All Old Books

Michael Aris
£120.00

Bhutan: The Early History of a Himalayan Kingdom

Non-Fiction
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A study of the evolution of Bhutan from the earliest records, to the founding of the theocratic state in the 17th century.

Ernest Law
£22.00

Shakespeare's Garden, Stratford-Upon-Avon

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A history of the garden annexed to New Place, owned and occupied by Shakespeare as his success and prosperity grew; and how it has been restored to the date of this volume's publication.

W. Lansdown Goldsworthy
£35.00

Shakespeare's Heraldic Emblems; Their Origin and Meaning

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An investigation in the the origins and meanings of the Heraldic imagery that Shakespeare often used throughout his work.

John Drinkwater
£20.00

Shakespeare

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERDuckworth, London.
BINDING
Red cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONA little shelf wear to edges of boards, some fading. Printed pages are clear and largely unmarked.

Guy Cadogan Rothery
£32.00

The Heraldry of Shakespeare: A Commentary with Annotations

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An illustrated account of how Shakespeare used the symbolism of heraldry in his poems and dramatic works.

Rainer Nagele
£15.00

Theater, Theory, Speculation: Walter Benjamin and the Scenes of Modernity

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PUBLISHERThe John Hopkins University Press.
BINDING
Lilac cloth boards with black design and lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, just some slight scuffing to ends of...

C.J. Bulliet
£15.00

Venus Castina: Famous Female Impersonators Celestial and Human

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A history of female impersonation, from ancient Greece to the twentieth century.

Jean Anderson, Editor
£15.00

Late Joys at The Players' Theatre

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A history of the Players' Theatre, from it's small beginnings in Covent garden to the late night musical entertainments which carried on through the Blitz.

E.J. Harvey Darton
£28.00

Vincent Crummles: His Theatre and his Times

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A life of Dickens' ebullient Actor Manager, who took Nicholas Nickleby under his wing. An introduction placing his character in the real life Victorian theatre, followed by a long extract from the novel.

W.S. Scott
£18.00

The Georgian Theatre

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An overview of theatre in Georgian times, with chapters on it's most prominent stars including David Garrick and Sarah Siddons.

Ernst von Salomon
£150.00

Fragebogen (The Questionnaire)

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A shocking yet darkly humorous autobiography and apologia. Sparked by the Allies' questionnaire Issued to all suspected Germans after WWII, which was designed to root out war crimes.

Priscilla and Otto Friedrich
£40.00

The Wishing Well in the Woods

Children
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A leopard makes a wish at the wishing well in the woods... can he change his spots?

Priscilla and Otto Friedrich
£40.00

Sir Alva and the Wicked Wizard

Children
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Zaza, the greatest and wickedest wizard in King Sarastro's realm, could change himself into any shape - a turtle. a horse, a blade of grass... How will old Sir Alva catch him?

Roberta Leigh
£38.00

Sara and Hoppity Find a Cat

Children
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The fourth book of Sarah and Hoppity's adventures.

Roberta Leigh
£38.00

Sara and Hoppity Get Lost

Children
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The third book of Sarah and Hoppity's adventures.

Patricia Lync
£25.00

Jinny the Changeling

Children
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A baby is found wrapped in a lace shawl by the roadside, and taken in by the Clery family in Ireland. But is she as she seems?

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