Puppetry (10 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Original wrapper. ; Puppetry magazine; Polish text. ; 48 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Good+. Original wrapper; spine frayed. ; Puppetry magazine; Polish text. ; 48 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 15 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 7 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: Harper's Monthly Magazine; New Arrivals; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Puppetry. International Exhibition of Puppets, Bucharest 1965. 8 parts, September 10th - 24th Very good in original wrappers. Name label of the John Blundall collection.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 175 pages, plus catalogue of other puppetry books. The jacket, now protected, suffers from minor loss at the head, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. Reprint, first published 1947. Puppetry for Beginners ". contains an introductory guide to puppetry, including complete instructions for making your own puppet, information on performing, handy hints and tips, and much more. This accessible and novice-friendly guide contains everything a prospective puppeteer needs to know about his art, and is highly recommended for those with a practical interest in the subject. The chapters of this book include: "How to Begin", "The Points of a Puppet", "How to Make a Puppet Head", "How to make the Arms", "How to Make the Hands", "How to make the Feet", "How to make the Body of the Puppet", "Controls", "Storing the Puppet", "The Stage", "Parts of a Stage", etcetera. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on dolls." (goodreads).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. (32) pp., bound in pictorial boards. Wear and age toning, good copy. 27 x 18 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. (110) pp., bound in photo-pictorial boards. Wear and age toning, very good copy. 20 x 20 cm.

First edition thus: translated by Ralph Parker, Valentina Scott and Dorian Rottenberg. Royal octavo. 255 pages. Numerous monochrome photographs, mostly of the author's puppets. Pictorial cloth. Obraztsov, having begun his career as an actor at the Moscow Art Theatre, went on to establish puppetry as a serious art form in the USSR. He gradually refined his technique until he became skilled at puppeteering with bare hands, a fact which puts your humble cataloguer in mind of Philip Roth's marvellous Mickey Sabbath.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper: ''To M. Karminski from S. Obraztsov - Moscow 10/viii 57''.Fine in very good, slightly chipped and rubbed dustwrapper.