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19681219New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1968. First Edition First Printing. Joseph Heller's second book an antiwar play following Catch-22. The play debuted at the Yale School of Drama and then opened on Broadway in October 1968. 8vo 8 1/2 inches / 22 cm. Several small stains to the cloth small bit of offsetting to the rear end paper from the red cloth. A Very Good copy in a price-clipped dust jacket that has some soiling and slight wrinkling to the crown of the spine. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
19661551New York: Harcourt Brace & World Inc. 1966. Later printing. 8vo 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm xxxvi 122 pages in red cloth black title to spine. Near Fine with pages very lightly toned in a Near Fine dust jacket with a small crease in the top left corner of the rear flap.A play by Günter Grass about the workers' uprising in East Germany on June 17 1953. The workers beseech "The Boss" a thinly disguised Bertolt Brecht to support the uprising. The book includes the text of a speech by Grass as well as a "documentary report" on the uprising. Translated by Ralph Manheim; the book originally was published in Germany under the title "Die Plebejer proben den Aufstand." The play was controversial; many reviewers thought it was deeply unfair to Brecht because Brecht couldn't defend himself. He was already dead. <br /><br /> Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. hardcover books
1857WRCLIT18302New York & London: Samuel French & Son 1857. 36pp. Printed orange wrappers. Near fine. First edition of this playlet based on Delano's own experiences in the diggings in 1850. Ascribing priority of printings to French plays is usually tentative at best; however this copy bears an advertisement for the play version of TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM as a new publication so it seems certain that this is at least a very early printing if not the first. EBERSTADT 134:123. Samuel French & Son unknown 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
19881976New York: Playbill Incorporated April 1988. First Edition First Printing. 8vo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm 73 1 pages in stapled wrappers. INSCRIBED by Athol Fugard to novelist Peter Matthiessen 1927-2014 on the front cover: "For Peter / Athol" with an additional unidentified inscription. Fugard directed and starred in the play which also featured Yvonne Bryceland and Amy Irving. In the play an elderly South African widow works obsessively on a sculpture garden that represents a pilgrimage to Mecca. The play opened at the Promenade Theatre in New York on April 12 1988 and closed in September after 172 performances. "The Road to Mecca" won the New York Drama Critics' Circle for Best Foreign Play while Yvonne Bryceland won on Obie Award. The Playbill includes a small loose label "From the library of PETER MATTHIESSEN." Signed copies of the Playbill are scarce; there were no other signed copies in commerce as of July 28 2019. SCARCE. <br/><br/> CONDITION: Edge wear light soiling to wrappers. A Very Good copy. Playbill Incorporated unknown books
196710954NY: Simon & Schuster 1967. First edition first prnt. Black & white photos of the original cast production which featured Jerry Orbach Cleavon Little and Judd Hirsch. Signed by Friedman on the front free endpage. Above his name he has written "Best wishes." Short remainder stripe on the bottom edge spine ends lightly pushed beginning toning on spine; dustjacket with quarter-inch chip on rear panel bottom edge. tiny closed tear on front panel and touched corners. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Friedman's first play. Uncommon signed. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Simon & Schuster Hardcover books
19391405Los Angeles: Belasco Theatre 1939. First Edition First Printing. Single leaf of heavy card stock 5 x 12 1/2 inches 125 x 315 mm folded once horizontally. Light toning to rear of program. A Near Fine copy. Colorful program for the Los Angeles production of the shipboard comedy "Excursion" from Hallie Flanagan's Federal Theatre which was part of the Works Progress Administration WPA during the Depression. All the action takes place aboard the "S.S. Happiness." Random House published the play in book form in 1937; the play had been a hit on Broadway. No other copies in commerce as of March 15 2018. Nor do we locate any institutional holdings in OCLC WorldCat. A nice little bit of WPA-related ephemera printed in vibrant colors. RARE. <br/><br/> Belasco Theatre unknown books
200034418Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0801862809 . First printing. Review copy with slip laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover books
1795212574London: Robinson; T.N. Longman; T.N. Longman 1795. First editions. Engraved frontispiece to third playe Windsor Castle. 4 86 1; 8 84; 8 40 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter blue polished calf gilt spine t.e.g. Covers detached. First editions. Engraved frontispiece to third playe Windsor Castle. 4 86 1; 8 84; 8 40 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Robinson; T.N. Longman; T.N. Longman unknown books
19341169Moscow: Izd. Vseros. teatral nogo obshchestva 1934. First Edition. 4to 12 1/8 x 8 7/8 inches / 307 x 220 mm xlvii 11-195 plates 3 199-211 appendix 1 pages in publisher's original brown cloth lacking the rare dust jacket. A celebration of Alexander Tairov's pathbreaking Kamerny Theatre in Moscow featuring set and costume designs as well as scenes from the theatre's first 20 years. Text entirely in Russian Profusely illustrated in both color and black and white the book showcases each production of the Kamerny founded by Alexander Tairov 1885-1950 and his wife the actress Alisa Koonen 1889-1974. Tairov brought many non-Russian productions to the Kamerny including works by Shakespeare Bertolt Brecht Eugene O'Neill George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde. Tairov's productions were known for their magnificent set and costume designs and he collaborated with some of the most acclaimed avant-garde artists of the day including Alexandra Exter and Natalia Goncharova. Indeed it's possible to see the evolution of 20th-century Russian art through the set and costume designs which reflected Cubist Constructivist Rayonist and even Art Deco influences. It was an exciting time in Soviet theatre; this era featured some of the greatest directors of the 20th century such as Stanislavsky Meyerhold and Vakhtangov. The Kamerny was the scene of one of the most significant plays of the Soviet theatre according to Nick Worrall in his authoritative study "Modernism to Realism on the Soviet Stage" Cambridge University Press 1989. Vsevolod Vishnevsky's Russian civil-war play Optimistic Tragedy opened at the Kamerny on December 18 1933. "It concerns particular historical events associated with the civil war in the Soviet Union but more generally it is an article of faith -- in the triumph of Life over Death of the Collective over the Individual of faith in the necessary tragedy of revolution of the necessary destruction of those who oppose revolution of hostility to the spirit of anarchism and faith in the leadership of the party." Indeed the play which is featured in this book marked an important milestone in the development of "socialist realism." The Soviet government closed the Kamerny Theatre in 1949 and Tairov died a year later. The Kamerny's home at 23 Tverskoy Boulevard is now occupied by the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre. A stunning look at the first 20 years of the Kamerny Theatre one of the most innovative theatres at an important moment in Soviet theatre history. SCARCE. <br/><br/>CONDITION: Both boards rubbed small scrape to rear paste down. Tissue guards separating each play page 36 unpublished according to list of illustrations in the appendix plate 41 loose some small closed tears in a few pages plate 175 improperly trimmed not affecting the illustration. Overall Very Good or better. Izd. Vseros. teatral nogo obshchestva 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
18957381.1New York: De Witt Publishing Co 1895. Printed yellow wrappers. VG faint soiling to wrappers. 12 pp 12mo. <br/><br/>Adapted from a French play 'Jocrisse the Juggler' which was originally performed in a Paris theatre in 1860. De Witt Publishing Co unknown books
180915791Tübingen: J.G. Cotta 1809. 1st edition. 19th C. tan half-calf with marbled boards & eps. Maroon spine labels. Original brown wrappers bound in. VG contemporary pos &personal library sticker/some foxing & browning to paper. 175 pp. Text in German. Printed in black letter. 8vo. 4 5/8" x 7 1/4" <br/><br/> J.G. Cotta hardcover books
188310057New York: De Witt Publishing Co 1883. Printed yellow wrappers. Gd spine paper worn/soiled/vertical fold line/old store stamp on front wrapper & title page. 14 pp 8 pp of adverts at rear. Diagram of scenry placement. 12mo. <br/><br/> De Witt Publishing Co unknown books
199817694Garden City NY: Stage & Screen 1998. Hardback. Dust jacket. F/F. 116 pp. Sm 8vo. <br/><br/> Stage & Screen hardcover books
190526104New York: Henry Holt 1905. 1st thus NCBEL I 1658. Brown full sheep binding with gilt spine lettering. Marbled eps. A VG copy bit of rubbing to the binding extremities/two small dark spots to spine. lix 3 276 pp including Index. Last 2 pages advert for the Series. Facsimile t.p. of the 1631 1st edition. 8vo. <br/><br/>A scholarly look at Jonson's work which was first performed in 1625. Submitted by De Winter as a "Thesis presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University in the Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy." Henry Holt unknown books
199114356New York: Theatre Communications Group 1991. First edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Stated first edition. Three tales by Hurston as adapted by Wolfe. Music for the show was provided by Chic Street Man. A fine clothbound copy in fine dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Theatre Communications Group hardcover books
197614375New York: Hill and Wang 1976. First edition. Cloth. Fine/near fine. First edition stated of this play by the author of Hot L Baltimore. A fine clothbound copy in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. This copy SIGNED by Wilson on the front endpaper. Quite uncommon thus. <br/><br/> Hill and Wang hardcover books
194930698London: John Lehmann 1949. First UK edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. First British edition of Williams' classic. Published two years after the American debut. Very good indeed in green cloth binding with bright spine label. Price intact dustwrapper shows minor wear to edges. Also very good. This copy boldly SIGNED by Williams on the front endpaper and quite scarce thus. John Lehmann unknown 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
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
1943005873New York: Random House 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition of this play a farce about a burlesque troop that invades an army cantonment with the noble and patriotic resolve to show the boys just as much as possible of the American womanhood they have sworn to defend. Spotting to rear endpaper else a bright tight copy in very good price intact dustwrapper with dampstaining to spine area. Despite flaws a very nice copy. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
192214388New York: Brentanos 1922. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. 8vo. 154 pp. Photo frontis by Francis Bruguierre. Tissue guard present. Translated from the German by Ashley Dukes. With eight illustrations from photographs of the Theatre Guild Production. Closed tear near top of spine else a bright very good plus copy. Black cloth with bright red lettering to front panel and spine. Scrape to front panel else a very good example of the rare dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Brentanos hardcover books
197514357New York / Ramsey / Toronto: Paulist Press 1975. First edition. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Small wide quarto. Three plays by the author of The Miracle Worker. DDesigned and illustrated by Ellen Keusch. A handsome fine clothbound copy in near fine dustwrapper. This copy INSCRIBED by Gibson on the blank page facing the title page. <br/><br/> Paulist Press hardcover books
195814372New York: Charles Scribner 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good . 8vo. 186 pp. With an introduction by Edward C. Aswell. A very good example of this Pulitzer prize winner. Some resideue from an old dustwrapper protector to a small area of the lower boards. Dustwrapper is sharp and unfaded. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner hardcover books
