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Scientific Paradoxes and Problems, and their solutions

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, The Old Westminster Press : 1925

Seller ID: 007912

Condition: Good

Small slim 8vo, pp viii, 131, very clean internally, blue cloth slightly faded on the spine, one small tear on the upper cover, otherwise very good. [SCARCE. The title page states " simultaneously broadcast from 2LO". This was the second radio statio to regularly broadcast in the UK. It began broadcasting on 11 May 1922, for one hour a day from the seventh floor of Marconi House in the Strand. This building, opposite Somerset House was demolished in 2006, apart from the listed façade, which is now incorporated into the new hotel.]
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Pride and Prejudice. A St James's Theatre programme

By: Austen, Jane (dramatized by Helen Jerome)

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Gilbert Miller & Max Gordon : 1937

Seller ID: 019166

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Not dated - c.1937. Small slender octavo, pp [20], including period advertisements, paperback, the upper cprner slightly bruised throughout, otherwise in good condition, the covers with a clear cellophane protection, slight markings from this on the endpapers. [The upper cover is by Rex Whistler, and the whole stage production was designed by him but not illustrated in the programme. SCARCE.
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Image for The Masque Number 2 - Designs for the Theatre by Rex Whistler; The Masque Number Three - Oscar Wild and the Theatre; Number 5 - The Masque of Christmas

The Masque Number 2 - Designs for the Theatre by Rex Whistler; The Masque Number Three - Oscar Wild and the Theatre; Number 5 - The Masque of Christmas

By: Beaton, Cecil;Agate, James; Whistler Rex

Price: £7.50

Publisher: London, The Curtain Press : 1947

Seller ID: 019199

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Three parts, illustrated, small slender octavo, pp 20; 24, 36, with a subscription slip loosely inserted, paperbacks, the covers a little age-toned.
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The Old Vic King Lear reviewed. [The Masque, A Theatre Notebook Number 1]

By: Brown, Ivor. (edited Lionel Carter)

Price: £7.00

Publisher: London, Curtain Press Ltd : 1946

Seller ID: 019167

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Slender 12mo, pp 16, illustrated, paperback, a very good copy. [The Old Vic Company at the New Theatre. Laurence Olivier was Lear and Alec Guinness played The Fool, with Margaret leighton as Regan.]
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Prima Donna - A History

By: Christiansen, Rupert

Price: £4.00

Publisher: London, The Bodley Head : 1984

Seller ID: 013270

ISBN-13: 9780370305509

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, large octavo, pp 367, a very good copy in a dustwrapper which is a little faded on the spine.
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Seers, Psychics and ESP

By: Christopher, Milbourne

Price: £7.50

Publisher: London, Cassell : 1971

Seller ID: 017509

ISBN-13: 9780304937608

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, octavo, pp x, 268, extremely clean internally, yellow cloth in excellent condition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped and is slightly worn around the edges. Overall a good bright copy.
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The Ten Commandments (Souvenir brochure ?)

By: DeMille, Cecil B.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Pemrow Limited : 1956

Seller ID: 014635

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Well illustrated, large slim octavo, pp 64, a little age-toned, but clen nd sound internally, paperback, covers slightly worn, the lower cover creased along the fore-edge, and with two tears without loss. {Probably a souvenir brochure, though expensive at 2/6.}. [The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American epic religious drama film produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille, shot in VistaVision (color by Technicolor), and released by Paramount Pictures. It starred Charlton Heston in the lead role, Yul Brynner as Rameses, Anne Baxter as Nefretiri, Edward G. Robinson as Dathan, Yvonne De...
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Samuel Bronston's The Fall of the Roman Empire - souvenir programme

By: Durant, Will

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, National Publishers Inc. : 1964

Seller ID: 014573

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Well illustrated, slim quarto, pp (20), clean internally and only slightly used, paperback, covers a little worn, the spine fraying a little at the staples. [The Fall of the Roman Empire is a 1964 American epic film directed by Anthony Mann and produced by Samuel Bronston, with a screenplay by Ben Barzman, Basilio Franchina and Philip Yordan. The film stars Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Mel Ferrer, and Omar Sharif. The film was a financial failure at the box-office. Despite this, it is considered unusually intelligent and thoughtful for a film of ...
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The Samuel Goldwyn Motion Picture Production of Porgy and Bess (Souvenir Programme)

By: Gershwin, George. Columbia Pictures.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Classics Illustrated : 1959

Seller ID: 014547

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Well illustrated, small slim quarto, pp (20), a little age-toned but otherwise very good, paperback, covers very slightly worn. [The film starred Sydney Poiter.Dorothy Dandridge. Sammy Davis Jr. Pearl Bailey. Diahann Carroll.]
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The Autobiography of James Gregson - actor, playwright, broadcaster, journalist.

By: Gregson, James (edited by Barry D. Smith)

Price: £17.50

Publisher: Brighouse, E R Smith Publications : 2011

Seller ID: 009409

ISBN-13: 9780957000100

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, large 8vo, pp xii, 252, clothbound, a very good copy in dustwrapper.
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Planet of the Apes (2 articles in The Face Magazine)

By: Healy, Murray; Roman, Shari

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, The Face Magazine : 2001

Seller ID: 013240

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Two articles contained in The Face Magazine, number 55, August 2001. The first - 6 pages on the newly released film; the second - 5 pages charting the history of the 40-year cult success. Well illustrated, paperback, slightly worn, the upper corners curved slightly.
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The Magic of the Opera - a picture memoir of the Metropolitan

By: Peltz, Mary Ellis (text), Mili, Gjon (photographer)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Praeger : 1960

Seller ID: 008535

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Very well illustrated throughout, quarto, pp 172, very slightly used internally, inscription on front endpaper, cloth blotched and slightly worn, in a dustwrapper which is rubbed and a bot worn and frayed.
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Merchant Ivory's English Landscape : rooms, views, and Anglo-Saxon attitudes

By: Pym, John (with foreword by James Ivory)

Price: £8.50

Publisher: London, Pavilion Books Ltd : 1995

Seller ID: 011642

ISBN-13: 9781857936902

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Very well illustrated, horizontal quarto, pp 132, a very good copy in dustwrapper. [This volume examines in detail four English films - "A Room With a View", "Maurice", "Howards End" and "The Remains of the Day" - the results of a collaboration, still flourishing after more than 30 years, of the American director James Ivory, the Indian producer Ismail Merchant, and the German-born scriptwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The Merchant-Ivory team has many personal and professional ties with Britain, and English characters and attitudes observed form the outside have appeared in striking forms in a nu...
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A Large Collection of 43 Radio Times, all with Doctor Who covers and articles

By: Radio Times

Price: £37.50

Publisher: London, BBC

Seller ID: 013563

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A LARGE COLLECTION OF 43 RADIO TIMES, ALL WITH DR WHO COVERS AND ARTICLES, (larger articles only are mentioned below): 2003 November 22-28; 2005 March 26 - Aprl 1 (with 16 page pull-out), December 17 - 30 (with ten page article) {two copies}; 2006 April 15 - 21 (with 16 page article), May 13 - 19 (with sticker book and 6 stickers), July 8 - 14, October 21 - 27. 2007 March 31 - April 6 (with 16 page article), April 21 - 27 (with stickers), June 30 - July 6, November 10 - 16, December 8 - 14; 2008 April 5 - 11 (14 page article), April 26 - May 2 (no CD), June 21 - 27, J...
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An Evening With Belafonte (Gaumont State, Kilburn)

By: Rank Organisation

Price: £7.50

Publisher: London, Rank Organisation : 1958

Seller ID: 014634

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Programme of a Concert at the Gaumont State, Kilburn, Lonon - Sunday 10th August 1958 - for seven days. Illustrated, slim octavo, pp 8 (including covers), slightly creased and worn. [Loosely inserted is a roughtly torn and folded upper cover of the Radio Times, August 17-23, 1958, with image of Harry Belafonte on his first British television appearance.]
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Drama and Society (Themes in Drama Volume 1)

By: Redmond, James

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : 1979

Seller ID: 009702

ISBN-13: 9780521220767

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

A few illustrations, 8vo, pp xii, 321, very slight age-toning to the pages, otherwise a really excellent copy in a dustwrapper which has the slightest suggestion of fading to the spine and a very tiny crease at its spine head..
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Bread: A Sweet Surrender - the musical journey of David Gates, James Griffin & Co.

By: Searles, Malcolm C.

Price: £45.00

Publisher: London, Helter Skelter Publishing : 2017

Seller ID: 019113

ISBN-13: 9781905139347

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, octavo, pp 270, (ii), paperback, the covers very slightly curved, otherwise a very good copy..
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The Art of Ruth Draper - her dramas and her characters

By: Zabel, Morton Dauwen

Price: £6.20

Publisher: Oxford University Press : 1960

Seller ID: 018907

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, octavo, pp viii, 396, extremely clean internally, purple cloth in very good condition, in a price-clipped dustwrapper which is just slightly worn.
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Solomon and Sheba (King Vidor Production) - Souvenir programme

By: [Wilbur, Crane]

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Classics Illustrated

Seller ID: 014548

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Well illustrated, small slim quarto, pp (12), a little age-toned but otjherwise clean internally, paperback, covers showing only very slight signs of wear. [Solomon and Sheba is a 1959 American epic historical romance film directed by King Vidor, shot in Technirama (color by Technicolor), and distributed by United Artists. The film dramatizes events described in The Bible - the tenth chapter of the First Kings and the ninth chapter of Second Chronicles. It starred Yul Brynner as Solomon and Gina Lollobrigida as Sheba; and features George Sanders as Adonijah, Marisa Pavan as Abishag, and David ...
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