IONESCO, EugeneABAA
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1981ref. 523663Paris: Gallimard/ nrf 1981. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Octavo. 134pp. Ivory printed wrappers. Text in French. A fine copy in publisher's printed wrap-around band. Voyages Chez Les Morts Journeys Among the Dead was the author's final published play in his lifetime. Signed by Eugene Ionesco on the half-title. Gallimard/ nrf unknown books
1958ref. 264166Folio 1958. Softcover. Very Good. Very good Paperback text in French pages lightly browned. Folio unknown books
1978ref. 403485New York: Grove Press 1978. Softcover. Near Fine. Later printing. Printed wrappers. Near fine with light edgewear rubbing and curling on the front panel. Grove Press unknown books
1958ref. 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 books
1958ref. 391199New York: Grove Press 1958. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Trade paperback. Translated by Donald Watson. Creasing rubbing and short tears else very good. Includes "Amédée" "The New Tenant" and "Victims of Duty. Grove Press unknown books
1953ref. 86229Paris: Arcanes 1953. First "Locus Solus" Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's trademark bright red card wraps titled in black to spine and front wrap. Issued in a limitation of 2000 copies. 158pp; 1. Clean and bright some scuffing and rubbing to the extremities of the card wraps light wear to the spine ends; internally clean fresh untrimmed and unopened. A very good copy. A collection of four pieces of Ionesco's incendiary absurdist theatrical pieces; La Cantatrice Chauve La Leçon Jacques ou La Soumission and Le Salon de L'Automobile. Arcanes unknown books
1954ref. 199309France: Gallimard 1954. Very Good. Rep. Very good. In French. Name inside cover cover browning. Gallimard unknown books
1961ref. 619471London: The Sherval Press for The London Magazine 1961. Softcover. Fine. Volume 1 No. 1 New Series. Octavo. 96pp. Illustrated. About fine with a bit of light wear. Contributions by Derek Walcott Philip Larkin Ted Hughes Eugene Ionesco and others. The Sherval Press for The London Magazine unknown books
1957ref. 105162Surrey: William Heinemann Ltd 1957. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Very good in lightly worn wrappers top corner bumped and some staining on first page of advertisements. William Heinemann Ltd unknown books
1960ref. 33387New York: Grove Press 1960. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Grove Press 1960. First Grove Press Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price $3.95; 159pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins jacket verso quite foxed front flyleaf and half title page unevenly toned from exposure to previously-removed news clipping else Very Good and sound. Grove Press 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
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
1969ref. UIONCOL00drpGrove Press 1969. Very Good. Ionesco Eugene. The Colonel's Photograph and Other Stories. Stewart Jean; Russell John. NY: Grove Press 1969. 1st American edition. 177pp. 8vo. Lime Green 1/4 cloth. Book condition: Very good with bumped spine ends. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light soiling on panels and rubbed edges. Grove Press hardcover 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
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
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
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. 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
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
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. 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. 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
