Published by Peter Pauper Press, 1955
Seller: Dan A. Domike, Hoquiam, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some wear to the boards. Minor corner bumping. Clean text with bright pages.
Language: English
Published by Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, NY, 1964
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Paul Mcpharlin (illustrator). 1st. 1st thus edition; no date given (1964); in very good slipcase; 126 clean, unmarked pages.
Language: English
Published by The Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, NY, 1946
Seller: Manning's Books & Prints, ABAA, Pacifica, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VERY GOOD condition. to near fine with original slipcase.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gift inscription on flyleaf. Articles which first appeared as "questions on the encyclopedia", later reprinted as "reason by alphabet". Illustrated with drawings. Book.
Published by Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, New York, 1955
Seller: Karl Theis, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. McPharlin, Paul (illustrator). Reprint. A FINE BOOK IN A PRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET.
Published by The Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, New York, 1955
Seller: Casa Camino Real, Las Cruces, NM, U.S.A.
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Paul McPharlin (illustrator). Later Printing. Edited and Illustrated by Paul McParlin. 62 pages. Book is in very good condition. Price clipped but otherwise fine.
Published by Hastings House, 1947
Seller: PONCE A TIME BOOKS, SANTA BARBARA, CA, U.S.A.
0 88 p. Includes illustrations. Fine in very good dust jacket. light shelfwear, protected in brodart,
Hardcover. Condition: VG- (Some wear to extremities). Color marbled paper over boards; Leather at spine; 62 pp.; Numerous duotone illustrations. A pocket volume of articles that first appeared as "Questions on the Encyclopedia," then reprinted as "Reason by Alphabet"; Includes illustrations by Paul McPharlin, also the editor of this volume.
Published by PUPPETRY IMPRINTS, BIRMINGHAM, MI,, 1941
Seller: BRIER ROSE BOOKS, TEANECK, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
BOARDS. Condition: GOOD+. *FIRST EDITION*. 64 PAGES, BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT. 1.5" "ESTADOS UNIDOS DE VENEZUELA MINISTARIO DE EDUCATION" STAMP ON COVER AND TITLE PAGE, OTHERWISE VERY GOOD CONDITION. Size: OBLONG OCTAVO.
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1937
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: vg. George Cruikshank (illustrator). Octavo. 61pp. Bound in tan suede. Limited to 1500 copies of which this is copy 751 (not signed). Corners bumped. Some light soiling to covers. Lacking slipcase. Illustrated with etchings by George Cruikshank.
Published by New York. The Puppeteers of America. 1947, 1947
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Oblong 8vo, 15x 23cm, 88p., with 28 illustrations, mustard yellow quarter cloth backed gray printed paper over boards, near fine (chds). - Articles include: puppets in New Jersey and Buenos Aires; puppets on television; Parisian puppeteers; puppet voices; quality control in puppetry; and impressions of Guignol in Lyons.
Published by The Viking Press - New York, 1929
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Green cloth on boards with gilt marionette head stamped to front and lettering to spine. Spine is moderately faded, top of front has some mild spotting. Large book is tight, square, fairly sharp-cornered and free of markings or flaws other than already mentioned. Decorated end-papers. Top edge dyed red. No DJ. Nice copy of a fairly scarce book. With plays by Bonneschky, Bouchor, Dondo, Duranty, Tom Fool, Goethe, Maeterlinck, Mitcoff, Mourguet, Neuville, Pocci, Maurice Sand, and Jack B. Yeats. Chosen and translated with notes, bibliography, and lists of Marionette play producers in England and America, by McPharlin.
Published by The Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, New York, 1946
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Mcpharlin, Pau (illustrator). First Thus. First Peter Pauper Press Edition. The Book Is Bound In Green Cloth Over Boards With An Alphabet Design. The Top Edges Are Dyed Red. The Spine Has Darkened And Has A Few Stains. The Book Is From The Library Of Norman H. Strouse (Author, Collector And Businessman). The Slip Cast Is Moderately Worn And Has A Thin Damp Stain At The Upper Edge, Lower Edge And Opening. Mr. Strouse's Book Plate Is Attached To The Front Pastedown. A Letter From Mr. Strouse Is Laid In.
Published by New York. The Puppeteers of America. 1945, 1945
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Oblon8vo, 15x 23cm, 64p., colour frontis, 25 photos, quarter cloth backed printed paper over boards, fine (Kds). - Articles include: Punch and Judy in London in the 1860's; picture-showmen of the Deccan, India; the Chicago Little Theatre marionettes, 1915-1917; music for puppet drama; a toy puppet in Ethiopia; American paper theatre; and abstract art and the puppeteer.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, Inc., New York, NY, 1937
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Cruikshank, George (illustrator). Limited Edition. 63 pages, 8vo. Limited Edition of 1500 copies, of which this is copy no.1468. The text is the version set down in 1828 by John Payne Collier. The etchings made by George Cruikshank for the first edition are reproduced by collotype from one of only eighteen sets of pulls originally made on india paper. Designed by Frederic Warde, and printed under his supervision at the Princeton University Press. Collotype reproductions of both etchings and water-colors made by Arthur Jaffe of Vienna. Bound in publisher's full pictorially embossed blind-stamped cowhide. Includes folding chemise and slipcase. Minor shelfwear to book: light rubbing along edges and covers. Chemise has some tearing along spine edge, water stain on cover of slipcase. Book is in Near Fine condition. Slipcase and chemise are in Good condition.
Published by The Puppeteers of America, NY, 1945
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Crestline, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Volume 15 only. Cloth-backed boards. Board edges rubbed, spine turned, slightly askew. The DJ is split into two pieces with edge losses, spine missing. ; Vol. 15; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages.
Published by Paul McPharlin, Detroit, MI, 1937
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 88 pp. Black covers w/ yellow spine. Title on binding. Corners bumped. Spine foxed. Normal shelf wear. Endpapers lightly soiled. Illust. w/ b/w photos.
Published by Detroit. Puppetry Imprints. 1931, 1931
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Oblong 12mo. 11x15.5cm, 130p., illustrated with photos & line drawings, book reviews, ads, illustrated printed wraps, slightly dust worn else a fragile book production this is a very good to fine sound copy, Scarce. (kds). ~ Includes articles on puppets in 19th century Paris, the Peiping shadow drama, puppet scenery, puppeteering clothes, and stage lighting.
Published by Puppetry and Puppetry Imprints & C. W. Beaumont., London & USA., 1932
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, STAFF, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 110.39
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 114 page illustrated soft card covered book with photos and woodcuts and lots of adverts for marionettes and puppet makers, etc. this issue the 3rd i the short series has articles on the Montgomery Puppets, Tony Sarg & puppet ballets, Marjorie Batchelder, etc. Wrappers clean and contents also, a little handling but no splits or tears. VG. Small oblong 16mo. 1932.
Published by Puppetry and Puppetry Imprints & C. W. Beaumont., London & USA., 1934
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, STAFF, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 110.39
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 112 page illustrated soft card covered book with photos and woodcuts and lots of adverts for marionettes and puppet makers, producers of American shows and their plays, etc. this issue the 4th of the short series has articles on the Marionettes by Tatterman, & the London Marionette Theatre, also Zurich Puppets, Marjorie Batchelder, etc. small rust spot to one staple showing on cover, but not inside, some light handling and the smallest nick to tip of spine. VG and SCARCE. 1934.
Published by Puppetry and Puppetry Imprints & C. W. Beaumont., Detroit, USA., 1936
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, STAFF, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 117.29
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 158 page illustrated soft card covered book with photos and woodcuts and lots of adverts for marionettes and puppet makers, producers of American shows and their plays, and books on puppets advertised and recommended, etc. This issue the 6th of the short series has articles on First Conference, Rod-Puppets, Puppets and storytelling, Puppets in Occupational Therapy? Japanese Wheel Puppets, etc. Linen limp card printed covers, dusty with aged dirt, but all clean and tight. VG. Small oblong 16mo.
Published by Puppetry and Puppetry Imprints & C. W. Beaumont., Detroit. USA., 1935
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, STAFF, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 117.29
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 153 page illustrated soft card covered book with photos and woodcuts and lots of adverts for marionettes and puppet makers, producers of American shows and their plays, and books on puppets advertised and recommended, etc. This issue the 5th of the short series has articles on Yosl Cutler and Z. Maud, Exhibitions, Marionette Fellowship in Detroit, puppets in new Russin film, the new Gulliver, etc, etc,.Yellow ptinted covers handled and staples show and have rusted inside the cover, but all firm, no smells or marks, still VG. Scarce.