Cab Calloway, Chaim Topol, Juliet Prowse, Joel Grey, Rudolf Nureyev, Yul Brynner, Mickey Rooney, Marlene Dietrich, Liberace, Laurence Olivier, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong. The list goes on and on. The Contents are: Introduction by Herbert Whittaker; Part One: The Theatre: Beginnings; The Theatre: York Wilson's Mural; Some Technical Features; Staff; Booking Attractions; Subscriptions; Art Exhibitions; The Press; The Gift to Metro: Under New Management; The Board of Management: Learning the Ropes; The Second Fifteen Years; A Business Like No Other. Part Two: Performances: Musicals; Revues, International Artists, Jazz; Plays; Operas; Ballets; Canadian Opera Company; National Ballet of Canada; Symphonies; and Miscellaneous; followed by appendices. Size: 4to. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. First Edition. From the library of veteran actor Lloyd Bochner who appeared in the festival production of Shakespeare's "Measure For Measure" in the role of the Duke. Various pieces relating to the festival are laid-in. Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. (Traces of faint foxing at preliminaries. 2"-inch circular tear at head of front panel. ) Illustrated with numerous b&w photos. ; 7 1/4" x 9 1/4".…