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A MOTLEY JEST: Shakespeare Diversions
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Sherman, French & Co. 1909. Hardcover first edition - A small volume containing 2 "continuations" of Shakespeare's plays - one is a fantasy based on "The Tempest", the other is the "6th Act" of "The Merchant of Venice. A small volume, 64 pgs, bound in dark olive green cloth with lighter green lettering and agilt decoration on the front cover. Includes a brief note by William J. Rolfe.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 8093More details Price: $20.00 -
THE ZOO STORY, THE DEATH OF BESSIE SMITH, THE SANDBOX: Three Plays Introduced by the Author.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Coward-McCann, 1960. dj. Hardcover first edition - Albee's uncommon first book.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped by the publisher with a new price of $3.50 imprinted in the lower corner, some short edgetears, and a small peeled spot on the front cover.)
Book ID: 13251More details Price: $85.00 -
THE LARK.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1956. dj. Hardcover first edition - Play about Joan of Arc by this important modern French writer, translated by Christopher Fry, who is himself a well-known and respected playwright. Later adapted for the stage by Lillian Hellman and produced with Julie Harris in the starring role. 103 pp preceded by a note that appeared in the program of the original French production: "The play that follows makes no attempt to explain the mystery of Joan."
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (overall edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 35484More details Price: $25.00 -
IN SEARCH OF GANDHI
Edition: First US printing.
New York: New Century, 1982. Hardcover first edition - The story of the making of the film "Gandhi" illustrated with many full-color photographs. A large format beautiful book.
Condition: VG+/NF (pc, bend to corners of boards.)
Book ID: 8370More details Price: $18.00 -
THE SWAN PRINCE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A humorous takeoff of the classical ballet conceived by one of ballet's greatest living dancers -Mikhail Baryshnikov - and written and directed by Peter Anastos, with sepia toned photographs by Arthur Elgort and a brief introduction by Jean Poniatowski, the editor of Paris Vogue. Preliminary notice that all funds from the sale of this book would go to the Foundation for AIDS research. Square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-553052187.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 84364More details Price: $21.50 -
THE LIFE OF THE THEATRE.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1972. First edition - A log of the voyages of the Living Theatre (founded in 1947 by Beck and Judith Malina) in the 60's, followed by troupe's imprisonment in Brazil in 1971.
Condition: Some toning to the spine and back cover, otherwise fine in stiff illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 12986More details Price: $50.00 -
FOOTFALLS.
Edition: 2nd printing.
London: Faber & Faber, (1978, c 1976). A "poetic distillation of the relationship between a mother and daughter evoked by two voices as a figure paces back and forth." 13 pp. Cover photograph of Beckett by Jerry Bauer. A slim pamphlet, staplebound in stiff blue card illustrated covers with black and white lettering. ISBN: 0-571110401.
Condition: Near fine (a little rubbing to the edges)
Book ID: 86703More details Price: $12.00 -
BUT FOR WHOM CHARLIE: A Play
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, 1964. Hardcover first edition -
Condition: VG/VG (normal wear.)
Book ID: 11336More details Price: $18.00 -
THE GOLDEN CAVE.
Edition: First printing.
San Francisco: The Bohemian Club, 1973. Hardcover first edition - The sixty-eighth Grove Play of the Bohemian Club, presented on July 27, 1973. Music by George Shearing, Directed by Paul L. Speegle. Frontispiece by Lawrence J. Rehag. Based on Ali Baba from the Arabian Nights. Includes music notes, list of previous Grove plays. Printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy.
Condition: Very near fine in golden paper covered boards, no dustjacket as issued.
Book ID: 59226More details Price: $15.00 -
SHOPTALK: Conversations about Theater and Film with Twelve Writers, One Producer and Tennesee Williams' Mother.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Newmarket Press (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes interviews with Edward Albee, Horton Foote, Frank Gilroy, William Goldman, William Inge, Alan Jay Lerner, Mary Mercier, David Merrick, Mason Miller, John Patrick, Richard Wilbur, Edwina Dakin Williams, Tennessee Williams, Lanford Wilson, as they discuss both their successes and failures. Illustrated with photographs. Warmly INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. Foreword by Kevin Kline. Suggestions for further reading, index. xii, 211 pp. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. ISBN: 1-557041288.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 86914More details Price: $30.00 -
SEASONS OF DISCONTENT:Dramatic Opinions 1959-1965.
Edition: First paperback printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1967. Biting reviews and commentary by this drama critic: the titles of some of the essays give a sense of his attitude, ranging from 'No Loss' to "Subsidized Rubbish' (on the Lincoln Center.) Index. 322 pp.
Condition: Very good+.
Book ID: 26173More details Price: $10.00 -
MAGIC STRINGS: Marionette Plays with Production Notes.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very good in peach cover with black lettering and decoration on front cover - some wear to the corners, but a tight and clean copy. A blue sticker has been affixed to the copyright page noting that this book is only available at Hazelle's Marionettes in Kansas City.
Book ID: 89432More details Price: $30.00 -
THE REDTHROATS.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
New York: Vintage Books, 1989. First edition - The title story is a surreal drama. Also includes "Smooch Music" a collection of interrelated prose/poetry vignettes. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 101 pp. ISBN: 0-679-73961-0.
Condition: Good in illustrated wrappers .
Book ID: 16978More details Price: $9.50 -
LACKEYS OF THE MOON: A Play in One Act.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Edmond B. Hackett / Brick Row Book Shop, 1923. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Copy obviously used to rehearse and perform this play (set in Venice, Italy about 1750) with extensive notations in pencil, including several bold "music" comments. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page and dated in Feb. 1924. In addition, this copy has been SIGNED by all of actors on the list of characters. "Prize one-act play, 1923 play contest of the San Diego Players." Cass was a poet and critic, and at least one of her later plays was performed on Broadway. 47 pp.
Condition: Fair condition only in black paper covered boards, with printed paper label (spine covering missing, rubbing to the covers and corners, some light foxing to front endpaper).
Book ID: 72589More details Price: $60.00 -
MODERN DRAMA, Vol XXX, Number 2
June 1987. Includes articles on Beckett and Sam Shepard but most of the issue is dedicated to the annual bibliography of modern drama studies.
Condition: Ex-library with "withdrawn" stamp on front cover, but overall very good condition.
Book ID: 9797More details Price: $10.00 -
MODERN DRAMA, Vol XXXIV, Number 2
June 1991. Most of the issue is dedicated to the annual bibliography of modern drama studies.
Condition: Ex-library with "withdrawn" stamp on front cover, but overall very good condition.
Book ID: 9799More details Price: $10.00 -
AKHNATON: A Play in Three Acts.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Dodd, Mead, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - Although written back around 1937 when Christie was writing 'Death on the Nile' this play was never performed nor published until this edition. Based on the story of Akhnaton and his wife Nefertiti, and his attempt to replace the old religion of Egypt with one of love, this is a carefully researched story. 157 pp. ISBN: 0-396-068227.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87841More details Price: $85.00 -
THE GREEN PASTURES
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1929. Hardcover - A play suggested by Roark Bradford's Southern Sketches. All-black cast, written in dialect. Includes the program for the original production in 1930, with a cast which included Harlem Renaissance author Mercedes Gilbert, and a very young Ruby Dee as one of the children. 173 pp.
Condition: Very good in green cloth, lacking the dj. (fading to spine, bookstore stamp and prev owner's name and '1932' on front endpaper.)
Book ID: 19424More details Price: $12.50 -
SIGHT LINES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 72 essays on the dance, most written for The New Yorker between 1981 and 1986. In them "Croce, as always, proves herself to be an incisive critic with a remarkable ability to present strong dance images in words. Her interests range from classical ballet to modern dance to the more esoteric dance forms, and she does justice to all of these. There is much about both Baryshnikov ('a genius') and Balanchine, including a moving account of the effect of Balanchine's death on the New York City Ballet company." (Library Journal) Index. 364 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Sempe. ISBN: 0-394561643.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 87245More details Price: $21.50 -
MONSTER: Living off the Big Screen
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Random House, 1997. dj. Hardcover - Account of his career - and that of his wife Joan Didion - in Hollywood where they worked as screenwriters - and especially of the 8 years spent working on the film 'Up Close & Personal' , the story of anchorwoman Jessica Savitch. ISBN: 0-679-45579-5.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket (short closed tear at upper edge.)
Book ID: 47493More details Price: $12.50 -
THE PET SHOP: A Play.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944. dj. Hardcover first edition - Described as a 'parable in play form by a noted scientist' this is a reflection of modern life, disguised as the story of change and turbulence which comes to a pet shop when a monkey arrives. A small volume, 196 pages.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 22155More details Price: $20.00 -
THE COCKTAIL PARTY: A Comedy.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Harcourt Brace & World, (1965, c 1950). A verse play by this Nobel laureate. 190 pp. plus a song, and the cast of the first production.
Condition: Very good (name on first page)
Book ID: 81238More details Price: $10.00 -
THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1954) dj. Hardcover first edition - A verse play by this Nobel laureate. 159 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (sunning to spine and edges of dj)
Book ID: 80299More details Price: $16.50 -
UNFAIR ARGUMENTS WITH EXISTENCE: Seven Plays for a New Theatre.
Edition: Third printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
New York: New Directions, (1963.). First book of plays by this beat poet. New Directions Paperback NDP 143. Cover photograph by Edgar Millhauser. 118 pp
Condition: Near fine in stiff black and white wrappers (small peeled spot on front cover.)
Book ID: 39241More details Price: $12.00 -
THE BEST PLAYS OF THE OLD DRAMATISTS: JOHN FORD.
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Near fine in half vellum with gilt edging over green cloth, brown leather spine labels
Book ID: 89865More details Price: $95.00 -
PUNCH AND JUDY: Acompanied by the Dialogue of the Puppet Show.
Edition: First edition.
London & New York: Batsford / Von Nostrand Reinhold, (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - Guide book for creating a classic Punch and Judy show, with detailed steps for building the puppets and the stage, with plots and dialogue. Includes a note on glove puppets and chapters on the plots, characters, tragedy, comedy, constuction, clothes, lighting, scenery, manipulation, and speech, Illustrated by the author. List of suppliers, brief bibliography. 120 pp. ISBN: 0-71342284X.
Condition: Near fine in red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine (previous owner's name) in a good only dust jacket with overall edgewear and toning)
Book ID: 63275More details Price: $20.00 -
A YARD OF SUN.
Edition: First printing.
London: Oxford University Press, 1970. dj. Hardcover first edition - The final play in his seasonal quartet - A serio-comedy set in Siena, Italy in July 1946 on the night before the Palio, a medieval horse race run around the middle of the city; the war is over and Bruno's three sons have returned home. Includes a note on the Palio by Stewart Perowne. 113 pp. ISBN: 0-19-2113569.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 30951More details Price: $25.00 -
THE DARK IS LIGHT ENOUGH: A Winter Comedy.
Edition: First printing.
London: Oxford University Press, 1954. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third play in his seasonal quartet, centered around an imaginary incident in the Hungarian revolution against the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1848 - 1849. Dust jacket art by Ronald Searle. A small, slim volume at 103 pp.
Condition: Very good in blue boards in a good only dust jacket (some mottling and offsetting to the boards, chip and associated creasing to rear cover of dj.).
Book ID: 42868More details Price: $15.00 -
CURTMANTLE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fry's "first historical play, covering almost all the years of Henry the Second's reign (1154-1189), exploring his character, both as a ruler and a man, as well as the more often told story of his conflict with Thomas Becket." First produced on 1 March 1961 at the Stadsschouwburg Theatre, Tilburg, Holland, directed by Karl Guttmann.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (some inevitable toning to the dj.)
Book ID: 36010More details Price: $25.00 -
THOR, WITH ANGELS: A Play.
Edition: 5th printing.
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, (1951) dj. Hardcover - A play in verse first performed at the Canterbury Festival in 1948. 54 pp.
Condition: Very good in red boards (bookplate, some offsetting to the endpapers) in a good dust jacket (price-clipped, edgewear, short tears, etc)
Book ID: 78852More details Price: $15.00