Search Results: Performing Arts from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Pier 9, Millers Point, New South Wales, 2008. no Indication. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. 700 g; (6), 330 pages, in original photographic illustrated softcover binding which has attached fold over flaps. Centre photographic fold out section. No other damage to describe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; Inventory No: 0236352. .

Angus & Robertson, Pymble, New South Wales, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 750 g; X, 278 pages, indexed, and illustrated with many black-and-white photographs. Photograph illustrated dust jacket has a short tear at the top right of the front panel and two short tears at the top of the spine. Bottom edge of the boards slightly rubbed. Ownership inscription on the half title page. This book not only tells the story of the Australian show business legend Evie Hayes, it is also a record of the history of the Australian theatre and television. Filled with fascinating memorabilia, theatre programs, song sheets and over 180 photographs, it is a tribute to the pioneers of Australian show business -- and a terrific read for fans, thespians and historians -- front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1.… Read More

Angus & Robertson, Pymble, New South Wales, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 750 g; X, 278 pages, indexed, and illustrated with many black-and-white photographs. Ownership inscription and grubby marks on front free end page, and slight rubbing to the edges of the dust jacket. The top edge of the text block has a blue line crosswise, indicating that the book had been remaindered. This book not only tells the story of the Australian show business legend Evie Hayes, it is also a record of the history of the Australian theatre and television. Filled with fascinating memorabilia, theatre programs, song sheets and over 180 photographs, it is a tribute to the pioneers of Australian show business -- and a terrific read for fans, thespians and historians -- front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under… Read More

Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, London, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 650 g; VIII, 256 pages, indexed with list of performances and productions. Bound in original brown paper covered boards, with a photographic dust jacket which has not been price clipped. There is no damage to describe. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photography. Michael Redgrave's autobiography is elegant, witty and exceptionally stylish, and remarkable account of a remarkable life, illuminated through Portsmouth of his family and contemporaries such as Olivier, Noel Coward Garbo Hitchcock and Edith Evans. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; ISBN: 0297782789. ISBN/EAN: 9780297782780. Inventory No: 0254149. . 9780297782780

Rigby, Adelaide, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. xii, 208 pages., profusely illustrated anecdotal history of Australian theatre. previous owner's name written in tiny letters at the top of the first page, the dust jacket has a quarter inch tear at the top left of the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Performing Arts; Theatre; Australia; ISBN: 085179291X. ISBN/EAN: 9780851792910. Inventory No: 0248990. . 9780851792910

Queen Anne Press, London, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 256 pages, indexed, includes catalogue of performances, appendices, and discography. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photography. Colour illustrated dust jacket. The author, now better known as the wife Of Tony Major, has written a book, authorised, which is the first up to date and complete story of Joan Sutherland. a clean copy, the only damage being two small knocks to the top edge of the rear panel, otherwise clean and free of damage. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; Music. ISBN: 0356126935. ISBN/EAN: 9780356126937. Inventory No: 0274744. . 9780356126937

Queen Anne Press, London, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. indexed, includes catalogue of performances, appendices, and discography. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photography. Burgundy coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Colour illustrated dust jacket with gilt and white coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. The author, now better known as the wife Of Tony Major, has written a book, authorised, which is the first up to date and complete story of Joan Sutherland. Rubbing of the book edges with light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Previous owners name to the top right hand corner of the free front end page. A previous owner has made marks against some of the paragraphs in a black coloured pen. Minor creasing of the dustwrapper edges with rubbing of the panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256… Read More

Simon & Schuster Ltd, London, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 650 g; XIV, 322 pages, last four pages blank, the only illustrations in the book are at the start of each chapter and are snapshot sized. Photographic illustrated dustwrapper. Minor handling marks to the dustwrapper. Otherwise in very good condition. This book is the result of 20 years of conversations with the subject. Consequently the book reveals an unusual relationship in a unique life, one lived large -- and largely according to her own rules. More important, it sets down many of the stories of that life as she saw them, full of sentiments she felt should not be made public until her death. -- from the author's note page XI/XII Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; ISBN: 0743206762. ISBN/EAN:… Read More

Macmillan, Sydney, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. VIII, 485 pages, 24 pages of black-and-white photography, illustrated end pages, chapter notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated dust jacket. The author elegantly traces the career of the star from working-class Melbourne, who tilted Australia's television to an alarming, unforgettable angle with his style of of disrespectful buffoonery, then mysteriously disappeared into the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. There are handling marks to the front edge of the text block, and the photographic illustrated dust jacket has a 1.5 inch tear at the bottom right of the front panel Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; ISBN: 0732911656. ISBN/EAN: 9780732911652. Inventory No:… Read More

Macmillan, Sydney, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. VIII, 485 pages, 24 pages of black-and-white photography, illustrated end pages, chapter notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated dust jacket. The author elegantly traces the career of the star from working-class Melbourne, who tilted Australia's television to an alarming, unforgettable angle with his style of of disrespectful buffoonery, then mysteriously disappeared into the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Slight rubbing of the bottom of the boards, and slight roughening of the dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; ISBN: 0732911656. ISBN/EAN: 9780732911652. Inventory No: 0272840. . 9780732911652

W. H. Allen, London, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Various. Signed by the Author on Half Title Page. illustrated with 16 black-and-white plates, indexed. The front end page is a facsimile of a playbill, and someone has written 6d in ink at the top right-hand corner. The half title page has a lengthy inscription by the author dated 27/11/57. Dustiness of the top edge of the text block, light rubbing of the base edge of the boards, and there are three short white lines at the lower right-hand corner of the front board. This is a book about the Actresses who have graced the stage of our country, a stage whose history is without rival in the world and which today still holds its premier position. When Charles II came into his own again, a travelled, experienced, and broadminded king, he reopened the theatres which had been closed, and at the same time he opened the door to women, and the English actress I arrived. It is the story of those… Read More

Collins, London, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 352 pp., with 24 pp., illustrations. Indexed. The lifelong partnership of Lewis Casson and Sybil Thorndike written by their son. The dustwrapper's spine colour has faded from dark red to a green, and a gift inscription dated 1973 is on the front end page, along with marks from sticky tape. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; Theatre; Theatre & Plays. ISBN: 0002114887. ISBN/EAN: 9780002114882. Inventory No: 0224218. . 9780002114882

WW Norton & Company, New York, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 600 g; 320 pages, last page blank, film performances, theatre performances, index. 13 pp. black and white photographs, photographic illustrated dustjacket, with a 0.5 inch tear at the top left of the front panel, or some colour transfer from another dustjacket on the rear panel, and price clipping at the top and bottom of the front fold over flap. There is offset tanning to both front and rear paste downs, and slight dustiness to the top edge of the text block. Internally clean, sound binding. Basing his research on over 160 interviews with Marlene's closest friends, colleagues, and directors, the author reveals her romantic involvements, as well as her relationship with her daughter, her husband, and her husband's mistress. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.… Read More

F. W. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Illustrated with two line drawings in the text, a colour frontispiece painted by Rupert Bunny, and 16 pages of black-and-white photography. Includes bibliographic sources, index, and photographic. Purple coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Light purple coloured tint to the top text edge. Illustrated dust jacket with purple and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Generous and mean, kindly and ruthless, stead fast and capricious, with a prodigious talent for self-dramatisation balanced by a Napoleonic gift of realism, she has inspired three earlier book length biographies, as well as a novel, a play, and 2 films. But until now no writer has penetrated the enigma of her personality and recreated her life-size. -- front fold over blurb. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with a little bumping of the top… Read More

F. W. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Illustrated with two line drawings in the text, a colour frontispiece painted by Rupert Bunny, and 16 pages of black-and-white photography. Includes bibliographic sources, index, and photographic. Purple coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Light purple coloured tint to the top text edge. Illustrated dust jacket with purple and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Generous and mean, kindly and ruthless, stead fast and capricious, with a prodigious talent for self-dramatisation balanced by a Napoleonic gift of realism, she has inspired three earlier book length biographies, as well as a novel, a play, and 2 films. But until now no writer has penetrated the enigma of her personality and recreated her life-size. -- front fold over blurb.  Softening and a… Read More

Macmillan, London, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Illustrator: Mountbatten. 224 pages, genealogical tree in two parts on the front and rear end pages, 23 colour illustrations, 4 cartoons, and 266 black-and-white photographs. Half-title page: Crest. A picture-album of the career of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, late Viceroy of India and First Sea Lord. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Mountbatten. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; ISBN: 0333265580. ISBN/EAN: 9780333265581. Inventory No: 0214268. . 9780333265581

Simon & Schuster, New York, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 500 g; 318 pages, last five pages blank, indexed, includes a photographic section. Photographic illustrated dust jacket. Slight rubbing to the base edge of the boards, and the paper edges appear slightly darkened. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; ISBN: 0684870762. ISBN/EAN: 9780684870762. Inventory No: 0218947. . 9780684870762

Viking, Camberwell, Victoria, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic, and the Author. 950 g; X, 374 pages, index, bibliography, 12 pages of colour photography, and 32 pages of black-and-white photography. The text is also illustrated with a couple of black-and-white sketches. Being aware of the alter ego, one tends to forget how successful Barry Humphries himself actually is, being a successful playwright, author, and actor. In this heady memoir his various fascinations are explored -- painting, music, travel and collecting -- as are his forays into marriage, and his friendships with comedians, artists and writers. If you want name dropping, you'll have to purchase the book. There is no damage to describe to the book itself, apart from a trace of rubbing to the bottom of the spine from being shelved. and Edna's hair is looking slightly faded from too much exposure to light. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾"… Read More

John Sands, Sydney, 1923. Deluxe Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Poor Condition. Illustrator: Various. xx, 314.,pp; stated imited edition, "this being number" left blank. facsimile signature on top board, binding very slightly knocked at the head and foot of the spine. Page edges are not uncut, nor is the top edge gilded, the dustwrapper, adorned only with her signature and sigil, is in its compostite pieces. A leading actress of her day, Nellie Stewart was born in the late 19th Century. A versatile performer, whose talents encompassed operetta, high drama and popular pantomime, Nellie toured extensively and starred at Drury Lane, London. Her story is rich in social history and provides a fascinating insight into the theatrical traditions and the growth of Australia's performing arts. Beside her own numerous portraits in a variety of roles, there are many photographs of Australian performers with whom she worked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Random House Inc, New York, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 850 g; XIV, 386 pages, indexed, 32 pages of black and white photography, colour illustrated dustwrapper. The book is second-hand, but shows almost no signs of handling. "She talks openly about her influence in the Reagan administration, reflects warmly on her lifelong love affair with her husband, and she has the darker times as bouts with cancer, family problems, and personal betrayals become fodder for the media." -- Front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Performing Arts; ISBN: 0394563689. ISBN/EAN: 9780394563688. Inventory No: 0232764. . 9780394563688