Keith Prowse (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 63 pages. (M21).

Paperback. Condition: VG. Reprint. sheet music 4to. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 8pp a little creased. Book.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 63 pages. Subjects; Pianoforte. Melodies. Overtures. Notated music. 3 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Softcover. Condition: Good. 1st. The Harmonium or American Organ music scores 163.

Pages browned; cover worn, with rusty staples & damage to spine. Complete with words, tonic sol-fa, full piano accompaniment & ukelele arrangements. Used - Acceptable. Fair stapled paperback music score Used - Acceptable. Fair stapled paperback music score.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 63 pages. Subjects; Pianoforte. Melodies. Overtures. Notated music. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Possibly the first but book is undated, circa 1900. Green softcover with black lettering and houseboat scene on the Thames. Staple bound, staples a little rusty but absolutely firm. Some foxing to back cover and the odd mark. Numerous adverts including a very early one for car hire on back inside cover. A rare survival. 5 inches by 4 inches, 96 pages, 150g.

PAPERBACK. Condition: Fine. Keith Prowse Programme 1927 London Theatre Movies Concerts Boxing & Events; week ending July 23, 1927; 20 pages; very scarce.

Stapled wraps. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in stapled wraps.

Paper Covers. Condition: Very Good. A scarce copy of Keith Prowse's book on London theatre plans, 108 pp. Illustrated paper covers. Contains fantastic full-page illustrations of the layouts of around 100 well-known theatres such as the Old Vic, Palladium, Globe, Lyceum, Lyric, Sadler's Wells and many more, complete with decorative borders advertising Keith Prowse. Small tears to joints, and some marks to back, internally nice and clean. A great resource for theatre-lovers and dramatists, in very good condition. Small Folio.

Each of the seven plans is on a 27 x 35.5 cm piece of paper.The source has not been established, and each carries the pencil date 1878 in a modern hand. They are uniform in layout, each with heading of the name of the theatre followed by a plan in the form of a 22 x 15 cm lithographic illustration of the respective theatre, as viewed from the stage, with the seating numbered. Beneath each plan are names of proprietors, lessees and managers, prices of admission, and in every case the details of the two ticket agents 'Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library' and Keith, Prowse, & Co, in each case ending with: 'Natural Flowers. - Theatrical, Opera, Bridal, Court, and every description of Bouquets, Hair Flowers, Dress Flowers Trails, Shoulder Knots, and every description of Hair and Dress Trimmings in Natural Flowers. / James Bromwich, F.R.H.S., Court Florist, 25, Buckingham Palace Road, S.W.' In fair condition, lightly aged and creased, with dogeared corners and some fraying at head. The seven theatres are: Theatre Royal, Lyceum, lessee and manageress Mrs Bateman; Royal Adelphi Theatre, sole proprietor Mr Benjamin Webster, actual and responsible manager Mr F. B. Chatterton; St James's Theatre, lessee and manager Mr Samuel Hayes; Royal Princess's Theatre, actual and responsible manager, Mr F. B. Chatterton; Her Majesty's Theatre (Opera House, Haymarket), lessee and manager J. H. Mapleson Esq.; Gaiety Theatre, sole lessee and manger Mr. John Hollingshead; Drury Lane Theatre, lessee and manager F. Chatterton, Esq. On the reverse of each sheet are one or two advertisements, for products ranging from Schweitzer's Cocoatina to Nosotti's Artistic Furniture, and including L. T. Piver, perfumer and glover, and F. & C. Osler of Birmingham (with illustration of their 'manufactory'), 'manufacturers of crystal glass chandeliers, candelabra, lustres, wall lights, table glass of all kinds and newest designs' See sample Image.