Actresses (Catalog) - Xerxes Books, Booksellers to the World Since 1980

Actresses:

Abadjian, G. . SABRINA GRIGORIAN
Yerevan 2000 Near East Museum. In English and in Armenian. Actress who died of heart attack at 29. 8vo., photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a45743)
$40.00 Anne Catley . THE LIFE OF MISS ANNE CATLEY CELEBRATED SINGING PERFORMER OF THE LAST CENTURY...AND HER VARIOUS ADVENTURES AND INTRIGUES..(etc)
London 1888 1st. 4to., 78pp.,. copperplate engraved frontis portrait of Catley, paper covered boards designed to look like vellum with mounted leather spine label. VG, end papers browned, slight bit of foxing on lower blank margin of title page and frontis. (a78889)
$58.00 Doty, Gresdna Ann . THE CAREER OF MRS. ANNE BRUNTON MERRY IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE
Baton Rouge 1971 Lousiana State University Press. Octavo, hardcover. Fine in Good DJ. (a20715)
$20.00 Drew, Mrs John . AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MRS. JOHN DREW
NY 1899 1st Scribners. With an introduction by her son John Drew. Biographical notes by Douglas Taylor. American actress, friend of Fanny Kemble, Edwin Booth, Edwin Forrest (all 3 pictured in the book) and many others. Octavo, 199pp., illustrations, hardcover bound in coarse white cloth with mounted leather spine label. Near VG, cover evenly soiled. (a32164)
$29.00 Humphrey, Zephine . OVER AGAINST GREEN PEAK
NY 1908 1st. Octavo, 276pp., hardcover. Bookplate and signature of Leola Baird Leonard, American actress. Good, front and rear hinges cracking. (a23231)
$25.00 Karoly, Escher and Vajda Miklos. . BAJOR GIZI
Budapest 1958 Magveto Konyvkiado. Biography of Hungarian actress. In Hungarian. 4to., 217pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (mu254)
$29.00 Lenormand, H. R. . MARGUERITE JAMOIS
Paris 1950 Calmann-Levy. French Actress. Limited to 924 copies. In French. Octavo, 133pp., frontis portrait of Jamois, wraps.*** Signed by Lenormans, with a paragraph-long inscription to Madame Henriette d'Arlin d'Hubart. Light anotations in text by previous owner. Good, cover and text lightly evenly toned. (a79080)
$75.00 Mc Mahon, Arlina (aka Arlina Mac Mahon; Eileen Douglas) . SCRAPBOOK OF ARLINA MAC MAHON FOR 1922
One hardcover small 4to. Arlina Mc Mahon who acted under the name Arlina Mac Mahon and Eileen Douglas, was a stage actress in the 1920s. The scrapbook has 30 pages with glued down newspaper articles, a few programs and a few original photographs--all on her performances. Laid in: Five manuscript letters (4 which seem to have been written by Arlina to her mother--they are in same handwriting as name and date on front of album and are signed Me. These letters have interesting details about life of young actress ), 7 news clippings, 42 photographs almost all of Arlina (from tiny to 6x8"), 1 program. Fairly good, some musty smell, some very rusted paperclips, some chipping and wear. Album cover soiled. (a63828)
$145.00 Modrzejewska . NA SCENIE KRAKOWSKIEJ 1865-1869
Krakow 1956 Wydawnictwo Literackie. Octavo, 41 page introduction and biography by Jerzy Got, in Polish, followed by 68 photo illustrations of this Polish actress in theatrical costumes, hardcover. VG. (a17830)
$40.00 Powers, James T. . TWINKLE LITTLE STAR SPARKLING MEMORIES OF SEVENTY YEARS
NY 1939 1st Putnam. Sm.4to., 379pp., hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Powers and his wife, the actress Rachel Booth Powers, to Constance Tallaries. VG, very slight uneven fading of cover, in Fair DJ, chipped and worn. (a45486)
$35.00 Silva, Lafayette . ARTISTAS DE OUTRAS ERAS
Rio de Janeiro 1939 Imprensa Nacional. On actors and actresses including Lucinda Simoes, Sarah Bernhardt, Ismenia dos Santos Scalchi Lolli, Maria Guerrero, Apollonia Pinto, Guitry, Cynira Polonio, Jose Ricardo, Rosa Villiot. In Spanish. 8vo., 197pp., photo illustrations, later wraps. Inscribed and signed by Silva to Lucilia Simoes. Good, titlepage chipped on lower margin and corner (no loss of text.). (a48557)
$50.00 Skrebneski, Victor . SKREBNESKI PORTRAITS A MATTER OF RECORD
NY 1978 1st Doubleday. 4to.,140pp. Portraits of famous actors , actresses, models, etc. Near Fine, very slight wrinkle on rear board in Good DJ. (a37899)
$50.00 Stern, Madeleine B. . PURPLE PASSAGE THE LIFE OF MRS. FRANK LESLIE
Norman 1970 2nd University of Oklahoma. In 1890 (she) was better known than any other woman in America. Actress and publishing house manager. 8vo., 281pp., illustrations, index, hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (a4373)
$20.00 Wood, Beatrice . I SHOCK MYSELF THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BEATRICE WOOD
San Francisco 1988 Chronicle. Edited by Lindsay Smith. California artist, actress and potter. 4to., 181pp., photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a31286)
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