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Best.-Nr. 368441Helsinki: Eurographica 1962. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Self wrappers. Fine. Copy 9 of 350 copies Signed by the author. Eurographica unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 568155London: Faber and Faber 1968. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof of the first English edition. Pale brown unprinted wrappers. Fine. Faber and Faber unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 70386New York: Harlin Quist Incorporated 1970. Presumed first U.S. edition no other U.S. editions listed. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Unpaginated. Slim quarto 28.5 cm Burgundy cloth over boards. In the dust jacket with moderate creasing and chipping to the edges very subtle dampstaining along the top edge on the reverse and a barcode sticker on the rear panel. $4.25 price on dust jacket. With pictures by Etienne Delessert. "Ionesco's poker-faced absurdities and Delessert's uncanny illustrations reflect the interior world of childhood with immense originality. Their STORY NUMBER 1 and STORY NUMBER 2 must be considered among the most imaginative picture books of the Last decade." - Maurice Sendak. Harlin Quist, Incorporated hardcover books
1971Best.-Nr. 70330New York: Harlin Quist Incorporated 1971. Presumed first U.S. edition no other U.S. editions listed. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Unpaginated. Slim quarto 29 cm Brown paper over boards with white stamped illustration to front cover and white stamped title on spine. Boards just a hair warped. In the dust jacket with a 2" closed tear to the top edge and a 4" squiggly line impression to the rear panel. With pictures by Philippe Corentin. "STORY NUMBER 1 and STORY NUMBER 2 must be considered among the most imaginative picture books of the Last decade." - Maurice Sendak. Harlin Quist, Incorporated hardcover books
1996Best.-Nr. 30442Zurich: Edition Stemmle. Fine in Fine dj. c.1996. 1st English-language edition. Hardcover. lovely as-new copy with no discernible wear to either book or jacket. B&W photographs From the Romanian-born photographer's introduction: "To me photography is essentially a poetic medium. I think of it as a theatrical mode of writing somewhere to set down all my obsessively and tirelessly unfolding fantasies. Every session staged and conceived as a dramatic sequence integrates Woman into a world of dreams. Mythical and multiple Woman invented who by turns assumes the different facets of the hundreds of mirrors I ponder. I can only imagine eroticism in its metaphysical dimension. I adore all that is excessive dreamlike curious. So I have adopted as my own these words by Baudelaire: 'In art only the bizarre is beautiful.'" NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this heavy oversize book; if this concerns you please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. As always at ReadInk domestic Media Mail shipping is free. . Edition Stemmle hardcover books
1998Best.-Nr. 593752Annandale-on-Hudson New York: Bard College 1998. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition wrappered issue. Trade paperback. 381pp. advertisements. Printed wrappers. Light soiling on page edges near fine. Features a previously unpublished story by Truman Capote. Bard College unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 527443Harmondsworth Middlesex England: Penguin Books 1965. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Paperback original. Pages lightly toned tiny crease on rear cover near fine. Penguin Plays PL58. Penguin Books unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 396807East Hampton New York 1971. Unbound. Near Fine. Broadside. Illustrated by Isadore Seltzer. Measuring 11" x 17". Near fine with some toning. Poster for two performances at the Old Post Office Theatre in on Newtown Lane in East Hampton New York co-owned by photographer Ken Robbins who used the upstairs as his first dark room. The theatre specialized in avant-garde plays by the likes of Harold Pinter Terrance McNally Sam Shepard Eugene Ionesco Joe Orton Rochelle Owens Boris Vian Leonard Melfi and others. Drama apparently did not pay the bills so the theatre put the kibosh on live performance after just two seasons in favor of art house films. It was likely that few of these posters were made for each performance and even less that have survived. unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 314341New York: Grove Press Inc 1963. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition hardcover issue. Fine in fine dustwrapper. The hardcover issue of this play in uncommon. Grove Press, Inc hardcover books
1968Best.-Nr. 266375Phoenix: APA-Phoenix 1968. 24p 5.5x8.5 inches essays bio bibliography Ionesco chronology illustrated with production photos very good program booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. A special booklet prepared for the 1968 production of the Ionesco Absurdist drama. The Association of Producing Artists Broadway-bound production. APA-Phoenix unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 009141London and New York: Harlin Quist 1971 Violet cloth foxing to endpapers and a few pages crack in binding but holding; color illustrated dust jacket with sunned spine original price intact $4.50. A little girl and her father take an amazing journey through space. Surreal color illustrations. First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Illus. by Philippe Corentin. 4to. Harlin Quist hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 0394177460-7-1Henry Holt & Company. Acceptable. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting as well as stains bent corners or any other major defect but the text is not obscured in any way. Henry Holt & Company unknown
Best.-Nr. ANAIS-3908162521Edition Stemmle. hardcover. Good. 9.5X6.5X1.5. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Edition Stemmle hardcover
Best.-Nr. ANAIS-1936365510McSweeney's McMullens. hardcover. Good. 10x8x0.8. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. McSweeney's McMullens hardcover
Best.-Nr. SKU0581205Samuel French Inc 1960. paperback. Good. 5x0x8. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Tracking Samuel French, Inc paperback
Best.-Nr. SKU0628712Concord Theatricals 1960. paperback. New. 5x0x8. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Concord Theatricals paperback
1960Best.-Nr. 188898New York: Grove Press 1960. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 166 pages. Three plays by Ionesco translated from the French by Donald Watson. Includes "The Killers" "Improvisation or The Shepherd's Chameleon and "Maid To Marry." A clean near fine copy in gray cloth boards in a near fine price clipped dust jacket with some small edge tears and minor wear. Grove Press unknown
1958Best.-Nr. 188893New York: Grove Press 1958. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 166 pages. Three plays by Ionesco translated from the French by Donald Watson. A clean near fine copy in gray cloth boards in a very good dust jacket with some small edge tears and wear. Uncommon in the cloth version. Grove Press unknown
1972Best.-Nr. 77240London: Calder & Boyars. This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's brown cloth with bright gilt lettering to spine on blocked red to spinein a Near Fine Dust-Jacket which has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the wrapper.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Lovely clean bright copy with the text block remaining crisp and clean.Great copy for the collector of this uncommon title8vo 192pp First UK Edition 1st Impression 1972 . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1972. Calder & Boyars hardcover
Best.-Nr. 107744Paris: Gallimard 1975. INSCRIBED COPY WITH TWO TYPED LETTERS SIGNED First edition thus first impression. Out-of-series copy from an edition of 55 inscribed by the author "A H. Gene Blocker avec toute ma sympathie Eugène Ionesco" on the half-title. With two typed letters signed from Ionesco to Blocker who was professor of philosopher at Ohio University; the letters discuss the possibility of a lecture series in the United States. In the first letter dated 18 December 1975 Ionesco politely declines Blocker's invitation: "Unfortunately my command of English doesn't allow me to do a lecture in English. I just read some easy texts and I understand a little English language but I don't speak English at all. So I think that my visit to the States wouldn't be of any interest". The second letter dated 29 December reveals a volte-face. Ionesco having since received a letter dated 12 December and now writing in French thanks Block for his invitation which he is professedly keen to use in order to lecture on the Theatre of the Absurd and issues of intellectual freedom in Europe. He also encloses the present copy. This is the first edition of L'homme aux valises; A Hell of a Mess was the American title of Ce formidable bordel first published in 1973. Octavo. Original cream light card wrappers printed in red and black. Two laid-in foolscap typed letters 300 x 210 mm the first dated on copy paper the second on wove paper. Spine creased as usual a few faint markings to front panel and light crease to upper outer corner of rear. A very good copy. Letters neatly creased where folded the first with a few discreet uses of corrective fluid the second very slightly nicked at upper left corner and negligibly marked with very faint spotting along inner edge recto and verso: very good condition overall. unknown
1993Best.-Nr. DADAX2070386538Folio 1993-03-01. Student. mass_market. New. 4.33x0.39x7.09. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Folio unknown
1972Best.-Nr. DADAX2070362361Folio 1972-10-01. mass_market. New. 4.33x0.47x6.89. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Folio unknown
2012Best.-Nr. SONG1936365510McSweeney's McMullens 2012-09-11. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good. 8.00x0.75x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. McSweeney's McMullens hardcover
Best.-Nr. SBBI-SBL-028068George G.Harrap & Co Ltd 1966. Acceptable. Dustjacket missing; may have other wear and tear. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. George G.Harrap & Co Ltd unknown
1959Best.-Nr. 61619Paris Galliard 1959. 8vo. Uncut in the original wrappers. Minor wear with edges exhibiting slight signs of use. The cover is clean overall but has four small brown spots. Fine and tight. Internally exceptionally well-preserved clean and bright. First edition presentation-copy of one of Ionesco's most celebrated plays significant work in the Theatre of the Absurd. The copy is inscribed by Ionesco to front endpaper: "Pour Kjeld Abell - / Eugène Ionesco / avec sa reconnaissance / et son amitié. / E.I. / 9-25". With works like the present Eugène Ionesco helped found the important movement known as Theatre of the Absurd. The play explores themes of societal pressures conformity and the loss of individuality set in a town where the inhabitants gradually turn into rhinoceroses. Through the protagonist Berenger who resists the transformation Ionesco critiques totalitarianism the allure of mass movements and the fragile nature of human identity. Ionesco a Romanian-Frrench playwright bacame known for his rejection of traditional theatrical conventions and his focus on the absurdity of human existence. Alongside writers like Samuel Beckett he shaped post-war drama exploring existential themes through humor illogical dialogue and surreal situations. Le Rhinocéros is often interpreted as a commentary on the rise of fascism and the danger of unhecked ideologies though Ionesco insisted it was a more universal reflection on human nature. Its relevance endures as it invites readers and viewers to reflect on the role of the individual within the collective and the pressures to confirm even when that means losing one's humanity. The work is one of Ionesco's most celebrated plays alongside La Cantatrice chauve The Bald Soprano and La Leçon The Lesson and it soldified his reputation as a key figure in modernist literature. Kjeld Abell was a major Danish playwright and a key voice in mid-century European theatre. His bold innovative works anticipated many of the themes later explored by the Theatre of the Absurd. Abell often employed dream logic satire and non-linear structure to critique authoritarianism and explore existential dilemmas making him a highly relevant and meaningful dedicatee for this presentation copy. unknown
