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193711767New York: M. Horowitz 1937. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers; 14pp. Trivial external wear; Near Fine. Rather elaborate pictorial program for the 1937 season of Jack Kirkland's "Tobacco Road" for which Henry Hull reprised the role of Lester Jeeter which he had created three years earlier. Copiously illustrated with stills from the production and reproducing the text of two New York Daily News editorials praising the play's realistic depiction of farm tenancy in the South. Described by critic Gerald Weales as "the" quintessential play of the 1930s "Tobacco Road" opened in 1934 to uniformly poor critical notices; the show nearly closed in its opening weeks then gained steam as Henry Hull's classic portrayal of the lazy ignorant sharecropper Jeeter became a word-of-mouth cause celebre. In the end "Tobacco Road" became one of the most talked-about plays of the Great Depression finally finishing its run in 1941 after nearly 3200 performances. M. Horowitz unknown books
19276914New York: Longmans Green and Co 1927. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards hardcover; dustjacket. Mild signs of use still Near Fine in a bright unclipped example of the scarce jacket lightly worn at edges and with shallow losses to spine ends not approaching text. Anderson's third play concerning the marital difficulties of a young New York couple. Twice adapted for film first in 1929 by Gregory La Cava and again in 1940 by Vincent Sherman in a film starring John Garfield Anne Shirley and Claude Rains. Longmans, Green and Co unknown books
19452153London: Progress Publishing Co. Ltd. for Unity Theatre Society Ltd. n.d. 1945. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />12mo 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 184 x 121 mm 11 1 pages in pictorial stapled wrappers. <br /><br />A short history of the Unity Theatre a left-wing theatre group founded in London in 1936. With four pages of black-and-white photographs of some of the theatre's productions. The striking cover photograph is from Sean O'Casey's "A Star Turns Red."<br /><br />In 1938 Paul Robeson played the role of a labor organizer in Ben Bengal's strike play "Plant in the Sun." Moreover Unity staged the British premieres of plays by Maxim Gorky Bertolt Brecht and Jean-Paul Sartre. Branches of Unity Theatre were established around the U.K. <br /><br />OCLC shows only six institutional holdings of this pamphlet: Michigan Wisconsin Waterloo Auckland Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the National Library of Scotland. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Mild external wear some soiling to lower wrapper staple rusted but internally clean and unmarked. First page stamped "Made in England." A Very Good copy. Progress Publishing Co. Ltd. for Unity Theatre Society Ltd. books
1974900113Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1974. First edition the deluxe limited issue of 350 numbered copies signed by Oates on the limitation page of a total 1350 hardcover copies. Copy #140. Quarter-cloth with printed spine label and paper-covered boards in plastic dustwrapper. Design by Barbara Martin. Production photographs by James Tilton. Dustwrapper with chipped spine topedge. Fine condition in a Very Good dustwrapper. A play in twelve scenes first presented in NYC in Dec. 1973. Cast included Robert Guillaume Marcella Lowery F. Murray Abraham et al. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Black Sparrow Press Hardcover books
1979100217Dallas: New London Press 1979. First edition. 150 copies were specially bound numbered and signed. This copy is one of the unsigned issue that has been specially signed by Purdy on the half-title page to which he has added "all good wishes." Purdy has also written his first name on the the first page of "A Day at the Fair." Presumably he began to sign the book there and then leafed over to the half-title page where there was more room. Issued without a dustjacket. Fine condition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. <br />The image is of the book described and not a stock photo. New London Press hardcover books
195314374New York: Random House 1953. First edition. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Stated first printing. 142 pp. A handsome fine copy in grey cloth binding with photo inset to front cover. Dustwrapper is clipped at front corner else a fine example. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
177815860London: Printed for J. Wenman 1778. 1st edition thus NCBEL II 495; Stratman 6795. Disbound. VG. 18 pp. Double-column text. 8vo. <br/><br/> Printed for J. Wenman unknown books
1018New York: David McKay Company Inc. 1964 or later. Later printing. The Player's Book edition of this Ayn Rand production edited by Nathaniel Edward Reeid for amateur stage productions. 12mo 99 pages. In blue side-stapled wrappers. Small adhesive mark to top right corner of front cover. Slight wear to edges and crease to top corner. Interior is clean and bright with a few pages lightly creased. The copyright page says the copyright was renewed in 1964 but there's no other indication of when this edition was published and it's not listed in the standard bibliography by Vincent L. Perinn. The play originally opened on September 16 1935 at the Ambassador Theatre New York. <br/><br/> David McKay Company, Inc. unknown books
19792305New York: I. Reed Books 1979. First Edition First Printing. Small Octavo 7 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches; 195 x 130 mm 106 pages in illustrated green wrappers. <br /><br />SIGNED by Amiri Baraka on the title page and dated 04. A play about a West Indies actor who comes to America and how he deals with a very different society from what he's accustomed to. With appearances by such notables as Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Cover art by C.K. Conridge. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some scuffing and creasing to the wrappers. Internally tiny creases to a couple of page corners but otherwise clean bright and unmarked. Very Good or better. <br /><br /><br /> I. Reed Books paperback 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
1969804New York: Harcourt Brace & World Inc. 1969. First American Edition 1st Printing. Pasternak's last work an unfinished play about serfdom and the liberation of the serfs published nine years after his death. Translated by Max Hayward and Manya Harari with a foreword by Max Hayward. 8vo. 128 pages. Near Fine in a Near Fine lightly rubbed price-clipped dust jacket with soiling on the back panel. An attractive copy. <br/><br/> Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. unknown books
1970816New York: Grove Press Inc. 1970. First American Edition 1st Printing. Two plays about silence. In Landscape the silence takes place in a country kitchen as two people talk but don't seem to hear each other. In Silence three people speak among themselves "alternately revealing and hiding one another" description from the rear cover flap. There's also a short piece called Night in which a man and a woman appear to recall their first encounter but remember it differently. 8vo. 61 pages. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with light rubbing and soiling. <br/><br/> Grove Press, Inc. unknown books
1989817New York: Grove Press Inc. 1989. First American Edition 1st Printing. Four prison scenes in an unnamed totalitarian country. The title of the play refers to the language that prisoners and their visitors are forbidden to speak. 8vo. 47 pages. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket that has a couple small indents on the rear panel. <br/><br/>The play was first performed at the National Theatre in London on October 20 1988 and was directed by Harold Pinter. Grove Press, Inc. unknown 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
1930WRCLIT82832Madrid: V. e H. de J. Ratés 1930. 2164pp. Large octavo. Contemporary cloth gilt leather spine label t.e.g. 1846 entries. Spine a shade sunned a Library of Congress duplicate with usual stamps a very good copy. V. e H. de J. Ratés hardcover books
1962828New York: Grove Press Inc. 1962. First American Edition 1st Printing. Jean Genet's last play set during the Algerian war and featuring more than 50 characters in 17 scenes. The play was first published as "Les Paravents." It was produced for the first time in June 1961 at the Schlosspark State Theatre in West Berlin. 8vo. 201 pages. Very Good a bit dusty on the top edge in a lightly toned dust jacket with a few closed edge tears light rubbing and a small chip in upper edge of rear panel. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. <br/><br/>This first American edition precedes Faber & Faber's first U.K. edition by a year. Grove Press, Inc. unknown books
199240160NY:: Pantheon. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0679424113 . Made into the 1994 film. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Pantheon, hardcover books
1979003901Rand McNally 1979 1979. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beautiful copy.Fine copy in like jacket. Rand McNally, 1979 Hardcover books
200433371NY: Cambridge University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0521832713 . First edition. Book-plate on front paste-down else near fine in a fine dust jacket. . Cambridge University Press hardcover books
1969818New York: Grove Press Inc. 1969. First Edition First Printing. Controversial revue devised by British drama critic Kenneth Tynan who asked a number of authors to write erotic material that could be used in creating a series of sketches. There's a brief prologue by Samuel Beckett and contributions by Sam Shepard Edna O'Brien John Lennon Kenneth Tynan Jules Feiffer and others. The book is illustrated with photographs from the production; in most cases the actors are nude. 8vo. 190 2 pages. Very Good with light rubbing to the boards and a bit of foxing to the end papers in a Very Good dust jacket with three short closed tears and some sunning. <br/><br/> Grove Press, Inc. hardcover 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
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
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
