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1938rif. 004460New York: Hillman-Curl Inc. 1938. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition of Brecht's novelization of "Threepenny Opera." Not a common title. Translation from the German by Desmond I. Vesey; with Verses translated byChristopher Isherwood. Red cloth binding with black titling and the design of the outstretched hand of a begger. Clean text; 396 pages; yellow topstain; the Front Free Endpaper has been torn out Mildly bumped. The spine has faded to a tan colour and there are faint stains and floodmarks. A solid copy if no longer the beauty it should be. In an archival plastic protector. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hillman-Curl, Inc. Hardcover
rif. 359862Berlin und Weimar / Frankfurt am Main: Aufbau-Verlag / Suhrkamp Verlag. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine lot of six 6 volumes of the works of the German novelist critic poet and playwrite Bertolt Brecht. Handsomely bound in burgundy cloth over boards with sharp and distinct black-stamped "b" to front covers and gilt titling also sharp and distinct and with bound-in silk linen bookmarks quite fine. Tightly bound clean unmarked of interior. The set of six 6 volumes two being bound in two volumes is comprised of the following: Schriften 1 1992 1914-1933 6 7-828 7 pp.; Schriften 2 Teil 1 1993 1933-1942 6 7-605 pp.; Schriften 2 Teil 2 1993 1933-1942 607-1168 4 pp.; Schriften 3 1993 1942-1956 6 7-627 4 pp. and with a torn half-title; Schriften 4 1991 Texte zu Stucken 8 9-605 4 pp.; Schriften 5 1994 Theatermodelle Katzgraben - Notate 1953 Schriftenverzeichnis zu Band 21-25 7 8-650 3 pp. From his Wikipedia entry "Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht 10 February 1898 - 14 August 1956 known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht was a German theatre practitioner playwright and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic he had his first successes as a playwright in Munich and moved to Berlin in 1924 where he wrote The Threepenny Opera with Elisabeth Hauptmann and Kurt Weill and began a life-long collaboration with the composer Hanns Eisler. Being long-immersed in Marxian thought and practice during his formative years Brecht eventually fled Germany in 1933 as the Nazis rose to power and settled first in Scandinavia then in Southern California. In 1947 he was surveilled upon by the H.U.A.C. and was forced to flee again. Accused of being a Communist the day after testifying "he returned to Europe eventually settling in East Berlin where he co-founded the theatre company Berliner Ensemble with his wife and long-time collaborator actress Helene Weigel."Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. Aufbau-Verlag / Suhrkamp Verlag hardcover
1926rif. 1456Quarto 158 6 printed paper over boards. Photographic end papers. Paper strips between spine and cover partly missing. - First edition. Propyläen-Verlag hardcover
1961rif. 52166Hamburg Germany: Verlag 1961. First Thus. Hardcover. Very good . Hansen-Bahia. Illustrated quarto. A very good copy in publisher's slipcase. Spine sunned minor wear at crown. Limited to 750 copies and signed by the artist Hansen-Bahia on colophon page. Text entirely in German. Verlag hardcover
1944rif. 24136New York: New Directions Books Published by James Laughlin 1944. First American Edition. Small octavo 18.5cm.; publisher's black cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 10140pp. Light wear to jacket extremities including a few tiny chips spine and extremities rather browned else Very Good and sound. Seventeen of twenty-eight scenes from the author's anti-Nazi Fears and Miseries of the Third Reich. New Directions Books, Published by James Laughlin unknown
1982rif. 004515New York: The Limited Editions Club 1982. Adapted from "The Begger's Opera" of John Gay Brecht's savage musical play premiered in 1928 and has been a theatrical staple with numerous revivals ever since. One of the great theatrical works of the Twentieth Century. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition Thus LIMITED to 2000 copies; containing an Original Lithograh by the artist/illustrator Jack Levine; SIGNED by Levine and the theatre critic Eric Bentley. Black cloth binding with gilt titling on the spine and gilt decoration by Levine on the front cover. Clean text; 155 pages. Laid-in is the LEC Newsletter from September 1982. There is no dustjacket; rather it has a blackslipcase also in Fine condition. A lovely production and a pleasure to read. . Signed by Illustrator. Limited. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Jack Levine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Limited Editions Club Hardcover
1968rif. N3032Zrich: J. Wasser und J. Stemmle 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large Folio. Jacques Schedler. Large folder in original half cloth. Some minor marginal wear. Inside fine. A very good clean and fresh copy. One 450 numbered copies signed by the artist and by the 2 publishers. SHIPPING WORLDWIDE INCLUDE3D. J. Wasser und J. Stemmle hardcover
1982rif. 016499New York: Limited Editions Club 1982. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase in the original shipping carton. Jack Levine. Tall octavo 8-1/2" x 11-1/4" bound in black linen imported from Holland and stamped in gold. English version by Desmond Vesey with English lyrics and a new introduction by Eric Bentley. Illustrated by Jack Levine including an ORIGINAL THREE-COLOR LITHOGRAPH frontispiece created for this edition. Copy #457 of 2000 SIGNED by Levine and Bentley. Monthly Letter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1944rif. 24136New York: New Directions Books Published by James Laughlin 1944. First American Edition. Small octavo 18.5cm.; publisher's black cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 10140pp. Light wear to jacket extremities including a few tiny chips spine and extremities rather browned else Very Good and sound. Seventeen of twenty-eight scenes from the author's anti-Nazi Fears and Miseries of the Third Reich. New Directions Books, Published by James Laughlin unknown books
1958rif. 2111902158904769Shiromizu-sha 1958. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Shiromizu-sha paperback
2009rif. 2090202118106682Kobunsha Classic New Translation Library 2009. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Kobunsha Classic New Translation Library paperback
1973rif. 2081502112500313B6 Boxed Iizuka Shoten 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 B6 Boxed Iizuka Shoten paperback
1953rif. 2081502112501153B6 with monthly report reprint with box Kawade Shobo 1953. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 B6 with monthly report, reprint, with box, Kawade Shobo paperback
1972rif. 2111902161003305Kawade Shobo Shinsha 1972. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 417 7p Size: 20cm Kawade Shobo Shinsha paperback
1954rif. 2111902158904791Shiromizu-sha 1954. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Shiromizu-sha paperback
1972rif. 2090202118108658Kawade Shobo Shinsha 1972. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Kawade Shobo Shinsha paperback
1971rif. 2111902158904180Shiromizu-sha 1971. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Shiromizu-sha paperback
1984rif. 2111902153303323Bokuyosha 1984. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Bokuyosha paperback
1961rif. 137682New York: The Living Theatre 1961. First edition. Softcover. 16 pages. Text by Judith Malina and Julian Beck. Includes a statement by Bertand Russell along with program information about shows by Bertrand Russell Jack Gelber Bertolt Brecht and William Carlos Williams. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Scarce with only 1 copy listed in OCLC. The Living Theatre unknown
1961rif. 137682New York: The Living Theatre 1961. First edition. Softcover. 16 pages. Text by Judith Malina and Julian Beck. Includes a statement by Bertand Russell along with program information about shows by Bertrand Russell Jack Gelber Bertolt Brecht and William Carlos Williams. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Scarce with only 1 copy listed in OCLC. The Living Theatre unknown books
1979rif. 2111902154609102Asahishuppansha 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Asahishuppansha paperback
1989rif. 021478Bread and Puppet Museum Glover 1989. Book. Very Good. Wrappers. 24 pages. Paperback staple bound with printed stiff paper covers. Texts in English. Sunning to the spine with some minimal shelf and handling wear along the edges. The previous owner's library stamp is embossed on the title page. Laid in are two four-fold museum pamphlets four postcard/tickets to the museum and two bi-fold list of museum publications. This is the second expanded edition of an eight-page booklet printed by the Bread and Puppet Printing Press in 1983. A fascinating collection of ephemera about the highly influential political theater troupe. Bread and Puppet Museum, Glover Paperback
1971rif. 2092902137405744Shiromizu-sha 1971. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Shiromizu-sha paperback
1976rif. 005816Self Published 1976. Presumed First Edition . Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Solid binding 191 pages clean unmarked copy. Scarce. Self Published paperback
1973rif. 2111902152908409Shiromizu-sha 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: B6 Number of books: 5 in total Shiromizu-sha paperback