blithe spirit improbable farce von coward noel (33 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN:0573010447.

Zustand: New. In.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Coward, Noel. Blithe Spirit: an improbable farce in three acts. French's Acting Edition. London: Samuel French, copyright 1941. Paperback, Good. Blue card covers, a little rubbed and marked, evidence of previous small labels to front and spine, small white label on reverse. Frontispiece b/w photograph of set. 94pp. including property plot with diagram and lighting plot relating to first performance at the Piccadilly Theatre London. Some pencilled marginalia, otherwise contents clean and bright. The play concerns the socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati, to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when he is haunted by the ghost of his annoying and temperamental first wife, Elvira, after the séance. Elvira makes continual attempts to disrupt Charles's marriage to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost. The play was first seen in the West End in 1941, creating a new long-run record for non-musical British plays of 1,997 performances. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: Acceptable. NOT ex-library. Well read copy with some spine wear and discolouring of pages due to age but still very useable. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. THE SCRIPT! Reliable ACTING EDITION. Some shelf wear and scuff marks to the covers. Good binding.The text flows nicely. Enjoy this useful ACTING EDITION SCRIPT for all your dramatic needs.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. grey card wrappers, staple bound. 96 pp. Toning to extremities, yellow stain to front cover, wear to spine. Perforation at lower staple.

SEVEN copies, annotations inside each: the lot.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First edition thus. Octqvo in tan printed wraps; 95 pages 22 cm. "A man is visited by the ghost of his first wife." Presumably the first acting edition. Good with minor wear. Please see photos.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo. 95pp. Illustrated from two scenes from the play. Printed gray wrappers. The "#3" penned on title page and front wrapper, spine and edges soiled, one-inch tear on spine head, about very good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Good. Used, may have wear and markings but is still in solid reading condition. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good in Good dust jacket. First edition. 19.5 x 13 cm. Small octavo. 189pp. Red cloth in dust jacket. Stated first edition. Fading to jacket spine, some chipping to edges of jacket. Jacket is clipped; original price of $2.00 still present. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Some smudges to the last 2 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st American Edition. Stated 1st edition with CL code to copyright page. Very good in red cloth boards with gilt titles at spine, author monogram to front board. Dust jacket is unclipped (2.00) showing considerable fading to spine with a quarter loss to top edge. Spine is somewhat slanted and there is a discreet ex libris bookplate to rear endpaper. Else clean and unmarked with sound binding. A handsome copy in mylar.

No binding. Zustand: Very Good. U. S. Army Special Service in Cooperation with USO-Camp Shows Presents Annabella as Elvira in Blithe Spirit. A comedy in 3 acts and 6 scenes set in the living room of Charles Condomine's house in Kent, England, over several days. Starring Annabella, the French movie star who later moved to Broadway and Hollywood and married actor Tyrone Power. Also starring Donald Randolph, veteran of many Broadway dramas including Shakespeare; Leona Maricle, who acted on Broadway and in films with Ida Lupino & Irene Dunne; Adelaide Klein, singer & radio actress; acting couple Edna Peckham & Oscar Stirling; Canadian actress Alfreda Wallace; and Ben Ross, actor, producer & stage manager. Directed by Robert H. Gordon. Single-sheet folded World War II- era theatrical program from the estate of a veteran. Unusual piece of WWII ephemera. Blithe Spirit was originally published in 1941. Coward, 1899-1973, was an English playwright and composer best known for his witty & sophisticated comedies about the British leisure class.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc., 1941. First American Edition. Octavo. 189 pp. Printed dust jacket. Red cloth stamped in gilt; topstain. Price-clipped dust jacket chipped along edges with several short closed tears; spine sunned; general rubbing. Boards show a few stains to front and touch of soiling along top edge. Binding sound. Heavy toning to endpapers but interior unmarked. A Very Good copy.

Later printing. Cast Signed Copy. A very unusual book that belonged to actress Mary Lawrence (wife of film director Delmer Daves) who appeared in the La Jolla California Playhouse production of the play that took place July 5 Ð 10, 1949. The book is inscribed to her by the playÕs sponsor Gregory Peck, the playÕs director James Neilson, and the cast Mildred Natwick, John Emery, Tamara Geva, Jacqueline de Wit, Ellen Corby, Warner Anderson. Additionally, the cast members have each written their names and address on the rear pastedown. Mary Lawrence has extensively scored and annotated in pencil her part in the play which is that of Mrs. Bradman. Some light stains to the front board, very good without dust jacket.