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1915réf. 022545Akron / New York: Saalfield Publishing 1915. First American Edition . Green Cloth / Gilt. Very Good /No DJ. Drawings. 174 Pp. First American Edition Using English Sheets. Undated But 1915 Per Worldcat. Light Wear No Fraying Cover Gilt Brilliant Top Edge Dusty With A Little Foxing. Litho Or Woodblock Bookplate Of Horace Okey Son Of Hollywood Art Director Jack Okey With Southeast Asian Dance Theme. Saalfield Publishing hardcover
1971réf. 019246New York: Local 119 Drug and Hospital Union 1971. First Edition . Folded Sheet. Near Fine. Cover Portrait. Program for an evening in tribute to Paul Robeson Sr. with speakers Paul robeson Jr. Dizzy Gillespie Cleavon Little Tamiko Jones Leon Bibb Melba Moore Marian Moore and the Reggie Moore Trio and Irwin C Watson. With a carbon 47 line typescript summary of the proceedings and of what was said. The last paragraph notes the attendance of Cesar Chavez and his party noting his intention to organize a boycott of California lettuce. Local 119 Drug and Hospital Union unknown
1935réf. 024735Prague: K. Kriz 1935. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. 19" x 12 5/8. Green White and Black Photos and Plates. 58 Pp. Very Large Illustrated Brochure With History Of The Magician Harry August Jansen Who Performed As "Dante" Filed With Photographs And Text. Light Wear Folded Vertically In Two No Marks Or Stains. K. Kriz unknown
1934réf. 024613London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1934. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. Frontispiece Plates portrait photographs. Yellow Cloth 112 Pp. First Edition. Scarce Collection Of Short Views-On-Life From Well Known British Entertainment Celebrities. Book With No Wear But Dusty Spine A Little Aged. Dj Priced 3S6d With Wear And Small Losses At Corners No Loss Of Lettering Or Design Not Price-Clipped. George Allen & Unwin Ltd. hardcover
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
1950réf. 006879Circa 1950: Oliver Crawford 1950. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good . 48 44 30 Pp. Complete Carbon Typescript Of This Obscure Play About Responsibility And Readjustment In Post-War Occupied Germany. Crawford 1917-2008 Was One Of The Blacklisted Hollywood Writers. Crawford Was Summoned In 1953 To Appear Before The House Un-American Activities Committee Which Was Investigating Suspected Communist Sympathizers In Hollywood. Crawford Refused To Name Suspected Communists Sympathizers Within The Entertainment Industry. His Refusal To Implicate Anyone In Hollywood Led To His Blacklisting. He Overcame The Hollywood Blacklist During The Mccarthy Era Of The 1950S To Become One Of The Entertainment Industry's Most Successful Television Writers. He Wrote Many Episodes For Climax! Later Lawman Rawhide Bonanza Ben Casey The Outer Limits The Fugitive Gilligan's Island I Spy The Wild Wild West Star Trek The Iron Horse Mannix Land Of The Giants Medical Center Love American Style Lojak Petrocelli The Blue Knight And Kaz. Crawford Served On The Board Of Directors Of The Writers Guild Of America For 26 Years Following The Restoration Of His Screenwriting Career. His Position In The Writers Guild Allowed Him To Advocate For Financial Restitution For Victims Of The Hollywood Blacklist. Crawford Also Worked To Successfully Remove An Anti-Communist Loyalty Oath From Writers Guild's Membership Application Which Was A Holdover From The Hollywood Blacklist Era Oliver Crawford paperback
1698réf. 025240London: Isaac Cleave 1698. First Edition 1st Printing. Modern Morocco Over Boards. Very Good . 8 3/8 " Tall. 10 43 2 Ad At Rear. Rebound In Early Twentieth Century In Green Quarter Morocco Gilt Lettering On Spine Over Green Cloth Boards. Contents Complete Quite Browned But No Other Damage. Quite Scarce Only Two Copies In Worldcat Both In The Uk. Isaac Cleave hardcover
1940réf. 021803New York City: Federal Theatre Project 1940. Original Manuscript . Wrappers / Metal. Very Good. Original manuscript typed carbon. Ownership note of R Robert H. Breen on cover label and title page. Post-its from Chicago and Hollywood actor Arthur H Peterson Jr. noting that it was sent to him by "him" in 1940. The play does not appear in the Prouty archives at George Mason University but apparently there is a copy at the NYPL and another at Kent State. Conkle wrote for the Federal Theatre Project. Peterson wrote and also directed The Little Theatre off Bughouse Square in Chicago as producer and director. [Federal Theatre Project] unknown
réf. 020903Milano: G. G. Gorlich. Original Edition . Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. B/W Photographs. Xl 184 Pp. Of Plates. Beige Cloth. Entirely Filled With Photos And Drawings Of Stage Design And Costumes. Printed In Italy. No Names Or Marks But Text Pages Quite Aged Cloth Frayed At Corners. Scarce G. G. Gorlich hardcover
1921réf. 008360Pasadena: Pasadena High School 1921. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. 68 Pp. The Popular Actor Victor Jory 1902-1982 Moved To Pasadena From His Native Alaska And Attended High School There. For This Issue Of The Item He Was Awarded The English Department's First Place Literary Prize Of $10 For His Very Short Story "The Coward" Here Reprinted With A Full Page Plate By Jack Garfield Illustrating The Story. Very Scarce; This Is The First Copy Of This Issue I Have Seen. Chipping To Covers Minor Except For A 1" Chip To Front Cover Adjacent To Center Of Spine Removing Part Of The Cover Illustration. Pasadena High School unknown
1934réf. 018135Grand Rapids MI: The Irwin Seating Company / Steel Furniture Co. 1934. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine. Color & B/W Illustrations Throughout. 32 pp. Catalogue of theatrical seating including deluxe versions used in 1930's movie houses. The Irwin Seating Company / Steel Furniture Co. unknown
1941réf. 006841New York: Beetha Klausner 1941. First Edition . Artists' Agency Binder. Very Good. Carbon Of Original Typescript Of This Play About Italian-Americans In Chicago Which Ran For 29 Performances On Broadway In 1941. Folder And Stamp Of Ny Literary Agent Bertha Klausner / International Literary Agency Inc. . Beetha Klausner unknown
1927réf. 018916New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1927. First Edition . Red Cloth. Very Good. 178 Pp. Maroron Cloth Stamped In Gilt. Nicely Inscribed "To Richie Ling From His Grateful Friend R E Sherwood April 1927" On Front Endpaper. Richie Ling 1867-1937 Was A Broadway Actor 1899-1937 But Was Best Known For Playing The Role Of Fabius Maximus In This Play. Sherwood Would Have Been Grateful To The Actor For Contributing To Its Success Which Gave A Major Boost To Sherwood's Career.Some Wear A Few Points Beginning To Fray At Top Of Spine Hinges Tight Endpapers A Little Browned No Dust Jacket. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1992réf. 003776Woodstock Illinois: The Dramatic Publishing Company 1992. First Edition . Wrappers. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 7 1/4" Tall. 105 Immaculate Pages. Softcover Apparently First Edition. Alan Jay Friedman's Business Card Stapled To Inside Front Cover. The Dramatic Publishing Company unknown
1932réf. 021854Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1932. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 36 Pp. Grey Wrappers Printed In Black. A Fantasy Written As A Play Describing A Fantastic Future In 1981 Where Life Insurance Has Been Rationalized As A Nationalized Benefit And A Retirement System Costs Depending Upon Risks With Favoritism For Families To Correct A Declining Birth Rate. Very Scarce Just Two Copies In Oclc; This Example From The Comprehensive Sf Collection Of Forrest Ackerman. Cambridge University Press unknown
1950réf. 005185New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8 1/4" High. 188 Pp. Red Cloth Gilt. No Additional Printing Indicated. Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $2.75. Clean Unmarked Pages. No Inscriptions. Dj Spine Faded And Slightly Worn Top And Bottom Edges. Dj With A 1/4" Closed Vertical Tear Rear Panel Bottom Edge. Dj Not Price-Clipped And In A Protective Mylar Cover. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover
1927réf. 018151New York : Boni & Liveright Inc. 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine Dustjacket. 8 3/8 " High. Three Different Editions: A Fine Copy Of The Signed Limited First Edition Of The Book Signed By O'neill In A Near Fine Original Slipcase. Also Included Is The First Trade Edition Near Fine In A Near Fine Unfaded Dust Jacket Not Price-Clipped. Also Included Is A Unique Copy Of The Third Printing February 1928 The Printing Just Before The First Production Of The Play At The Pasadena Playhouse. Prepared By Or For Claude D. Seaman Of The Standard Lighting Company Los Angeles With His Name On Front Endpaper Carefully Blocked In Ink. Printed Heading By Hand On First Blank "World Premiere/ Of O'neill's/ "Lazarus Laughed"/ Pasadena Community Playhouse/ April 9 - 1928"; Repeated On Verso; Half Title With Line For Author's Signature But He Was Not Present And This Line Is Thus Blank; Verso With "World Premiere." Text Repeated With Lines For Director Musical Director Director Of Movement Art Director Production Manager Business Manager And The Chairman Of The Production Committee Each Line Signed By The Person Holding That Position; Title Page; Verso Is Copyright Page; Synopsis Page; Verso Are Lines Drawn And Extended To Each Of The "Characters" Listed On The Following Page Each Line Signed By The Person Who Played That Part Maurice Wells Thus Signing Twice 14 Signatures In All; "World Premiere" Text Repeated At Foot Of Characters Page And Again On Verso; "Act One" Title Page; Verso Repeats Then "World Premiere.' Text Followed By Lijnes For Each Of The Producing Staff / Setting Including The Designer James Hyde And 11 Others. With Laid In Loosely The Los Angeles Newspaper Review By The Spectator Of The Production Which Shortly Moved To The Hollywood Music Box Theatre With A Clipped Newspaper Ad For The Production Citing A Cast Of 250 And A Production Cost Of $100000. The Play Has Since Been Produced Only Four Times Due In Part To The Expense And Difficulty But Also To Its Philosophical Didactic Yet Confrontational Tone Which Has Not Set Well With General Audiences Since The Original Use Of This Dramatic Form Several Thousand Years Past. Irving Pichel 1891-1954 Played The Title Role. He Also Played The Servant Sandor In Dracula's Daughter Fagin In The 1933 Film Oliver Twist And About 57 Other Films 1930-1939 With Minor Roles In Films He Later Directed. He Directed Films 1932-1954 Including The Most Dangerous Game She Earthbound Hudson's Bay The Moon Is Down They Won't Believe Me The Miracle Of The Bells Destination Moon And Santa Fe. In 1947 Hje Was One Of The Hollywood 19 Subpoened By The House Un-America Activities Committee; He Was Not Called To Testify But Was Blacklisted Requiring Him To Work Outside The Us. Victor Jory 1902-1982 Was Canadian Attended School In Pasadena Appeared In Theatre All Over The Us And Made His Motion Picture Debut In 1930 Later Appearing In Over 150 Pictures And Dozens Of Tv Episodes. Note That This Book Is Not Signed By O'neill. Gilmor Brown Producer Of The Play Was Director Of Public Speaking And Dramatics At Caltech Later Director Of The Pasadena Playhouse And Responsible For Making It Into One Of The Premier Small Theatres In The U.S. From The 1920'S Into The 1950'S Routinely Featuring Prominent Starring Actoirs And Furnishing An Entree For Many Actors Who Later Became Successful In Motion Pictures And Tv. Boni & Liveright, Inc. hardcover
1934réf. 001550Madrid: Espasa-calpe S. A. 1934. Segunda Edicion En Sus Notas . Tan Wrappers. Good. 7 1/2" High. 274 Pp. Softcover. Segunda Edicion De J. Moreno Villa Corrigida Y Augmentada En Sus Notas. First Printing Thus With 1934 Date On Title Page And Front Cover. Wear At Edges Including Short Tears A Few Pencil Notes And Underlinings Including Summary Of Contents On Front Endpaper. Espasa-calpe, S. A. unknown
1737réf. 026427London: J Watts 1737. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 7 7/8" Tall. Frontispiece. Title; Dedication; Preface; Prologue; 61 Pp; Epilogue; 4 Pp Advertisements At End. Newly Rebacked To Style In Full Red Morocco With Original Morocco Boards Ornately Gilt With Gilt Crowns And Gilt Tooling At Center And Elaborate Gilt Borders On Both Boards. Original Marbled Endpapers With Old Heraldic Bookplate Of Joseph S Shepard. J Watts hardcover
2026réf. x-1009466461Cambridge University Press 2026. Hardcover. New. 75 pages. 6.00x0.25x9.00 inches. Cambridge University Press hardcover
2026réf. x-1350556998Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2026. Hardcover. New. 144 pages. 5.08x1.11x7.79 inches. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc hardcover
1707réf. 62995Bologna: Per Constantino Pisarri 1707. 12mo 14cm. Later stiff card binding all edges marbled; 1-2 3-96pp; decorative relief initials. Sound short tear to B10 else Very Good. Dedicated to Lodovico Rangoni. Vivaldi would write an opera based on this story in 1719. 5 copies recorded in OCLC none of which are in the US through 2 are recorded at Toronto. 62995. Per Constantino Pisarri unknown
1927réf. 88278New York: Longmans Green and Co 1927. First Edition. Octavo 20cm; brown cloth spine over terracotta paper-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and titling and decorations stamped in brown on front cover; black topstain; fore- and lower-edges untrimmed; dustjacket; vi23-1664pp. Some pages of text unopened. Light shelf-wear with rubbing to board edges; Very Good. Dustwrapper unclipped tanned with modest shelf-wear and -soil and tiny tears to extremities; Very Good. Dustwrapper includes no priority markings and includes the same price and reviews as other jacket variant. Anderson's third play concerning the marital difficulties of a young New York couple. Twice adapted for film first in 1929 by Gregory La Cava and again in 1940 by Vincent Sherman in a film starring John Garfield Anne Shirley and Claude Rains. 88278. Longmans, Green and Co unknown
2026réf. x-1350569682Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2026. Hardcover. New. 272 pages. 6.14x0.87x9.21 inches. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc hardcover
2014réf. __3841797709Éditions universitaires européennes 2014. Paperback. New. 116 pages. French language. 8.66x5.91x0.27 inches. Éditions universitaires européennes paperback
