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A Century of Famous Actresses 1750 - 1850

Price:  £10.00

Simpson, Harold and Brown, Mrs. Charles
Undated. Dark green cloth, slightly worn to the spine, internally VG, some age-spotting p380
Mills and Boon

A Family and its Fortunes

Price:  £5.00

Kempson, Rachel, Lady Redgrave
The theatrical Redgrave family. VG in very slightly edge-worn but generally VG DJ p242
Gerald Duckworth % Co

Ashcroft

Price:  £8.00

Tanitch, Robert
A pictorial record and full chronology of her career, with many quotations from critics of the day, published to celebrate her 80th birthday VG in very slightly scratched but generally VG DJ p160
Hutchinson & Co

Bardot - an intimate portrait

Price:  £8.00

Robinson, Jeffrey
With sixteen pages of photographs Corners a little creased, small rubbed mark to ffep, generally VG p384
Donald I Fine Books

Billie Whitelaw... Who he? An autobiography

Price:  £9.00

Whitelaw, Billie
VG in VG dj p272
Hodder & Stoughton

Charlie Chaplin

Price:  £5.00

McCabe, John
paper edition of the definitive biog. Some b & w photos VG p297
Robson

Cowardy Custard; The world of Noel Coward

Price:  £5.00

Frow, Gerald, Alan Strachan and Wendy Toye
Based on the review at the Mermaid Theatre, illustrated throughout VG in Good (price clipped, edgeworn) DJ p144
Heinemann

David Garrick - A Biography

Price:  £7.00

Kendall, Alan
A carefully researched biography of the outstanding C18 actor-manager VG, previous owner's name on title page, in VG DJ p224
Harrap

Early Stages 1921-1936

Price:  £7.00

Gielgud, John
First volume of Gielgud's autobiography, in a revised edition, telling of his attempts to learn the techniques of acting over the first VG+ in vg dj p210


Elizabeth Taylor - the last Star

Price:  £7.00

Kelley, Kitty
Corner clipped from ffep, o/w VG in VG, slightly edge-worn DJ p347
BCA

Esme of Paris

Price:  £8.00

Davis, Esme
The fascinating autobiography of the acrobat, ballet dancer, wild-beast tamer, music-hall and circus artiste and, latterly, parfumiere. Cover marked and sunned, ffep marked and with a pencil annotation, pages yellowed, o/w tight, sound and clean, good, no DJ. p444
D Appleton-Century

Evil Spirits - the life of Oliver Reed

Price:  £17.00

Goodwin, Cliff
VG, small name to front paste-down, in slightly edge-worn but generally VG DJ p314
Virgin

Fanny Kemble and the Lovely land

Price:  £9.00

Wright, Constance
B & w illus. VG, no dj p242
Robert Hale

Garbo, Her Story

Price:  £8.00

Gronowicz, Antoni
"Haunting, candid, vast, compelling" biog (according to the dj). Several b & w photos VG (light mark on cover) in Good DJ (chipped, small closed mended tears). p476
Simon & Schuster

George Frederick Cooke - the Actor and the Man

Price:  £6.00

Hare, Arnold
The Georgian actor, 1756-1812 VG p255
Society for Theatre Research

Gerald du Maurier the last actor-manager

Price:  £5.00

Harding, James
VG in Good DJ (chipped and edgeworn). p197
Hodder & Stoughton

Glenda Jackson

Price:  £5.00

Nathan, David
Part of the Film and Theatre Stars series. VG slightly bumped top and bottom of spine. p95
Spellmount

Ivor Novello, Man of the Theatre

Price:  £5.00

Noble, Peter
VG in price-clipped and rather tattered DJ p306
Falcon Press

Ivor; A biography of Ivor Novello

Price:  £6.00

MacQueen-Pope W
Good p550
W H Allen

Jane Fonda

Price:  £5.00

French, Sean
More intelligent than your average biog, published for the star's 60th birthday. Lots of b & w photos VG in Good DJ. DJ has faint mark on front top right, and rear bottom left. p192
Pavilion

Joan Sutherland

Price:  £30.00

Braddon, Russell
Signed by Joan Sutherland - the same hand has crossed out the last word of the printed dedication to 'My Mother and Father' and substituted 'Husband' VG in DJ that is price-clipped and slightly edge-worn but generally VG p256
Collins

John Gielgud

Price:  £6.50

Anthony, Gordon
24 camera studies. Gielgud in character, Shylock etc. Introduction by Michel Saint-Denis. Good, cover marked, mottling to some pages. No dj. p
Geoffrey Bles

Kathy and me

Price:  £5.00

Taylforth, Gillian
Autobiography of the Rag Trade, Shelley, and East Enders (Kathy Beale) actress. With colour photos VG in Good DJ (cover chipped, boards slightly bumped) p210
Bloomsbury

Leaving a Doll's House

Price:  £7.00

Bloom, Claire
Thoughtful and emotionally open memoir tracing the succesful career of an actress VG in creased but o/w VG DJ p274
Virago

Lewis and Sybil (Lewis Casson and Sybil Thorndike)

Price:  £9.00

Casson, John
Memoir by their eldest son, stories of 60 years of professional theatre. Illus. VG+ in VG dj p352
Collins

Liz

Price:  £8.00

Heymann, C David
Very thorough biography of Elizabeth Taylor. B & w illus. VG, no dj p516
Heinemann

Lucy, the bittersweet life of Lucille Ball

Price:  £9.00

Morella, Joe and Edward Z epstein
1st British edition VG in vg dj p281
W H Allen

Marlon Brando

Price:  £5.00

Shipman, David
Good - worn cover p256
Sphere

Michael Redgrave, My Father

Price:  £5.00

Redgrave, Corin
Signed by Corin Redgrave. Some creases,edge-wear, and top of spine bumped, generally VG. p176
Fourth Estate

Michael Redgrave, my father

Price:  £9.00

Redgrave, Corin
Black and white illustrations VG in slightly worn but generally VG dj p176
Richard Cohen Books

My Father's Son

Price:  £7.00

O'Connor, Frank
Second volume of his autobiography, completed from drafts after his death by Dr Maurice Sheehy. Tells of the years immediately following the Irish Civil War, and his involvement with Yeats and the Abbey Theatre VG+ p200
Gill & MacMillan

My Life in the Russian Theatre

Price:  £6.00

Demirovich-Dantchenko, Vladimir
The story of the Moscow Art Theatre by Stanislavsky's colleague and the actor who brought Chekhov to the Moscow Art Theatre. Dark green cloth, a little darkened and marked, pages yellowed, Good. p358
Geoffrey Bles

My Life in Three Acts

Price:  £5.00

Hayes, Helen, with Katherine Hatch
Biography of one of america's leading stage actors Ex lib. Good in vg dj p266
Peter Owen

My Tune

Price:  £5.00

Bates, Simon
If you love the Radio 1 DJ, you'll treasure this autobiography. VG in Good DJ (slightly chipped) p297
Virgin

Ned's Girl; the Life of Edith Evans

Price:  £11.00

Forbes, Bryan
In her own words, Evans was "born intoxicated, a raving lump of a girl". Bryan Forbes (who directed her in Whisperers) had unique unrestricted access to her personal papers and correspondence Near fine in vg dj p297
Hamish Hamilton

O K You Mugs - writers on movie actors

Price:  £6.00

Sante, Luc and Pierson, Melissa Holbrook eds
Writers from John Updike to Patti Smith on character actors - 'autobiography, film-buffery and Americana'. VG p284
Granta

One Foot on the Stage - the biography of Richard Wilson

Price:  £40.00

Roose-Evans, James
The Scottish actor and director, currently best known for his role in One Foot in the Grave as the curmudgeonly Victor Meldrew. Signed (by Richard Wilson) with a dedication: 'Stephen, President of the SRC, best wishes, Richard'. Very lightly worn, generally VG in VG DJ, signed on the title page. p236
Weidenfeld & Nicholson

Our Old Actors

Price:  £11.00

Baker, Henry Barton
'From the earliest times to the Commonwealth',' From the Restoration to Garrick', 'The Garrick Period', 'The Kemble period', 'The Kean and Macready period'. Dark green cloth, gold lettering and embossed design, spine worn top and bottom, internally VG p460
Richard Bentley and Son

Past Imperfect

Price:  £5.00

Collins, Joan
An autobiography VG, name to ffep, in VG DJ p252
W H Allen

Pryor Convictions and other life sentences

Price:  £20.00

Pryor, Richard with Gold, Todd
The turbulent memoirs of one of the most revolutionary and influential comic performers of the last 25 years. VG in Good DJ (not price clipped, has small closed tear top left corner, and edgewear). p276
Heinemann

Sarah Bernhardt

Price:  £6.00

Emboden, William
A pictorial biography of the 'Divine Sarah'. Near fine in near fine DJ p176
Macmillan

Sheridan

Price:  £6.50

Gibbs, Lewis
Biography of the politician who also wrote playsIllus. With 16 pages of half-tones. Frontis. VG, but some foxing, particularly to page edges and feps p280
Dent Ltd

Sherrin's Year, the sparkling diary of a master raconteur

Price:  £9.00

Sherrin, Ned
VG in VG dj p298
Virgin

Split Image - the life of Anthony Perkins

Price:  £5.00

Winecoff, Charles
Biography of the star of Psycho VG in VG DJ p482
Dutton

Streisand, the Woman and the Legend

Price:  £5.00

Spada, James
b & w illustrations throughout VG in Good DJ (chipped and edgeworn). p249
W H Allen

The Calverts; Actors of some Importance

Price:  £8.00

Foulkes, Richard
The story of the leading nineteenth century acting family. Illus. Spine faded, o/w near fine p125
Society for Theatre Research

The Day The Laughter Stopped

Price:  £25.00

Yallop, David A
The true story behind the Fatty Arbuckle scandal, first UK edition Reading copy only - the chipped and worn DJ has been taped to the boards, ex-lib, missing ffep, grubby marks to the pages. p350
Hodder & Stoughton

The Divine Garbo

Price:  £6.00

Sands, Frederick and Sven Broman
A comprehensive biography following a series of frank interviews with G G. Vg. No dj p244
Sidgwick & Jackson

The Life and Times of Charlie Chaplin

Price:  £8.50

Karney, Robin and Robin Cross
A critical look at the strenghts and weaknesses of the performer, and at the private performer. Many photos. 9" x 12" VG in VG dj p128
Green Wood

The Lunts

Price:  £5.00

Freedley, George
An illustrated study of their work with a list of their appearances on stage & screen. VG in good but slightly chipped DJ p134
Rockliff

The Other Side of Oz - an autobiography

Price:  £5.00

Ebsen, Buddy
With a foreword by Bob Hope. VG in slightly edge-worn but generally VG DJ p287
Donovan Publications

The Player Kings

Price:  £5.00

Findlater, Richard
VG in good DJ p288
Weidenfeld & Nicholson

The Property Basket

Price:  £7.00

Speaight, Alan
VG, cover slightly marked, in DJ that is edge-worn and rather grubby but generally good p416
Collins and Harvill

This - is London

Price:  £5.00

Hibberd, Stuart
Second impression. The autobiography of a BBC bradcaster, taken from his diaries over 25 years. Illustrated with photographs and cartoons. Blue cloth cover worn and marked, age-mottling to prelims, good, tight and sound. p322
Macdonald and Evans

To Tell My Story

Price:  £6.00

Vanbrugh, Irene
Autobiography of 60 years in the theatre, with some 40 illustrations. Good - spine very faded and boards a little bumped and worn p217
Hutchinson & Co

William Poel and the Elizabethen Revival

Price:  £35.00

Speaight, Robert
Published for the Society for Theatre Research, to commemorate in 1952 the centenary his birth. Red cloth, a little marked to the spine, worn gold lettering, gold star and inscription to ffep, pages yellowed, VG p302
Heinemann

Woody and his Women

Price:  £7.50

Carroll, Tm
A revealing biography tracing the comic's private life, from his mother to Mia Farrow. Ex lib, no feps, o/w vg in vg dj p344
Little, Brown & Co.










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