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1966788<p>Paris: La Table Ronde 1966. Later printing.</p><p><br />Collection of plays INSCRIBED on the half title by Jean Anouilh: "Pour le Docteur Paul Robert Jean Anouilh Nov. 69." <br /><br />The plays are: Humulus le Muet; Le Bal des Voleurs; Le Rendez-Vous de Senlis; and Léocadia. Text entirely in French. <br /><br />Inscribed copies are scarce to the market. <br /><br />PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo 8x 5.25 inches; 205 x 135 mm 374 6 pages in publisher's cream-colored cloth spine with four raised bands front cover illustrated by Jean Denis Malclès hard cover. <br /><br />CONDITION: Lightest of soiling to the cream-colored covers. Near Fine. <br /><br /><br /><br /></p> La Table Ronde hardcover
1942006990Adyar Madras India: Kalakshetra 1942. Hardcover light green cloth in original non price-clipped beige dust-jacket. 270pp. Portait frontispiece. Contains the verse-plays "The Kings Wife" and "The Hound of Uladh" the former a drama about the life of Rani Mirabai and the latter a tale based on ancient Celtic mythology. No previous ownership marks. A clean square copy with mild wear to tips Beige dust-jacket complete shows moderate age soiling and toning with spine sunned to goledn brown. A very good copy in a near very good dust-jacket of a very scarce title. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kalakshetra Hardcover
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
9032919. DRAMA - CHINA. SCENES FROM CHINESE PLAYS SERIES I. N.p. n.d. circa 1920. Painted manuscript volume of traditional Chinese plays with 12 illustrations. Chinese and English language title on the cover and English language captions under the illustrations. 12 ff. Traditionally bound: paper wrappers with a blue cloth backstrip sewn with red string. 16 x 16.5 cm. Some of the scenes illustrated include are "A Fisherman Catches a Golden Tortoise" "A Spendthrift Son" "General T'sao Tsao Nearly Being Killed in an Inn" and "A Boy Sweeps Snow." Colorful scenes from dramas in very good condition. unknown
19160005542Oxford: University Press 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. engravings. Quarto 231pp. three quarter blue crushed morocco marbled endpapers; scuffed with top joint repaired coat of arms in gilt on top cover. <br/><br/>"The nucleus of the Welbeck collection of miniatures consists of portraits of members and connexions of the families of Cavendish and Holles which were inherited by the Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles wife of Edward Harley second Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. To them were added miniatrues of the Harley family into which she married and those painted for and acquired by her husband he being the son of Robert Harley who was successively Speaker Secretary of State Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord High Treasurer in the reign of Queen Anne and who was created Earl of Oxford and Earl Morimer in 1711." 29 plates of portraits - most multiple images including British royalty Shakespeare Inigo Jones Abraham Cowley and European royalty. Laid-in is a sheet of stationery from Welbeck Abbey presenting this volume "With the Duke of Portland's Compliments" in holograph. University Press hardcover
1978755New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1978. First Edition. SIGNED by Tennessee Williams and Richard Leavitt the editor number 64 of 250 copies. A lavishly illustrated book on the life and work of Tennessee Williams. 4to. 176 pages. Near Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket in original cardboard slipcase. Errata slip laid in. Slipcase a bit dusty. <br/><br/> G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1988884New York: Playbill Incorporated 1988. No Edition Stated. SIGNED and stamped by David Mamet with his blue Chicago stamp on the title page page 23. The Playbill for Mamet's comedy about the Hollywood movie industry which opened at the Royale Theatre in New York and starred Madonna Ron Silver and Joe Mantegna. The play was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play and Silver's performance won him a Tony Award for Best Actor. 8vo. 66 pages in stapled wrappers. Near Fine with some creasing to the front cover. Playbills signed by David Mamet are not at all common and signed copies of the Playbill for "Speed-the-Plow" are especially elusive. As of March 10 2016 there were no other signed Playbills of Speed-the-Plow on the market. SCARCE. <br/><br/> Playbill Incorporated unknown books
19141240Boston: The Gorham Press 1914. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Small 8vo 7 1/2 inches / 19 cm 168 pages. Printed paper labels to spine and front board. <br /><br />Eugene O'Neill's first book one of 1000 copies printed and featuring five plays: Thirst The Web Warnings Fog and Recklessness. O'Neill's father financed the $450 printing costs. The books didn't sell well so the publisher Richard G. Badger sold the remaining volumes to Frances Steloff who became the owner of the Gotham Book Mart in New York. <br /><br />Eugene O'Neill 1888-1953 won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936.<br /><br />CONDITION: Spine darkened some light wear to spine edges soiling to top edge and fore edge. A Very Good or better copy lacking the rare dust jacket. The Gorham Press hardcover books
19141240<p>Boston: The Gorham Press 1914. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Small Octavo 7 1/2 inches / 19 cm 168 pages. Printed paper labels to spine and front board. <br /><br />Eugene O'Neill's first book one of 1000 copies printed and featuring five plays: Thirst The Web Warnings Fog and Recklessness. O'Neill's father financed the $450 printing costs. The books didn't sell well so the publisher Richard G. Badger sold the remaining volumes to Frances Steloff who became the owner of the Gotham Book Mart in New York. <br /><br />Eugene O'Neill 1888-1953 won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936.<br /><br />CONDITION: Spine darkened some light wear to spine edges soiling to top edge and fore edge. A Very Good or better copy lacking the rare dust jacket.</p> The Gorham Press hardcover
1985003482Theatre Communications Group 1985 1985. Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. Signed by Authors. Not a First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. No Jacket. Not a First. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The book that made the author actor famous.Tragic Sucide. Fine copy.Ink name.Extremely rare signed copy. Signed" Spalding Gray" in red ink. Theatre Communications Group, 1985 Paperback
1985003482Theatre Communications Group 1985 1985. Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. Signed by Authors. Not a First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. No Jacket. Not a First. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The book that made the author actor famous.Tragic Sucide. Fine copy.Ink name.Extremely rare signed copy. Signed" Spalding Gray" in red ink. Theatre Communications Group, 1985 Paperback books
1960751New York: The Living Theatre 1960. First Edition. Season program for the avant-garde New York theatre group which was founded in 1947 and still exists today. The season's productions included "In the Jungle of Cities" by Bertolt Brecht; "The Connection" by Jack Gelber; "The Marrying Maiden" by Jackson MacLow; and "Women of Trachis" by Sophocles in a version by Ezra Pound and featuring a young Martin Sheen as Hyllos. 8vo. unpaginated. Near Fine in stapled wrappers with mild edge sunning. Laid in is a Cue magazine offprint about Judith Malina and Julian Beck the co-founders of the group. OCLC lists only 5 copies held by libraries. SCARCE. <br/><br/>The Living Theatre has broken new ground and plenty of rules for realistic drama since its founding in 1947. The company has produced some of the most-acclaimed cutting-edge plays to be seen in Off-Broadway theatre including Jack Gelber's "The Connection" included in this season program. The Living Theatre unknown
19611607<p>New York: The Living Theatre 1961. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Oblong 16mo 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches; 165 x 130 mm 4 pages in stapled red white and blue wrappers soft cover. <br /><br />Invitation for a Champagne party and auction at the studio of artist Larry Rivers on May 2 1961 to raise money for the Living Theatre and its forthcoming European tour. The auction included art works and manuscripts most notably the entire manuscript of Allen Ginsberg's "Kaddish" as well as works by John Cage Louise Nevelson Robert Rauschenberg Grace Hartigan Jasper Johns Willem De Kooning Helen Frankenthaler Franz Kline and others.</p><p>Rivers's studio was at 102 West Third Street in the West Village. The invitation requested a contribution of $25 per couple and assured attendees that the evening was "informal." The guests of honor were Eva Gabor Denise Darcel Arlene Francis Shelley Winters and Kim Stanley.</p><p>The evening was a huge success according to The New York Times raising about $20500 equal to around $214000 in 2024. Foundations had promised an additional $5000 while $18000 had already been raised in previous months thus assuring that the Living Theatre's European trip would go ahead.</p><p>The Living Theatre planned to perform in Paris Rome London Turin Milan Amsterdam Glasgow and Florence with plays by Bertolt Brecht In the Jungle of Cities William Carlos Williams Many Loves Jack Gelber The Connection and Luigi Pirandello Tonight We Improvise.</p><p>An interesting snapshot of the New York art literary and entertainment worlds of 1961. And of course a rare piece of Living Theatre ephemera. <strong>RARE</strong>.</p><p>CONDITION: Near Fine with trivial hints of edge wear. Sharp clean and fresh.</p> The Living Theatre paperback
1960751New York: The Living Theatre 1960. First Edition. Season program for the avant-garde New York theatre group which was founded in 1947 and still exists today. The season's productions included "In the Jungle of Cities" by Bertolt Brecht; "The Connection" by Jack Gelber; "The Marrying Maiden" by Jackson MacLow; and "Women of Trachis" by Sophocles in a version by Ezra Pound and featuring a young Martin Sheen as Hyllos. 8vo. unpaginated. Near Fine in stapled wrappers with mild edge sunning. Laid in is a Cue magazine offprint about Judith Malina and Julian Beck the co-founders of the group. OCLC lists only 5 copies held by libraries. SCARCE. <br/><br/>The Living Theatre has broken new ground and plenty of rules for realistic drama since its founding in 1947. The company has produced some of the most-acclaimed cutting-edge plays to be seen in Off-Broadway theatre including Jack Gelber's "The Connection" included in this season program. The Living Theatre unknown books
19611607New York: The Living Theatre 1961. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Oblong 16mo 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches; 165 x 130 mm 4 pages in stapled red white and blue wrappers. <p>Invitation for a Champagne party and auction at the studio of artist Larry Rivers on May 2 1961 to raise money for the Living Theatre and its forthcoming European tour. The auction included art works and manuscripts most notably the entire manuscript of Allen Ginsberg's "Kaddish" as well as works by John Cage Louise Nevelson Robert Rauschenberg Grace Hartigan Jasper Johns Willem De Kooning Helen Frankenthaler Franz Kline and others.<br /></p><p>Rivers's studio was at 102 West Third Street in the West Village. The invitation requested a contribution of $25 per couple and assured attendees that the evening was "informal." The guests of honor were Eva Gabor Denise Darcel Arlene Francis Shelley Winters and Kim Stanley.<br /></p><p>The evening was a huge success according to The New York Times raising about $20500 equal to around $180000 in 2021. Foundations had promised an additional $5000 while $18000 had already been raised in previous months thus assuring that the Living Theatre's European trip would go ahead.<br /></p><p>The Living Theatre planned to perform in Paris Rome London Turin Milan Amsterdam Glasgow and Florence with plays by Bertolt Brecht In the Jungle of Cities William Carlos Williams Many Loves Jack Gelber The Connection and Luigi Pirandello Tonight We Improvise.<br /></p><p>An interesting snapshot of the New York art literary and entertainment worlds of 1961. And of course a rare piece of Living Theatre ephemera. <b>RARE</b>.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: Near Fine with trivial hints of edge wear. Sharp clean and fresh.<br /></p><p><br /></p> The Living Theatre books
177612434Reuttlingen (Reutlingen), Johann Georg Fleischhauer, 1776/1777. "12° (15-18,5 cm). 336; 304; 448; 316, 2 Bll.; 312; 382; 254 SS." Späteres Halbleder über fünf Bünden mit montiertem Rückenschild [3 Warenabbildungen]
19781596New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1978. First Edition First Printing. 8vo 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 215 x 144 mm 275 1 pages in green cloth. Light sunning to edges of boards light soiling to top edge rubbing and slight bump to rear board. Very Good or better in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket that has light soiling to the front panel a crease in the rear flap and rear panel and light toning to the flaps.SIGNED by Derek Walcott on the front free end paper: "To Dave / Derek / FSG /Oct 86." Two plays by the Nobel Prize winner. <br /><br /> Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
A couple of corners and 1 edge are bumped. Minor shelfwear otherwise. ; Text in Greek or English with one paper in German. Festschrift in honor of G. M. Sifakis. ; 699 pages
A couple of corners very lightly bumped. Light staining to spine. Sunning to part of front board. ; Text in Greek or English with one paper in German. Festschrift in honor of G. M. Sifakis. ; 699 pages
1998018890Paris: Academie Experimentale des Theatres and Le Concours du Centre de Livre 1998. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Would be fine but for a small black dot on the top page-edge near the spine. Otherwise completely clean. The spine is not creased binding firm. Text in FRENCH. Illustrated in black & white with photographs. Edited by Georges Banu with assistance from Olivier Besson Linda Lewkowicz and Daniele Stern. 12" high X 8" wide 255 pages. Large heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Third Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Academie Experimentale des Theatres and Le Concours du Centre de Livre Paperback
193113255New York: Horace Liveright 1931. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-. Limited Edition 68/500 copies SIGNED by O'Neill on limitation page; 4to art vellum boards/leather lettering piece on spine; vg- boards bowed; spine ends bumped; spine head heavily worn with three tears to vellum two of which could become chips; small green smudge to top right hand corner front board; small chip to lettering piece; bookstore sticker on rear pastedown and ghost of sticker on rfep; includes facsimile notes. <br/> <br/> Horace Liveright hardcover
000894London: Simpkin and Marshall Book. Good. Half-Leather. 12mo. Contains a W.Shakespeare Richard the Third a tragedy. 1818. iv ii 68p. Jaggard p372 b T.Otway Venice preserved a tragedy. 1820. iv ii ii ii 56p. c P. Massinger A new way to pay old debts a comedy. 1818. odd pagination to prelims then 7 - 78p d Bickerstaff The hypocrite a comedy. no date. v iii 63p. e A.Cherry The soldier's daughter a comedy. 1819. 3 v 72p. f T.Holcroft Deaf and dumb an historical drama. 1819. iii v 60p. g S.J.Arnold The shipwreck a comic opera 1820. ii ii 27 1p h S.Beazley Is he jealous an operetta. 1818. ii iv 25p. i T. Knight The honest thieves a farce. 1820. iii iii 28p. j The magpie or the maid of palaiseau a melo-drame. 1820. ii ii 36p. k M.G. Lewis Rugantino; or the bravo of Venice a melo-drame. 1820. ii ii 30p. Signs of original stab sewing to each play. Occasional spotting and browning. Some marks small tears and creases. Titles and final pages of each play slightly soiled. Bound in half leather with very worn marbled boards. The leather in excellent condition and attractive - decorative gilt spine and green lettering label - Plays. Some slight wear to spine edges. Stamped with small R in circle to front and rear pastedowns. No frontises present. Simpkin and Marshall hardcover
1825025230Cambridge: W. P. Grant 1825. First Edition . Quarter Calf Gilt. Very Good. 8 5/8" Tall. Viii 237. Half Title Present.First Edition. Quarter Calf Over Boards Five Bands With Red Morocco Label Attractive And Elaborate Gilt Tooling In All Compartments Over Marbled Paper Covered Boards Calf Tips. Wear To Binding Fraying At Tips Hinges Solid And Tight. Previous Owner Name In Pencil And Heraldic Bookplate Of Albert Francis Jackson. <br/> <br/> W. P. Grant unknown
1984040589Los Angeles: Korean Cultural Service 1984 1985 1986 1987 1990 1984. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Fourteen Issues Of This High Quality Magazine Mostly Focusing On Arts Published By The Korean Consulate For English Language Distribution. <br/> <br/> Korean Cultural Service 1984 1985 1986 1987 1990 paperback
1932021854Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1932. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 36 Pp. Grey Wrappers Printed In Black. A Fantasy Written As A Play Describing A Fantastic Future In 1981 Where Life Insurance Has Been Rationalized As A Nationalized Benefit And A Retirement System Costs Depending Upon Risks With Favoritism For Families To Correct A Declining Birth Rate. Very Scarce Just Two Copies In Oclc; This Example From The Comprehensive Sf Collection Of Forrest Ackerman. <br/> <br/> Cambridge University Press unknown
