Komisarjevsky Theodore (72 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good Minus. No Jacket. Good minus due to medium overall wear and a tear in the top spine tab cloth of about 1/2 inch caused when books are pulled off a shelf by the spine tab. INteresting illustrations. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Black titles on light brown cloth with red illustration, 183 pages including index plus 14 pages of introductory material. Light soiling and edge wear to cover. Previous owner's name inked on front free end-paper and an old price on the inside front cover. This is volume XX of the Century Library.…

paperback. Condition: very good. The Studio Winter Number Edited by C. G. Holme reissued reprinting of the 1933 publication "A Limited Edition Paperback" 9 x 12 1/16" priority and international shipping will be extra, please inquire. little fading to black paper covers.

Hardbound. Condition: Good. Octavo, orange cloth with while lettering and minor soiling, 132 pp., b/w photos.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Softcover, 132 pages; fair condition spine very worn; covers dirty; foxing to outer page edges and edges and first and last couple pages; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. cloth.8vo.183 pages.very good copy.no Jacket.scarce.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. **Title:** Myself and the Theatre **Author:** Theodore Komisarjevsky **Publisher:** E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. : New York **Publication Date:** 1930 **Binding:** Hardcover (Without Dust Jacket) --- ### **Provenance & Inscription Details** * **Ownership Inscription:** Hand-written signature in gray pencil on the front flyleaf page (visible in image_33.png). * **Inscription Reads:** "Kathryn Johnson Yale University Theatre New Haven, Connecticut" --- ### **Condition Report** * **Binding:** Hardcover binding in textured orange-brown cloth. The spine and cover surfaces show visible sun fading, toning, and shelf aging. Corners and spine ends show light bumping and minor rubbing. * **Frontispiece:** Features a crisp black-and-white photographic portrait plate of the author, Theodore Komisarjevsky, facing the title page (visible in image_34.png). * **Interior Plates:** Features multiple black-and-white theatrical illustration plates throughout the text, including a plate depicting a poster for "L'Ennemie" facing page 52 (visible in image_36.png). * **Interior Condition:** The pages are remarkably clean, tight to the hinge, and free of foxing, underlining, text highlighting, or modern library markings. Natural age-toning present along the page edges. * **Edition/Printing:** First US Edition. The copyright page (image_35.png) states the 1930 copyright by E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. with no indications of subsequent printings.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1933, The Studio Limited. HB 132pp, The Studio Winter Number edited by C. G. Holme. Full of b&w photos and color illustrations. VG/Fair (dj quite tattered at edges but intact, covers and their titles bright, interior clean and unmarked, binding tight).…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A fine, fresh copy well-bound in a rich, red hardcover with no apparent markings. Crisp, clean interior, with subtle signs of use to the exterior edges of the spine and slightly rubbed corners. Housed in a near-fine dust jacket, protected by a plastic covering. No markings, but does contain a few signs of rubbing and some scuffs, mostly to the edges as well as the ends of the spine. Cover design is boldly lettered, with unobstrusive images of red costume masks in upper corners. 10"x7.5", vii+178 pages. This book tells the story of the origin of the costume in the theatre coming up to the early 1930s. Contains several interesting black and white illustrations. To access more books on theatre, go to Abebooks.com and search using our unique codeword THTRBX, or visit our shop in Fort Worth. Language: eng.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First US Edition; First Printing. 1/2" spine head tear with creasing, light shelfwear, light edge tone, owner's signature, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket tattered remnants of front flap, rear panel, and rear flap laid in. Solid oversize hardcover.; First American Edition, First Printing - 1932 "Authorized Edition". "In this volume, Mr Komisarjevsky, internationally known theatrical director, has told the whole story of costume in the theatre, beginning with the very early days and coming down to the immediate present."; xii, 178 pages. Illustrated by Illustrated (illustrator). …

Hardcover. 178pp., numerous b/w plates. Lightly soiled cover with sunned spine, else very good condition with text clean and binding sound / no dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. Original cloth in unclipped dust jacket. No price present on the jacket, but this does not appear to be a book club edition. 205 pp. With black and white illustrations throughout. More than a memoir, this work offers insight into early 20th century Russian theater, including the author's sister, Vera, the founder of the Russian Symbolist Theatre. Komisarjevsky discusses various productions, both his own and that of his sister, and explains his methodology and his expectations from acting and actors. Striking dust jacket by Theodore Nadejen. GOOD jacket and book. Mostly minor fading to the front jacket panel, with heavy fading to the spine, and moderate fading to the rear panel. Minor soiling to the front panel, with moderate soiling and darkening to the rear panel. Several small chips missing from the upper extremity, with the head of the spine missing. A few minor tears also present along the upper edge. Uneven minor fading and very minor soiling to the book. A few small areas of darkening along the exterior hinges. Minor edgewear. Offsetting and minor foxing present to the endpapers. Interior clean and solid.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. 132 pp., beautifully illustrated with photos and drawings of work by Georges Braque, Norman Bel Geddes, Willi Baumeister, de Chirico, Walter Dexel, Natalia Gontcharova, Michael Larianoff, Fernand Leger, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lyoubov Popova, Oskar Schlemmer, and many others. Edge and corner tears, chips missing from spine, owner's stamp and bookplate on ffep, and rubbing to boards.…

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Mainly a reading copy. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition in America. Ownership notation on front flyleaf; lower two inches of spine lightly stained.

gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. 205 Seiten; Schnitt und Einband sind leicht staubschmutzig; Leichte altersbedingte Anbräunung des Papiers. der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut. ENGLISCH. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Theatre director writes about Russian theatre, working in Paris and London in the 1920's and Stanislavsky. Ist Edition 1929. Tight clean copy with owners bookplate in the front and some foxing on end pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 132pp. The Studio Winter Number, Edited by C.G. Holme. With many black and white illustrations of sets and costumes in the USA and Europe, plus 6 full-page colour plates. Art Deco, Expressionism and Cubism are well represented. Fernand Leger, Edmund Dulac, Maurice Utrillo, Moholy Nagy, Giorgio de Chirico, Josef Capek, Oskar Schlemmer, Norman Bel Geddes, Moholy Nagy, Andre Derain, and Georges Braque are just a few of the artists whose stage settings are depicted. Erratum slip for p. 27 pasted in. INSCRIBED "AUX INCONNUS, AVEC TOUS MES VOEUX, LEE SIMONSON, AUGUST 1934." ON FFEP. Red brick cloth, faded, soiled, and worn at extremities. Previous owner name blind-stamped on ffep. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. The Twentieth Century Library edited by V.K. Krishna Menon. 183 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 8 vo, 205 pp. in canary yellow cloth with purple triangle with white lettering title label on front cover. Very light previous owner's name on first fep. Four pages have some red pencil notation. It's possible I missed one or two more pages, but I don't think so. The jacket is chipped, with wear to both ends of spine. Surfaces are rubbed. See photos. Reprint edition. Binding is sound and square. 33 Illustrations (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Small 4to. A good copy. Spine darkened with some fading to the lettering. Top edge gilt. Ownership inscription. Some pencilled drawings on rear end-papers. Pp.xiii,178. Frontispiece and 44 illustrations.