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.

New York: Coward-McCann, 1960. dj. Hardcover first edition - Albee's uncommon first book.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

New York: Random House, 1964. Hardcover first edition -

San Francisco: The Bohemian Club, 1968. Hardcover first edition - The sixty-third Grove Play of the Bohemian Club, presented on July 27, 1968. Music by Charles G. Dant. Directed by J Fenton McKenna. 4 full page illustrations printed in red by Haines Hall. Based on the life of the Persian poet Omar Khayyam. Includes music notes, Printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. 46 pp plus list of previous Grove plays.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

June 1991. Most of the issue is dedicated to the annual bibliography of modern drama studies.

June 1987. Includes articles on Beckett and Sam Shepard but most of the issue is dedicated to the annual bibliography of modern drama studies.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1954) dj. Hardcover first edition - A verse play by this Nobel laureate. 159 pp.

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.

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

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.

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.

London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, (1951) dj. Hardcover - A play in verse first performed at the Canterbury Festival in 1948. 54 pp.

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.

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.

New York: Grove Press, 1985. First edition - The first full-length study of this important South African playwright. Based on interviews with the playwright, his actors and others involved in the South African theater, this is a look at Fugard's life and work and an analysis of his major plays including 'Sizwe Bansi Is Dead' and 'Master Harold and the Boys.' Illustrated with photographs. Notes, bibliography, index. 142 pp. ISBN: 0-394-622308.