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SYKES, Eric; MILLIGAN, Spike; BISHOP, Michael; PARK, Phil
Cinderella
London: N.p.[Moss Empires Ltd.], 1953
Mimeographed playscript, bound with brown ribbon in outsize red card covers.
First edition. ERIC SYKES' COPY, WITH HIS NAME TO TITLE PAGE.
This version of Cinderella was staged at the London Palladium at Christmas in 1953. It was the making of Julie Andrews, who on the strength of her work in this show was cast in the Broadway production of The Boy Friend, a huge hit which launched her international career. Also among the cast were Max Bygraves, Richard Hearne (Mr. Pastry), and the future Dr. Who Jon Pertwee, who played one of the Ugly Sisters. The reception for the show was generally good, although some critics questioned the its occasional forays into offbeat, off-colour humour. (Step forward, Milligan....).
A unique copy.
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[HANCOCK, Tony] GALTON, Ray and SIMPSON, Alan
Hancock's Half Hour: Series 1, Episode 14, 'The Sheikh'
N.p. [London]: N.p. [BBC], 1955
36 mimeographed pp., secured with split pin to top left.
First edition.
Episode 14 of the first series of the peerless radio... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
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MILLIGAN, Spike
The Goon Show: Series Six Number Twelve: The Terrible Revenge Of Fred Fu Manchu (announced as Fred Fu Manchu And His Bamboo Saxophone)
London: N.p. [BBC], 1955
23 mimeographed pp., secured with split pin to top left.
First edition. Series Six, Number Twelve, first broadcast on 6 December 1955.
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BROMLEY, Nick
Theatre Lore
London: LNP Books, 2012
8vo, pp. 248. Original stiff paper wrappers.
First edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE. Foreword by Simon Callow.
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SHERRIN, NED
Scratch An Actor
London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1996
8vo, pp.323. Original black boards, lettered in silver to spine.
First edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR: 'Best Wishes, Ned... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
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CLARK, Barrett H[arper].
The Blush Of Shame
New York: N.p. 1932
Small 8vo, pp. 16. Original stiff paper wrappers, string binding and tie.
First edition, first issue.
'This pamphlet owes its existence to the fact that it was rejected by nearly fifty... [more]
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BLATTY, William Peter
Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing
New York: Donald I. Fine Books, 1996
8vo, pp. 181. Original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine.
First edition of this behind-the-scenes Hollywood novel by the ... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
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SPAETH, Sigmund
Fifty Years With Music
New York: Fleet Publishing Corporation, 1959
8vo, pp. 288. Original maroon boards, lettered in gilt on spine.
First edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE YEAR OF ... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
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SHAFFER, Peter
The Royal Hunt Of The Sun
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964
8vo, pp. 84. Original brown boards, lettered in silver to spine. Photographic dustwrapper.
First edition.
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POMERANCE, Bernard
The Elephant Man
New York: Grove Press, 1979
8vo, pp. 62. Original tan boards, lettered in red on spine.
First edition of the Tony award-winning play. (David Lynch's film, starring ... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
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GREEN, Michael
The Art Of Coarse Acting
London: Hutchinson, 1964
8vo, pp. 143. Original black boards, lettered in red on spine.
First edition.
Hilarious dismantling of the acting profession which... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
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HASTINGS, Michael
Tom And Viv
London: Royal Court Theatre, 1984
8vo, pp. 41. Original illustrated stiff paper wrappers.
First edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HIS ACCOUNTANT ON FRONT FREE... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
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PINTER, Harold
Old Times
London: Methuen, 1971
Small 8vo, pp. 75. Original black boards, lettered in silver to spine.
First edition.
A beautiful copy.
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KUREISHI, Hanif
Venus
London: Faber, 2006
8vo, pp. 111. Original illustrated card wrappers.
First edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO DAVID GOTHARD, in the usual mode of address between the two: 'To my wife with love, as Ever -- HK.' ... [more]
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BAILEY, Pearl
The Raw Pearl
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1968
8vo, pp. 206. Original orange boards, lettered in black on front panel and spine.
First edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE: 'To Cole -- Who loves deeply -- Pearl'.
Published in 1968, the year Bailey won a Tony for her performance in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly!<
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BECKETT, Samuel
Endgame
London: Faber, 1958
8vo, pp. 60. Original salmon boards, lettered in pale blue on spine. Photographic dustwrapper.
First UK, and first English-language edition.
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AUDEN, W.H. and ISHERWOOD, Christopher
The Ascent Of F6
London: Faber, 1936
8vo, pp. 123. Original blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine. Illustrated dustwrapper.
First edition, one of 2000 copies.
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O'NEILL, Eugene
Dynamo
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929
8vo, pp. 159. Original dark green boards, lettered in gilt on front panel and spine. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge stained blue, other... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
