Published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis, 1995
ISBN 10: 0253368510 ISBN 13: 9780253368515
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. A crisp, unread copy. Some very light wear to the dust jacket; else a fine copy.
Seller Inventory # 70375
Published by Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1974
ISBN 10: 0719005906 ISBN 13: 9780719005909
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. Octavo. Original gray cloth binding, with gilt titles. A near fine copy in a slightly rubbed dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 67965
Published by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 2005
ISBN 10: 0226496694 ISBN 13: 9780226496696
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First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Inscribed by Lupton on the half-title. "Turning to the potent idea of political theology to recover the strange mix of political and religious thinking during the Renaissance, this bracing study reveals in the works of Shakespeare and his sources the figure of the citizen-saint, who represents at once divine messenger and civil servant, both norm and exception." Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with silver titles. A near fine copy in a bright and glossy dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 71428
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1909
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. The first edition in English, translated by Beatrice Marshall. Review copy, with the publisher's embossed stamp to the title page. This tragedy, like other works by the German dramatist and novelist Hermann Sudermann (1857-1928), reflect both the scope and the limitations of naturalism. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with decorative gilt stamping. The front panel and spine of the dust jacket has been neatly trimmed and tipped in on the front flyleaf and rear pastedown, respectively. Period ink bookseller's stamp to the front pastedown. A very good copy.
Seller Inventory # 73515
Published by AMS Press, New York, 1969
ISBN 10: 0404006957 ISBN 13: 9780404006952
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Reprint of the 1920 first edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. The top corners are lightly bumped; otherwise very good.
Seller Inventory # 66897
Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004
ISBN 10: 0521820197 ISBN 13: 9780521820196
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Octavo. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.
Seller Inventory # 67100
Published by Hill and Wang, New York, 1990
ISBN 10: 0809093677 ISBN 13: 9780809093670
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First Edition. The first American edition, translated by David Graham-Young. Small octavo. Original black cloth binding, with white titles. Typical mild toning to the contents; else near fine in a clean and bright dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 71308
Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
ISBN 10: 3319465139 ISBN 13: 9783319465135
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First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Inscribed by the editor on the front flyleaf. "This collection of essays centres on Double Falsehood, Lewis Theobald's 1727 adaptation of the 'lost' play of Cardenio, possibly co-authored by John Fletcher and William Shakespeare." Octavo. Original printed boards; issued without a dust jacket. Minor production error to the front board, which appears to be slightly taller than the rear; else crisp and clean.
Seller Inventory # 71426
Published by Harper & Row, New York, 1965
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 324 p. Frontispiece portrait, with textual illustrations. First American edition. Full-length biography of Henry Wriothesley, the third Earl of Southampton (1573-1624), Shakespeare's acknowledged patron to whom the poet and playwright dedicated his long poems Venus and Adonis (1593) and The Rape of Lucrece (1594). After a period of youthful indiscretion in which he nearly lost his head because of his collaboration with Essex in the conspiracy against Elizabeth I, Southampton became a leading statesman during the reign of James I, and a champion of American colonization. Signed by Rowse on the title page and inscribed by him on the half-title to the distinguished Southern California historian Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. Octavo. Original black and red cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Just a hint of edgewear to the dust jacket; else fine. Inscribed by Author.
Seller Inventory # 61880
Published by Grove Weidenfeld, New York, 1990
ISBN 10: 0802112218 ISBN 13: 9780802112217
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First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. The acclaimed dramatist's first collection of verse. Signed by David Mamet on the half-title. Octavo. The contents are lightly toned, as usual. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 66015
Published by Turtle Bay Books, New York, 1992
ISBN 10: 0679415580 ISBN 13: 9780679415589
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First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First Edition. This pleasurable amalgam of travelogue and reminiscence explores Mamet's early years in Chicago and New York and his current life as a successful playwright. Signed by David Mamet on the title page. Octavo. A fine copy in a nearly fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 66016
Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1947
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. A prequel to Hellman's 1939 drama The Little Foxes, this play focuses on the wealthy, ruthless, and innately evil Hubbard family and their rise to prominence in the fictional town of Bowden, Alabama. Octavo: 134 p. with a frontispiece photograph. Original buff cloth binding, with purple titles. The dust jacket is moderately toned, with a bit of light edgewear; otherwise very good.
Seller Inventory # 73527
Published by Samuel French, New York and Los Angeles, 1935
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First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Inscribed and dated by E.P. Conkle to screenwriter Robert Reeves on the title page. A collection of six short plays by the Nebraska author best known for "200 Were Chosen" (1936) and "Prologue to Glory" (1938), which were produced on Broadway. Ellsworth Prouty Conkle (1899-1994) also taught theatrical playwrighting, first at the University of Iowa, where Tennessee Williams was among his students, and then at the University of Texas, Austin. Preface by E.C. Mabie. Octavo: 93 p. with [3] p. publisher's ads. Original orange cloth-covered boards over a black clothe spine, with gilt titles. Some minor shelfwear; otherwise very good.
Seller Inventory # 73669
Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1967
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Includes the texts of Eh Joe, which was produced by BBC Television in July 1966, Act Without Words II, and Film, Beckett's first screenplay, which was produced in 1964 starring Buster Keaton. Small octavo, 44 p. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very light rubbing.
Seller Inventory # 74084
Published by Random House, New York, 1950
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A reimagining of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, set on a plantation in the American South. Illustrated with photographic illustrations from the first stage production, which premiered at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York on March 29, 1950. Octavo. Original cloth binding, with a printed paper spine label. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with just a hint of edgewear.
Seller Inventory # 75367
Published by Random House, New York, 1952
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Winner of the 1952 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this play in three acts is set in the mental ward of a city hospital and revolves around a theatrical director who has been driven to the verge of insanity and suicide by his estranged wife. It served as the basis for a 1955 film noir drama starring Jos� Ferrer and June Allyson. Octavo: [iv], 198 p. with photographic illustrations from the original Broadway production, which premiered at the Cort Theater in New York on January 15, 1952. Original cloth binding, with a photographic illustration inset on the front board and decorative black and gilt stamping. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 76257
Published by Random House, New York, 1961
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A play in three acts concerning the efforts of a young woman to choose between a conventional fiance who puts her to sleep and a a poor, unshackled Long Island boy. Octavo: [iv], 134 p. with photographic illustrations from the original Broadway production, which premiered at The Music Box Theatre on October 29, 1960. Original brown paper-covered boards over a black cloth spine, with a photographic illustration inset on the front panel and gilt stamping. The bottom corners are lightly bumped; else fine in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 76260
Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1973
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. "The last Professor A.W. Gomme had prepared a commentary on the plays of Menander partially preserved in the Cairo codex. This has been revised and extended by Professor Sandbach to include all those texts printed in Menander: Reliquiae Selectae (Oxford Classical Texts, 1972)." Octavo: xiii, 760 p. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Some minor edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good.
Seller Inventory # 77226
Published by Harper & Row, New York, 1963
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Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 485 p. Frontispiece portrait, with textual illustrations. An early printing. Controversial biography of the Bard of Avon, in which Rowse (1903-97) claimed to have solved all but one of the problems of the sonnets, including their dates (1592-95) and the identity of the poet's unnamed rival (Christopher Marlowe). Signed by Rowse on the title page and inscribed by him on the half-title to the distinguished Southern California historian Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. Octavo. Original black and red cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Just a hint of edgewear to the dust jacket; else fine. Inscribed by Author.
Seller Inventory # 61881
Published by Random House, New York, 1957
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First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First Edition. The entire life of a young woman is shown during the course of the play, which was first presented by Roger L. Stevens and Oliver Smith at the Belasco Theatre in New York on January 10, 1957. Includes photographs from that production, which featured Kim Stanley in the lead role. Laurents (1917-2011) was an American playwright and screenwriter whose body of work includes West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), and Hallelujah, Baby! (1967). Inscribed by Laurents on the half-title. Octavo. Original brown buckram binding, with a pictorial label inset on the front, and black and gilt stamping. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with just a hint of browning along the spine and folds.
Seller Inventory # 66248
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, London, 1926
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Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by the translator, English poet Alfred Hayes, on the front flyleaf. Historical drama based on the life of Ivan IV of Russia. Written in 1863 and first published in the January 1866 issue of Otechestvennye zapiski magazine, this is the first in a trilogy of plays that includes Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich (1868) and Tsar Boris (1870). All three plays were banned by the censor. Octavo: 185 p. with a frontispiece. Original blue cloth binding, with a printed paper spine label. The spine is sun faded, with a bit of minor wear to the corners and tips; else very good.
Seller Inventory # 73480
Published by Random House, New York, 1955
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A tale of love, secrets, and passion set in and around the old French port of Marseille, this musical is based on Marcel Pagnol's trilogy of works titled Marius (1929), Fanny (1931), and C�sar (1936). Fanny premiered at the Majestic Theatre in New York on November 4, 1954, transferred to the Belasco Theatre on December 4, 1956, and closed on December 16, 1956 after a total run of 888 performances. Octavo: x, 143 p. with photographic illustrations from the original Broadway production. Original brown cloth binding, with a photographic illustration inset on the front panel and decorative green and gilt stamping. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 76259
Published by Random House, New York, 1956
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. A play in three acts concerning a bickering show business couple touring Europe doing a phony, high-end vaudeville mind-reading act. The Great Sebastians premiered on January 4, 1956 at the Anta Theatre in New York, starring Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt, one of the great husband-and-wife acting teams of the theatre. Octavo: [vi], 177 p. with photographic illustrations from the 1956 production. Original light brown cloth binding, with a photographic illustration inset on the front panel and decorative black and gilt stamping. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 76253
Published by Random House, New York, 1953
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. A play about the bittersweet romance between a single American executive secretary vacationing in Europe and a shopkeeper she meets in Venice. Directed by Harold Clurman, The Time of the Cuckoo opened at the Empire Theater on October 15, 1952. The production ran for 263 performances, earning Shirley Booth the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play. It was adapted for the silver screen under the title Summertime (1955) with Katharine Hepburn and Rossano Brazzi starring. Octavo: [iv], 184 p. with a frontispiece photograph by Vandamm. Original cloth binding, with a photographic illustration inset on the front board and decorative black and gilt stamping. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 76254
Published by Random House, New York, 1946
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. The author's first stage play, which explores the effects of the hell of jungle combat against the Japanese in World War II on a diverse group of men. The drama opened on Broadway on December 27, 1945 and ran for 69 performances. Later, it served as the basis for the 1949 Mark Robson film starring Douglas Dick, Jeff Corey, Lloyd Bridges, Frank Lovejoy, James Edwards, and Steve Brodie. Inscribed by Laurents on the half-title. Octavo. Original tan cloth binding, with red and blue titles. Internally crisp and clean. Some uneven browning and a tiny nick to the rear panel of the dust jacket, which is a touch faded along the extremities; else very good or better.
Seller Inventory # 66249
Published by Random House, New York, 1946
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First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a fictional Republican presidential candidate. Includes a foreword by Thomas L. Stokes and photographs from the original production. This copy is inscribed by Lindsay and Crouse on the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with red and silver titles. A near fine copy, lacking the dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 66988
Published by Boar's Head Books, New York, 1953
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. The first translation of the entire cycle of Ubu plays: Ubu roi (1896; "King Turd"), Ubu enchaine (1900; "King Turd Enslaved") and Ubu cocu (1944; "Turd Cuckolded"). A dark metaphor for man in the modern age, King Turd is regarded as the first absurdist drama and an important influence on the Theatre of the Absurd school, which included such writers as Jean Genet, Samuel Beckett, and Eugene Ionesco. Translated by Beverley Keith and G. Legman. Octavo. Original orange cloth binding, with gilt titles. Neat pencil notation to the front flyleaf referencing Paul Bowles. The corners are a bit bumped. Some very mild wear to the dust jacket, which is especially bright. A very good copy.
Seller Inventory # 70053
Published by Ex Officina Volkeri van der Plaats, Harlingae or Harlingen, 1744
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Octavo: xxiv, 484, [25] p. with woodcut intials and vignettes. Period full vellum binding, with handwritten titles at the spine head. The contents are clean and bright. Bookplate of the Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet to the front pastedown. Some general dust staining along the top edge. The spine is darkened, with moderate soiling and a bit of rubbing to the boards; else very good. A political satire on contemporary Athens, featuring the personified god of wealth, Plutus. This translation is among the chief writings of the Dutch philologist and critic Tiberius Hemsterhuis (1685-1766), whose disciples includes Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer, Jacob van Lennep, and David Ruhnken.
Seller Inventory # 75848
Published by Random House, New York, 1954
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. The hit Broadway play pillorying big business and corrupt businessmen. Josephine Hull and Loring Smith appeared as the leads in the original Broadway production, which debuted at the Belasco Theatre on November 5, 1954. It was adapted by Columbia Pictures for a 1956 film starring Judy Holliday and Paul Douglas. Octavo: [xiv], 151 p. with photographic illustrations from the original Broadway production. Original blue cloth binding, with a photographic illustration inset on the front panel and decorative black and gilt stamping. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 76256
Published by Random House, New York, 1953
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. The Tony Award-winning musical about two sisters who aspire to be a writer and actress, respectively, seeking success from their basement apartment in New York City's Greenwich Village. After a pre-Broadway try-out at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia, Wonderful Town premiered at the Winter Garden on February 25, 1953, starring Rosalind Russell, Edie Adams, and George Gaynes. It is a lighter piece than Bernstein's later works, West Side Story and Candide, but none of the songs have become as popular. Octavo: [vi], 173 p. with photographic illustrations from the 1953 Broadway production. Original gray cloth binding, with a photographic illustration inset on the front panel and decorative green and gilt stamping. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller Inventory # 76255