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195873553London: Faber and Faber 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The first edition in English translated from the French by Bernard Frechtmann. The first of Genet's dramatic works to be staged in New York this play is set in an unnamed city that is experiencing a revolutionary uprising in the streets; most of the action takes place in an upmarket brothel that functions as a microcosm of the regime of the establishment under threat outside. It served as the basis for the 1963 Joseph Strick film starring Shelley Winters Peter Falk and Leonard Nimoy. Octavo. Original orange cloth binding with black titles. Just a hint of edgewear to the dust jacket. Better than very good. Faber and Faber hardcover books
19572206310Faber and Faber 1957. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Light edge wear. 1957 Hard Cover. A controversial play set in a brothel. Faber and Faber hardcover books
1958254429New York: Grove Press 1958. First Grove and First American edition. 118 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Fine in almsot fine dj. First Grove and First American edition. 118 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Grove Press unknown books
1991150687Savage Maryland: Brandon / Barnes & Noble 1991. Hardcover. VG- DJ is slightly faded along spine otherwise clean. Black cloth gilt letters on spine orange & illus. dust jacket 311 pp. A collection of essays and writings by various authors. "Provides an international perspective on the Big House in Irish literature in the writings of amongst others Maria Edgeworth George Moore Joyce Cary Elizabeth Bowen Sean O'Faolain Molly Keane W. B. Yeats Paul Muldoon and John Banville." dj. Brandon / Barnes & Noble hardcover books
1960WRCLIT82930New York: Grove Press 1960. Glossy pictorial wrappers. First U.S. edition of the Frechtman translation a trade paperback original. Very good or better. Grove Press paperback books
1960WRCLIT27383London: Faber 1960. Cloth. First British edition of Bernard Frechtman's translation. Fine in dust jacket. Faber hardcover books
1960264823np: Pirated Edition 1960. Number 1 of 12 hardbound copies Signed by Diane di Prima. With two illustrations by Jean Cocteau. 1 vols. Thin 8vo. Crimson cloth. Fine. Number 1 of 12 hardbound copies Signed by Diane di Prima. With two illustrations by Jean Cocteau. 1 vols. Thin 8vo. NUMBER ONE. Inscribed to Bob Wilson on the title-page "For Bob w/ love Diane". Pirated Edition unknown books
19631316254London: Faber and Faber Limited 1963. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 12mo; pp 176; G/G-; red spine with black text; dust jacket has some chips to edges; slight sunning to exterior; cloth has light sunning to spine; light edge wear; sturdy boards; text block shows light toning to exterior edges; interior lightly toned; tight binding. 1316254. FP New Rockville Stock. Faber and Faber Limited hardcover books
1962WRCLIT29323New York: Grove Press 1962. Cloth and boards. First American edition translated by Bernard Frechtman. Ink name and short marginal snag in endsheet otherwise a near fine copy in a good or better slightly soiled white dust jacket. Grove Press hardcover books
1987387850New York: Grove Press 1987. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Trade paperback. Originally published as Les Paravents. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. Near fine. Grove Press unknown books
19939000622Scranton Pennsylvania U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc 1993. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. <br/><br/> W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover books
1993020688Hopewell NJ: Ecco Press 1993. 1st Edition. xvi 462p. dj. Ecco Press unknown books
1993254003Hopewell NJ: The Ecco Press 1993. Hardcover. xvi 462p. remainder mark top edges light soiling otherwise good first edition stated in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. The Ecco Press hardcover books
199333514Hopewell NJ: The Ecco Press 1993. Hardcover. xvi 462p. very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. The Ecco Press hardcover books
19939009937Hopewell NJ: Ecco Press 1993. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Previous owner's embossment on the title page. <br/><br/> Ecco Press hardcover books
1959WRCLIT71472Paris: Traveller's Companion Series / The Olympia Press 1959. Printed wrappers. Some rubbing to extremities price on lower wrapper faintly written over; a good copy. Foreword by Jean-Paul Sartre translated by Bernard Frechtman. A later printing of the TC edition #78 with black border on title and priced 18 NF. The colophon however bears the same printing date "July 1959" as the first printing of this format. KEARNEY 153.1. KEARNEY & CARROLL 5.36.1 note. Traveller's Companion Series / The Olympia Press unknown books
196433122NY: Grove Press 1964. First printing. 8vo pp. 268. Foreword by Jean-Paul Sartre. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. A nice copy in little soiled and price-clipped dj. Grove Press unknown books
196429309NY: Grove Press 1964. First printing. 8vo pp. 268. Foreword by Jean-Paul Sartre. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. A nice copy in little soiled dj. Grove Press unknown books
1954039501Paris: Olympia 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. The first English language edition rebound in green boards with five raised bands added endpapers with the original black and white jacket front bound in at the beginning. Dedicated to Sartre and Beauvoir this is Genet's purest expression of his ideal of a sort of reverse sainthood. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 039501. <br/><br/> Olympia hardcover books
1964WRCLIT46789New York: Grove Press 1964. Gilt red cloth. First U.S. edition of the Frechtman translation. Near fine in very good lightly soiled white dust jacket with two short closed tears. Grove Press hardcover books
1964WRCLIT25190New York: Grove Press 1964. Cloth. First American edition of the Frechtman translation. Old ink price on jacket flap otherwise fine in dust jacket. Grove Press hardcover books
1954008612The Olympia Press 1954. Book. Near Fine. Original Wraps. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First English Language Edition. Near Fine in Wraps.Terrific Copy.Scarce. The Olympia Press Hardcover books
196472005NY: Grove Press 1964. First US edition. 268 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Jean-Paul Sartre. Translated from the original French by Bernard Frechtman. Clipped photograph of Genet pasted inside the front cover. Poet-publisher Doug Blazek’s copy SIGNED by him on the first leaf. A present from his father “Push right to the extreme / and it becomes wrong: / press all the juice from / an orange and it becomes / bitter / Baltasar Gracián / 12/64 / con amore / Dad.†NY: Grove Press unknown books
194925971Westport: Tiger's Eye Publishing 1949. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Ninth and final issue of this small press arts and literary periodical. Edited by Ruth Stephan. Featuring poems drawings and photographs. A clean very good copy in tall bound illustrated wrappers. Paper loss along the leading edge of the front cover else a very well-bound copy of a magazine often found in poor condition. Some stains to first printed page. Tiger's Eye Publishing paperback books
1950WRCLIT82484Paris: Transition Press 1950. Whole number four of six published. Pictorial wrappers. Text block browned as usual short snag at crown of upper joint but a good c. Edited by Georges Duthuit with an advisory board including Char Bataille Gilbert Jolas Sartre et al. An important venue for the introduction of then contemporary French writing to the English reading public. Contributions to this number by the editors Genet excerpt from THIEF'S JOURNAL Gide Michaux et al. Transition Press unknown books
