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196631334NY: Atheneum 1966. First edition. first prnt. Signed by Albee on the title page. Soil spotting on the bottom of the foreedge and topedge; dustjacket with faint dampstain at rear panel spine fold. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. 1967 Pulitzer Prize winner; the first of three that Albee has been awarded. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Atheneum Hardcover books
19754138NY: Atheneum 1975. First edition. Review copy with publisher's slip laid-in. Signed by Albee on the title page. Few small foxed spots on the topedge; dustjacket with toned flap edges interior offsetting on the spine bottom not apparent on the outside and board corners just touched. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy. Atheneum Hardcover books
183919115New York: Harper & Brothers 1839 First regularly published edition of Sargent's second book. Foxing; some damp-staining to the upper margins of some leaves toward the rear; spine and board edges a bit sunned; a very good copy. 12mo original floral-embossed brown cloth gilt lettering 110 pages. A play revised from the preceding privately printed edition. Front free endpaper neatly excised. BAL 17201. Harper & Brothers, unknown books
1960829New York: Coward-McCann Inc. 1960. First Edition. A general living in the French countryside disdains modern life and wants to restore the glory of France. The play opened in New York on December 8 1959 at the Anta Theatre starring Rex Harrison Natasha Parry and Roddy McDowall in a production directed by Peter Brook. Brook was Parry's husband. Unfortunately the book misspells Parry's name as Perry. Translated from the French and adapted by Lucienne Hill. 8vo. 121 pages. Wrinkles on front paste down a production error and scratch on rear cover. Otherwise about Near Fine in a white dust jacket with slightly toned spine and creased closed tear to rear panel. SCARCE. <br/><br/> Coward-McCann, Inc. unknown books
19302043Ballets Russes Georges-Michel Michel; Waldemar George; and Nathalie Gontcharova. <b>Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilew par Michel Georges-Michel Waldemar George / Le Costume Théatral par Nathalie Gontcharova</b>. Paris: Pierre Vorms 1930. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Small Quarto 10 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches; 270 x 185 mm 31 1 pages in printed wrappers. <br /><br />A sumptuously illustrated tribute to Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes issued in 1930 one year after his death. Diaghilev rendered here as Diaghilew created one of the world's most innovative ballet and opera companies and hired some of the greatest artists of the 20th century to design sets and costumes. <br /><br />Artists represented here include Picasso Laurencin Braque Derain de Chirico Rouault Bakst and others. The book features 19 plates depicting sets and costumes with four of the plates in color. There is also a photo of Diaghilev taken several days before his death at the young age of 57. <br /><br />Michel Georges-Michel and Waldemar George have written introductions while Nathalie Gontcharova has written about costumes; the book is illustrated with several of her designs for sets and costumes. There is also a complete list of the troupe's productions and a list of all the artists who designed sets and costumes. All text is in French. <br /><br />This book should not be confused with a 1955 revised edition. An altogether wonderful tribute to the Ballets Russes. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light edge wear toning to the wrappers especially the lower wrapper. Internally clean bright and unmarked. A beautiful Near Fine copy. Pierre Vorms paperback books
19791000160NY: I. Reed Books 1979. First edition. Printed glossy wraps. Inscribed by Baraka on the title page. "__ Unity & Struggle A. Baraka 94." Touch of shelfwear; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition. Baraka's ninth published play. Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. I. Reed Books Paperback books
200133363Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0838639224 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Fairleigh Dickinson University Press hardcover books
200133364Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0838639224 . First edition. Book-plate on front paste-down else near fine in a fine dust jacket. . Fairleigh Dickinson University Press hardcover books
197714355Boston: Little Brown & Co 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Stated first edition of Duberman's biographical dram of the life of Jack Kerouac. A superb copy in dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
2401n.p. n.d. <br /><br />Single typescript sheet measuring 11 x 8 1/2 inches 280 x 217 mm typed on one side of the sheet. <br /><br />SIGNED by Samuel Beckett at bottom of the page. The typescript is from the stage directions and opening lines for Endgame one of Beckett's greatest plays about two men in the "endgame" of their lives. The play's first performance took place on April 3 1957 at the Royal Court Theatre in London. <br /><br />CONDITION: Faint yellowing along the edges most likely from having been matted at one time. Small piece of matting tape to top edge of verso. Some handling wear and creasing. Very Good or better. books
200634842NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0374281033 . First American Printing. Publisher's promotional sheet laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
1952844<p>New York: Greenberg 1952. First Edition. SIGNED on the front free end paper by 15 important stars of Broadway including Fritzi Scheff Eli Wallach Uta Hagen Maureen Stapleton Blanche Ring Francine Larrimore Leonore Ulric Margaret Phillips Bert Lahr Contance Collier Judith Evelyn Frances Starr Douglas Watson Charles Nolte and Dorothy Gish.</p><p>4to 12 1/4 inches / 31 cm. tall v 150 2 pages. Tipped in is a "Publisher's Weekly" article describing the signing party at Brentano's in 1952. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket that has a half-inch chip at the bottom of the front panel where it meets the spine a few small chips on the rear panel some edge wear and soiling. Copies signed by so many of the stars are not often found in the market. Presumably a previous owner obtained the signatures during the book party at Brentano's in 1952. SCARCE signed. <br /><br />The signers are among the 150 stars featured with two-page photo spreads in this loving theatre tribute that reaches back to Lillian Russell and Sarah Bernhardt but also includes a few newcomers such as Carol Channing.</p><p>Daniel Blum the author was an authoritative journalist/historian of theatre who published an annual review of the theatre season called Theatre World. Needless to say he knew many of the actors profiled in the book.</p><p>Especially interesting are the author's comments about the actors. Marlon Brando: "He is a nonconformist and likes to shock people.He dislikes cats interviews shoes and large parties." Maureen Stapleton: "She dislikes spooky movies and books." Beatrice Pearson: "When she is depressed she spends money like a drunken sailor." Charlton Heston: "He is frank genial and outspoken but thinks actors should keep quiet on any other subject but their work." That was the Charlton Heston of 1952. He dabbled in politics later in life.</p> Greenberg books
199110076NY: HarperCollins. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0060166002 . First printing. Remainder dot on bottom edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . HarperCollins hardcover books
196529004.1San Francisco: The Bohemian Club 1965. 1st edition. Maroon paper wrapped boards with black design/lettering. Nr Fine spine panel lightly sunned/pos to ffep. 10 55 3 pp. Fold-out list of prior Bohemian Club productions at rear. Printed by the Grabhorn press. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Bohemian Club hardcover books
19381231Providence Rhode Island: The Booke Shop 1938. First Edition First Printing. INSCRIBED by the author on the front free end paper and dated Christmas 1938: "To Ruth -- / With best wishes / from her sometimes / director who knows / she is an actress still -- even tho he falls / short in these pages." The author Ben W. Brown 1897-1955 was a Brown University professor as well as a theatre critic and director. He went to the Soviet Union in 1937-38 to study the theatre scene; this book of essays is the result. 8vo 9 1/4 inches / 23.5 cm 105 4 pages. Some soiling to the orange cloth covers and discoloration to the spine. Pages very lightly toned. No dust jacket. Overall Very Good. Signed copies are uncommon to the market. SCARCE SIGNED. <br/><br/> The Booke Shop hardcover books
1855WRCLIT18659New York: Samuel French 1855. 19pp. Printed wrappers. Very good. Early American printing of this popular play first published and produced in London in 1849. Issued as number XXXIII of French's Minor Drama series. The first American edition appeared in 1850 under Taylor's imprint. "The California Gold Rush provided the inspiration for this dramatic presentation. Scene two depicts English Spanish Americans Indians Mexicans and African- Americans engaged in mining" - Kurutz. COWAN p.148. KURUTZ 160. Samuel French unknown books
200020672NY: Columbia University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0231104286 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Columbia University Press hardcover books
19112289Moscow: A.A. Gorozhankin and K.A. Fisher 1911-12. <br /><br />Twenty-six postcards each 5 1/2 x 3 3/8 inches 138 x 84 mm featuring black-and-white photos of scenes from Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and text descriptions in Russian. <br /><br />The Cherry Orchard opened at the Moscow Art Theatre on January 17 1904 in a production directed by Konstantin Stanislavsky just six months before the death of Chekhov. In the play a family is forced to sell their estate at auction to pay their debts. The buyer Lopakhin plans to cut down the family's beloved cherry orchard so he can build cottages on the estate. <br /><br />These postcards feature cast members from early productions: Olga Knipper as Madame Ranevskaya the estate owner Maria Lilina as Anya her daughter Margarita Savitskaya as Varya foster daughter Stanislavsky himself as Gaev Ranevskaya's brother Leonid Leonidov as Lopakhin Vladimir Gribunin as Simeonov-Pishchik a landowner Elena Muratova as Charoltta Ivanovna a governess Alexander Artyom as Firs an elderly valet Vasily Kachalov as Trofimov a student and Ivan Moskvin as Yephikhov a bookkeeper. <br /><br />Olga Knipper was the wife of Chekhov Maria Lilina was the wife of Stanislavsky and Ivan Moskvin became director of the Moscow Art Theatre in 1943. All three were among the 39 original members of the troupe when Stanislavsky founded it in 1898 with Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. <br /><br />Chekhov conceived The Cherry Orchard as a comedy but Stanislavsky turned it into a tragedy angering Chekhov. "My play opened yesterday so my mood is none too good" Chekhov wrote in a letter to author and dramatist Ivan Leontyev known as Shcheglov quoted in Laurence Senelick Anton Chekhov's Selected Plays. New York: W.W. Norton 2005 page 456. And in late March 1904 writing from Yalta Chekhov declared in a letter to his wife Olga Knipper the star of the play: "One thing I can say: Stanislavsky has butchered the play for me." Senelick page 457. <br /><br />While Chekhov may not have liked the play the public certainly did. Indeed in a note on the verso of one card an anonymous writer says translating: "we have just got back from the Art Theatre where we saw The Cherry Orchard. There are no words to tell how wonderful it was." The note appears on a card showing Stanislavsky and his wife Maria Lilina. <br /><br />A.A. Gorozhankin published two of the cards in 1911. The famous Moscow photographer Karl Fisher issued all the others. Two of them not identified as the Moscow Art Theatre production are dated 1912. <br /><br />A fascinating set of postcards depicting scenes from one of the theatre world's most acclaimed plays. <br /><br />CONDITION: Inscription in ink to the verso of one card stains or soiling to many cards lower corner of one card of Olga Knipper damaged with slight loss of text; old bookseller's stamp to the verso of half a dozen cards; all a bit rubbed or edge-worn. About Good overall. <br /><br /> A.A. Gorozhankin and K.A. Fisher books
1962831New York: Grove Press Inc. 1962. First Edition First Printing. An important collection of seven cutting-edge plays of the late 1950s with an insightful introduction by drama critic and director Harold Clurman. The works featured here are: Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" Brendan Behan's "The Quare Fellow" Shelagh Delaney's "A Taste of Honey" Jack Gelber's "The Connection" Jean Genet's "The Balcony" Eugène Ionesco's "Rhinoceros" and Harold Pinter's "The Birthday Party." 8vo. xii 548 pages. Bookplate and small ink name on front free end paper. Otherwise Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with minor rubbing light toning and a bit of edge wear. <br/><br/> Grove Press, Inc. unknown books
199633354Athens: Ohio University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0821411403 . First printing. Book-plate on front paste-down else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Ohio University Press hardcover books
1919293Boston: Little Brown and Company 1919. First Edition. Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 211 x 144 mm vii 298 pages in black cloth titles in gilt to spine in the scarce unclipped dust jacket. <br /><br />A collection of articles about the theatre by Edward Gordon Craig 1872-1966 a stage designer and theatrical producer and director. Although he directed only a handful of plays "his controversial theories of scene design and stagecraft gave him eminence in the European and American theater" The New York Times July 30 1966 page 25. For instance he favored three-dimensional stage effects and more innovative lighting than the traditional footlights. <br /><br />Copies of this book in the original dust jacket are scarce to the market. <br /><br />CONDITION: Rubbing to cloth fading to spine titles top edge dusty bottom edge a bit soiled. Internally a couple of stray ink marks but otherwise clean and bright. The unclipped dust jacket has some soiling nicks and chips with slight fading to text. Overall a Very Good or better copy. <br /><br /> Little, Brown, and Company hardcover books
19361978Denby Edwin and Orson Welles. <b>Horse Eats Hat</b>. New York: The Federal Theatre Project/Works Progress Administration 1936. No Edition Stated. <br /><br />Single sheet folded to create a four-panel program measuring 9 x 6 inches 230 x 150 mm when folded. Printed in blue ink on white paper stock. <br /><br />A scarce program guide for the play "Horse Eats Hat" written by Edwin Denby and Orson Welles with music by Paul Bowles. Welles directed and appeared in the play which featured Joseph Cotten Arlene Francis and many others. <br /><br />In the play adapted from a French farce a horse eats a hat "and the owner of the horse must get the owner of the hat another hat because she can't go home to her husband without it." The New York Times September 28 1936 page 14. <br /><br />"Horse Eats Hat" was performed at Maxine Elliott's Theatre in New York as part of the Federal Theatre Project during the Depression. Managing Producer: the great John Houseman. At the opening the Times informs us "Half the audience was pretty indignant and the other half quite amused.It can be fought about at a top price of 55 cents." <br /><br />OCLC shows a poster of this play held by the Library of Congress but no institutional holdings of the program guide. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Vertical crease some soiling and edge wear. A Very Good copy. The Federal Theatre Project/Works Progress Administration books
200023461Jefferson: McFarland & Company. Fine. 2000. Hardcover. 0786400773 . First edition. Fine in red cloth. No dust jacket. . McFarland & Company hardcover books
1810285195London: Miller 1810. hardcover. very good. 3 volumes Copperplate vignettes on title pages. 595pp. 614pp. 598pp. double column tall 8vo polished calf ornately gilt spines black leather spine labels boards crackled and quite darkened at edges hinges strengthened corners worn. London: William Miller 1810. Very good.<br/><br/> Miller unknown books
180528473London: John Cawthorn 1805. Group of 30 Portraits of Actors and Actresses. All mezzotint by several hands. 1 vols. 12mo. 1/2 red morrocco on marbled boards. A very good copy. Group of 30 Portraits of Actors and Actresses. All mezzotint by several hands. 1 vols. 12mo. Unusual. John Cawthorn unknown books
