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1908129,1p., 20 col. plates. Hardcover Very good condition, in gilt stamped green cloth, some foxing of endpapers, hinges lightly rubbed, small spot on rear cover
1898réf. 105781BBParis, Librairie Dentu, o. J. (1898). Gr.-8° (23,5 x 15,5 cm). 160 S. Dunkelblauer Maroquinband der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückentitel, floraler Rückenvergoldung, goldgepr. dreifachen Deckelfiletten, Innenkantenvergoldung u. Goldschnitt (Orig.-Umschlag beigebunden; signiert: (René Victor) Chambolle). (Bibliotheque speciale de la Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques).
19244 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, free endpapers lightly browned as usual; tan boards, brown buckram backs with printed paper labels, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp, clean set. EDITION LIMITED TO 900 NUMBERED SETS (THIS SET NO. 156). This remains the only complete collection of Wycherley's works. The set comprises Vol. I: Introduction, Love in a Wood, The Gentleman Dancing-Master; Vol. II: The Country Wife, The Plain Dealer, Letters; Vol. III: Miscellany Poems; Vol. IV: Miscellaneous Poems, Hero and Leander, Posthumous Works. A lovely set.
1893A SIGNED LARGE PAPER COPY of this melodrama by Legendre, a very successful fin-de-siËcle French playwright. vi, 192 pp. ONE OF ONLY 25 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON FINE DUTCH LAID PAPER ("Hollande") WITH HUGE MARGINS (regular copies are printed on cheap wood-pulp paper, and are now crumbling into dust). SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo, original wraps. Wraps torn at spine but complete. Internally clean.
3 Vols., 1662pp., orig. cloth. The prestigious series 'Records of Early English Drama' aim is to make available historical transcripts of early English drama, music, ceremonies, dance and other forms of communal public entertainment in Britain from the Middle Ages to 1642, when the Puritans closed theatres and prohibited musical and dramatic performances. This volume contains primary sources for the county of Kent, with introductory material providing context. One chapter gives an overview of why certain forms of entertainment existed locally, and descriptions of various customs throughout the calendar year. This work is extremely interesting for anyone concerned with social history, popular culture and the history of performing arts.
1903This is Vol. VII from a work that was to be published in twenty volumes. pp. (14), 348 + Four Water-Colored Illustrations, printed in duplicate, in photogravure + another pair uncolored. Numerous watercolor marginal designs, decorations illuminations and illustrations in the text. All illustrations and text printed on Imperial Japan Vellum imported expressly for this work. 8vo. 240 mm. All edges gilt. Bound in full Seal-skin, tanned, inlaid and embossed with a colorful coat of arms. The book is doublured with Water Color Illustrated Panels of Satin; laid within a leather frame, handsomely decorated in gilt and with color leather inlays; faced by watered silk fly leaves. Preserved in a custom satin lined box. The box is now somewhat worn, but the book is still extra fine. ONE OF AN EDITION LIMITED TO ONLY EIGHT COPIES! The price on each volume, when issued in 1903, was $300.00! We will attach a picture of one of the water color painted doubleur panels. Quite remarkable! **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN 5 Box 1
1822Twelve Volumes. Engraved illustrations. All edges marbled. Slightly age stained. 12mo. Original full cloth bindings, decorated in blind. Gilt lettered spines. Slight loss at head and tail of spines. Hardbound. A large collection of English plays. Each work bound with an individual title page, and sometimes an engraved frontispiece. Pagination not continuous. Fascinating collection of early nineteenth century plays. A very nice set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SET/W56
1823Bound in brown marbled boards. Black spine label with gilt lettering to spine. Corners and spine ends edgeworn. Rubbing to boards. Colour flecking off in places of boards. Pages age-toned. Foxing passim. Former owner's name with note in ink to ffep. ; Hippolytus: (1823) Xxxii, 416 pp + Diatribe (1824) viii, 328 pp Text in Greek, notes and commentary in Latin. ; 744 pages
1824Bound in brown marbled boards. Black spine label with gilt lettering to spine. Corners and spine ends edgeworn. Rubbing to boards. Colour flecking off in places of boards. Cracks along joints of spine cover. Pages age-toned. Foxing passim. Former owner's name with note in ink to ffep. ; Vol I: (1824) XVIII, 489 pp + vol. II: (1824) 370 pp Text in Greek and Latin. ; 2 Vols in 1; Vol. 1/2/2022; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 744 pages
1761réf. 20154o.O, nach 1760 (1760 erschien anonym der Text des Bühnenstücks, 1761 wurde es von J.J. Ch. Bode ins Deutsche übersetzt). ca. 18, 5 x 11,5 cm, fadengeheftet, schlichter Papierumschlag der Zeit, jedoch rundum Goldschnitt.
1821réf. 951895London: John Murray. 1821. Octavo. 217 x 138 mm. (Traces of use, an attractive binding.) [4 Warenabbildungen] viii, 439, [1] pp. Ganzleder Handeinband der Zeit mit Goldprägung und dreiseitigem Goldschnitt, Rücken erneuert,
1996réf. 12469Tübingen, Niemeyer, 1996/1997. 1. Auflage "8° (18,5-22,5 cm). 642; 360 SS." OLeinwand mit OKlarsichtumschlag in OSchuber
réf. 9112London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, MCMXXII. 1 volume in-folio, reliure moderne plein cuir, 36 pp. + 6 pp., enrichi de 9 peintures en couleurs et de 21 dessins de la plume de Jacovleff ainsi que de 10 gravures liées au théâtre, très bon état. A very good copy rebound in modern leather with a 6 pages study of theatrical engravings, depicting 10 theatrical scenes.
1924réf. 5625Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, Potsdam, 1924. 147(1) S., OBroschur (dieser am oberen Kapital eingerissen). An den Rändern unbeschnitten. Inliegend ein Zeitungsartikel zur Uraufführung des Stückes in Hamburg 1993. Sehr selten. Der Einband verschmutzt, der Buchblock ist fest, löst sich allerdings vom Einband. Bis auf den beschriebenen Mangel ein gutes Exemplar. Good copy of this very rare book.
réf. 2066Petit in 8 broché,carré couverture imprimée,126 pages,A la librairie théâtrale 1851 avec mention de nouvelle édition. (la date de 1851 est au bas de la page de titre,et la couverture est à la date de 1852)
1962réf. 006892New York / Toronto / Los Angeles 1962 / 1985/ 1989: Dore Schary / Mike Zimring Agency 1962. Typescript . Loose Sheets. Very Good . A group of original typescript and mimeo versions of one of Ted Allan's best plays. 1 about 75 pp of original and some carbon typescript of one of Allan's approximately 45 versions of the play his son says he was never satisifed with the ending in particular but these versions differ in stage directions and text throughout. Such typescript from Allan is scarce as the stored box of his various versions of this play was intentionally destroyed after his death. This version differs textually from each of the other versions offerred here. 2 A complete version of the play with title indicating it was directed by Sean Connery and produced by Dore Schary with an address of 850 Seventh Avenue NY telephoine CO 5-2290 probably the original 1962 version. 3 Complete text of the "Revised Version 1985 itself with considerable additonal pencil changes and massive deletions and three pages of pencil notes by writer/director/producer Louis Brandt. Brandt was a once-blacklisted Hollywood writer. 4 The Sport of Gods screenplay in glossy wraps August 1989. "This play is a drastic rewrite of "The Secret of the World" produced in 1962 at the Theatre Royale East Stratford London by Oscar Lewenstein and Michael White. Although the theme of disillusionment and the fall of kings remains the same the plot has been altered as to make it a new play. Hence the new title" from title page. Dore Schary / Mike Zimring Agency unknown
1960réf. 032340New York: Roger L. Stevens Circa 1959 Or 1960 / Wm. Morris Agency 1960. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Studio Copy Of The Original Script For The Three Act Version By Gore Vidal With No Other Authors Credited. Black Wraparound Card Covers Lettered In Silver "Hart Stenographic Bureau / 156 West 44Th Street New York 36 Judson 2-1253" Title At Center.Title Page With Wm. Morris Agency Sticker And Roger L Stevens Name And Address At Bottom No Copyright Notice Or Date But Probably Circa 1959/1960. Cast Of Characters Page Act One Scene Page 36 Pp26 Pp 23 Pp Each Act Numbered Separately By Act Scene And Page. Inked Number "44" At Top Of Title Page Which Apparently Is The Tracking Number For A Limited Distribution. Our Researches Indicate Only One Institutional Holding In Arizona. Roger L. Stevens Circa 1959 Or 1960 / Wm. Morris Agency paperback
1842réf. 184141st edition. All text in French/langue francaise. Very Good HCs no DJs. Full dark green morocco leather over boards; covers blindstamped with strapwork and floral centerpiece within gilt roll frames; gilt roll twist along all cover edges; spine gilt stamped with titles and arabesques; gilt stamped at spine tails: 'College Royal de Charlemagne Prix'; marbeled textblock edges; dark brown tigre marbled end papers; intact blue silk ribbon markers. Bright clean covers and spines; lightly scuffed; slight rubbing wear at cover fore corners boards just exposed at upper corners; tightly bound; clean interiors with occasional very light foxing. 12mo 1187 total pp paged 558 629. See OCLC #16111713. Paris: Chez Lefevre, Editeur; Chez Garnier Freres hardcover
2000réf. 15474Easton CT: Easton Press 2000. Signed by Harold Pinter on the colophon. Certificate signed by Harold Pinter Angela Cheyne and Publisher Roy S. Pfeil. First Limited edition / First printing. Gray leather. Very fine. Certificate of Authenticity and A Note About the Homecoming laid in. Easton Press, hardcover
1923réf. 951338New York: The Gilliss Press for Grolier Club. 1923. Octavo, 23,4 cm. (Near fine.) [5 Warenabbildungen] Heliogravure frontispiece, xx, 133, [1] pp. Original blue boards, printed title-label on spine, uncut,
196080 pages. Features: Are Space Probes Worth It? - L.V. Berkner argues yes; Drama of the Secretary-General of the U.N. (Dag Hammarskjold) in photos; No, it is Not Money Down the Drain - foreign aid is doing some good - two Asian students speak; It's Now Forty Pay-Later Billions - article about American consumer debt; Venus Wasn't a Shot-Putter - article on athletic women and their attractiveness to men; 'My Friends' (You Assorted Nitwits) - humorous dissection of election speeches; Of the 'Peaceable Kingdom' - Edward Hicks was America's greatest primitive painter; Francisco Franco Ponders - What Kind of King will succeed him? - Don Juan or Juan Carlos; The Rolls-Royce Keeps Rolling Along - a look at the luxury auto brand; Magnificent color-photo centerfold ad for Rheingold lager beer features the candidates for Miss Rheingold '61 riding in a white Lincoln Continental convertible - Liz Gardner, Barbara Weingarth, Annette Cash, Peggy Jacobsen, Linday Bromley and Janet Mick; Nice color-photo ad for Dr. Posner scientific shoes; Article on Ocean Grove, NJ; How Black is the White Lie?; Interior design photos of built-ins - beds, closets, chests, etc.; Vintage ad for Puritron air cleaners; Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Moderate chipping and yellowing at periphery. A sound copy. Book
1931Pages 60-108. Features: Bold red and black ad for C.I.L's Dominion Ammunition inside front cover; Wonderful full-page photo of a fashionable young couple in contemporary swimwear at the Radium Hot Springs drinking fountain; The Story of the Canadian Forestry Association; Photo of crowd at the Fairy Lake ski jump near Hull, Quebec; Winter Tenting has its compensations; Trees produce successive crops; Grey Owl's beloved beavers are killed; The Dogs of the Trails - sleigh dogs delight in hard work when well treated; Leaks in our Game Supply - Part 2 by Hamilton M. Laing; ; Doctor Forest - Wholesale Druggist - good medicine found in the forest - some of which is worth more than its weight in gold; This Game Warden has a Man's Job - Sergeant Rose enforces Canadian law over 190,000 square miles; Birds of the Bread Line - they bring drama and romance to the window sill; Stalking a Lynx - by Bonnycastle Dale, Jr.; The Tree Acrobat (the Squirrel) - part 2, by A. Brooker Klugh; Tree Shelter Belt in Manitoba; Tree Tips from Nature; The Relation of Wood and Bark - function of cambium in their origin and growth - trees as historians; When Winter Comes in the Woods; The Pioneer Fishermen of the North, by Mary Loretto Weekes; Forestry in Sweden - many valuable suggestions in forestry may be obtained; Fantastic photo ad inside front cover by Mussens Limited shows their Fordson tractor modified for winter logging; Wonderful colour ad on back cover for Victoria's Empress Hotel 'climate tempered by the Japan current'. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. Minor nibbling to top of front cover - image unaffected. A sound vintage copy. Book
1964160 pages. Features: What was killed was not only the President but the Promise; How to Survive in the Kremlin; General Westmoreland - inheritor of a wretched war; The Road Back for teh G.O.P., by Jacob K. Javits; White Mercenaries on a 'rabbit hunt' in The Congo; Photos of the new Verrazano-Narrows bridge; Michelangelo Antonioni - 'Most Controversial Director'; Gallery of Presidential Also-Rans, including Goldwater-Miller; The dizzying pace of Luxembourger life - and why Common Market bureaucrats don't want to make it their headquarters; After the Yankees What? - a TV Drama - C.B.S, the Columbia Broadcasting System; New Musicals, New Songwriters; Petain - of Verdun, of Vichy, of history; When children don't achieve. Crossword completed in pencil. Moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
1998viii, (3), 292 pages. Index. Footnotes. "A work of genuine importance, this book enters into one of the more active ongoing conversations in early modern scholarship and makes a significant contribution to it. Explores the ways in which a range of early modern plays intervene in the ongoing reconceptualization of land and land ownerhip in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
196056 pages. Features: Tormented Officer in a 'Dirty War' - photos and article of French officer Captain de V. - torn between his soldier's conscience and practical demands in the Algerian fighting; Our Bases - Targets of Khrushchev - interesting photos; 'In-de-pen-Dance' Comes to the Congo - photo and article; Needed - A Credo for Foreign Aid - article discusses the need to re-examine our basic motives; Playing Politician Possum Isn't Easy - lie low while waiting to be drafted for a Presidential nomination; State of the Drama - Debate Continued - is our theatre too ful of violence, gloom and corruption?; At 80 - The Miracle of Helen Keller - article with photo; Double-Duty for a Noble Bridge - photo feature with explanation of how second (lower) deck is being added to the George Washington bridge due, in large part, to the original designers whose original design foresaw such a need; Color ad for Polish ham; Rhubard recipes; Nice one-page color ad for Yuban coffee; Attuning the Young to Music; Architectural photos of a fashionable dune home; Wonderful black and white 'Under the Sun' ladies' fashion photos by Hiro; Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray - article with photos; Numerous gorgeous color-photo fashion ads. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. Pages tender and partially yellowed. A worthy vintage copy. Book
