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Corry, Percy . PLANNING THE STAGE
London 1961 1st (stated). 4to., 148pp., iullus., index. VG in worn DJ. (a24190)
$40.00Rood, Arnold. AFTER THE PRACTISE AND THEORY GORDON CRAIG AND MOVEMENT
London 1971. Offprint from Theatre Research, Vol XI, Nos. 2,3. Limited to 50 copies. The text of the annual lecture in memory of Edward Gordon Craig, Venice, September 12, 1970. 8vo., 21pp., illustrations, wraps. Fine. (a27987)
$22.00 Lounsbury, Warren C. . THEATRE BACKSTAGE FROM A TO Z: A CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF STAGECRAFT FROM ALTERNATING CURRENT TO ZOOM LENS
Seattle 1968 (1967) Second Printing. 4to., 172pp., illustrations, spiral wraps. VG, light wear. (a43927)
$25.00 (czech theater) . SCENO GRAPHIE. LE THEATRE TCHECOSLOVAQUIE
Prague 1962. Whole issue of of this journal. Translated into French. Sm.4to., 82pp., photo illustrations, drawings, decorated wraps. VG, light wear to head of spine. Scarce. (a50963)
$44.00 (theater) . LE DEVELOPPEMENT PROFESSIONNEL DU JEUNE METTEUR EN SCENE
Bucarest 1969. Reunion internationale 15-22 Juin 1969 Bucarest. In French. Octavo, 249pp., wraps. Good plus. (a51079)
$45.00 Nitescu, Traian (architect of exhibition) . ROMANIA DECORUL SI COSTUMUL DE TEATRU; LE DECOR ET LE COSTUME DE THEATRE THE STAGE-DESIGN AND COSTUMES OF THEATRE 1966-1971
Prague 1971. Exhibition Catalogue. Text in Rumanian, French and English. Sm.4to., about 40pp., many monochrome photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a51095)
$35.00 (stage) . LA ESCENOGRAFIA CHECOSLOVACA 1914-1959
Pragge 1959. Instituto Teatral de Praga. Esta exposicion de escenografia ha sido premiada en la II bienal del teatro de Sao Paulo con la Medalla de oro de la presidencia de la republica para el mejor pais representado. El profesor Frantisek Troster fue distinguido con el premio del ministerio de educacion y cultura para el mejor escenografo extrajero. In Spanish. 4to., 43pp. of text listing famous stage designers and 63pp. of monochrome illustrations of their stage designs, wraps. VG. (a52329)
$95.00 (theater architecture and layout) . THE MADDERMARKET THEATRE: THEATRES OF TODAY AND TOMORROW; THE CUBIST THEATRE OF MOSCOW; THE CIRCUS THEATRE; THE LABORATORY THEATRE
1923. Five articles all in one issue of Theatre Arts Magazine for July 1923. Theatre articles by Andrew Stephenson, Anna Louise Strong, Herman Rosse, Richard Boleslawsky. Almost the entire issue is on theatre architecture but there are a few other articles as well. Octavo, 3 pages photo illustrations of theatres and 12 pages of detailed theatre floorplans, original printed wraps. VG (a72863)
$49.00 (theater) . ONE ISSUE OF THEATRE ARTS MAGAZINE- APRIL 1923
1923. Theme of this issue is Stage settings. There are illustrations of Norman-Bel Geddes' designs for the Palais Royal, for Will Shakespeare; Settings for Peer Gynt and The tidings Brought to Mary by Lee Simonson, an article by Robert Edmond Jones: Reconstruction of Stage Designs for Spectatorium; and Russian Expressionist Settings. Several additional articles on other topics as well in this issue. Octavo, original wraps with later paper spine. Good. (a72864)
$45.00 Cheney, Sheldon . STAGE DECORATION
New York 1966. Reissue by Blom of original 1928 edition. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 138pp., 127 plates, index, cloth. Fine in VG DJ, a bit toned. (a78886)
$29.00Swedish Theatre. BILDER FRAN SLOTTSTEATERN PA DROTTNINGHOLM.
Malm 1950 Skrifter utgivna av Foreningen Drottningholmsteaterns Vanner. In Swedish. 4to., 24pp., a few drawings, photo illustrations of the theater (inside and outside and many different stage curtains and backdrops), hardcover. Good, no DJ. (f319)
$23.00Seldon, Samuel and H. Sellman.. STAGE SCENERY AND LIGHTING, A HANDBOOK FOR NON-PROFESSIONALS.
London n.d. (from text appears to be 1929) Harrap. 8vo., 398pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (mu524)
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