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James Agate (1877–1947)

Author of A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen (First Series)

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Includes the names: AGATE JAMES, agatejamese, comp. James Agate, James Evershed Agate, James Agate; Introduction And Notes Jacques Barzun

Image credit: James Agate, British writer and critic (9 February 1938) / Photo © ÖNB/Wien

Works by James Agate

A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen (First Series) (1934) — Editor; Foreword — 24 copies
The selective Ego: The diaries of James Agate (1976) 12 copies
A shorter ego (1945) 9 copies
James Agate : an anthology (1961) 7 copies
The English dramatic critics; an anthology, 1660-1932 (1958) 6 copies
The Later Ego 6 copies
Essays of Today and Yesterday (1926) 5 copies, 1 review
A Shorter ego : Second selection 5 copies
A Shorter Ego. Volume 1 [Ego -Ego 2 -Ego3] (1946) 5 copies
Ego; the autobiography of James Agate 4 copies
Noblesse oblige : another letter to another son (1944) 4 copies
A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen [Second Series] (1935) — Editor; Foreword — 4 copies
Playgoing (1927) 3 copies
Red letter nights; a survey of the post-Elizabethan drama in actual performance on the London stage, 1921-1943 (1969) 3 copies
Around cinemas (1972) 3 copies
Ego 6 (1944) 3 copies
The contemporary theatre 1944 and 1945 (1946) 3 copies
L. of c. (lines of communication); 3 copies
Speak for England : an anthology of prose and poetry for the Forces 2 copies
Ego 7: Even more of the autobiography of James Agate (1945) 2 copies
A shorter ego 2 copies
Ego 8 (1946) 2 copies
Ego 9: Concluding the autobiography of James Agate (1948) 1 copy
Responsibility : a novel 1 copy
Contemporary Theatre 1925 (1999) 1 copy
Thus to revisit 1 copy
Ego 4 : yet more of the autobiography of James Agate 1 copy
Ego 2 : being more of the autobiography of James Agate 1 copy
Ego 3 : being still more of the autobiography of James Agate 1 copy
Ego 5 : again more of the autobiography of James Agate 1 copy
Ego 9; concluding the autobiography of James Agate 1 copy
The Masque. Oscar Wilde and the Theatre 1 copy
Oscar Wilde and the theatre. [With plates.] 1 copy
At Half-Past Eight 1 copy
THOSE WERE THE NIGHTS 1 copy
A Short View of the English Stage 1 copy
On an English screen 1 copy
The Autobiography of James Agate. A Shorter Ego. Second Selection. (1947) 1 copy
Oscar Wilde and the theatre (1975) 1 copy
The Contemporary Theatre 1924 1 copy
Gemel in London 1 copy
Express and Admirable: The Breakfast Table Talk of James Agate (1940) 1 copy
Rachel 1 copy
Blessed are the rich;: Episodes in the life of Oliver Sheldon, 1 copy
EGO 5. Again More of the Autobiography of James Agate. (1942) 1 copy
These were actors; extracts from a newspaper cutting book, 1811-1833 1 copy
A Shorter Ego. Volume 3 only [Ego7 -Ego8 -Ego 9] 1 copy
First Nights (1934) 1 copy
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The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) — Contributor, some editions — 12,032 copies, 195 reviews
A Book of English Essays (1942) — Contributor — 268 copies, 2 reviews

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Essays of To-day and Yesterday: James Agate by James Agate
Rather fey essays reprinted from various publications.
Nov 6, 2020

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