[New York: 1925]. Folding brochure, 9.25 x 15 inches, folded into four panels. Light wear and soiling, particularly to lower edge; signed by Anderson at top of first panel. Brochure printing reviews of the play "Appearances," the first full-length play written by an African-American to be produced on Broadway. Garland..... More
Brisbane: H. Pole & Co., [1917]. Large broadside, 40 x 15 inches. Small tears and creasing at edges, a few minor losses to the sheet. Lower edge chipped with some loss to imprint, lower corner torn away affecting several lines. Handsome and striking broadside advertising a performance at the Empire..... More
Netherfield, Nottingham: Stafford Co., [ca. 1890]. Broadside, 11.25 x 9 inches. Old fold lines, light staining to left side. Broadside advertising a performance of the Livermore Brothers Court Minstrels, an English minstrel band who performed in blackface during the Victorian era. The program includes “American Song & Dance,” “The Darkies..... More
Boston: 1862. Broadside, 14.25 x 6.25 inches. Slightly rumpled, light soiling. Lightly tanned. One of the earliest playbills to use John Wilkes Booth's infamous surname, advertising his appearance as Charles De Moor in Friedrich Schiller's play "The Robbers," from the third night of his first Boston engagement. Booth's performance in..... More
San Francisco: Theatrical Publishing Co., 1889. Broadside, 17 x 6 inches. Previously folded. Small closed tear at top edge. Even tanning. An attractive broadside advertisement for entertainments at a downtown San Francisco theater in 1889. The Wigwam Theater was built in 1884 on the corner of Stockton and Geary Streets..... More
Boston: 1868. Broadside, 13 x 9.75 inches. Printed on purple paper. Light fading and minor soiling at edges. Broadside advertising the rail line from North Bridgewater, East Stoughton, and East Randolph departing for Boston for passengers to take in the afternoon and evening theatre shows in the city. Times are..... More
[Providence? 1873?]. Illustrated broadside, printed on yellow paper, comprised of two joined sheets, measuring 22 x 9.5 inches total. Previously folded. Small pencil annotation under title. A few very small areas of loss; two short internal tears. Light dust soiling. A striking illustrated broadside advertising a performance of blackface minstrel..... More
[Lincoln, Ne. 1876]. Broadside, 24.5 x 10 inches. Old fold lines. Some wear and soiling, small loss near top left and lower right edges. Announcing the fourth appearance of the Lincoln Thespians on the evening of June 29, 1876, performing Enoch Arden and a vaudeville play entitled The Loan of..... More
New York: 1960. [4],97 leaves. Folio. Mimeographed typescript in original black folder, cover gilt. Cover heavily chipped with some loss. Light wear to contents. Mimeographed script of the off-Broadway play "Thistle in My Bed" by Gudrun Powers, noted in pencil as copy number four. The play opened in November 1963..... More
Mexico City: [ca. 1952]. 30,[2]pp. Small quarto. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Spine perishing; light wear and soiling to wraps. Brief, illegible manuscript annotation on front wrapper. Toning and scattered foxing internally. Scarce illustrated pamphlet of recipes presented by the pioneering celebrity chef of Mexico, Josefina Velazquez de Léon, on her..... More