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1966réf. 617217New York: Grove Press Inc 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Translation by Eric Bentley. Parallel text in German and English. Small bump on front board near fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight toning. Grove Press, Inc hardcover books
1965réf. 9026530Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 1965. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Revised English version by Eric Bentley. Dust jacket is a bit chipped at the edges. University of Minnesota Press hardcover books
1964réf. 87499North Vancouver: Grouse Mountain 1964. First edition. 12 pp. Very good only in stapled wrappers with three short tears to the top edges. One of 125 numbered printed letterpress in two colors. North Vancouver: Grouse Mountain, unknown books
1971réf. 349717Berlin: VEV Lied der Zeit Musikverlag 1971. 42p. 8.25x11.75 inches text in German photos biography songbook in worn pictorial stapled wraps. Some light notes in the hand of R.G. Davis. Gisel May was a major figure in German Theater and song in the 1950s through 1980s. She performed with the Berliner Ensemble essaying the roles of Mrs. Peachum Mother Courage and Mrs. Kopecka. This copy came from the library of R.G. Davis. VEV Lied der Zeit Musikverlag unknown books
1963réf. 227571Berlin: Henschelverlag 1963. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece portrait and other tipped in text illustrations. 147 pages with text in German. Slim folio linen lettered in red & black; binding a bit dust-soiled. Berlin: Henschelverlag 1963 Veroffentlichung der Deutschen Akademie der Kunste. Neue erweiterte Auflage. Henschelverlag unknown books
1944réf. 1402758New York: A New Directions Book published by James Laughlin 1944. Hardcover. Octavo 140 pages. In Good minus condition with a Poor dust jacket. Spine is tan with brown print. Dust jacket has illustrated front panel brown print; toning to spine peripheral toning long tears to hinges tears to spine portion of bottom edge torn away. Price clipped. Boards in black cloth; wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has slight stain to fore edge name in ink on front pastedown penciled underlining. Illustrated: one b&w plate portrait of author. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1402758. FP New Rockville Stock. A New Directions Book published by James Laughlin hardcover books
1982réf. 403599New York: The Limited Editions Club 1982. Folio. Illustrations and an original lithograph by Jack Levine. Original gilt-lettered and -decorated black cloth; original slipcase. Lacks original glassine otherwise fine. LIMITED EDITION number 63 of 2000 copies SIGNED by the Levine and Bentley. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
1969réf. 262818San Francisco: V.R.-Leviathan Publications 1969. Newspaper. 40p. un-folded tabloid underground newspaper articles news opinion interviews reviews San Francisco edition small staining & some smudging of cover and rear wrap toning on cover wrap slightly heavier on bottom eighth of cover wrap worn and toned on newsprint else in good condition. Articles on Critique of Ernest Mandel Israel in Africa Inflation and the working class "Empire in Crisis and a lot more. V.R.-Leviathan Publications unknown books
1939réf. 617082New York: Contemporary Play Productions 1939. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. Gray wrappers printed in red. Small chips and tears at the bottom margin of four leaves toning on the spine and edge of wraps very good. Six plays the best known being Bertolt Brecht's The Informer. Other contributors include Peter Bernt Jerome L. Schwartz H.S. Kraft Peter Nikl and Wiliam Kozlenko. Contemporary Play Productions unknown books
1945réf. 17875New York: Aurora Verlag 1945. First edition. Softcover. g. 8vo. 111pp. Original wraps. 24 scenes by Brecht capturing the fear and suffering in Hitler's Third Reich. He wrote this powerful work while in exile in Denmark. It was produced on the American stage under the title "The Private Life of the Master Race." Some discoloration creasing and rubbing to wraps. Spine sunned. Head and tail of spine slightly chipped. Wraps starting to separate from bock block still holding. Text in German. Wraps in good interior in very good condition. Aurora Verlag unknown books
1954réf. 617072Boston: Chrysalis 1954. Softcover. Near Fine. Periodical. English version by Eric Bentley. Stapled wrappers. Staples slightly oxidized near fine. Publisher's letter with the order form detached not present laid in. A play in nine scenes. Chrysalis unknown books
1982réf. 106350NY:: Limited Editions Club. Near Fine. 1982. Hardcover. In the English version by Desmond Vesey. With the English lyrics and a new introduction by Eric Bentley. Illustrations and an original lithograph the frontispiece by Jack Levine. This copy is out of series not numbered of a limited edition of 2000 copies. SIGNED by Jack Levine and Eric Bentley. Publisher's Monthly Letter laid in. Near fine in a near fine slipcase.; 155 pages . Limited Editions Club, hardcover books
1982réf. 31821NY:: Limited Editions Club. Near Fine. 1982. Hardcover. B006LO3ASI . In the English version by Desmond Vesey. With the English lyrics and a new introduction by Eric Bentley. Illustrations and an original lithograph by Jack Levine. This copy is number 1465 of a limited edition of 2000 copies. SIGNED by Jack Levine and Eric Bentley. Publisher's Monthly Letter laid in. Fine in a very good edge worn with several chips age darkened glassine dust wrapper. Housed in a near fine slipcase. . Limited Editions Club, hardcover books
réf. 31428n.p.: n.p. Privately printed. Sheet Music. Sheet music very good. The sheet was kept in an ancient manilla folder stamped "Pierre Degeytter Club of N. Y." and it is possible that the club produced this for their own use. Brecht's name does not appear anywhere on the sheet. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 4 pp . n.p. unknown books
1969réf. 259089San Francisco: V.R.-Leviathan Publications 1969. Newspaper. 48p. tabloid underground newspaper articles news opinion interviews reviews San Francisco edition some smudging of cover and rear wrap worn and toned on newsprint else in good condition. Articles on SF State"Back to Skool Week" characterized Nazy soldier on front cover wrap giant two page/center fold poster of a rendering of S. I. Hayakawa SF State news Czechoslovakia military organizing and a lot more. V.R.-Leviathan Publications unknown books
1982réf. 400278New York: The Limited Editions Club 1982. A few tiny chips to glassine otherwise fine. Folio. Illustrations and an original lithograph by Jack Levine. Original gilt-lettered and -decorated black cloth; original glassine; original slipcase. LIMITED EDITION number 605 of 2000 copies SIGNED by the Levine and Bentley. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
1936réf. 288042New York: Composer's Collective Pierre DeGeyter Club 1936. Handbill. Two mimeographed sheets stapled together 8.5x11 inches; "1936" penned at upper right. Abrasion to lower right edge not affecting text. Lyrics only printed single side. The Pierre DeGeyter Club was a CPUSA affiliate group active in the realm of music. It was named for the composer of "The Internationale." Members of the Composers' Collective of the Pierre DeGeyter Club included the such figures as Henry Cowell Marc Blitzstein George Antheil Charles Seeger Earl Robinson and Aaron Copland. Composer's Collective, Pierre DeGeyter Club unknown books
1960réf. 133310New York: Liberty Book Club 1960. Various pagination 5.5x8.25 inches essays critiques all five issues of the short-lived journal very good condition in lightly-worn original stapled wraps. Writings by CP theorists like Victor Perlo and an article by Antonio Gramsci on anti-Semitism are supplemented with work by cultural figures such as Dalton Trumbo with "Some seasonal advice" plus much more. Liberty Book Club unknown books
1938réf. 00346NEW WRITING -SPRING 1938 Knopf 1937 first edition a bright vg copy in a vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and chipping. Contributions by Brecht Isherwood Lindsay C.D. Lewis Hanley et.al. Knopf unknown books
1961réf. 22262Hamburg: Dr. Ernst Hauswedell & Co. 1961. Hardcover. Pink cloth printed in black issued without dust jacket near fine with front board a tiny bit sprung one of 750 copies signed by Hansen-Bahia whose woodcuts appear throughout the book. In near fine cardboard slipcase. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Dr. Ernst Hauswedell & Co. hardcover books
1982réf. 452New York: The Limited Editions Club 1982. Very Good. 4to; 155 p. Illustrated with an original lithograph on Rives by Jack Levine. Signed on colophon by artist Jack Levine and author of introduction Eric Bentley. Black cloth in slipcase; VG. Slip case dusty. One of 2000 copies. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1937réf. 326909Philadelphia: Reprinted from the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 1937. Softcover. Very Good. Offprint. Orange printed wrappers. Vertical crease some soiling at the edges of the wrappers very good. Reprinted from the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science unknown books
réf. B209211-2New York Something Else Press 1966. 15 1pp. Lrg. 8vo. Wraps. New York (Something Else Press), 1966. paperback books
1966réf. 587334New York: Chalk Circle Productions 1966. Softcover. Near Fine. Volume 1 Number 1 all published. Illustrated by Ed Crawford Leopoldo Mendez John Thamm John Giannetti Ed Druck Landfeld and Maro Riofrancos. Octavo. 72pp. Light wear pinhole burn mark on the lower wrap and a tiny bit of staining on the final page spread just about near fine. Prints "The Necessary Decision: 10 Working Theses of an Author in the Divided World" by Peter Weiss; "The Anachronistic Procession of Freedom and Democracy" by Bertold Brecht; "Criticism West of Suez" by John Berger; the poem "The Negros Sing" By Andrei Voznesensky; "Is Kafka Necessary" by Lee Baxandall as well as Kafka's "The Propertyless Workingmen's Association"; and Gerard Malanga's poem "The Young Mod" among other material. Although the lower wrap promises future issues featuring Carlos Fuentes on Moby Dick never-before-translated Neruda and an interview with John Berger we find no evidence of a second issue being published. Uncommon. Chalk Circle Productions unknown books
1939réf. 380726New York: Contemporary Play Productions 1939. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Small octavo. 108pp. Gray wrappers printed in red. Slight age-toning just about fine. Six plays the best known being Bertolt Brecht's The Informer. Other contributors include Peter Bernt Jerome L. Schwartz H.S. Kraft Peter Nikl and Wiliam Kozlenko. Contemporary Play Productions unknown books
