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1965rif. 415839New York: Greenwich Mews Theatre 1965. Unbound. Fine. One mimeographed leaf folded to make four pages. Playbill for performances of Bentley's translation of Brecht's play with Hughes' "Gospel songplay The double bill was at its heart a marriage of financial convenience but Hughes admired Brecht and was happy with the pairing. The 21 May 1965 New York Times review commented to its readers "We know now that there are many other aspects to the Negro . but if we remember that this is only one side of his nature and potentialities we can share in his gift for rapturously innocent song and dance." The double-bill enjoyed success with over 100 performances. Greenwich Mews Theatre unknown books
1955rif. 45579Berlin: Berliner Ensemble 1955. First edition. Softcover. vg. Octavo. 20pp. Original photo-illustrated wraps with blue and red lettering on framed label of cover protected by modern mylar. Cover photo is a city scape of Chicago at night. Design Karl-Heinz Drescher. Pamphlet produced by the Berliner Ensemble on the occasion of the production of Brecht's play "Im Dickicht der Städte" with texts by Bertolt Brecht Herbert Jhering Alfred Kurella and Margrit Pittmann. Brecht's play shows the degradation of human beings in the late capitalist society. Pamphlet includes notes on the play by the Berlin ensemble. Illustrated with stage sketches by Caspar Nehers and Andreas Reinhardt and three stage photographs of the performances at Munich and Berlin theaters one by the Berlin Ensemble. Laid in a three fold octavo flyer with color photo of New York City and caption "Shlink: Die Menschenhaut in natürlichem Zustande ist zu dünn für diese Welt deshalb sorgt der Mensch dafür daß sie dicker wird The human skin in its natural state is too thin for this world therefore humans take care so it becomes thicker. A conceptual art piece featuring printed sample texts found in various media from America West- and Nazi Germany on verso. Pamphlet and flyer in very good condition. Berliner Ensemble unknown books
1982rif. 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
1967rif. 302625First edition. Octafvo. 23 b/w illustrations. Bibliography. Dust jacket unclipped; rubbed with a few nicks. Very good. 573 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Citadel hardcover books
1933rif. 138407Germany: Kinematrade 1933. Vintage US poster for the 1932 German communist propaganda film "Kuhle Wampe oder Wem gehort die Welt" The subtitle is seen here under the English translation "Whither Germany." Circa 1933 as identified by the name of the Philadelphia theatre on the poster. The last and arguably most important communist film of the Weimar era "Kuhle Wampe oder" is according to screenwriter Brecht a "Collective Presentation" that tells the tale of a family in early 1930s Berlin. After the son is prolongedly unemployed he commits suicide and the family is forced to relocate to a shantytown known as "Kuhle Wampe" or "Empty Stomach." Created under severely limited material conditions with filming constantly being broken up by the Weimar government's paramilitary SA agency the film attempts to depict archetypes of the times including an intellectual clash on a subway between members of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Banned first by the failing Weimar Republic and subsequently by the Nazi Reich the film was believed to have been lost until it reappeared over 20 years later in East Germany in 1958. This poster likely originates from screenings held in November 1933 by an unknown pro-communist organization in Philadelphia at the short-lived left-leaning Philkino theater. A US screening of this film dating before the film's disappearance and only just after the very beginnings of Hitler's rise to power makes this poster not only very scarce but one of significant historical value. The poster touting "Kuhle Wampe" as "The Film Hitler Burned" features an image of a man with a hammer and sickle attacking two snakes that form the Nazi swastika and touts the involvement of members of the "Labor Sports Union" in the film. 9.5 x 13 inches letterpress on pale faded pink stock. Very Good with expected moderate wear. Kinematrade unknown books
1931rif. 157959N.p.: N.p. 1931. Vintage oversize reference photograph from the 1931 film showing actress Lotte Lenya. With annotations in German in manuscript pencil identifying Lenya and photographer Tobin Warner on the verso along with an annotation noting the photograph as property of "Close Up" magazine. Based on the 1928 stage play "Die Dreigroschenoper" by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. A biting socialist "play with music" based on Elisabeth Hauptmann's translation of John Gay's eighteenth-century ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera" and on four ballads by François Villon. Lenya would go on to receive a Tony Award for her performance in Marc Blitzstein's English version of the play in 1956. 9.25 x 12 inches. Very Good plus faintly age toned with light creasing on the top right corner. N.p. unknown books
1966rif. 41602New York: Abrams 1966. Very good. Inscribed first edition of this founding document of performance and environmental art - the first such work by a major publisher Abrams. A founding document of performance and environmental art and the first by a major publisher Kaprow's ASSEMBLAGE ENVIRONMENTS & HAPPENINGS was originally planned as an official Fluxus publication see CODEX p. 288 but eventually evolved into this broader book. Artists covered include Robert Rauschenberg Claes Oldenburg Red Grooms and George Segal with contributions from Wolf Vostell George Brecht Kaprow and others. The recipient is almost certainly photojournalist Paul Berg whose photos are included in this volume and fall roughly where Kaprow suggests they should though there is no such plate 164. Berg photographed and covered Kaprow's happening "Push and Pull" for the ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH in 1963. The uncommon hardcover issue of this important resource it is scarce signed especially with any kind of association. 12'' x 12''. Original brown burlap covered boards. Lacking original clear vinyl jacket. Black endpapers. 341 3 pages. Inscribed by Kaprow to early preliminary: "For Paul on / his birthday - / A nostalgic / time in which / you played a / part see pl. / 164 somewhere / deep inside! / - in friendship / Allan K." Sunning to lower edges spine faded. Else clean and sound throughout. Abrams hardcover books
1938rif. 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
rif. 39919Executed on quality watercolor paper all but one with fabric swatches attached. Sheet size 380 x 275 mm. Depicting characters in the play including Mrs Shin Wang Mrs Yang God and Shen Te. Some minor browning. In very good condition overall. "The Good Woman of Setzuan drama a "parable in 10 scenes" by Bertolt Brecht produced in 1943 and published in 1953 as Der gute Mensch von Sezuan. The title has many English-language variants including The Good Person of Szechwan and The Good Soul of Szechuan. "The play is set in China between World War I and World War II. The title character Shen Te is a poor but warmhearted prostitute. Because she alone was willing to shelter three gods they have favoured her with a gift of money. She purchases a tobacco shop but finds that her kinsfolk and other customers take advantage of her kindness. To save her business Shen Te adopts an alter ego; dressing as a man and acting the role of her tough pragmatic cousin Shui Ta she is able to exact just payment. She is forced to assume this role so often that as Shui Ta she is accused of murdering Shen Te. In the climactic trial scene Shui Ta reveals that he and Shen Te are the same person. Bertolt Brecht . was a German poet playwright and theatrical reformer whose epic theatre departed from the conventions of theatrical illusion and developed the drama as a social and ideological forum for leftist causes." Britannica Online "Coming of age during the Weimar Republic Brecht had his first successes as a playwright in Munich and moved to Berlin in 1924 where he wrote The Threepenny Opera with Elisabeth Hauptmann & Kurt Weill and began a life-long collaboration with the composer Hanns Eisler. Immersed in Marxist thought during this period he wrote didactic Lehrstücke and became a leading theoretician of epic theatre which he later preferred to call "dialectical theatre" and the Verfremdungseffekt. During the Nazi Germany period Brecht fled his home country first to Scandinavia and during World War II to the United States where he was surveilled by the FBI.3 After the war he was subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Returning to East Berlin after the war he established the theatre company Berliner Ensemble with his wife and long-time collaborator actress Helene Weigel." Wikipedia Perdziola an internationally-recognized set and costume designer for theater opera and ballet has worked extensively throughout the United States at such venues as the Metropolitan Opera San Francisco Opera Santa Fe Opera Lyric Theatre of Chicago American Ballet Theater Shakespeare Theater in Washington Boston Ballet and Miami Ballet as well as for various Broadway productions. He has also worked internationally for productions at the Monte Carlo Opera the Niedersächsische Staatsorchester in Hannover the Garsington Opera in the United Kingdom the Finnish National Ballet the Saito Kinen Festival in Japan and the Sydney Opera House. The artist has received three Helen Hayes awards and a Helpmann award; he has also been nominated for numerous additional awards. unknown books
2016rif. 170523Schwabisch Gmünd: Museum im Prediger 2016. Hardcover. VG- light corner bumping. Color-illustrated boards with black lettering. 150 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Catalog of exhibitions held at the Deutsches Haus New York University September 6-October 29 2016 and at Museum im Prediger Schwäbisch Gmünd Germany October 9-February 5 2017. Museum im Prediger hardcover books
1966rif. 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
2005rif. CNJL2596Frankfurt: Suhrkamp Verlag 2005. Paperback. Near fine. Six volumes complete octavo size approx. 4000 pp. in slipcase all text in German. Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht 1898-1956 "was a German theatre practitioner playwright and poet" n.b. per Wiki. Several versions of his complete works have been published this publication complete in these six volumes. ___DESCRIPTION: Six paperback volumes printed on very thin paper octavo size 7 1/2" by 4 3/8" approx. 4000 pages please note that all text is in German. Enclosed in a thin cardboard slipcase. ___CONDITION: Volumes near fine clean the spines not cracked square text blocks the interiors clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; a few volumes with light bumping to the corners else fine in appearance unread. The slipcase was not sturdy enough for the weight of the books and is cracked at many of the seams. ___POSTAGE: Please note that due to size and weight additional postage may be required please inquire for details. International customers please also note that any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Suhrkamp Verlag paperback books
1963rif. 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
1976rif. 25083Toronto: Oxford Univ Press 1976. First Canadian edition. 8vo pp. 107. Translated by W. H. Auden & Chester Kalman. With a note by Auden. Introduction by A.R. Braunmuller. NIce in clipped dj. Oxford Univ Press unknown books
1958rif. 25091Berlin: Deutchen Akademie Der Kunste 1958. First Edition. Large 8vo pp. 37 63 90. In German. Three volumes in a publisher's cloth folder. All paper wraps. The three volumes are: Aufbau Einer Rolle Laughtons Galilei; Aufbau Eine Rolle Buschs Galilei these two are mainly photographs; and the text of Brecht's play Leben Des Galilei. Books nice folder little worn. llustrated with Laughton's 1947/48 performance in the U.S. Performed when he worked with Brecht on the English language version and the later performance by Busch in 1956 in Brecht's Berliner Ensemble. Deutchen Akademie Der Kunste unknown books
1956rif. 26181Berlin: Henschelverlag 1956. 8vo pp. 209. Ilustrated with photos of the production. Re-written by Brecht just prior to his death in 1956. Wraps. In German. VG. A play. Henschelverlag unknown books
1948rif. 25082Minneapolis: Univ of Minnesota Press 1948. First Edition. 8vo. This is the first appearance in print in any language.Vg in little chipped dj. Two Plays The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Caucasian Chalk Circle. English versions by Eric and Maja Bentleywith introductions and program notes. Univ of Minnesota Press unknown books
1953rif. 26044Berlin: Suhrkamp 1953. Small 8vo pp. 327. Zweiter Band. Leben Eduards des Zweiten Von England. In German. VG. Brecht's early work. Suhrkamp unknown books
1966rif. 57874NY: Hill and Wang 1966. First Dramabook edition. 8vo pp. 294. Index. Edited and translated by John Willett. Illustrated. Paper wraps. Edges soiled some underlining and notes in ink cover scuffed and soiled o/w VG. Hill and Wang unknown books
1976rif. 24017Boston: Godine 1976. First Edition. 8vo pp. 107.Translated by W. H. Auden and chester Kallman. A nice copy in little torn dj. An opera with music by Kurt Weill that is a piercing indictment of a society directed solely to material ends. Godine unknown books
2001rif. 37806San Francisco: City Lights 2001. First City Lights edn. Small 8vo pp. 111. Translated by Martin Chalmers. Paper wraps. As new. City Lights unknown books
1990rif. 35303NY: Routledge 1990. First Edition. 8vo pp. 720. Notes index bibliography. Translated by Ralph Manheim and edited with commentary and notes by John Willett. A nice copy in slightly chipped dj. Routledge unknown books
1970rif. 590791Lisbon: Grupo de Capolide Almada 1970. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 97 1 pp. Text in Portuguese. Printed wrappers with mimeographed pages. Ex-Harvard library with a stamp inside the front cover and blindstamp on first page front cover with creased corners and unprinted lower wrap rubbed with a tiny stain very good and sound. A collection of texts about Brecht's work with contributions by M. Abramson A. Gurevitch and N. Klesnitski; Hugh Thomas; Frederico Chabod; Enzo Collotti; Paolo Chiarini; Elisabeth Roudinesco; Walter Benjamin two pieces; and one piece by Brecht; "Diário de Trabalho algumas páginas. Grupo de Capolide Almada unknown books
1952rif. 523465Dresden: Veb Verlag der Kunst 1952. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Text in German. Four publications in an illustrated publisher's chemise as issued. The first three are octavos plain wrappers in printed dust jackets: 29pp. 26pp. 28pp. plus folding plate; plus a small pamphlet of press reviews: Bertolt Brecht: Theatre Arbeit. Includes the text of the play a book of notes and reflections on the play by Ruth Berlau Brecht's secretary and assistant a photo-essay on the first performance Szenenfotos der Auffuhrungen Paris Kopenhagen Greifswald and a small collection of excerpts from press reviews. All four publications are in fine condition housed in publisher's illustrated folding cardboard chemise with very light rubbing and fading at extremities else near fine. Uncommon. Veb Verlag der Kunst unknown books
1979rif. 398068Philadelphia: The Brecht Theatre of Temple University 1979. Unbound. Near Fine. 8.5" x 11". Photocopy. Old folds as mailed near fine. Addressed and mailed on verso undated but postmarked in 1979. The flyer describes the show as "A bizarre goofy farout original performance art junk collage." OCLC not surprisingly locates no copies. The Brecht Theatre of Temple University unknown books
