Theatre Books at Dial a Book Sydney

John G : the authorised biography of John Gielgud
Morley, Sheridan
Book Number: 65862
ISBN: 0340368039
Publisher: London Hodder & Stoughton 2001 first edition
8vo hardcover 510pp index, b/w illus. good, pages toned. / Good+ d/w. The authorised biography of the greatest classical actor of all time John Gielgud's career, spanning almost eighty years, could be described as the history of twentieth-century British theatre. Seven years before his death, John Gielgud invited Sheridan Morley to become his only authorised biographer, handing over to him letters and diaries and personal files.
Price: $10.00

He That Plays the King: a View of the Theatre
Tynan, Kenneth
Book Number: 65820
ISBN:
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1950.
8vo. hardcover. 256pp. index. Very good, foxing to endpapers. / Good- d/w chipped on top edge.
Price: $35.00

Cowardy Custard - the World of Noel Coward
Coward, Noel
Book Number: 46959
ISBN: 0434310905
Publisher: London: Heinemann, 1973
4to. hardcover. 144pp b/w & colour illus. very good. / very good d/w.
Price: $15.00

Picture Palaces and Flea-Pits - Eighty years of Australians at the Pictures
Brand, Simon
Book Number: 48719
ISBN: 0949825034
Publisher: Dreamweaver Books 1983
4to. Hardcover, Very good, foxing to endpapers in fair d/w with light fading, creased and torn top edge and tear near bottom front spinefold. po name printed on ffl. Copy is printed on heavy gloss paper and is fine. Illustrated with b&w photo's throughout, examples of Gothic and Art Deco architecture. In the years between 1920 and 1960 going to the pictures was a regular event. Where the public wanted comfort. This book is a celebration of when the visit to the pictures was the event of the week.
Price: $45.00

The Wooster Juvenile Speaker - Recitations, Songs, Dialogues for Schools and General Use
Wooster, Lizzie E.
Book Number: 54890
ISBN:
Publisher: Laird & Lee 1907
8vo. Brown stamped cloth. 112pp. Very good.
Price: $22.00

Farce and Fantasy Popular Entertainment in Eighteenth-Century Paris
Isherwood, Robert M.
Book Number: 47694
ISBN: 0195036484
Publisher: Oxford University Press. 1986
8vo. hardcover. 324pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. / Very good slightly faded d/w.
Price: $95.00

Sarah Bernhardt
Emboden, William
Book Number: 61563
ISBN:
Publisher: Macmillan, New York 1975.
4to. hardcover. 176pp. b/w illus. Good+./ Good+ d/w.
Price: $15.00

ASKING FOR TROUBLE: THE MEMOIRS OF SHERIDAN MORLEY
MORLEY, SHERIDAN
Book Number: 48918
ISBN: 0340820578
Publisher: HODDER & STOUGHTON LTD January 1, 2002
8vo hardcover 352pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Price: $20.00

Ring bells! Sing songs!; Broadway musicals of the 1930's. Introd. by Brooks Atkinson.
Green, Stanley.
Book Number: 27942
ISBN: 0883650002
Publisher: Galahad 1971
4to hardcover 385pp index, b/w illus. very good / fair d/w chipped on top edge. Bibliography: p. 372-375. Discography: p. 376-378.
Price: $15.00

Your Own,Your Very Own! A Music Hall Scrapbook.
Gammond, Peter. (compiled by)
Book Number: 23043
ISBN:
Publisher: London , Ian Allen. 1971.
4to. softcover. 94pp. colour & b/w illus. very good, owner's name on fep.
Price: $12.00

The Greatest Billy Cotton Band Show
Maxwell, John
Book Number: 45638
ISBN: 90404131x
Publisher: Jupiter Books, London, 1976.
Large 8vo. hardcover. 155pp. index, b/w illus. Foxing to prelims and last few pages. / Very good d/w Includes vinyl record.
Price: $18.00

The World of Flo Ziegfeld
Carter, Randolph
Book Number: 45575
ISBN: 0275199906
Publisher: Praeger Publishers, New York, 1974.
Large 8vo. hardcover. 176pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $18.00

The Bolshoi Theatre Of The USSR: HIstory, Opera, Ballet
Lushin, Stanislav
Book Number: 58488
ISBN: 5852500119
Publisher: Planeta Publishers Edition , 1986,
4to. hardcover. colour illus. very good, owner's inscription on fep. / Very good d/w.
Price: $22.00

Roy Castle Remembered
Donnelly, Ray
Book Number: 27377
ISBN: 0860519805
Publisher: Robson Books Ltd 1995
4to hardcover 164pp, b/w illus. near fine. / near fine d/w. A tribute to the late Roy Castle in which people who knew the man share their memories of him. Contributors include Cliff Richard, Harry Secombe, Roy Hudd and Cheryl Baker, with an introduction by Fiona Castle. All royalties to go to the Roy Castle Cause for Hope Foundation.
Price: $12.00

Pertwee's Promenades and pierrots: One hundred years of seaside entertainment
Pertwee, Bill
Book Number: 39762
ISBN: 0715377949
Publisher: Westbridge Books 1979
Small 4to softcover 96pp index, b/w illus. very good.
Price: $10.00

Asking for Trouble: The Memoirs of Sheridan Morley
Morley, Sheridan
Book Number: 38252
ISBN: 0340820578
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd 2002
8vo hardcover 342pp index, b/w illus. very good+ / very good+ d/w.
Price: $18.00

A Pinch of Salt
Salter, June
Book Number: 51554
ISBN:
Publisher: Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1995
8vo. hardcover. 176pp. b/w photos. very good. / very good d/w.
Price: $12.00

Gordon Graig
Craig, Edward
Book Number: 34271
ISBN:
Publisher: New York: Knopf 1968
8vo hardcover 398pp index b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Price: $18.00

Memoirs of an Abominable Showman.
MOLONEY, Billy.
Book Number: 36355
ISBN:
Publisher: Australia, Rigbt 1968
8vo. hardcover. 178pp. index, b/w illus. very good+. /very good+ d/w.
Price: $15.00

Is it that time already?
Fulton, Rikki
Book Number: 36174
ISBN: 1902927028
Publisher: Edinburgh BW 1999
8vo hardcover 319pp index, b/w illus. very good+ / very good+ d/w.
Price: $18.00

The Stage Year Book 1926
CARSON, Lionel (ed.)
Book Number: 36566
ISBN:
Publisher: The Stage London 1926,
8vo. red cloth hardcover. 234pp. b/w illus. very good, last section of pages browned.
Price: $30.00

The Story Of Sadler's Wells 1683-1977
Arundell, Dennis.
Book Number: 22940
ISBN:
Publisher: London David & Charles 1978 2nd extended edition
8vo hardcover. 352pp + b/w plates. index. near fine. / near fine d/w.
Price: $18.00

A sociology of popular drama
Goodlad, Sinclair.
Book Number: 26553
ISBN: 0435823604
Publisher: London Heinemann 1971
8vo hardcover 230pp index. very good, owner's name on fep. / very good d/w. Bibliography: p. 201-218.
Price: $10.00

The Royal Shakespeare Company: A History of Ten Decades
Beauman, Sally
Book Number: 22932
ISBN:
Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press 1982.
8vo. hardcover. 388pp. index, + b/w plates. near fine, minor foxing on endpapers. / very good+ d/w.
Price: $15.00

The Noel Coward Diaries
Payn, Grahan & Morley, Sheridan. (eds0. [Coward, Noel ]
Book Number: 22064
ISBN:
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1982
8vo. hardcover. 698pp. index. very good. / very good d/w.
Price: $18.00

Tyrone Guthrie on Acting
Guthrie, Tyrone
Book Number: 5321
ISBN:
Publisher: Studio Vista London, 1971 First edition.
Small 4to. hardcover. 96pp. index. b/w illus. very good / very good, clipped d/w.
Price: $15.00

Theatre of war; comments on 32 occasions, by Eric Bentley.
Bentley, Eric
Book Number: 24957
ISBN: 0670698075
Publisher: New York 1972
8vo hardcover 428pp index. very good / very good d/w
Price: $18.00

The Dickens Theatrical Reader
Johnson, Edgar & Eleanor (eds) [Dickens]
Book Number: 32624
ISBN:
Publisher: London: Gollancz, 1964.
8vo. hardcover. 370pp. b/w illus. very good, fep, clipped, owner''s inscription on fep. / very good d/w.
Price: $15.00