Walter macqueen pope (68 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1949. Reprint. 414 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout, notable to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking t…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. Xii, 336 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. Near Fine But 1/4" Tear At Top Edge Of Spine. Dust Jacket Priced 25/, Wear And Chips But No Loss Of Lettering Or Design. Pope Not Only Spent His Life Working For Theatres, He Came From A Theatrical Family Including A Shar…

1st edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Inscribed by previous owner. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 308 p : illus ; 24 cm. Subjects: Manners and customs. Engla…

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Theater England History. Elizabethan theatre. Middle Age…

Zustand: Good. 1951. Reprinted. 413 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Tape marking to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards have l…

1st edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 344 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. Subjects: Piccadilly (…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages; Physical description; 344 p. : illus. ; 22 cm. Subjects; London (England) - Streets…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. D/W tatty, torn edges, small pieces missing, creases and handling marks. Red boards turned slightly at spine. Contents clean, firm and vg with a few signs of use. 105 photo (usually four to a page) illustrations of stars of the theatre, probably taken…

First Edition. Good copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains well preserved overall. Physical description; 350p + plates : facsims, ill. (1 in colour) ; 22cm. Notes; Foreword by Ivor Novello. Printed by Turner and Dunnett. Text in English. Subj…

Reprint. Good cloth copy in a good, somewhat edge-torn (with loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Hinges starting. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 414 pages, 44 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Subjects; Macqueen-Pope, Walter (1888-1960). England Social life and customs…

Reprint. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn with some loss and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 414 pages; Physical desc. : 414 p. : plates, ports. ; 24 cm. Subject: England - Social life and customs - 19t…

From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See the two men's entries in the Oxford DNB. In good condition, lightly aged. 1p, 12mo. Signed (as Managing Editor of the Sunday Express) 'Hugh' and addressed to 'Dear Popie'. The article will start, as he explained on the telephone, 'with the death scene. / Here is the galley proof - uncorrected,…

1p, 8vo. In good condition, on lightly aged paper. Folded once. Salutation ('My dear Popey -') and valediction ('My love to you both - | Anna.') in her autograph; the rest typed. Good bold signature. Reads: 'It was so very kind of you to think of me on Saturday. The play has had a perfectly lovely reception so, now the first nig…

12mo, 1 p. Good, on lightly-aged paper. He had meant to write to him 'at the end of the series' (of articles by Macqueen-Pope?): 'We took a great deal of trouble in putting the series over well, and I am glad you liked the results.' The 'nonsense at the beginning' was caused by 'a series of misunderstandings'. Ends: 'No doubt we…

From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition. Signed 'Ralph' and addressed to 'Dear Popie'. It was 'extremely good', 'and typical too', of MP to write to him 'about the new Award'. He is 'at Newcastle now with the Val Parnell Summer Show and we ring up on Monday'. MP will know 'what…

See the two men's entries in the Oxford DNB. From the Macqueen-Pope papers. Each item in good condition, lightly aged, with creasing and rust staining to one corner from a paperclip. ONE: Swaffer to MP. TLS, signed 'Swaff'. 1p, 4to. 'Dear Popey, / Do you know anything about this woman? [From the context he is sending MP an enqui…

From the Macqueen-Pope papers (see his entry in the Oxford DNB). 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded once, with one dogeared corner. He thanks him for 'having mentioned my name in connection with the playbills, prints, etc., needed for the redecoration of the Whitbread house in Covent Garden'. He believes MP will b…

From the Macqueen-Pope papers (see his entry in the Oxford DNB). Merriman was accorded the honour of an episode of the BBC's Desert Island Discs in 1964. 2pp, 12mo. Signed 'Percy' and addressed to 'Dear Popie'. In good condition, lightly aged, with one dog-eared corner and folded twice for postage. Begins: 'Am not of course seek…

The Clarke family ran the Argyle for fifty years from 1890 to 1940, during which period it was one of the best-known provincial theatres. It opened as the Argyle Music Hall in 1868, and between 1876 and 1890 was named the Prince Of Wales Theatre, being used mainly to stage plays. In 1890 the focus returned to music hall and vari…