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Mlle. Salle. [Photomechanical Reproduction of an Engraving].
Laneret, N. & N. Delamecsin.
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Book Description: Under image: N. Laneret pinxit [painter] N. Delamecsin (?) Sculpsit [engraver]. Maitrese de cet Art que guide l Harmonie, Je peins les Passions, j Exprime la Gaite: Je joins des Pas brilliants au seu de mon Genie, Les Graces, la justesse, a la legerete, Sans offenser l aimable Modestie, Qui de mon Sexe augmente la Beaute. Vera incessu patuit Dea. Virg Aeneid L. I. I know her now, the sylvan Goddess cries, Aeneas saw her once in such disguise. Delusion vain! Her Grace her easy mien, Her ev ry step discloses Beauty s Queen. But soon the laughing Nymphs the fraud confess d, For they to grace her feast had Salle dress d. a Paris chez L Surugue Graveur du Roy rue des Noyers attenant le Magazin de papier vis avis St. Yves A.P.D.R. Size of high-quality paper sheet: 9 ½ x 12 7/8 , size of image reproduced in gray tones: 7 1/4" x 5 3/8 . Features a reproduction of an engraving of dancer Mlle. Salle, on stage with young musicians & other dancers. Edges of sheet show a little, age-related tanning. Image is clean and suitable for framing. Scan shows the image and most of the sheet. Seller Inventory # ABE-211746753
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Mlle. Camargo. [Photomechanical Reproduction of an Engraving].
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Book Description: Under image: "Fidele aux loix de la Cadence Je forme au gre de l'art les pas les plus hardis; Originale dans ma danse Je puis le disputer aux Balons, aux Blondis." Size of high-quality paper sheet: 9 ½ x 12 7/8 , size of image reproduced in gray tones: 7 3/4" x 5 5/8 . Features a reproduction of an engraving of dancer Mlle. Camargo, on stage with musicians, and elaborate scenery. Edges of sheet show a little, age-related tanning. Image is clean and suitable for framing. Scan shows the image and most of the sheet. Seller Inventory # ABE-211746865
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A Stranger at Sparta" (Dance). [Photomechanical Reproduction of a n Engraving].
Torre (publisher).
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Book Description: Under image: [Greek inscription, approx.:] Ton men toi chinon ouk estin ostis ou. Published 2nd April 1781 By Torre No. 44. Market Lane. A Stranger at Sparta standing long upon one Leg said to a Lacedaemonian, I do not believe you can do as much; "True (said he) but every Goose can". See Plutarch's Laconic Apothegms Vol. I. Page 406. Size of high-quality, Rives' paper sheet: 9 ½ x 12 7/8 , size of image reproduced in gray/tan tones: 6 /8" x 6 1/4 . Features a reproduction of a portrait of an engraving of a figure dancing on a stage. Edges of sheet show a little, age-related tanning. Image is clean and suitable for framing. Scan shows the image and most of the sheet. Seller Inventory # ABE-212322735
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Katherine Cornell in Dressing Room Hanna Theatre Cleveland, Ohio [Photographic Portrait Print of Katherine Cornell Applying Make-Up].
Hakanson, Richard C. (Photographer).
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Book Description: Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Size of sheet: 8" x 10", image size: 7 5/8" x 9 3/8"; a black and white photographic portrait of Katherine Cornell applying (or removing?) make-up in a dressing room, by Cleveland, Ohio artistic and commercial photographer, R. C. Hakanson (1906-ca. 1985). Printed on photographic paper with a matte finish. The back of the print bears the photographer's rubberstamp: R. C. Hakanson 1254 East 9th St. Cleveland, Ohio. Lower left front corner bears an identification/file number: 104-6 in ink & he has added: Miss Cornell under the image in ink. Part of a larger series produced by Hakanson for publicity purposes for the Hanna Theatre of Cleveland, Ohio. A number of his photographs were devoted to Katherine Cornell; this is from a production, entitled: "Katherine Cornell 'Herod and Mariamne' An Adaptation by Clemence Dane with Fritz Kortner, Florence Reed, McKay Morris, Kent Smith. Staged by Guthrie McClintic [-]". He took a number of stage shots of the performance, as well as his own series devoted to Katherine Cornell dressing and removing her make-up in the Hanna Theatre's dressing rooms. He exhibited a few of these images in local photographic exhibitions, but we are unsure if any were actually published or used as theater or newspaper publicity shots. From R. C. Hakanson's personal collection. Print is clean & without any tears. Scan shows the image. Seller Inventory # ABE-276561206
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Katherine Cornell in Dressing Room Hanna Theatre Cleveland, Ohio [Photographic Portrait Print of Katherine Cornell Removing Make-Up].
Hakanson, Richard C. (Photographer).
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Book Description: Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Size of sheet: 8" x 10", image size: 9 3/8" x 7 5/8"; a black and white photographic portrait of Katherine Cornell removing make-up in a dressing room, by Cleveland, Ohio artistic and commercial photographer, R. C. Hakanson (1906-ca. 1985). Printed on photographic paper with a matte finish. The back of the print bears the photographer's rubberstamp: R. C. Hakanson 1254 East 9th St. Cleveland, Ohio. Lower left front corner bears an identification/file number: 104-5 in ink & he has added: "Miss Cornell" under the image in ink. Part of a larger series produced by Hakanson for publicity purposes for the Hanna Theatre of Cleveland, Ohio. A number of his photographs were devoted to Katherine Cornell; this is from a production, entitled: "Katherine Cornell 'Herod and Mariamne' An Adaptation by Clemence Dane with Fritz Kortner, Florence Reed, McKay Morris, Kent Smith. Staged by Guthrie McClintic [-]". He took a number of stage shots of the performance, as well as his own series devoted to Katherine Cornell dressing and removing her make-up in the Hanna Theatre's dressing rooms. He exhibited a few of these images in local photographic exhibitions, but we are unsure if any were actually published or used as theater or newspaper publicity shots. From R. C. Hakanson's personal collection. Print is clean & without any tears. Scan shows the image. Seller Inventory # ABE-276561222
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Katherine Cornell in Dressing Room Hanna Theatre Cleveland, Ohio [Photographic Portrait Print of Katherine Cornell Dressed as Mariamne].
Hakanson, Richard C. (Photographer).
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Book Description: Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Size of sheet: 8" x 10", image size: 7 5/8" x 9 3/8"; a black and white photographic portrait of Katherine Cornell dressing in a dressing room, by Cleveland, Ohio artistic and commercial photographer, R. C. Hakanson (1906-ca. 1985). Printed on photographic paper with a matte finish. The back of the print bears the photographer's rubberstamp: R. C. Hakanson 1254 East 9th St. Cleveland, Ohio. Lower left front corner bears an identification/file number: 104-16 in ink. Part of a larger series produced by Hakanson for publicity purposes for the Hanna Theatre of Cleveland, Ohio. A number of his photographs were devoted to Katherine Cornell; this is from a production, entitled: "Katherine Cornell 'Herod and Mariamne' An Adaptation by Clemence Dane with Fritz Kortner, Florence Reed, McKay Morris, Kent Smith. Staged by Guthrie McClintic [-]". He took a number of stage shots of the performance, as well as his own series devoted to Katherine Cornell dressing and removing her make-up in the Hanna Theatre's dressing rooms. He exhibited a few of these images in local photographic exhibitions, but we are unsure if any were actually published or used as theater or newspaper publicity shots. From R. C. Hakanson's personal collection. Print is clean & without any tears. Scan shows the image. Seller Inventory # ABE-276560566
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Rejected Addresses: or the new Theatrum Poetarum. Sixteenth Edition
Smith, Horace & James Smith (1779-1849; 1775-1839).
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Book Description: Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Size of binding: 4 in. x 6 1/2 in., xiii, 127 pp. Old polished calf with leather title label on spine chipped away, and a one inch section of the spine leather missing, gilt designs on spine, and gilt borders on covers; front hinge cracked, some page top-edges show nicks. A binding requiring restoration. The scan shows the spine & front cover. Name in ink , and partly inked out on front paste-down: F. Tovey Leach 26 Drummond St. Euston Square London 1845 623; at top of facing endpaper, in blue ink: R. W. Chapman. Oxford Dec. 1901. (Robert William Chapman, 1881-1960); and a more recent book label on the front paste-down. The original edition was in 1812. Seller Inventory # ABE-527151331
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Portrait of Ruth Chatterton. [Photographic Print].
Chatterton, Ruth (Actress; 1893-1961).
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Book Description: Size of sheet: 7 7/8" x 10 1/8", image size: 7 5/8" x 9 3/8" A photographic print (or enlargement of an earlier photograph), printed in a tan tone (which appears yellow in the scan), printed on glossy photographic paper, of actress Ruth Chatterton in a robe or dressing gown. Possibly taken as a publicity photo for the Hanna Theater, for theatrical or newspaper publication (we have been unable to trace this image); by Cleveland, Ohio based artistic and commercial photographer, R. C. Hakanson (1906-ca. 1985), with his rubberstamped name & address on the back of sheet in lower right corner: R. C. Hakanson 1254 East 9th St. Cleveland, Ohio & his penciled file number: 164-14, and red rubberstamped date & initials: Oct 5 1939 F.H.F. An area of tan staining from a (missing) rubber-cemented (caption?) label is on the back of sheet on center of lower edge/margin; upper right corner of photo shows a light, partial crease, some light scratches to glossy surface, some fading. From the personal collection of R. C. Hakanson, who did a number of back stage & dressing room shots (some of which he entered into local photographic exhibitions). Undetermined if this image was ever shown, or if it has ever been published in book form. Seller Inventory # ABE-278298988
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Portrait of Ruth Chatterton in Costume. [Photographic Print].
Chatterton, Ruth (Actress; 1893-1961).
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Book Description: Size of sheet: 7 7/8" x 10 1/8", image size: 7 5/8" x 9 1/2" A photographic print, printed on glossy photographic paper, of actress Ruth Chatterton in costume (pyjamas?), slinking through a doorway. Possibly taken as a publicity photo for the Hanna Theater, for theatrical or newspaper publication (we have been unable to trace this image); by Cleveland, Ohio based artistic and commercial photographer, R. C. Hakanson (1906-ca. 1985), with his rubberstamped name & address on the back of sheet in lower right corner: R. C. Hakanson 1254 East 9th St. Cleveland, Ohio & his penciled file number: 164-29, and red rubberstamped date & initials: Oct 5 1939 F.H.F. An area of tan staining from a (missing) rubber-cemented (caption?) label is on the back of sheet on the lower edge/margin; upper right corner of photo shows some light yellowing, some light scratches to glossy surface. From the personal collection of R. C. Hakanson, who did a number of live performance shots, as well as back stage & dressing room shots (some of which he entered into local photographic exhibitions). Undetermined if this image was ever shown, or if it has ever been published in book form; or what the performance was. Seller Inventory # ABE-279155442
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Portrait of Ruth Chatterton with a Male Profile. [Photographic Print].
Chatterton, Ruth (Actress; 1893-1961).
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Book Description: Size of sheet: 10 1/8" x 8 , image size: 9 1/2" x 7 ¼ A photographic print, printed on glossy photographic paper, of actress Ruth Chatterton ina robe or dressing gown with the profile of an unidentified actor (?). Possibly taken as a publicity photo for the Hanna Theater, for theatrical or newspaper publication (we have been unable to trace this image); by Cleveland, Ohio based artistic and commercial photographer, R. C. Hakanson (1906-ca. 1985), with his rubberstamped name & address on the back of sheet in lower right corner: R. C. Hakanson 1254 East 9th St. Cleveland, Ohio & his penciled file number: 164-16, and red rubberstamped date & initials: Oct 5 1939 F.H.F. An area of tan staining from a (missing) rubber-cemented (caption?) label is on the back of sheet on the lower edge/margin; upper right corner of photo shows some light yellowing to lower edge, some light scratches to glossy surface. From the personal collection of R. C. Hakanson, who did a number of back stage & dressing room shots (some of which he entered into local photographic exhibitions). Undetermined if this image was ever shown, or if it has ever been published in book form. Seller Inventory # ABE-279430274
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Dada /Surrealism. (1972)
Caws, Mary Ann (editor) & Shattuck, Roger & others.
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Book Description: 6 1/4 x 9", 84pp. Pictorial printed paper covers with photo of collage by Rochelle Wyner on front cover, stapled; some slight age tanning to spine, cover margins. NF. Early, if not the premiere issue of this scholarly periodical devoted to Dada & Surrealism. Aesthetics of Dada by Roger Shattuck; Rousell's Mechanisms of Language by Jeanine Parisier Plottel; Andre Breton's Nadja and "Automatic Writing" by Sidney Levy; Cosmic Imagination of Benjamin Peret. by Elizabeth Jackson Hanchett; Selections from. Tristan Tzara's Approximate Man by Paul Zweig; Arp & Bachelard. by Roger M. Isaacs; Surrealism in Dog Star Man by Manuel L. Grossman; bibliography 1969-72 & various other articles. Scarce. Seller Inventory # ABE-73639300
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Autographed Letter, Signed (ALS). (1959).
Coca, Imogene.
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Book Description: Two handwritten pages on 2 sheets of 7 1/4 x 10 1/2" printed stationary from The Whittier A Distinguished Hotel Burns Drive, Detroit, Michigan. Postmarked:February 17, 1959. To Cleveland, Ohio based theatre personality Jon Essex (Hanna Theater, Cleveland, Ohio). "Dear John- You should see this apt--really a lovely one with view of Detroit river- (I won't mention the fact that it looks like "Great Expectations" wedding cake-flowers-all wilted & crumbled-but if Barbara Baxley [?] has to leave [?] come return [?] -us- it's better for one to know more-) Anyhow the weather was a problem here too-dense fog-cold rain- snow- We are doing beautifully [?] here- Standing room last night- & I understand next week is even better- however- the Cleveland audience seemed faster [?] to me- I'm delighted they've liked the show in both cities- wouldn't it be nice if Chicago turned out nicely- We miss you- Love [signed] Imogen [with heart drawing with pointing arrow] Happy Valentine". In a printed stationary envelope hand addressed by Imogene Coca & with I. Coca written under hotel address; with blue 7 cent US airmail stamp; top flap of envelope has been torn open with tearing & loss of some of flap. Letter in fine condition. Scarce autograph letter. Your Show of Shows, under the Yum Yum Tree & many others! She died in June, 2001 at 92. Seller Inventory # ABE-92337988
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Typed Letter, Signed (TLS). (1967).
Ferrer, Jose (1909-92).
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Book Description: A letter typed by Jose Ferrer (not a secretary) on a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11" onionskin type paper. To Cleveland, Ohio/Detroit, Michigan based theatre personality Jon Essex (Fisher Theatre, Detoit, Michigan). Dated: February 21, 1967. "Dear Jon: So very many thanks for the marvelous way you took care of me during the four weeks we were in Detroit. I can't tell you how impressed I am with the easy smooth way in which you handle your very complicated affairs and the consideration that you show for artists, so-called. I'm sorry that the film festival idea didn't work out, but maybe at a later date. Will you be coming to Baltimore at all? If so do let me know ahead of time so that I can buy you a drink and that we may chat without professional considerations interfering. Thanks again and best regards always. [signed] Jose Ferrer. Do forgive my wretched typing." In an envelope hand addressed by Ferrer & marked Air Mail by him; with printed return address: Jose Ferrer 375 Park Avenue New York, N.Y. 10022 With Bronx postmark & 2 different design 4 cent Lincoln stamps; violet & gray & 2 airmail stickers. Slight damage to lower edge of flap from opening, envelope shows some creases & age tanning. Letter in fine condition; characterstic bold signature in ink. Scarce personal letter typed & signed by Jose Ferrer. Moulin Rouge-unforgetable!. Seller Inventory # ABE-92340570
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Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae. [ Andria; Eunuchus; Heautontimorumenos; Adelphi; Phormio; Hecyra: Comedies of Terence: Baskerville Edition].
Terence.
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Book Description: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 9 ½ in. x 11 ½ in., titlepage, [1-2], [3]-364 pp. Bound in full, old tree calf, with gilt spine divided into six compartments, with a red morocco title label, gilt-lettered: TERENTI, military related tooling gilt in spine compartments. Gilt borders around the covers, single gilt line on the cover edges, sewn headbands. Binding is unsigned, but appears to be from the 1800-40 period. Engraved, early 19th century armorial bookplate of: Alexander Thomson of Banchory Esquire, on the front paste-down, with another modern bookplate above this. Spine ends show some chipping, wear; the front cover hinge is split, and the front cover is detached, wear to covers. Endpapers show some tanning, tanning to margins of the titlepage. Text is generally clean and crisp. Scan shows the spine & part of the front cover. Weight: 4lbs. Postage may be extra on this item. (Latin text). Seller Inventory # ABE-507878534
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Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae. [ Andria; Eunuchus; Heautontimorumenos; Adelphi; Phormio; Hecyra: Comedies of Terence: Baskerville Edition].
Terence.
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Book Description: 9 ¼ in. x 11 ½ in., titlepage, [1-2], [3]-364 pp. Bound in full, reddish-brown (Russia) leather, with five raised bands on spine, with gilt-lettered title: TERENTIUS on spine, & date: 1772 at base of spine; each compartment is framed with simple square design of a thick line & three finer lines, a similar design borders the covers with six finer lines, single gilt line on the cover edges, and double-line borders on leather turn-ins, with circular corner tooling. Marbled edges, with sewn headbands, and dark green silk bookmarker bound in; marbled endpapers, binding is unsigned but of the 1800-50 period. Ink inscription on the reverse of front, marbled endpaper: From Mr [?] Knapp to Call. Cover edges, corners show some wear, rubbing, with loss of surface to covers, some small nicks to spine. Margins of the titlepage show tanning, a few scattered spots to some page margins. Former owner's bookplate on the front paste-down. Scan shows the spine & part of the front cover. Weight: 4 ½ lbs. Postage is extra on this item. (Latin text). Seller Inventory # ABE-507922890
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The Seven Deadly Sins of the Lower Middle Class By Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill. Translated by Michael Feingold Interpreted by Mark Beard
Brecht, Bertolt & Weill, Kurt & Others.
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Book Description: Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. [colophon]: Wild Carrot Letterpress, Typography Handset by Marc Shifflett from types cast at Golgonooza Letter Foundry, Calligraphy Jerry Kelly, Lithography Agnes Murray, Etching Marjorie Van Dyke, Vincent FitzGerald Printmaking Workshop, Silkscreen Colorgirls, Paper Rives, Map Special edition by Paul Wong, Dieu Donne Papermill, Collage Zahra Partovi, Vincent FitzGerald Binding, Zahra Partovi in association with Book Lab. LIMITED EDITION. This is copy 7/50 [signed] Micheal Feingold Mark Beard. Folio; 13" x 21 1/4", unnumbered printed pages of text, with over 100 color printed illustrations & 7 separate gatefolds. Bound with black leather spine & sides, with 5 raised bands & deep violet "tiger-skin" design; fleecy cloth over boards. In a black cloth-covered clam-shell box, with violet leather title label with title in gold letters on front cover. Fine. Weight: 12 1/2 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item. Signed by Illustrator(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-156241608
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