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Music Hall Books

1850-1900
John DIPROSE : Diprose's London Comic Song Book
(1850 John Diprose)
George VICKERS : The Lord Chief Baron Nicholson : An Autobiography
(c1860 George Vickers)
FRANCIS, DAY & HUNTER : Francis, Day & Hunter's Comic Song Annuals
(1880-1927 Francis, Day & Hunter)
Jolly John NASH : The Merriest Man Alive : Stories, Anecdotes & Adventures
(1891 General Publ Co)
J A CAVE : A Jubilee of Dramatic Life & Incident
(1894 Vernon)
Albert CHEVALIER : Albert Chevalier - A Record By Himself
(1895 John Macqueen)
B FELDMAN : Feldman's Comic Song Annuals
(1895-1904 B Feldman)
John HOLLINGSHEARD : My Lifetime
(1895 Sampson, Low, Marston)
Charles Douglas STUART & A J PARK : The Variety Stage
(1895 T F Unwin)
G F SCOTSON-CLARK : The "Halls"
(1899 T F Unwin)
T C ELDER : Dan leno HYS Book - A Volume of Frivolities
(1899 Greening)

1901-1920
Albert CHEVALIER : Before I Forget
(1902 T F Unwin)
W H MORTON & A CHANCE NEWTON : 60 Years of Stage Service, Being a Record of the Life
of Charles Morton, The "Father of the Halls"
(1905 Gale & Polden)
J Hickory WOOD : Dan Leno - His Infinite Variety
(1905 Methuen)
Sax ROHMER : Little Tich - A Book of Travels
(1911 Greening)
T E DUNVILLE : The Autobiography of an Eccentric comedian
(1912 Everitt)
G H CHIRGWIN : Chirgin Chirrup - Being the Life and Reminiscences of George Chirgwin
(1912 J & J Bennett)

1921-1940
Harry LAUDER : Roamin' in the Gloamin'
(1927 Hutchinson)
Charles COBURN : The Man who Broke the Bank
(1928 Hutchinson)
H Chance NEWTON : Idols of the "Halls"
(1928 Heath Cranton)
George ROBEY : Looking Back on Life
(1933 Constable)
Vesta TILLEY : Recollections of Lady De Frece
(1934 Hutchinson)
Naomi JACOB : Our Marie
(1936 Hutchinson)
M Willson DISHER : Winkles and Champagne - Comedies and Tragedies of the Music Hall
(1938 Batsford)
Ernest SHORT & Arthur COMPTON-RICKETT : Ring up the Curtain
(1938 Herbert Jenkins)

1941-1950
M Willson DISHER : Fairs, Circuses & Music Halls
(1942 Collins)
S Theodore FELSTEAD : Stars who made the Halls
(1946 T Werner Laurie)
Harold SCOTT : The Early Doors - Origins of the Music Hall
(1946 Nicholson & Watson)
Ernest SHORE : Fifty Years of Vaudeville
(1946 Eyre & Spottiswoode)
Wee Georgie WOOD : I Had to be "Wee"
(1947 Hutchinson)
W MACQUEEN-POPE : The Melodies Linger
(1950 W H Allen)

1951-1960
W MACQUEEN-POPE : Marie Lloyd - Queen of the Music Halls
(nd Oldbourne)
John ABBOTT : The Story of Francis Day and Hunter
(1952 Francis, Day & Hunter)
A E WILSON : The Prime Minister of Mirth - A Biography of Sir George Robey
(1956 Odhams)
Felix BARKER : The House That Stoll Built
(1957 Muller)
Gracies FIELDS : Sing as we Go
(1960 Muller)

1961-1970
Bud FLANAGAN : My Crazy Life
(1961 Muller)
Raymond MANDER & Joe MITCHENSON : British Music Hall
(1965 Studio Vista)
Diana HOWARD : London Theatres and Music Halls 1850-1950
(1970 Library Assoc)

1971-1975
Peter GAMMOND : Your Own, Your Very Own : A Music Hall Scrapbook
(1971 Ian Allan)
Peter DAVISON : The British Music Hall
(1971 NY)
Peter COATES : George Robey - The Darling of the Halls
(1973 Cassell)
Daniel FARSON : Marie Lloyd and Music Hall
(1972 Tom Stacey)
Peter HONRI : Working the Halls
(1973 Saxon House)
John FISHER : What a Performance - The Life of Sid Field
(1975 Seeley, Service)
Sandy POWELL : Can You hear me Mother ?
(1975 Jupiter Books)

1976-1980
Roy BUSBY : British Music Hall - An Illustrated Who's Who
(1976 Elek)
John M GARRETT : Sixty years of British Music Hall
(1976 Chappell)
Roy HUDD : Music Hall
(1976 Methuen)
John M EAST : Max Miller - The Cheeky Chappie
(1977 W H Allen)
Gyles BRANDRETH : The Funniest Man on Earth - Dan Leno
(1977 Hamish Hamilton)
Richard FINDLATER : Little Tich - Giant of the Music Hall
(1979 Elm Tree)
Brian RUST : British Music Hall on Record
(1979 Gramophone)

Since 1981
Laurence SENELICK, David F CHESHIRE & Ulrich SCHNEIDER : British Music Hall 1840-1923
(1981 Archon Books)
Richard Anthony BAKER : Marie Lloyd - Queen of the Music Halls
(1990 Hale)
James HARDING : George Robey and Music Hall
(1990)

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