THIELE, John

When the Mighty Wurlitzer reigned in The Regent

Campbelltown, The Author, 2011.

Foolscap folio, 288 pages with hundreds of illustrations (mostly from photographs, a small number in colour).

Colour-pictorial card covers slightly scuffed; bottom margin of the first 50 leaves lightly cockled; a very good copy.

One of only 500 copies; this one is inscribed and signed by the author (12 March 2012).

The history of the Regent Theatre in Rundle Street, Adelaide, and its Wurlitzer organ. The original theatre closed in 1967, and it finally ceased to function as a cinema in 2004. The building still survives, and it is now the grand premises of Dymock's Adelaide bookstore.

Item #144809

Price (AUD): $110.00
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