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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
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
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
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
199621122Los Angeles: Voctoria Dailey 1996. First edition. One of 1000 unnumbered copies. Inscribed by Martin on the illustrated front free endpage. "To Rob Best Wishes Steve Martin." Illustrations by Martin Mulll. Cloth-covered boards with illustrated lable on front board. Boards bowed; tiny foxed spot on topedge. Clean copy in Very Good condition. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Voctoria Dailey Hardcover books
197714355Boston: Little Brown & Co 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Stated first edition of Duberman's biographical dram of the life of Jack Kerouac. A superb copy in dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
1986734New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1986. First American Edition 1st Printing. A collection of three plays by the Nobel Prize winner all focused on 1945 when the Red Army advanced into East Prussia and "repatriated" former Russian POWs to the gulag. Small 8vo. 365 pages. Near Fine with slight bumping to the spine ends in a Near Fine dust jacket that has slight wrinkling where the real panel meets the spine tail. <br/><br/> Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
183919115New York: Harper & Brothers 1839 First regularly published edition of Sargent's second book. Foxing; some damp-staining to the upper margins of some leaves toward the rear; spine and board edges a bit sunned; a very good copy. 12mo original floral-embossed brown cloth gilt lettering 110 pages. A play revised from the preceding privately printed edition. Front free endpaper neatly excised. BAL 17201. Harper & Brothers, unknown books
197731999NY: Harper & Row. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0060137568 . First printing. Gift inscription on front free endpaper upper corner of front free endpaper is clipped else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Harper & Row hardcover books
200634842NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0374281033 . First American Printing. Publisher's promotional sheet laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Farrar, Straus and Giroux 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
19382287London: Faber and Faber Limited 1938. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 213 x 147 mm 115 1 pages in original pink cloth gilt titles to spine in a printed dust jacket. <br /><br />Stephen Spender's drama in verse written for the Group Theatre in London. "More readily understood than Spender's poems is this allegorical drama based on the situation in Nazi Germany. The Judge is faced with the problem of judgment on the murderers of a Polish Jew. He condemns them and is in turn himself condemned. The various factions are there -- government the people the Communists the Jews. A stirring and powerful arraignment of Nazi tyranny." Kirkus Reviews September 1 1938. <br /><br />A leaflet for the Group Theatre is laid in. Spender was the theatre's literary director. <br /><br />CONDITION: Clean and unmarked although many pages are unopened along the fore edge. The dust jacket has light edge wear and signs of a small erased number on the lower wrapper. The flap corners are slightly trimmed but the original price 5s remains intact. Very Good or better overall. <br /> Faber and Faber Limited hardcover books
1800130Venice 1800. 1. Mercier Louis Sébastien. Il Disertore. Commedia del Sig. Mercier. Tradotta dal Francese. Bologna: Stamperia di S. Tommaso d'Aquino 1772. 8vo. 82 pp. Original paste paper wrappers. ICCU cites one copy in Bologna; NUC cites only the 1796 edition at Johns Hopkins only. Not in OCLC. 2. Albergati Capacelli Francesco. Il Capriccioso. Farsa del Cittadino Francesco Albergati Capacelli. Venice. 1797. 8vo. 42 pp. Original past paper wrappers. NUC cites copies at Johns Hopkins and NYPL; OCLC adds Munich; ICCU list 8 locations. 3. Alberghetti Forciroli Carlo. Edipo. Tragedia inedita del Cavaliere Carlo Alberghetti Forciroli. Venice 1797. 8vo. 68 pp. Original paste paper wrappers. NUC cites copies at Johns Hopkins and NYPL; OCLC adds U Penn; ICCU lists 12 locations. 4. Collin d'Harleville Jean François I Castelli in Aria. Commedia del Signor Collin d'Arleville. Traduzione inedita di Giovanni Piazza. Venice 1798. 8vo. 76 pp. Original paste paper wrappers. No copies in US libraries. ICCU cites 20 locations. 5. Cornielle Pierre. Il Cid. Tragedia di Pietro Cornelio. Tradotta da Giuseppe Greatti. Venice 1798. 8vo. 87 pp. Original paste paper wrappers. OCLC cites copies at Johns Hopkins U Penn Duke and Getty. 6. Dumaniant M. Guerra Aperta Ovvero Astuzia Conrto Astuzia. Commedia del Sig. Dumaniant tradotta da Pietro Andolfati. Venice 1798. 8vo. 76 pp. Original paste paper wrappers. OCLC Johns Hopkins and U Penn. 7. Piron Alexis. Gustavo Wasa. Tragedia di Alessio Piron. Tradotta dal Nobile Francesco Gritti. Venice: 1798. 8vo. 95 pp. Original paste paper wrappers. OCLC cites copies at Johns Hopkins and U Penn. 8. Bassi Domenico. L'Impensato Accidente. Commedia del Signor Domenico Bassi. Venice 1799. 8vo. 72 pp. Original paste paper boards. NUC cites copies at Boston Public Library and NYPL; OCLC adds U. Penn. 9. Avelloni Francesco. Giulio Villenwelt Assassino. Commedia del Signor Francesco Antonio Avelloni. Venice: 1800. 8vo. 64 pp. Original paste paper boards. OCLC cites copies at Johns Hopkins and Michigan State. 130. unknown books
193510848New York: Random House 1935. First Edition. Second issue jacket. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 74p. Remarkable copy fully Fine in brilliant jacket with minimal evidence of use; just a small closed nick at upper corner of rear panel couple of small dust-smudges else Fine. The jacket spine which is very prone to darkening on this title is bright and unfaded. Random House unknown books
198651118NY: Grove Press 1986. First edition first prnt. Signed by Mamet on the title page. Additionally he has stamped the page with his blue name chop. Dustjacket with two short closed tears one on the front panel bottom edge and the othe on the rear panel topedge and shallow creases on the front panel bottom edge. Tight bright copy in Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. among the leat available Mamet titles especially signed. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Grove Press Hardcover 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
200332812NY: Cambridge University Press. As New. 2003. Hardcover. 0521820065 . First edition. As new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Cambridge University Press hardcover 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
19352155San Mateo California: Drama Teachers Association of California 1935. First Edition. <br /><br />Small Quarto 9 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 234 x 157 mm 50 pages in illustrated stapled wrappers.<br /><br />Helpful hints for putting on amateur plays especially at schools. Chapters deal with such areas as costumes make-up set design playwriting acting directing dance lighting etc. Striking woodblock illustrations by Samuel W. Beeman. <br /><br />OCLC shows eight institutional holdings of this pamphlet: Skidmore California State Humboldt State Los Angeles Public Library Library of Congress Northwestern University of Washington and Waseda University. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Faint creasing to upper wrapper and preliminaries from a previously removed paper clip mild creasing to lower wrapper and a few pages. Printed on high-quality paper. Very Good or better. Drama Teachers Association of California paperback books
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
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
18051002594London: James Cundee 1805. Second edition expanded and extra-illustrated of this alphabetical pocket guide to the eighteenth-century English stage first published in 1802. The great figures of the era are all represented: David Garrick Sarah Siddons John Kemble Peg Woffington John Gay Oliver Goldsmith Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Lesser-known characters appear as well like the mad Mrs. Vanbruggen who crashed a London performance of Hamlet: "She was in truth Ophelia herself to the amazement of the performers as well as the audience." Extensively extra-illustrated featuring eighteen inserted portraits in addition to the twenty-two "elegant engravings" promised on the title page. A unique copy of a fascinating book. Twelvemo measuring 6.75 x 4 inches: iv 396. Contemporary full tree calf Greek key borders to boards spine ruled and decorated in gilt red morocco spine label lettered in gilt gilt dentelles marbled endpapers all edges stained yellow. Engraved pictorial title page before letterpress title 38 engraved plates one engraving "David Garrick" printed on page iv. Addenda and publisher's advertisements at rear. Early owner signature to front flyleaf; "twenty-two" in "twenty-two elegant engravings" crossed out on the title page and replaced with the manuscript numeral "40;" manuscript correction to the entry for Robert William Elliston. Joints and corners rubbed two gouges to lower board. James Cundee unknown books
1919293Boston: Little Brown and Company 1919. First Edition. Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 211 x 144 mm vii 298 pages in black cloth titles in gilt to spine in the scarce unclipped dust jacket. <br /><br />A collection of articles about the theatre by Edward Gordon Craig 1872-1966 a stage designer and theatrical producer and director. Although he directed only a handful of plays "his controversial theories of scene design and stagecraft gave him eminence in the European and American theater" The New York Times July 30 1966 page 25. For instance he favored three-dimensional stage effects and more innovative lighting than the traditional footlights. <br /><br />Copies of this book in the original dust jacket are scarce to the market. <br /><br />CONDITION: Rubbing to cloth fading to spine titles top edge dusty bottom edge a bit soiled. Internally a couple of stray ink marks but otherwise clean and bright. The unclipped dust jacket has some soiling nicks and chips with slight fading to text. Overall a Very Good or better copy. <br /><br /> Little, Brown, and Company 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
19392040Moskvin I. <b>The Soviet Theater</b>. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1939. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />24mo 5 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches; 143 x 110 mm 30 2 pages in stapled pictorial wrappers. <br /><br />A pamphlet on the Soviet theatre by the acclaimed actor Ivan Moskvin 1874-1946. It was issued in 1939 for distribution at the New York World's Fair and features black-and-white photos of several theatre productions. As might be expected Moskvin highlights the growth of theatre in the Soviet Union and defends Socialist realism. <br /><br /> CONDITION: Some toning to wrappers a bit of creasing to a few pages and rusting of staples. Overall a Very Good copy. Foreign Languages Publishing House books
