Verlag: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1988
ISBN 10: 0517541793 ISBN 13: 9780517541791
Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Verlag: Limelight Editions, 1990
ISBN 10: 0879101407 ISBN 13: 9780879101404
Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Verlag: Theatre Arts Books, 1963
ISBN 10: 0878305688 ISBN 13: 9780878305681
Anbieter: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, USA
Paperback. Zustand: Good. Cover and edges shows minor shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.
Verlag: Pan Books, 1997
ISBN 10: 0330352245 ISBN 13: 9780330352246
Anbieter: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Acting Shakespeare This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
Verlag: Nick Hern Books, 1995
ISBN 10: 1854591053 ISBN 13: 9781854591050
Anbieter: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Neat dedication on the opening page.
Verlag: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, London, 2004
ISBN 10: 0297829890 ISBN 13: 9780297829898
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. John Gielgud wrote letters almost every day of his adult life. Whether at home in London and later in Buckinghamshire, or acting abroad or on location, he delighted in sitting down each morning and recounting what had been going on and what he felt about events around him. He was still writing just a few days before his death aged 96 in May 2000. His letters are treasured by the recipients and the problem for the editor has been in selection. He wrote in an increasingly idiosyncratic hand and remarked that even he needed a magnifying glass at times to see what he had actually written. Through the letters, which begin with those to his mother, we meet a man who delights in gossip, in describing what he sees and experiences. Here for the first time - and not previously available to biographers - are Gielgud's love letters. They show that he was not shy is expressing the intimacies of personal relationships. Gielgud had a reputation for speaking his mind, and this is evident as he writes about his contemporaries, including the great actors of period: Olivier, Richardson, Redgrave, Peggy Ashcroft, Edith Evans and the like. Here is great letter-writing before the age of e-mail. "Gielgud's Letters" are a revelation - full of inside information and gossip. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Verlag: Pan, 2000
ISBN 10: 0330345672 ISBN 13: 9780330345675
Anbieter: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Damaged book. Slightly damaged in some way typically, a grazed corner or torn cover.
Verlag: Sidgwick and Jackson Ltd, 1991
ISBN 10: 0283060883 ISBN 13: 9780283060885
Anbieter: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Used; Acceptable. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. The book is perfectly readable and fit for use, although it shows signs of previous ownership. The spine is likely creased and the cover scuffed or slightly torn. Textbooks will typically have an amount of underlining and/or highlighting, as well as notes. If this book is over 5 years old, then please expect the pages to be yellowing or to have age spots. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
Verlag: William Heinemann Ltd, 1958
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Fair. 1958. Reprinted. 89 pages. No dust jacket. Green paper covered boards. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Front free endpaper cut out. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.
Verlag: Arcade Pub, 2004
ISBN 10: 1559707291 ISBN 13: 9781559707299
Anbieter: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: LikeNew. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
Verlag: Warner
ISBN 13: 4012878107381
Anbieter: Versandantiquariat Felix Mücke, Grasellenbach - Hammelbach, Deutschland
Videokassette. Zustand: Gut. außen mit Gebrauchsspuren, Artikel stammt aus Nichtraucherhaushalt! NB-VHS4500 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.
Verlag: Arcade Publishing, New York, 2004
Anbieter: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, USA
hardcover. Zustand: very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good(+). First. Lightly illustrated in black and white. 564 pages, thick 8vo, blue boards, pictorial d.w. New York: Arcade Publishing, 2004. First US Edition. Mild stains on fore edge, still a very good copy with a very good(+) dust wrapper.
Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2000
ISBN 10: 0340795026 ISBN 13: 9780340795026
Anbieter: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Verlag: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1963
ISBN 10: 0435183508 ISBN 13: 9780435183509
Anbieter: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Verlag: Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1973
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
Erstausgabe
Zustand: Fine. First American edition. Fine. Former owner's name inside front cover; small scuff spot where old price was erased on front endpaper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Verlag: Prion, 1990
ISBN 10: 1853750972 ISBN 13: 9781853750977
Anbieter: Klondyke, Almere, Niederlande
Zustand: Good. Original square red boards, circa 29x29cm, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, ribbon marker, illustrated with (full page) b/w photographs.
Verlag: Atlas, 1989
ISBN 13: 4013605000210
Anbieter: KULTur-Antiquariat, Boizenburg, MV, Deutschland
Videokassette. Zustand: Sehr gut. In Pappschuber . Atlas/ Zweitausendeins-Ausgabe von 1989 aus der Reihe " Frühe Meisterwerke". Hülle leicht berieben, ansonsten sehr gut erhalten!LÄUFT! ISBN: 4013605000210 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.
Verlag: London, Gawthorn Press, nd, c.1953., 1953
Anbieter: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australien
Erstausgabe
Octavo, 222pp, illustrated, very good original boards, a little edgeworn and faded, in worn dustwrapper. First edition. Includes the play, The Life of Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Will, and numerous b&w photos from the famous MGM movie directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Marlon Brando, James Mason, Louis Calhern, Edmond O'Brien, John Gielgud, Greer Garson & Deborah Kerr.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1973
Anbieter: Graham York Rare Books ABA ILAB, Honiton, Vereinigtes Königreich
1973, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., ppxii + 179, black and white illustrations, black cloth in dustwrapper. With correspondence letters from the publishers to Mander & Mitchenson, including an apology for delaying the payment for the loan of twenty photographs. Dustwrapper slightly chipped, otherwise very good.
Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton General Division 18.10.2001., 2001
ISBN 10: 0340770899 ISBN 13: 9780340770894
Anbieter: Modernes Antiquariat an der Kyll, Lissendorf, Deutschland
Zustand: Sehr gut. Auflage: New Ed. 512 Seiten minimaler Knick am Cover, Schnitt leicht angegilbt, kleine Lagerspuren am Buch, Inhalt einwandfrei und ungelesen 427534 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 380 19,4 x 12,8 x 4,4 cm, Taschenbuch.
Anbieter: Vangsgaards Antikvariat Aps, Copenhagen, Dänemark
Erstausgabe
Arcade Publishing, New York 2004. 564 pages. Illustrated with a few photos in b/w. Orig. boards in dust wrappers. Near fine+/near fine wrappers. * First US edition.
Verlag: St. Martin's Press, 1980
ISBN 10: 0312256949 ISBN 13: 9780312256944
Anbieter: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Minor shelf wear. Small Tears to the Dust Jacket/Slipcase, or may be price clipped.
Anbieter: Herbst-Auktionen, Detmold, Deutschland
Manuskript / Papierantiquität Signiert
GROßFOTO (GF,8°), EIGENHÄNDIG SIGNIERTmit eigenhändiger Empfehlung, Jahr SCHÖN !.
Verlag: 12 January ; from the Phoenix Theatre WC2 London on his letterhead, 1952
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Manuskript / Papierantiquität Signiert
From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See the two men's entries in the Oxford DNB. The present item relates to the 1952 RSC production of 'Much Ado about Nothing', directed by Gielgud and with him playing Benedick. 1p, landscape 8vo. Red-ink letterhead 'JOHN GIELGUD'. Signed 'John Gielgud' and addressed to 'Dear Popie'. In good condition, lightly aged and creased. Folded twice. He thanks him for his 'good wishes and thought of me. / We could not have wished for a more appreciative first night audience or more enthusiastic notices and are very happy to feel we have such a success.' He ends with 'Warmest New Year greetings and again my thanks.'.
Verlag: Literary Licensing, LLC, 2013
ISBN 10: 1258796767 ISBN 13: 9781258796761
Anbieter: Buchpark, Trebbin, Deutschland
Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 366 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.
Verlag: 13 May no year - s?. On his letterhead 16 Cowley Street London S.W.1, 1960
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
1p, small 4to. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded twice for postage. Written in a close hand, with a larger and more forceful signature, with long underlining: 'John Gielgud.' Reads: 'Dear Mrs. Bannerman. / All my best thanks for the lovely lilies, which arrived fresh and safely. They are quite enchanting - and cost a small fortune if one buys them in a florists. It was more than kind of you to think of sending them and to pack them so beautifully.' Also included is a creased and worn envelope with 1975 UK stamp and postmark, addressed in Gielgud's autograph to 'Miss Connie Conquest / 17 Station Road / Burton Latham / Northants / NN15 5PB'.
Anbieter: Herbst-Auktionen, Detmold, Deutschland
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
GIELGUD A Theatrical Life 1904-2000, by Jonathan Croall Methuen Publishing, London 2001, 580 SS. Pb. gr. 8° mit seinem Foto auf dem Cover, mit vielen Fotos, gut erhalten BEILAGE : Dem Buch liegt ein von Sir John Gielgud eigenhändig signiertes Foto bei !.
Anbieter: Herbst-Auktionen, Detmold, Deutschland
Manuskript / Papierantiquität Signiert
GROSSFOTO, EIGENHÄNDIG SIGNIERT (Szene aus Romeo & Juliet) , kl. Mängel (Knickspur).
Verlag: London John Lehmann, 1952
Anbieter: Shapero Rare Books, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
First edition, signed by Gielgud to title-page, dated 'Feb 1953', inscribed by the Author below; 'for my dear Jonathan with love and gratitude from Hallam 3.11.53; 4to; numerous illustrations from photographs; publisher's blue cloth gilt, illustrated endpapers of 'leading ladies', pictorial dust-jacket, rubbed at extremities, abrasion and two small closed tears to spine; together with loosely inserted ephemera, comprising 3 portrait photographs of Gielgud inscribed to Jonathan Mayne; an ALS from Neveill Coghill to Fordham, a few pieces of correspondence between Jonathan Mayne and various publishers and four short obituraries of Hallam Fordham from barious papers and journals; [2] xxiii [2]pp. Preserved in a near-contemporary double slip-case with gilt initials J.H.M. Hallam Fordham (d.1955), a radio presenter, a theatre producer and biographer. Jonathan Mayne is likely the 'Jon' with which N. Smith signs off his letter dated 11th December 1952 to Fordham, implying that Mayne and Fordham were close friends or perhaps romantically linked. List of Documents: Five press cuttings containing obituaries of Hallam Fordham dated in pen annotations to 1955. A bundle of letters including: Letter dated 17th January 1958 from Jonathan Mayne to L. Asher of Books for Pleasure Ltd. on the possibility of Asher in taking over 500 loose sheets of Fordham's 1952 John Gielgud An Actors Biography in Pictures, and binding and reissuing this book. Letter dated 6th January 1958 from A.M. Heath of A.M. Heath & Company Ltd. to Jonathan Mayne advising Mayne to contact Books for Pleasure Ltd re the republication of Fordham's 1952 work. Letter dated 5th February 1958 from L.L. Asher of Books for Pleasure Ltd. to Jonathan Mayne re a copy of Fordham's 1952 work. Letter dated 7th February 1958 from John Foster White, Director of MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. to Jonathan Mayne acknowledging receipt of a letter and enclosure of 5th February. Gives Jonathan Mayne's address as 10 Ashburn Place, London, SW7. A Christmas card to Jonathan (likely Jonathan Mayne) from John Gielgud, with a photograph of the latter clutching a video camera near the coast. A Christmas card to Jonathan (likely Jonathan Mayne) from John Gielgud, 16 Cowley Street, London, SW1, dated 1962, without portrait photograph of the latter. A Christmas card to Jonathan (likely Jonathan Mayne) from John Gielgud, dated in pencil annotation to exterior 1957/8. Letter dated 11th December 1952 from N Smith to Hallam Fordham on the subject of John Gielgud and King Lear: Exeter College Oxford Dear Hallam, My great congratulations on your wonderful book about Gielgud, which John sent me with a charming inscription, and for which I also have to thank you for your part in it. I think it delightfully arranged and presented, and that above all it shows an amazing diversity of genius carried over an even more of achievement. Your introduction is charmingly and wittily written and you will not be cross with me if I disagree with you on two points. The first (a minor one) is your claim for his performance as Angelo. It was indeed a 'research into the springs of personality' but it was the personality of an Erasmus, not of an Angelo. One ought to have felt but I never did feel it that Isabella was in almost physical danger during the temptation scene. I do not mean this by any vulgar action of touching her, but by somehow contriving the effect of an enormously strong personality driven by a great lust shadowing and attempting to dominate her. It ought to have felt like sex; but to me it had no dangerous smoulder just about explode. And the second thing I disagree with is your judgement that his distinguishing gift is character-acting. I think this a tantamount to saying that Rembrandt is distinguished as a portrait painter. It is obviously true that the portrayal of personalities is a power immensely given to them both; that I don't think such a claim can put anyone in the Top Class is the power to embody a passion or a sense of passion. And this I put quite simply above all else an artist can do. I therefore think John's Leontes the greatest thing I have seen him individually do. The passion of majesty and guilt and anguish together was such as I could never have imagined without him. In these words he extended the bounds of my consciousness of this high passion, much as (say) Dante extends the bounds of what we can imagine to be bliss in the Paradiso. To make these comments is not to take anything away from my admiration for your book. I do congratulate you on it! And now I have a request. I am puzzled in a question concerning Lear, which (I believe) only you (or possibly John himself, but I trust your exact researches more than his imaginative memories!) can answer. The problem is this: At the very end of the play Albany has a 10 line speech, ending surprisingly thus: The cup of their deservings O, see, see! Lear And my poor fool is hanged: no no, no life etc. Problem What makes Albany in temper himself and suddenly exclaim "O, see, see!"?? I think it is fairly obvious that it must be some sudden action of Lear's, but WHAT action? For Lear's remark 'And my poor fool is hang'd' gives no hint that he has soon done anything at all, let alone a sudden and striking action such as would have made Albany exclaim. What, therefore, did Granville Barker make John do, in the 1940 production, during Albany's ten lines? If you can answer this I shall be most grateful to you. I have a faint idea myself of what might happen. I think Lear might wander up stage vaguely (he has just been very vague about Kent) and find the rope that had hanged Cordelia where (perhaps) it had fallen off her when he carries her in dead. And he might be abstractedly toying with the noose, so as to make Albany suddenly afraid that Lear was perhaps thinking of hanging himself, and therefore exclaim. To his exclamation Lear would pay no attention, but just looking at the rope meditatively say And my.
Verlag: 27 October 59 East 56th Street New York City, 1936
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. On grey paper. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded once for postage. The year is given in pencil, and a note in the same hand identifies the recipient as 'Mrs Florence Doubleday (wife of publisher) in Oyster Bay'. Ten lines of text, in a close hand, with larger, firm signature 'John Gielgud.' A somewhat pompous missive. He thanks her for giving him 'so delightful an opportunity of meeting you, and to ask me to stay in your charming house and meet your friends, who were all so nice to me'. He 'enjoyed the whole thing more than I can say, and indeed the reputed hospitality of your country delights me on every hand'. He hopes she will allow him to 'return it a little by kindly sending me your New York address, which will I hope soon resolve itself to your satisfaction - so that I may have the pleasure of giving you a meal.'.