Anderson, Madge.
The Heroes of the Puppet Stage:
(Jonathan Cape, 1924).
With illustrations by the author. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps. Some soiling / streaking to cloth, a little cracking internally at spine, otherwise a good solid working copy. vi + 420pp. Order No. NSBK-A14241
Keywords: B00088FF4A, puppets, Punch, Mr Punch, puppetry, history, stage, theatre, puppet shows, marionettes, Punch and Judy, leisure, entertainment
Price £28.00.
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Fisher, David.
The War Magician: How Jasper Maskelyne and his Magic Gang Altered the Course of World War II
(Coward McCann, New York, 1983).
Britain's most bizarre secret weapon of WWII - he made the Suez canal disappear. Became an assassination target of Hitler's regime during WWII. A very scarce title. Hardback. Slight bumping to corners, otherwise very good in chipped, slightly discoloured, slightly worn dustwrapper. First Edition in 315pp. Order No. NSBK-A4731
Keywords: 0698111400, magic, conjuring, maskelyne, illusions, music hall, theatre, David Devant, jasper, Neville, war, Hitler, illusion, conjurer, warfare, war, magic gang, magician, magicians, magical, illusionist, jasper maskelyne, illusionists, Second World War, great britain, great british, england, english, war magician, history, david fisher, egyptian hall, illusions, deceptions, deception, deceptionist, deceptionists, decept, deceptive, deceptor, world war, wartime, war magician, magic gang, history, magic history, conjurers, conjured, J.N Maskelyne, white magic, World War II, World War Two, Inter-war, Interwar, Inter war
Price £38.00.
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Harris, Mollie.
All Kinds of Magic:
(OUP, 1995).
Charming reminiscences of Cotswold life. The author is Martha Woodford of "the Archers". Paperback. Ex lib, well-used, covers creased, a good working copy. ix + 387pp. Order No. NSBK-C3178
Keywords: 0192824139, Cotswold, rural life, country, countryside, Ducklington, Oxfordshire, Cotswolds, Britain, British, England, English, history
Price £4.50.
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Profumo, David and Swift, Graham, eds.
The Magic Wheel:
(Picador, 1985).
Paperback. Corner of front cover bent, otherwise very good. 460pp. Order No. NSBK-A10831
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Stowell, Sheila.
A Stage of their Own: Feminist Playwrights of the Suffrage Era
(MUP, 1992).
Hardback. Very good in slightly creased dustwrapper. vi + 170pp. Order No. NSBK-C200
Keywords: 0719036771, suffrage, suffragette, suffragist, feminist, feminism, playwright, drama, theatre, women writers, woman writer, Women's Movement, Edwardian, women's history, plays, New Woman, suffragettes, woman suffrage, women's suffrage
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Ormsby, Waterman L.
The Butterfield Overland Mail: Only Through Passenger on the First Westbound Stage
(Huntington, rpt, 1991).
Paperback. Light edge-wear, otherwise very good. xv + 179pp. Order No. NSBK-A14935
Keywords: 0873280954, history, USA, America, United States of America, Overland Mail Company, travel, adventure, American West, journalism
Price £7.99.
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Davy, M. J. B.
Henson and Stringfellow: Their Work in Aeronautics: The History of a Stage in the Development of Mechanical Flight, 1840-1868
(HNSO, 1931).
Hardback. Boards faded, otherwise a very good copy. 114pp. Order No. NSBK-A11117
Keywords: B000HBZSUY, aeronautics, flight, aviation, aeroplanes, planes, transport, mechanical flight, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, William Samuel Henson, John Stringfellow
Price £22.00.
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Wilson, Ian.
Shakespeare The Evidence: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Man and his Work
(Headline, 1993).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, lacks fly leaf, title page & final index page partly detached, otherwise good in chipped dw. xiii + 498pp. Order No. NSBK-A7000
Keywords: 0747205825, literature, literary, Shakespeare, Britain, British, playwrights, writers, dramas, theatres, Globe, London, Stratford-on-Avon, biography, biographies, life histories, life history, lives, sixteenth century, seventeenth century, stages, actors
Price £9.00.
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Hardwick, J. M. D.
Emigrant in Motley: The Journey of Charles and Ellen Kean in Quest of a Theatrical Fortune in Australia and America, as Told in Their Hitherto Unpublished Letters
(Rockcliff, 1954).
Hardback. Cloth faded and marked (slightly grubby), internally good. 260pp. Order No. NSBK-A3912
Keywords: B0000CJ0TP, Charles Kean, Ellen Kean, letters, stage, theatre, drama, theatrical, actress, actor, America, United States, Australia, emigration, emigrant, Victorian, nineteenth century, history
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Guinness, Alec.
My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor
(Hamish Hamilton, 1996).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in slightly creased dustwrapper. x + 214pp. Order No. NSBK-A9009
Keywords: 0241136679, actors, acor, Alec Guiness, autobiography, life, life history, lives, life histories, theatre, stage, twentieth century, Britain, British, history, England, English
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