Ralph Reader (71 results)

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Presentation sticker to front pastedown. Complete DJ with some edge wear and sun fading.

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.

audioCD. Condition: Good. library discard, may contain stamps/stickers and protective plastic from circulation.

Card. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as published), 60 pages. No date stated, perhaps 1950-ish? A complete book but the staples have rusted away so the sheets are loose (otherwise this would be a "Good" book).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Forward written by John T. Danks AO: 240 pages, illustrated. Laminated boards. Size: 4to - over6"x9"-Thick.

Clothbound. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Printing. viii + 247 pages with index. Illustrations.

Condition: Good. 1950. No Edition Remarks. 95 pages. Paperback book with brown cover. Formatted as a script. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First. 8vo4to. Book.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear, small tears, tape repair and creasing. Previous owner signature to paste down.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 12 pages Hippodrome theatre programme. (SL#22).

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition paperback pictorial no DJ. 4 pages good and clean with clear print. No foxing. Previous owner written name on top of front cover. Music recorded by Max Byegraves o PYE.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. This is a tight clean copy. 36pp. A digital photo can be made available.

Condition: Good. 1950. No Edition Remarks. 136 pages. Laminated pictorial dust jacket over orange cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Light cracking to gutters; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall with visible loss and creasing to panels.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Sprague, Ken (illustrator). In Good Used Condition. Lengthy Inscription Inside Front Cover. With Wear/Tear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ It is some years since the identity of the unknown "Holborn Rover" was discovered to be Mr. Ralph Reader, eminent in the world of the theatre as producer, dancer and singer. Since those days the Gang Shows and the Pageant Play "Boy Scout" at the Albert Hall, as well as the many other plays he has written for Scouting, have made his name widely known wherever British Scouting exists. He has been awarded the Silver Wolf and is now a member of the Council of the Boy Scouts Association. This is his first appearance as an author. It is said that all Scouts are partly crazy. To show that it is at least true of himself, R. R. has written a crazy book. But as with all he writes, again and again he will pull the reader up with a jerk and make him think about himself and his boys and the Movement generally. Ralph lets off a lot of fireworks, but by their light we are enabled to see Scouting better.

Paperback. Condition: G. First Edition. 8vo. sheet music for the song southland from th gang shows by ralph reader. it is in g condition with a couple of stains here and there and a name to top of front cover. it s printed by the boys scouts association but has no date. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean and sound with no markings, foxing or inscription. 12.5 x 18.5cms with 95pp. We regret we are no longer able to ship to Denmark. All profits to Amnesty International.

Softcover. Condition: Good. 64pp. Stapled booklet in light card illustrated covers. 12mo. Covers gently rubbed at edges, staples oxidising, faded. Occasional annotations, and a little rusting around staples, else internally neat and tidy. A series of sketches from the Gang Show, intended for performance by Scouts.

First Edition. Signed by Ralph Reader on first page. Text clean; binding tight; faint creases in cover. With B&W illustrations Used - Very Good. SIGNED copy VG paperback.

Condition: Good. 1950. No edition remarks. 136 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over orange cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout by Ken Sprague. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine. Some rubbing and marking.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. Sprague, Ken (illustrator). 1st Edition. VG, Shelfwear, bumping, foxing, browning/G+, Price-clipped, edgewear, chips, tears, perforation, spine fade. 136 pages. Expanded condition report/digital photo on request.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. COMMUNITY SONG BOOK. Editor Ralph Reader. Chappell & Co, London 48pp Sheet Music Book This copy has been repaired at the spine and is otherwise very good. Forty popular traditional andd folk songs complete with words, music tonic sol fa and piano accordion arrangement. William Henry Ralph Reader CBE (25 May 1903 - 18 May 1982), known as Ralph Reader, was a British actor, theatrical producer and songwriter, best known for staging the original Gang Show, a variety entertainment presented by members of the Scouting Movement. Reader was born in Crewkerne, Somerset, England, the son of a Salvation Army bandmaster. He was orphaned by the age of eight, and brought up by aunts and uncles. Joining the Scout Movement at the age of eleven, he began his theatrical career by putting on Scout Shows as a Patrol Leader in the 2nd Newhaven, Denton and Heighton Troop in Newhaven, Sussex. In 1920 he moved to the United States of America, working in various menial jobs, while acting in and directing off-Broadway shows. At the age of 21 he choreographed his first Broadway show and the New York Times wrote "Watch Ralph Reader". Returning to England, he continued producing and choreographing several West End productions, notably variety performances at Drury Lane and at the Hippodrome. In 1932, still active in Scouting, he anonymously staged his first all-Scout variety show at the Scala Theatre, London. Entitled The Gang's All Here, the production featured 150 Boy Scouts largely from London's East End, performing sketches, songs and dance numbers. The three performances were well received by both the public and the critics. The following year The Gang Comes Back at the Scala played to capacity houses, with hundreds turned away, and the public and press began referring to "The Gang Show". In 1934 that became its official title. Reader acknowledged that he was the producer of the shows. In 1937 "a bunch of Boy Scouts" as one writer described them, became the first amateurs to appear at a Royal Variety Performance. They shared billing with Gracie Fields, George Formby and Max Miller. Following the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 Reader was commissioned into the Royal Air Force as an intelligence officer. For his services to the Royal Air Force he was awarded an MBE in 1943. After the war Reader set up his own production company, Ralph Reader Limited, which revived many shows that he had produced prior to the outbreak of war in 1939. The first post-war performance of the Gang Show ran for three weeks at the Blackpool Opera House and broke that theatre's box-office records. He also recommenced producing the London Gang Show in 1950, and also went on to write more songs and musical plays for the Scout Association. He continued to produce the Gang Show annually until 1974, and his association with it continued until his death. Ref T1.

paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. paperback with thin card wrapper, splash mark to front of wrapper, some pencil marking to the text else a very good tightly bound copy, inscribed and signed to a previous owner by one of the authors, 79pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. second impression. VG purple staple softcover. 1974. Second Impression. Pages all clean/unmarked. Light scuffs/edge wear. Covers bright and clean. Binding solid. 64 pp.

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Sheet Music (illustrator). First Edition. Please Email for further details Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Not Signed or Inscribed.

Condition: Fair. 1953. First Edition. 240 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen markings to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Moderate loss to spine and edges. Moderate tanning and wear marks to jacket.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1950 FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 2nd class tracked post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. 95pp. .

Paperback. Condition: nrVG. Eight page folded words and music song sheet with pictorial front cover. About 280 x 220 mm. Book is in near very good condition with minor but just noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Reprint paperback in very good condition, no dustjacket. (Book ref 5428).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Thus. 247pp. HARDCOVER Inscr. to ffep. O/w very clean throughout. D/w is present & complete, but has edgewear & 2 or 3 closed tears. D/w will be improved where possible & supplied in protective sleeve. Will appear smart when work completed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.