Theatre

i) William Hazlitt. Characters in Shakespear’s Plays. London: Taylor and Hessey, 1818, 8vo, second edition, presentation copy inscribed to Vivien and Larry (“To dear Larry & Vivien with my love & | every good wish for Christmas & the | New Year. | Dallas | 20.12.43”) on a preliminary blank, sonnet in a contemporary hand on the verso of the dedication (which has been reinserted), occasional annotations in the text, half calf, small segment of title cut away, some spotting; 

ii) Sarah Bernhardt. My Double Life. Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt. London: Heinemann, 1907, 8vo, presentation copy (stamped in blind on title page), portrait frontispiece and plates, folding sheet of facsimile of Bernhardt’s handwriting at end, original blue cloth; 



iii) Jospeh Macleod. The New Soviet Theatre. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1943, 8vo, second impression, with a typed note loosely inserted (“Vivien | This was sent by M. Zunoff of the Soviet Embassy to whom we wrote some time ago… M”), photographic plates, original red cloth; 



iv) Arnold L. Haskell. Miracle in the Gorbals. A Study. Edinburgh: The Albyn Press, 1946, 4to, presentation copy inscribed to Vivien and Larry ("To Larry & Vivien | All my love | Bably [?] and MXXXX") on the half-title, photographic plates, original blue cloth, cloth a little faded;



v) Peter Noble. British Theatre. London: British Yearbooks, [1946], 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (“ To Laurence Olivier | and Vivien Leigh | with greetings and good wishes | from Peter Noble | July 1946”) on the front free endpaper, foreword by Laurence Olivier, photographic plates, original red cloth; 



vi) Marchette Chute. Shakespeare of London. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1949, 8vo, first edition, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (“For Sir Laurence Olivier, | of whom the King’s Men | would have been very | proud. | Marchette Chute | October 13, 1949”) on the half-title, original red cloth, spine faded; 



vii) George Freedley and John A. Reeves. A History of the Theatre. New York: Crown Publishers, 1949, 8vo, later printing, presentation copy inscribed to Vivien Leigh (“To dear Vivien | with my Love & Best Wishes | for her birthday. Nov: 5: 1949 | Bernard”) on the front free endpaper, photographic plates, original blue cloth, some browning to endpapers; 



viii) Rex Whistler. Designs for the Theatre. London: Curtain Press, 1950, 8vo, plates, original patterned board, dust-jacket; 



ix) [William Shakespeare]. A Shakespeare Anthology. London: Collins, [c.1954], 16mo, presentation copy inscribed to Vivien Leigh (“To Miss Leigh | With grateful thanks | for your wonderful performance | during your first | memoreable Stratford season. | E.M. Beryl Brown | 5.11.55”) on the front free endpaper, original green morocco; 



x) Richard Findlater. Six Great Actors. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1957, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (“In admiration | Richard Findlater”) on the front free endpaper, original red cloth, dust-jacket; 



xi) Randolph Goodman. Drama on Stage. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (“For Vivien Leigh | who helped make | this book possible. | With many thanks | Randolph Goodman”) on the front free endpaper, plates, original red cloth, dust-jacket, dust-jacket worn at edges; 



xii) Brian Fothergill. Mrs Jordan. Portrait of an Actress. London: Faber and Faber, 1965, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed to Vivien Leigh (“Darling | You might | like reading about her…”) on the front free endpaper, plates, original blue cloth, dust-jacket (12)

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