New York: Metropolitan Print, [1877]. Unbound. Approximately 7.5” x 20.5”. Clean with some minor wear at the lower left corner and the expected storage folds. The letters at the top of the broadside are not blurred, the fuzziness is from a smear on the camera lens. At the time of... More
New York: A. S. Seer’s Theatrical Printing and Engraving Establishment, [1877]. Unbound. Approximately 9.5” x 21”. Clean with very light edge wear and the expected storage folds. The new Park Theatre, located at Broadway and 22nd Street was constructed by Dion Boucicault, an Irish actor and playwright famed for his..... More
Mt. Vernon, Illinois: 1910. Album. This scrapbook measures 8” x 10.5” and contains 22 pages filled with programs, newspaper reviews, and ephemera (a season ticket, paper flag, schedules, an issue of the Chautauqua Quarterly, and one photograph) documenting a summer of Chautauqua events held on the Redpath circuit at Mt... More
Champaign-Urbanna and Chicago, Illinois: 1970s-1980s. Unbound. There are six programs and flyers of varying sizes. All in nice shape, one with pencil notes. "Porgy and Bess." Starring legendary bass-baritone William Warfield and Bernice Fraction. Presented at the Festival Theatre by the University of Illinois School of Music and Krannert... More
Edinburgh, London, and New York: Myles Macphail, Simpkin Marshall, Appelton, 1861. Hardcover. First American Edition. Complete with 72 pages. 4.5” x 7.5”. Sound binding; rear hinge starting. Light soiling to some pages. Sunned cover with gilded, stamped title. Spine covering has all but perished. An excellent example of an abolitionist... More
China: Unknown, 2007. Unlisted. Presumed First. Hardcover. 4to. Beautiful overview of Chinese opera. Text is in English and Chinese. Opera scene illustrations in color plus 6 Chinese postage stamps issued in 2007 and 5 traditional redbud leaf paintings. Paintings and stamps are in protective mounts. Additional marginal illustrations of opera... More
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