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19522088New York: The Living Theatre 1952. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Small Quarto 9 1/8 x 6 inches; 230 x 155 mm 16 pages in stapled red wrappers printed on Japanese paper.<br /><br />Program for Paul Goodman's "Faustina" which opened at the Living Theatre on May 251952 starring Julie Bovasso as Faustina. Judith Malina directed and Julian Beck designed sets and costumes.<br /><br />This production was part of the first season at the Living Theatre's first permanent performance space at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village. The program includes a "portrait sketch" of playwright Paul Goodman by Laura Perls; "Notes on a Ritual Tragedy" by Judith Malina; and a full-page drawing by Larry Rivers for "A City Winter and Other Poems" by Frank O'Hara. <br /><br />There are also advertisements from local businesses especially bookstores and cafes; a list of paintings for sale by Julian Beck; and a list of sponsors which included John Cage Jean Cocteau Merce Cunningham Betty Parsons and other luminaries of the art and literary worlds.<br /><br />"Faustina" was an important milestone in Living Theatre history. The play's title refers to the wife of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. At the end of the play Faustina is supposed to step forward and chastise the audience for not leaping on stage and stopping a murder. However Julie Bovasso as Faustina felt this moment was pretentious and told the audience on opening night about her irritation. She quit the production after just a few performances. Stephen J. Bottoms <i>Playing Underground: A Critical History of the 1960s Off-Off-Broadway Movement</i> pages 25-26. <br /><br />Despite the controversy the speech "was the beginning of direct audience confrontation by the Living Theatre a technique used extensively in later productions." Theodore Shank <i>American Alternative Theater</i> pages 8-9. <br /><br />This program is notable for the use of stunning Japanese paper for the wrappers. OCLC shows only three institutional holdings at SUNY/Buffalo Syracuse and Michigan. <b>RARE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Slight toning to the pages and bit of edge wear to the Japanese paper wrappers. A beautiful production. Near Fine. The Living Theatre paperback
1812002514 BeaumontJames Ballantyne 1812. New edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vos law buckram with leather labels. <br/><br/> James Ballantyne hardcover
1952844<p>Quarto 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches; 310 x 230 mm in black cloth titles in gilt to spine in an illustrated dust jacket.</p><p><b>SIGNED</b> on the front free end paper by 15 stars of Broadway including Fritzi Scheff Eli Wallach Uta Hagen Maureen Stapleton Blanche Ring Francine Larrimore Leonore Ulric Margaret Phillips Bert Lahr Constance Collier Judith Evelyn Frances Starr Douglas Watson Charles Nolte and Dorothy Gish. <br /></p><p>The signers are among the 150 stars featured in this heavily illustrated tribute that reaches back to Lillian Russell and Sarah Bernhardt but also includes more recent stars such as Maureen Stapleton Eli Wallach Marlon Brando and Carol Channing. Daniel Blum the author was an authoritative journalist and historian of theatre who published an annual review of the season called Theatre World. Needless to say he knew many of the actors profiled in the book.<br /></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.<br /></p><p>Copies signed by so many of the stars are not often found in the market. Presumably a previous owner obtained the signatures during a book party at Brentano's in 1952. A Publisher's Weekly article about the party is pasted into the book. SCARCE SIGNED.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: Cloth lightly rubbed article pasted onto verso of front end paper and to title page light toning to end papers. 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. <br /></p><p><br /></p> Greenberg hardcover
1916DEMO016733IParis: Nouvelle Revue Francaise 1916. First French edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo 2811pp. rebound in Art Deco style by L. Roger-Maxime in full morocco; in in a slipcase. <br/><br/>This is an unnumbered copy of the thousand copies done for French speakers. Since its first appearance in England in 1911 it had been translated into Japanese and Russian. This was a seminal set of essays in which Craig re-imagines and re-images the theater and demonstrates it with his 16 color plates included here. The Art Deco banded binding has reds black and cream inlays by L. Roger-Maxime all in a compatible slipcase with splashes of color. Translated from the English by Genevieve Seligmann-Lui; Introduction by Jacques Rouche Nouvelle Revue Francaise hardcover
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
16796Philadelphia: George Barrie. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1893. Reprint. Hard Cover. 0882293214 . Publisher's three-quarter red morocco leather with marbled boards and endpapers t.e.g. fore-edge deckle. Profusely illustrated with etchings by G. Jeanniot many full page and each with an intact tissue guard. . These volumes were eye-witnesses of a fire. Vols. II IV and V are blackened on the spine from heat Vol. III is missing a 1" piece of leather at the heel of the spine and has a small gouge in the leather near the head of the spine other volumes have smaller chips at the head and heels Vols. IV and V are damp-stained at the top edge not affecting the text or the etchings light fading to some of the marbled covers. Interiors are unmarked tight and clean. A large heavy set 15 pounds - additional shipping charges may apply. GOOD. . National Edition Series. Etchings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 273 257 235 311 265 pp . George Barrie hardcover
1957191474Peking: People's Art Publishing House 1957. Hardcover. Good shelfwear and handwritten name in marker on front of cardboard box light foxing spots to title page and some borders plates are all present and otherwise very clean. Silk over boards portfolio with red Chinese lettering and yellow illustrations with bone clasp closures; 5 pp text with bw illustrations 73 color plates some with two or three per page. Issued in cardboard box with black Chinese lettering. Edited by the Research Studio of the Northeast Drama Institute. Designs reproduced by Lu Hua and Ma Chiang. Eng & Chinese. 16x15x1.5" People's Art Publishing House hardcover
19342617<p>New York: Samuel French 1934. First Edition. <br /><br />Small Octavo 7 1/2 x 5 inches; 191 x 127 mm vi 2 120 pages in gray cloth titles in black to spine in the rare unclipped illustrated dust jacket. <br /><br />Longshoremen go on strike refusing to load munitions on ships bound for Europe. Why If there's going to be a war they're the ones who will have to fight it. The strike engulfs the local college community and a psychology professor is sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit. <br /><br />The influential theatre critic Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times referred to "Peace on Earth" as a "propaganda play" a description that the authors George Sklar and Albert Maltz would probably not disagree with. "During the course of a lively and disorderly evening 'Peace on Earth' manages to denounce scab labor capital endowed universities the detachment of college teachers the jingoism of the alumni of the class of 1917 and the indifference of the police to free speech" Atkinson wrote. The New York Times November 30 1933 page 39. <br /><br />The play was first produced by the Theatre Union Inc. on November 29 1933 at the Civic Repertory Theatre in New York. Robert Keith played the hapless professor in a performance that Atkinson praised in an otherwise hostile review. ".Robert Keith plays with a grave serenity and a decent sincerity that command respect and sympathy" Atkinson wrote. <br /><br />Copies of "Peace on Earth" are scarce in the antiquarian book market and those with dust jackets are even more elusive especially with jackets as nice as this one. Unfortunately the artist of this beautiful jacket is uncredited. This copy was previously owned by John K. Martin founder of Black Sparrow Press with his discreet book label to the rear pastedown. <br /><br />CONDITION: Near Fine with marginalia on one page a bit of foxing to the fore edge and a small book label of John K. Martin to the rear pastedown. The unclipped dust jacket is also Near Fine with only light edge wear. A beautiful copy. <br /><br /></p> Samuel French hardcover
1760DEMO016408ILondres Geneva: Cramer Brothers 1760. First. 16mo. 16mo 204 xii pages contemporary calf morocco label scuffed; ex Lee Merton Watson inked ownership name dated 1760 on half-title; upper right corner dampstained pp. 7-24 145-169. Very Scarce. <br/><br/>Voltaire concealed the origin of this play and his authorship of it altho he did claim to translate it into French. It was quite successful and attracted much commentary. It was inspired by the author's study of the Jacobite rebellion. It is a complicated comedy involving masks identities and aliases in Scotland and revolving around a Scots woman. [ Cramer Brothers ] unknown
1801272741Verlag bey Joh. Baptist Wallishausser Wien 1801. Hardcover ohne Schutzumschlag 2 Bücher Spiele in einem Band Zustand: mit einem Ex Libris im Vorsatz. Rücken Ecken Kanten stark bestoßen und berieben. Einband mit Abschabungen. Der Druckbogen S. 55-58 ist lose. In allem original. Verlag bey Joh. Baptist Wallishausser, Wien, hardcover
26289LONDON HODDER AND STOUGHTON 1913. DE LUXE EDITION ROYAL QUARTO FULL VELUM ELABORATE GILT DESIGN TO THE FRONT BOARD AND SPINE. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 489 AND SIGNED BY HUGH THOMSON. WITH 22 TIPPED-IN COLOUR PLATES BY THOMSON. LACKS THE TIES. A VERY NICE COPY. LONDON, HODDER AND STOUGHTON, 1913 unknown
1996x-0750704632Falmer Pr 1996. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 205 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches. Falmer Pr hardcover
1903002614London: The Athenian Society 1903. First Edition . Olive Buckram. Near Fine. 9 1/2" Tall. Color and Sepia Plates Throughout. Heavy Olive Buckram Spine Paper Labels With Titles Etc. Top Edge Gilt Page Edges Roughly Cut As Issued. Twenty Volumes. About Three Feet Of Dramas And Commentary A Complete History Of The Drama All Volumes Of The Victorian Edition Of Which This Is #108 Of Only 1000 Copies. This Set In Near Fine Condition Almost As Issued A Few Volumes With Slight Rubbing One With A Short Tear Along Edge. No Marks. Quite Scarce In This Condition. Shipping Extra Via Insured Media Mail In Us International Shipment At Great Additional Cost. <br/> <br/> The Athenian Society hardcover
192811629London: Hodder & Stoughton 1928. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition of the play the novel was published in 1911 in the uniform edition of The Plays of J.M. Barrie. Blue cloth vg no dj; very slight outer wear with some toning of the title pieces and an owner's name and date written small on the ffep. 160 pp. <br/> <br/> Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
elala2430London: 1755-72. 1 BICKERSTAFFE Isaac d. 1812. Love in a Village; A Comic Opera: As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal In Covent-Garden. A New Edition. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l. ii 7-78 2table of songs. lacking half-title. engraved frontis. by Isaac Taylor. London: Printed for T.Caslon; W.Giffin 1771. cfNCBEL II 825. cfNicolls III p. 237. 2 CUMBERLAND Richard 1732-1811. The Fashionable Lover A Comedy: as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal In Drury Lane. A New Edition. 8vo. pp. x 2 63 4publishers ads. with half-title. engraved title. London: Printed for W.Giffin 1772. NCBEL II 814. Nicolls III p. 251. 3 MOORE Edward 1712-1757. The Foundling. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal In Drury Lane. The Fourth Edition. 8vo. pp. v 3 69 2. woodcut ornaments & initials. London: Printed for R.Francklin 1755. NCBEL II 558. Nicolls II p. 345. 4 CUMBERLAND Richard 1732-1811. The West Indian: A Comedy As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal In Drury-Lane A New Edition. 8vo. pp. 4 p.l. 77 2. with half-title. engraved title by Taylor after Romney. London: Printed for W.Griffin 1771. NCBEL II 814. Nicolls III p. 251. 5 COLMAN George The Elder 1732-1794 & David GARRICK 1717-1779. The Clandestine Marriage A Comedy As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. A New Edition. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l 90 6epilogue & publishers ads. with half-title. London: Printed for T.Becket and P.A. De Hondt 1770. NCBEL II 812. Nicolls III p. 246. 6 CUMBERLAND Richard 1732-1811. The Brothers A Comedy. As it is Performed At The Theatre-Royal In Covent-Garden. 8vo. pp. 4 p.l. 72. engraved title by Taylor after Alcock. London: Printed for W.Griffin 1770. NCBEL II 814. Nicolls III p. 251. 7 BICKERSTAFFE Isaac d. 1812. The Padlock: A Comic Opera: As it is Performd by His Majestys Servants At The Theatre-Royal In Drury-Lane. A New Edition. 8vo. pp. vi 31. engraved title vignette. London: Printed for W.Griffin c177-. NCBEL II 825. cfNicolls III p. 237. bound in late 18th century calf spine worn front joint cracked scattered foxing & dampstaining to margins. bookplate of William Gordon London: 1755-72 unknown
191125353New York: Dodd Mead and Company. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1911. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. First Edition Thus first printing. This differs from the others in that it contains the latest alterations and additions made by the author in light of the Paris production of the play. In this edition the Forest Scene is retained while it was omitted in the London production. This edition is "complete at all points and is .the fullest version published." It is also the first edition to contain the 25 tipped-in color plates by F. Cayley Robinson. Publisher's full blue cloth boards gilt lettering on spine and cover intricate blue light green lavender and gilt decoration on cover t.e.g. fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with 25 tipped-in full-color plates by F. Cayley Robinson. Translated into English by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. Former owner's printed bookplate on fep with its shadow on ffep else as new; otherwise unmarked tight square fresh and clean. Hinges strong. Scarce in this excellent condition. A large heavy book four pounds - additional shipping charges may apply. NEAR FINE. . Tipped-in color plates. 4to 11" - 13" tall. xvi 211 pp . Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover
16-2678Moscow Russia: Moskovskij Dramaticheskij Teatr Na Maloj Bronnoj 1967. Folio. 112 x 79 cm. Wove Paper with Color Lithograph. Signed by set-designer/artist Viktor Durgin. Marginal tears. Moscow, Russia: Moskovskij Dramaticheskij Teatr Na Maloj Bronnoj, 1967. unknown
19711262London: The Aldwych Theatre 1971. First Edition. <br /><br />Octavo 9 x 5 1/4 inches / 230 x 132 mm 20 pages in the stapled wrappers. <p><b>INSCRIBED</b> by Harold Pinter at his biography page "To Milton from Harold" and SIGNED by the stars Vivien Merchant Dorothy Tutin and Colin Blakely and director Peter Hall at their biographies. The program for the first production of Old Times staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre beginning June 1 1971. This was Pinter's first full-length play since The Homecoming and the fifth of his plays to be given its stage premiere by the Royal Shakespeare Company. </p><p>Book editions of this play are readily available in the market but playbills signed by cast members of the London production are not often seen. Our copy is signed by three actors the director and Pinter himself. <b>RARE SIGNED</b>.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: Covers lightly rubbed and soiled corners a little creased contents lightly toned. A Very Good copy.</p> The Aldwych Theatre
19332559<p>New York: Coward-McCann Inc. 1933. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />An angry Depression-era play that chronicles the impoverishment of a factory worker's family and shines a spotlight on the corruption of the American financial and political systems. Brooks Atkinson The New York Times theatre critic called the play "a bristling indictment of the American political system." The New York Times January 23 1933 page 9. "We the People" premiered at the Empire Theatre in New York on January 21 1933. Rice himself directed the play which consisted of 20 scenes and featured more than 40 actors. <br /><br />While some critics dismissed the play as left-wing agitprop "We the People" was an important contribution to realism in the American theatre showing how working-class and middle-class people were brutalized and degraded in the Depression years. Rice wrote a number of dramas with left-wing themes and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1929 for Street Scene about New York tenement life.</p><p>PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo 7 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 191 x 130 mm 253 1 pages orange cloth titles in black to upper board and spine in an unclipped dust jacket.<br /><br />CONDITION: Foxing to page edges light soiling to end papers and a small nick to the top of the upper board. Very Good or better in an unclipped dust jacket that is lightly sunned with a few nicks and closed tears. <br /><br /></p> Coward-McCann, Inc. hardcover
19131590<p>London: Constable and Company Ltd. 1913. First Edition Thus.</p><p>12mo 7 1/8 x 5 inches; 180 x 125 mm xix 210 2 pages in yellow-green cloth.</p><p>George Bernard Shaw's 1891 essay on the plays of Henrik Ibsen presented here with a new preface for this edition as well an analysis of plays that Ibsen wrote after 1891. The book is an important expression of Shaw's theories about theatre in which he contrasts Ibsen's vibrant social realism with a more formal and stagnant Victorian theatre. A lovely collectible copy in the scarce dust jacket. </p><p>CONDITION: Modest rubbing to boards page edges lightly toned small "First Edition" stamp on front paste down some dusting to top edge numerous pages unopened small closed tear to page xix. The dust jacket is darkened along the spine and has a few small chips. Overall a Very Good or better copy.</p> Constable and Company Ltd. hardcover
19491230<p>New York: Theatre Arts Books: Robert M. MacGregor 1949. First Edition First Printing.</p><p>Stanislavski's important sequel to "An Actor Prepares" covering the physical aspects of acting such as movement voice tempo and rhythm. It's written in the form of a diary by an acting student with frequent appearances by the teacher and director Tortsov obviously a stand-in for Stanislavski himself.</p><p>This volume published by Theatre Arts Books in New York is the first edition in English; a U.K. edition appeared a year later. The Russian edition was issued in 1948. Translated with a Foreword by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood who collaborated closely with Stanislavski. There's also an entertaining Introduction by actor and director Jonathan Logan who visited Stanislavski in Moscow in 1931.</p><p>This is an essential reference on Stanislavski's system of acting which is in wide use today.</p><p>PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo 8 1/2 inches / 22 cm xx 292 pages.</p><p>CONDITION: Some fraying to the boards with a bump in the lower right corner of the front board. A bit of soiling to the top edge and toning to the end papers. Otherwise Very Good. The dust jacket has a few closed tears and shows some sunning to the spine and top of the front panel. First-edition copies in the dust jacket are uncommon to the market. SCARCE in dust jacket.</p> Theatre Arts Books: Robert M. MacGregor hardcover
194515716New York: Random House 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. First printing stated on copyright page. Classic play. Small book in blue boards with gold title on black spine panel. Bright dust jacket with $2.00 price intact has shallow chipping top and bottom of spine two one-inch tears and light corner wear. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover
00-0LNQ-0FIXTHIS IS A SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by John Gassner EDITION!! This is the softcover stated Dutton Original SIGNED AND INSCRIBED First Edition from 1964. Both the cover and the book are in excellent condition. There are no rips tears markings etc.---and the pages and binding are tight see photo. Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe.Like New paperback
1758235759Aux dépens de la Compagnie A la Haye 1758. Hardcover Leder Nur: Tome Second! Zustand: keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten berieben bestoßen der Rücken ist oben leicht verletzt mit kleiner Fehlstelle. Innen Fleckenfrei. Aux dépens de la Compagnie, A la Haye, hardcover
1956250102Suhrkamp Verlag Frankfurt 1956. Hardcover ohne Schutzumschlag Erste Auflage 2 bis 36 Sonderband 1956. Das sind 38 Bände. Zustand: keine Beschädigungen eine Namenseintragung. Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt, hardcover
