CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE. THE STORY OF A.J. BALABAN AS TOLD TO HIS WIFE CARRIE BALABAN. New York, 1964 Large 8vo. 144pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. LIMITED EDITION of 5000 numbered copies. A record of the golden age of show business. Balaban founded the Balaban and Katz movie theatre chain. [ref: 31223] £14.00 enquire buy |
MARIE TEMPEST. London, 1936. 8vo. 346pp. 9 plates. Original cloth. [ref: 12522] £6.00 enquire buy |
FAIRGROUND ARCHITECTURE. London, Hugh Evelyn, 1968. Small 4to. xi+195pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in slightly worn dust-wrapper. A volume in Excursions into Architecture series. A comprehensive survey of fairgrounds and fairground architecture. [ref: 47040] £38.00 enquire buy |
SHOWMAN LOOKS ON. London, 1945. 8vo. 323pp. 30 plates (2 coloured). Original cloth. Autobiography. [ref: 12524] £6.00 enquire buy |
I HAD ALMOST FORGOTTEN... WITH A PREFACE BY A.P. HERBERT. London, 1932. Large 8vo. 304pp. 28 plates. Original cloth. Signed by Noel Coward in pencil on the plate opposite page 108. Also signed by Ivy St. Helier in ink on the plate opposite page 124, and signed by Marta Abba in ink on the plate opposite page 266. [ref: 29583] £28.00 enquire buy |
THE SECRETS OF A SHOWMAN. London, 1925. Large 8vo. xx+436pp. Frontispiece and 32 plates. Original decorative cloth. Spine slightly soiled. First edition. [ref: 27143] £14.00 enquire buy |
PUPPET PLAYS. WITH A PREFACE BY GORDON CRAIG. London, (1923). Small 8vo. xxiv+133pp. Original boards, spine slightly worn. Prelims foxed. Fletcher & Rood, B8(a). [ref: 12562] £25.00 enquire buy |
LES FOLIES DU MUSIC-HALL. A HISTORY OF THE MUSIC-HALL IN PARIS FROM 1914 TO THE PRESENT DAY. WITH A FOREWORD BY NOEL COWARD. London, 1970. 4to. 190pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. [ref: 29571] £12.00 enquire buy |
THE FOLIES BERGERE. TRANSLATED BY LUCIENNE HILL. London, 1955. 8vo. 148pp. 32 plates. Original cloth. [ref: 12526] £8.00 enquire buy |
BLOOD AND THUNDER. MID-VICTORIAN MELODRAMA AND ITS ORIGINS. London, 1949. 8vo. 280pp. 17 plates (1 in colour), and illustrations in the text. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. A good copy. [ref: 30708] £18.00 enquire buy |