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19712055London: Jonathan Cape 1971. First Edition First Printing. 8vo 8 x 5 1/4 inches; 213 x 130 mm 186 pages in gray boards. With an unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED by Arnold Wesker on the title page and dated 12 June 78. A collection of prose pieces by the British playwright 1932-2016 including short stories a play for television and a diary written for Swedish radio just before Wesker went to Stockholm to direct the world premiere of "The Friends." Wesker is sometimes grouped among the so-called Angry Young Men of postwar British literature although he rejected that label. Even so some of his plays attack Britain's class system and the exploitation of working-class people. He also tangled at times with the British theatre establishment which he accused of anti-Semitism. Copies of this book are uncommon in the market and signed copies even more so. SCARCE. <br/><br/> CONDITION: Corners bumped some light soiling to top edge. Internally clean bright and unmarked except for a tiny stain on the front free end paper. The dust jacket has some stray white marks production error above the title. Flap corners slightly trimmed but the publisher's price is intact. A Very Good or better copy. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1993170New York: Routledge 1993. First American Edition 1st Printing. Octavo 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 222 x 140 mm xviii 536 pages in gray cloth black titles to spine in an illustrated unclipped dust jacket. <br /><br />A massive compilation of Bertolt Brecht's journals covering the years 1934-1955 when the playwright lived in a variety of European countries as well as the United States and writes frankly about life in Los Angeles. Translated from the German by Hugh Rorrison. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photos. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some light foxing along the top and fore edges upper board slightly splayed internally clean and bright. <br />The unclipped dust jacket has light edge wear and a small black dot to the upper panel. Very Good or better. <br /><br /><br /> Routledge hardcover books
195100006582New York: New Directions 1951 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 6 vii-xiii 144 pp. Pink cloth with black lettering on the spine. Price of $3.00 on front flap of jacket. First issue as per Ahearn APG 011a. Signed by the author on the title page. A Near Fine book with mild rubbing to the edges of the boards and light age toning to the top of the textblock; dust jacket is Very Good with the front fold discreetly split spine panel shows mild fading. New Directions (1951) hardcover books
19321480New York: United Workers Theatres of New York 1932. First Edition. 4to 11 inches / 280 mm tall 2 41 1 mimeographed pages in side-stapled pink and black wrappers. Contents clean and unmarked wrappers edge worn with several diagonal creases to the corners wrappers splitting along spine fold loose but holding and a bit of soiling. A Very Good copy of a scarce fragile publication.Monthly publication promoting left-wing theatre in the U.S. during the Depression; it appeared from 1931 to 1933 and was closely associated with the Communist Party. The United Workers Theatres of New York the publisher worked in conjunction with the Workers Laboratory Theatre and the German agitprop troupe Prolet-Buehne. Contents here include an announcement for a First National Workers Theatre Conference and Spartakiade to be staged April 16-17 1932 in New York. The Spartakiade required contestants to act "with proletarian responsibility with great energy with full speed" to make the conference and Spartakiade "a great event in the history of the workingclass in this country!"Also included is an article on scene design by Mordecai Gorelik; three plays two of them by the Prolet-Buehne and the other by Tom Lewis; an article on Soviet movies by Harry Alan Potamkin; an article on children's theatre by Kay Rankin as well as reviews and a listing of forthcoming events.A fascinating look at the state of "workers' theatre" in New York during the Depression. SCARCE. <br /><br /> United Workers Theatres of New York books
