Denison's Descriptive Catalogue of Amateur and Standard Plays.
Chicago: T.S. Denison & Company, 1921. Wraps. 12mo. 99 pages. New plays, monologues, jokes for 1921. Amateur supplies sold. "Good Irish and/or darky characters." Wraps slightly tender.
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Diary of William Dunlap (1766-1839) [3 Volumes]:; The Memoirs of a Dramatist, Theatrical Manager, Painter, Critic, Novelist, and Historian
New York: New York Historical Society, 1930. Cloth. 3 volume set. 8vo. Clothbound, volumes I and II in matching green buckram, volume III in darker green cloth. Presumably ex-library, with markings removed/hidden and first two volumes rebound. All have gilt titling to spines, I and II matching, volume III with.....
Medea.
New York: Random House, 1946. First edition. Quarter Cloth. Black cloth spine bright, faint shelfwear bottom edge. 8vo 107 pp. Signed by actress (Dame) Judith Anderson, Jeffers' Medea; play is dedicated to her. P 99: Jason's last speech missing "least." Blank verse, freely adapted from Euripides. Signed.
The Shakespearian Advertiser.
Providence, R.I. H.P. Boyce, 1871. Wraps. 24mo. Unpaginated. Corners lightly bumped, some foxing throughout. Soiling and light foxing to covers. Small tear near to spine of front cover. With illustrations from Providence businesses and b/w illustrations above Shakespeare quotation such as 'I perceive you delight not in music' and man.....
Spiegel's Productions, Inc. Presents Cecil Lean in a New Farce with Music "Look Who's There" with Cleo Mayfield (theatre program).
New York: 44th St. Theatre, 1920. Paperback. 8vo 24pp. Very light edgewear, otherwise in excellent condition.Program for "Look Who's There" with Cleo Mayfield and Cecil Lean at the 44th st. Theatre in New York. Bright color front and back cover. FIlled with illustrations and advertisements.
Agamemnon.
Woodstock, VT: Elm Tree Press, 1906. Rebacked - Qtr. leather. 8vo. 74 pp. No. 127 of 300 copies. "A tragedy taken from Aeschylus by Edward Fitzgerald." Text from the third edition. Rebacked in caramel leather. Boards sl. worn, scraped at corners. New endpapers. Interior fine. B/w frontispiece engraving.
The Comedies of Publius Terentius Afer, 2 Volumes.
Privately Printed, 1900. Quarter Vellum. 8vo. 2 Volumes. Wear to edges, corners and spine ends bumped, rubbing, tanning to spine, light creasing to spine. Former owner's name to ffeps. One of 250. With intro, bibliography and brief notes.
Tiny Alice.
New York: Atheneum, 1965. Cloth. 8vo. 190pp. Signed by Edward Albee. Clean interior. Binding tight. Rubbing and chipping to dj. Inscription to previous owner on ffep.
Beaumont and Fletcher.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1956. First edition. Cloth Hard Cover. 8vo. 131 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped, light rubbing and brown aging along dj edges. Former owners name to ffep. A critical study of the dramatic works of Beaumont and Fletcher.
The Frogs.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1962. Hardcover. 100 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. Illustrated w/ sketches by Richard Sears. A play detailing the god Dionysus' quest to bring the playwright Euripides back from the dead. Boards & spine fine. Binding sturdy. Some very light foxing to textblock edges, pds.....
The Wasps.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1962. Hardcover. 130 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. The fourth play of Aristophanes. A satire on the law courts of the author's day. Illustrated by Geraldine Sakall. Boards & spine fine. Binding very sturdy. Some light foxing to textblock edges. Interior clean & crisp.....
The Dramatic Works of Honore de Balzac.
Chicago, IL: Laird & Lee, 1901. hardcover. 8vo. Vol I, 370 pp; Vol II, 248 pp. Both volumes show rubbing and light scuffing (more to first volume), lightly bumped corners, former owner's bookplate to fpd. Frontispiece of VolII is detached, laid in. Rendered into English by E. de Valcourt-Vermont. Vol.....
The Cambridge Guide to Theatre.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Hard Cover. Thick 4to, 1233 pp. Light edgewear, light dampstain to front lower corner/spinetail (visible in margin of first several pages), large faint dampstain to lower portion of rear cover, soiling to exterior. DJ has light wear to edges, moderate soiling, dampstaining, light scuffing/rubbing.....
A New and Complete Concordance of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare; 4 vol.
New York: Gordon Press, 1976. Cloth. 4 vol; 1910 pp tota. 4to. Cloth. Minor edgewear, light bumping to spine ends. Slight soiling to textblocks. Full title: "A New and Complete Concordance of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare; 4 vol."
John Dryden: Four Comedies.
Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, 1967. Cloth Hard Cover. 4to (small). 412 pp. Light soiling to front cover. Spine ends gently bumped. Light foxing to text block. ""I had forgot one half I do protest/ And now am sent again to speak the rest.."
Richard's Cork Leg.
New York: Grove Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 87 pp., 8vo. Cloth hardcover in dj. First edition. A hair-raisingly funny play set in a Dublin cemetery. Boards fine. Binding sturdy. Textblock clean & crisp. Light shelfwear to dj. W/ photo of playwright laid in.
Studies in the English Renaissance Drama.
New York: New York University, 1959. Cloth Hard Cover. 8vo. 369 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped, light rubbing and small tears along dj edges, former owners name stamped into ffep, dj is price-clipped. Book is in otherwise great condition.
The Playwrighting Self of Bernard Shaw.
Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1991. Cloth. 8vo. 206 pp. Cloth bright. Interior clean and tight. Owner's ink signature ffep. Dj sl. creased at front flap. Readings of six of Shaw's plays: Caesar and Cleopatra, Man and Superman, Major Barbara, The Doctor's Dilemma, Pygmalion and Saint Joan. Shaw's self-revelation.....
The History of the English Stage.
Boston: William S. & Henry Spear, 1814. Half Leather Over Boards. 8vo. 148 pp. +60 pp. Memoirs of the Life of Miss Anne Oldfield. Marbled endpapers. Front cover detached but present. Rubbing to joints, edges, corners and psine ends. Light sunning to spine, joints, and leather corners. Marbled boards. Soiling.....
The Concise Oxford Companion To American Theatre.
Oxford UK & New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1987. Cloth. 8vo. 451 pp. D.j. is lightly rubbed and has tiny crease at head of spine. Abridgement of the original volume, eliminating many entries on minor plays and figures but preserving those articles that are of widest general interest. Biographical.....
The Oxford Companion to American Theatre.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. Cloth Hardcover. 4to. 734 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, light rubbing along dj edges, white price sticker to front dj flap. Otherwise book is in excellent condition.
After the Rain.
New York: Random House, 1967. First edition. cloth. 8vo. 118 pp. Light soiling to front cover. Light rubbing to front of dj.
American Drama in the Age of Film.
Tuscaloosa: Univ of Alabama Pr, 2007. Cloth. 201 pp, 8vo. Cloth in dj. Light shelfwear to boards and dj, else fine. Clean, crisp.
Damn Yankees.
New York: Kal Efron, 1954. Program and Playbill. 4to. Unpaginated program w/ 56 pp. playbill. Programs has light rubbing to covers, edges, corners and spine ends, and is lightly shaken. Playbill has light rubbing to spine, spine ends and corners. Otherwise both are in excellent condition. Both are filled with.....
John Webster and the Elizabethan Drama.
New York: John Lane Company, 1916. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 282 pp. Sunning to spine and top edge of cover, light wear to corners and spine ends, light rubbing. Former owner's name and date to ffep. Light foxing to edges. History of Elizabethan drama, analysis of the dramatic works of.....