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1970ref. 453279Gallimard 1970. Softcover. Very Good. Later printing. Mass market paperback. Illustrated wrappers by Steinberg. Text in French. Pages lightly age-toned wrappers creased very good. Gallimard unknown books
ref. 368441Helsinki: Eurographica 1962. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Self wrappers. Fine. Copy 9 of 350 copies Signed by the author. Eurographica unknown books
1959ref. JJ18821Paris: Gallimard 1959. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. Rare inscribed and signed copy of Ionesco's most famous work. Original wrappers worn; spine stained and repaired. Images upon request. Gallimard paperback books
1971ref. 54339NY:: Grove Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Helen R. Lane. First printing. Very good in a very good light rubbing dust jacket. . Grove Press, hardcover books
1963ref. 541750London: Royal Court Theatre 1963. Softcover. Near Fine. Program. Octavo. Stapled wrappers with "First Night" sticker on front wrap. Near fine with light wear and handwritten date on front wrap. A program from the opening night performance of this production starring Alec Guiness and Googie Withers the third play in Ionesco's "Berenger Cycle. Royal Court Theatre unknown books
1960ref. 541753London: Strand Theatre 1960. Softcover. Very Good. Program. Octavo. Stapled wrappers. Very good with wear to the spine horizontal crease and miniscule spot on the front wrap. A program from a performance of this second play in Ionesco's "Berenger Cycle" at the Strang Theatre following a month-long stint at the Royal Court Theatre. The production was co-directed by Orson Wells and starred with Maggie Smith Peter Sallis Michael Gough and Laurence Olivier who also co-directed. Strand Theatre unknown books
1960ref. 167786New York: Grove Press 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good minus Hardcover Book has light fraying of spine ends and cover corners soiling spine covers and foredges missing front endpaper. Clean text. Grove Press hardcover books
1978ref. 71665New York: Harlin Quist Inc 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Joel Naprstek. Unpaginated. Octavo 23.5 cm. Blue cloth over boards.Title stamped in white on the spine. Spine ends bumped. Slight fading at the head and the tail ends. Sticker on dust jacket. Dust jacket spine bumped. "'Story Number 1 and Story Number 2 are astonishingly written by Eugene Ionesco and lucky will be the parent whose task it is to read these slapstick comedies aloud In STORY NUMBER 1 we are introduced first to Josette who is thirty-three months old on a morning when her parents are still in bed.Eventually Josette pesters Papa into getting up and telling her a story so crazy that it probably will have to be read sixteen times.'"-from front dj flap. Harlin Quist Inc hardcover books
1978ref. 71662New York: Harlin Quist Inc 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Joel Naprstek. Unpaginated. Octavo 23.5 cm. Blue cloth over boards.Title stamped in white on the spine. Rubbing to spine head and corners. Board exposed on front head corner. Dust jacket is taped on the fore-edge and is torn at the head. "'Story Number 1 and Story Number 2 are astonishingly written by Eugene Ionesco and lucky will be the parent whose task it is to read these slapstick comedies aloud In STORY NUMBER 1 we are introduced first to Josette who is thirty-three months old on a morning when her parents are still in bed.Eventually Josette pesters Papa into getting up and telling her a story so crazy that it probably will have to be read sixteen times.'"-from front dj flap. Harlin Quist Inc hardcover books
1978ref. 011306NY: Harlin Quist 1978. 1st Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Naprstek Joel. Failly Gerard. Variant editions these the smaller format . Story 1 illustrated by Joel Naprstek Story 2 by Gerard Failly. Both fine in near fine dustjacket. Harlin Quist hardcover books
1978ref. 62892n.p.:: Harlin Quist. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0825281717 . Translated from the French by Calvin K. Towle. First printing thus. Near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Harlin Quist, hardcover books
1971ref. 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
1971ref. 310180New York: Harlin Quist 1971. hardcover. fine/fine. Philippe Corentin. Color illustrations by Philippe Corentin. Slim 4to brown cloth d.w. New York: Harlin Quist 1971. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Harlin Quist unknown books
1971ref. 35734NY:: Harlin Quist. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0825200652 . Illustrated by Philippe Corentin. Translated from the French by Ciba Vaughan. First edition thus. Fine in a fine. . Harlin Quist, hardcover books
1973ref. 66939Holland: Harlin Quist Inc 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good. Nicollet Jean-Michel. 20pp. Quarto 28.5cm Maroon cloth boards embossed with the number 4 on the Front Board. Title stamped in gold on backstrip. Bookplate with the name Carolyn Zeider on the front endpapers. Slightly soiled on top of backstrip and top corner of the back and front boards. Illustrated dust jacket. The Publisher of this book Harlin Quist reached notoriety for their off-beat avant-garde children's picture books which were often created using stories within the public domain and not usually picked for children to consume. Their most famous being the 4 part series of Story by Eugene Ionseco. This is the fourth book in the series Story Number 4 illustrated by Jean-Michel Nicollet. Harlin Quist, Inc hardcover books
1973ref. 310181New York: Harlin Quist 1973. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. Jean-Michel Nicollet. Color illustrations by Jean-Michel Nicollet. Slim 4to burgundy cloth d.w. New York: Harlin Quist 1973. First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Harlin Quist unknown books
1973ref. 105742NY:: Harlin Quist. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0825201101 . Illustrated by Jean-Michel Nicollet. Translated from the French by Ciba Vaughan. First edition thus. Fine in a very near fine price clipped. . Harlin Quist, hardcover books
1982ref. 27730NY: Grove 1982. First Evergreen Edition. 8vo pp. 160. Paper wraps. VG. Translated by Don Allen. The other plays are: The Lesson; Jack or The Submission; The Chairs. Grove unknown books
1969ref. 620083New York: Grove Press 1969. Softcover. Very Good. First American edition. Translated by Jean Stewart. Pictorial wrappers. Faint stain on topedge light edgewear very good. A collection of stories. Grove Press unknown books
1974ref. 601530New York: The Viking Press 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First English language edition. Translated from the French by Richard Seaver. Page edges foxed modest foxing on the binding and the first and last few pages thus very good in a toned and lightly rubbed very good dust jacket with a couple of small bumps and tiny tears and a crease on the rear flap. The Viking Press hardcover books
1974ref. 320046New York: Viking 1974. First. hardcover. fine/very good. Translated by Richard Seaver. Small 8vo cloth backed boards d.w. New York: Viking 1974. First American Edition. Viking unknown books
1983ref. 515131London: John Calder 1983. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Translated from the French by Richard Seaver. Small octavo. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Slightly sunned spine else near fine. Signed twice by the author once on the half-title and again on the title page. The playwright's only novel about an unnamed clerk who receives a large inheritance which allows him to quit his job and meditate on the human condition. John Calder unknown books
1960ref. 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 books
1960ref. 380044New York: Grove Press 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition hardcover trade issue. Translated from the French by Donald Watson. Corners a little bumped else near fine in lightly chipped very good dustwrapper. Handwritten note on front fly: "Grove Press File Copy". Scarce. Grove Press hardcover books
1954ref. 199309France: Gallimard 1954. Very Good. Rep. Very good. In French. Name inside cover cover browning. Gallimard unknown books