The Masque Library

Publication Date: 1950

About this Item

Rex Whistler, Joan Hassall, James Agate, Ivor Brown, Cecil Beaton, Laurence Whistler, Sacheverell Sitwell. The Masque Library. Original 9 Separate Volumes in 2 Slipcases. London: The Curtain Press LTD. 1947-1949. 1st eds., 1949. Soft cover. Book Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 9 volumes. 12mo. Volumes 1-6 and Volumes 7-9 in separate slipcases. 23 pp. + [1] page ads; 16 pp; [31] pp; 36 pp. + [3] pp.; 36 pp + [2] pp. ads.; 36 pp. + [2] pp. ads.; 30 pp. + [2] pp. ads; 42 pp. + [2] pp. ads.; 44 pp + [ 16] pp. B & W photographic reproductions. All volumes are illustrated, some in full color. Original illustrated wrappers in their original publisher's slipcases. Includes Ivor Brown on "King Lear"; James Agate on "Oscar Wilde and The Theatre"; "Designs For The Theater By Rex Whistler" Parts 1 and 2, an Appreciation by Cecil Beaton, James Levar and Laurence Whistler; "The Masque Of Christmas" by Laurence Whistler; "Notes On The Verse Drama" by Christopher Hassall; "New Developments in the French Theatre" by Anthony Curtis; and "Theatrical Figures in Porcelain" by Sacheverell Sitwell. All books are fine in lightly used near fine slipcases. Very scarce in the original form.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Masque Library
• Publication Date: 1950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Whistler and Hassall
• Condition: Very Good