1. Baigent, H.V.

Stage Lighting. Written for the New Zealand Drama Council.

Wellington, The New Zealand Drama Council, 1949. 21cm x 13.5cm. 40 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Includes fourteen black and white illustrations. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Endpaper inscribed in ink by previous owner.

2. Beaumont, Ernest.

The Theme of Beatrice in the Plays of Claudel.

London, Rockliff Publishing Corporation, 1954. 14 x 22cm. (9), 102 pages. Original clothbound hardcover. Very good condition, spine very slightly scuffed, small ink mark on front board, endpapers slightly foxed. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.

3. Bowman, Anne.

Charade Dramas for The Drawing-Room. With Illustrations. [Acting Charades by Anne Bowman].

London, George Rutledge and Sons, no year (c.1895). Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 114 pages plus 6 pages of advertising. Original advertising endpapers and pastedowns present. With 8 illustrations (including the Frontispiece). All the illustrations show children acting a scene. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Frontispiece and a few of the other 7 illustrations cleanly detached but in very good condition. Binding a little shaky but still intact and rather firm. Ex Libris / Bookplate of J.B. Findlay to pastedown. Extremely rare !

4. [Croker, John Wilson].

Familiar Epistles to Frederick Jones, Esq. – On the Present State of the Irish Stage. Fourth Edition, with considerable Additions.

Dublin, Printed by Graisberry & Campbell and sold by all booksellers, 1805. Small Octavo (11.5 cm x 18 cm). XXX, 178 pages plus Errata-leaf. Hardcover / Stunning, recent half leather and marbled-paper-covered-boards with gilt lettering and ornament to spine, bound to style of the 18th/19th century. Excellent condition. Tear in Errata-leaf professionally repaired. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his name in ink to titlepage.

5. Cubillo De Aragon, Don Alvaro.

Comedias Escogidas. [Tomo Primero].

First Edition. Madrid, Con Licencia, 1826. 10.5 x 16 cm. 424 pages. Original Hardcover with gilt text on spine. Faded dampstain throughout. Bookblock slightly separating from binding. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6. [Däubler, Theodor]

Festalmanach Universitäts Ball 1928.

[Berlin], Fischer, 1928. Klein Oktav. 64 Seiten mit zahlreichen Illustrationen plus im Anhang: “Programm zum Universitätsball 1928 am 14.Februar in den Gesamtraeumen des Kroll-Etablissements”. Original Softcover. Schlecht erhaltene Ausgabe dieses sehr seltenen Almanachs mit Beitraegen und Illustrationen bedeutender Autoren der Weimarer Republik. Vordere Broschur und Buchblock sehr gut erhalten. Hintere Broschur lose mit stark angeraendertem und geloesetn Programm zum Ball. Alle Illustrationen in sehr guter Erhaltung. Beiliegende: Zwei originale Eintrittskarten zum Universitaetsball (Herrenkarte und Damenkarte) / Ausserdem beiliegend zwei originale Eintrittskarten zur Staatsoper am Platz der Republik in Berlin am selben Tag.

7. Eliot, T.S.

The Cocktail Party. A Comedy by T.S. Eliot.

Second Impression of the First Edition ! London, Faber and Faber Ltd., MCML [1950]. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 167 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8. Ernst, Earle.

The Kabuki Theatre.

Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii, 1974. 24 cm. XXVII, 296 pages. Illustrated with 38 pages of plates. Original illustrasted softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. An East-West center book.

9. [Fletcher, John / Massinger, Philip].

Beggar’s Bush. Edited by John H. Dorenkamp.

First published 1647 Folio of ‘Comedies and Tragedies’ Beaumont and Fletcher. The Hague, Paris, Mouton & Co, 1967. 15 cm x 22 cm. 202 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor pencil markings in text and back flap of dustjacket.

10. Fountain, Robert / Coward, Malcolm (illustrator) / Whitcombe, Susie (illustrator).

The Art of the Traditional Circus: A History of the Circus and its Artists.

Askham, Palette Press, 2011. 27.5 cm x 21 cm. VIII, 216 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition. Signed by the author Robert Fountain on the titlepage.

11. Giraudoux, Jean.

Théâtre: Volumes I- IV.

Four Complete Volumes. Paris, Editions Bernard Grasset, 1958, 1959. 13 cm x 21 cm. Vol. I: 315 pages / Vol. II: 329 pages /Vol. III: 353 pages / Vol. IV: 317 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear, for example slight rubbing and discolouration to outer spines.

12. Hart, Moss.

Act One – An Autobiography.

New York, St. Martin’s Griffin, 1989. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. 444 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

13. Hirschfeld, Albert (″Al”).

The American Theatre as seen by Hirschfeld.

First Ediiton. New York, George Braziller, 1961. Oblong-Quarto. [254 pages]. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition of the volume itself with only minor signs of wear. The rare dustjacket with very few minor tears and one small piece of the jacket (1 inch) missing). All illustrations in stunning condition. Beautiful publication.

14. [Kotzebue, August von].

“Sighs; or, The Daughter” / [Bound with an anonymously published title: “Alfred the Great: In which is related his conquests over the Danes; Entering the Danish Camp in Disguise; Separation from Ethelswitha; and his Death, after a Glorious Reign of Twenty-Nine Years and Six Months”].

Two works in one Volume. London, John Arliss, no year [c.1800]. Small Octavo. Pagination of “Alfred the Great”: Frontispiece, 36 pages / Kotzebue: 69 pages including Epilogue [without titlepage]. Hardcover / Stunning, recent half leather and marbled-paper-covered-boards with gilt lettering and ornament to spine, bound to style of the 18th/19th century. Excellent condition.

15. Mac Liammóir, Micheál.

All for Hecuba – An Irish Theatrical Autobiography.

London, Methuen & Co., 1946. Octavo. Portrait Frontispiece, 390 pages. With 16 illustrations. Illustrated by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Some minor repair to the beautiful dustjacket. Excellent overall condition with only minor signs of foxing and some external wear. Including an interesting original newspaper clipping with an extensive obituary on Mac Liammóir by his friend and partner Hilton Edwards. Rare !

16. Mac Liammoir, Micheal.

Enter a Goldfish – Memoirs of an Irish Actor, Young and Old.

London, Thames and Hudson, 1977. 16 cm x 24 cm. 192 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

17. MacCarthy, Bridget G[erard].

The Whip Hand – A Comedy in Three Acts.

9th edition. Dublin, James Duffy, 1965. Small Octavo. 72 pages. Original Softcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

18. [Marti de Cid, Dolores] Ungaretti, Giuseppe.

Vita d’un Uoma – Traduzioni II: Da Góngora e da Mallarmé.

Italia, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1948. 19cm x 13cm. 124 (4) pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Con dedica autografa di Ungaretti a Dolores Marti de Cid / Inscribed and signed by Giuseppe Ungaretti to famous cuban theatre and literature expert Dolores Marti de Cid. With the library stamp of her famous theatre library “Biblioteca Cid-Marti- Set 21 1957 – La Habana, Cuba”. [Lo ‘Specchio’ – I poeti del Nostro Tempo / Vita d’un Uoma – Traduzioni II].

19. [Mathews, Charles] Anonymous.

Constance : A Novel. The First Literary Attempt of a Young Lady. In Four Volumes.

Volume IV (of four) only. London, Printed at the Logographic Press, 1785. Small Octavo (10.5 cm x 17 cm). 256 pages. Original Hardcover in Mylar. Professionally repaired and with new spine-label. Original Label / Sticker of “Hazard’s Circulating-Library , Cheap-Street in Bath”, mounted on front board. Binding slightly rubbed. Last page with lesion and minor tear. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with the name of one of his children in ink on titlepage.

20. McGovern, Alfred G.

Paddy Reilly from Ballyjamesduff.. .. – A Comedy in Two Acts, Four Scenes.

Third Edition. Enniskillen, Herald, 1945. Octavo. 55 pages. Original Softcover. Thecover slightly scruffy with stronger signs of wear and some staining. Still overall in good condition and a very rare publication !

21. [Mielziner, Joseph “Jo”] Henderson, Mary C.

Mielziner – Master of Modern Stage Design. Foreword by Frank Rich.

New York, Back Stage Books, 2001. Oblong-Quarto. 320 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Rare Out-of-Print-title !

22. [Molière] Petitot, M.

Oeuvres de Molière, Avec Un Commentaire Historique et Litteraire; Précédées du Tableau des Moeurs du dix-septième Siècle, et de la Vie de Moliére par M. Petitot.

Nouvelle Edition. 6 Volumes (complete). Paris, J.P.Aillard, 1823. Octavo (13.5 cm wide x 20 cm high). Pagination: Frontispiece-Portrait of Molière, LXXX, 426 (1), 494 (1), 526 (1), 516 (1), 579 (1), 454 (1) pages. Hardcover / Original full leather of the 19th century with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. Bookplate to pastedown. Frontispiece – Portrait cleanly detached and loosely inserted. Very good condition of this set with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown of each Volume.

23. [O’Casey, Sean] Micheál Ó hAodha.

The O’Casey Enigma.

Dublin and Cork, The Mercier Press, 1980. 11 cm x 18 cm. 126 pages, illustrated throughout. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some wrinkling to covers. (The Thomas Davis lecture series).

24. Quinn, Gavin.

One. Healing with Theatre.

Dublin, Pan Pan & The Lilliput Press, 2005. 8°. 200 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. No.174 of only 400 copies printed.

25. Sartre, Jean-Paul.

La Putain Respectueuse. Pièce en un acte et deux tableaux.

Édition Originale. Paris, Les Éditions Nagel, 1946. 19 x 12 cm. 163 pages. Softcover / Broché. Bon état général. Bon exemplaire avec petit dommage à la reliure. Intérieur impeccable.

26. Sessa, Aldo.

Teatro Colon – Almas angeles duendes del – Souls angels and elves of the Colon Theatre.

English & Spanish Bilingual Edition. Buenos Aires, Sessa Editores, 2001. 30 cm x 37 cm. 80 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket, and slip case. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes CD ‘Testimonies’.

27. Shakespeare, William.

King Henry VIII / King Richard II. With Preface, Glossary & C by Israel Gollancz.

Two Volumes of The Temple Shakespeare. London, J.M. Dent and Co., 1895, 10.5 cm x 13.5 cm. King Henry VIII – Frontispieces (Old Palace, Whitehall), XIII, 163 pages / King Richard II – Frontispiece (Berkley Castle), X, 140 pages. Original Hardcover with debossed crest on covers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Highly decorated title pages featuring portraits of respective Kings. Gilt top edges and deckled fore and bottom edges. Minor discoloration to endpapers and pastedowns. Main text, print and pages bright and clear. Shakespeare’s Crest on pastedowns. A verse by Hugh Holland printed on the protective tissue for the frontispiece in Henry VIII volume and prose from I.S.M. (From Second Folio) on protective tissue in the Richard II volume. [The Temple Shakespeare]

28. Shaw, Bernard.

Back to Methuselah [A Metabiological Pentateuch]. [With several items of Ephemera included] With a Preface by Mr.Shaw and with Wood Engravings by John Farleigh.

New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1939. 19 cm x 28 cm. LVI, 260 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective slip-case. Excellent condition edition with only very minor signs of external wear to the slipcase. The ephemeral items include an advertising card for this publication from “The Leicester Galleries, London” , The Monthly Letter of the Limited Editions Clb from July, 1939, Number 119. The printed Letter’s title was: “If there are Four Hitlers” / Also included is a pamphlet of the Limited Editions Club on the artwork of John Farleigh.

29. Sheldon, Esther K.

Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley. Recording His Life as Actor and Theater Manager in Both Dublin and London; and Including a Smock-Alley Calendar for the Years of His Management.

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1967. 16.5cm x 24cm. X, 530 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and protective Mylar covering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

30. Sheridan, Richard Brinsley.

The Critic. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Robert Herring.

London / New York, Macmillan & Co. Ltd. / St. Martin’s Press, 1963. 12 x 18cm. (32), 92 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth. Binding and boards in very good condition, pencilled underlining and annotations to text. Ex-library, label affixed to front endpaper. [English Literature Series].

31. [Stephenson, Henry] [Lincoln, Abraham] Drinkwater, John.

Abraham Lincoln – A Play. With an Introduction by Arnold Bennett.

First Edition. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919. Octavo. XII, 112 pages. Hardcover / Original, illustrated boards with spinelabel. Signed in full by actor Henry Stephenson on the titlepage: “Henry Stephenson – 10.XII.20” / Binding slightly rubbed. Spinlelabel worn. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bookseller Label from Brentano’s in New York.

32. Taibhdhearch na Gaillimhe [Galway Theatre].

Súgradh na mBláth le Mícheál Eoin Ó Súileabháin [The Playing of Flowers].

Sciúrtóir na Léirite, Proinnsias Mac Diarmada, no year (c.1928). 8°. 2 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

33. Waley, Arthur.

The No Plays of Japan.

Rutland / Tokyo, Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1976. 8°. 270 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes. Text underlined with pencil in places.

34. Ward, J.P.

The Killing of Kin – A study of Greek Tragedy and Social Interactionism.

Saint David’s University College, 1979. 8°. 46 pages. Softcover. Original wrappers. Near fine condition. [Trivium 14]

35. Yeats, W.B.

Collected Plays.

Second Edition, Second Reprint. London, Macmillan & Co. LTD, 1960 14 cm x 20 cm. 705 Pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.