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1979ref. 392271New York: The Poetry Project 1979. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Folio. Mimeographed leaves printed rectos only in stapled wrappers illustrated by Rochelle Kraut. A little age-toning and faint splash marks on the rear wrap else near fine. "Grand Union is a one-shot magazine composed of poems written by participants in Neil Hackman's Poetry & Meditation Workshop sponsored by The Poetry Project." Contributors include Rochelle Kraut Ron Padgett Maureen Owen and others. OCLC locates two copies. The Poetry Project unknown books
1985ref. 387856New York: St. Martin's Press 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Slight edgewear else near fine in a very good dust jacket with creasing and short tears. St. Martin's Press hardcover books
1989ref. 353015New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. First American edition. About very good with bottom edge nicked affecting twenty pages and a bump on the spine in a fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by author on front fly. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1979ref. 353325London: Hansom Books 1979. Softcover. Near Fine. Magazine. Quarto stapled wrappers. 50pp. Ex-library sticker on front wrap else near fine. Featuring an article on A Respectable Wedding by Bertolt Brecht starring Polly Hemingway. Also Part Two of David Rudkin's Hippolytus. Hansom Books unknown books
1977ref. 341886New York: Vehicle Editions 1977. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. 12mo. Illustrated wrappers. Near fine with very slight soiling. One of 500 copies. Inscribed by the author. Kathy Acker blurb. Vehicle Editions unknown books
1971ref. 332385New York: Genesis: Grasp Press 1971. Unbound. Near Fine. First edition. Foreword by Lewis MacAdams. Printed wrappers. A trifle soiled else near fine. The author's first book written when he was sixteen. Genesis: Grasp Press unknown books
1928ref. 98480New York: Robert M. McBride 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition in English. Translated by Ernest Boyd. Front hinge a little tender else near fine in an attractive very good dustwrapper with shallow chipping at the crown and rear panel and some slight tanning. A famous French play basis for a 1949 film of the same name directed by Raymond Bernard and featuring Jean-Pierre Grenier and Viviane Romance. Aline Bernstein designed the set and costumes for the first performance in English which ran on Broadway for only fifteen performances. Scarce in jacket. Robert M. McBride hardcover books
1984ref. 87967Colchester: A Wake Newslitter Press 1984. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Wrappers. 50 6pp. Slight bend in front wrap still fine. Study of James Joyce from the University of Essex. A Wake Newslitter Press unknown books
ref. 498925New York: Random House 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. A fine bright copy in very good dust jacket with rubbing and wear and with a small chip at crown and short creased tears. A stage hit which was closely recreated on screen. Simon also wrote the screenplay Gene Saks directed both the play and the film and most of the cast returned save for Art Carney who was replaced by Jack Lemmon in one of his classic pairings with Walter Matthau. The film also featured several baseball players in cameos including the great Roberto Clemente in his only film appearance. Later the basis for the popular television series with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman. Random House hardcover books
1995ref. 447773New York: Random House 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Based on the author's experiences writing comedy for Sid Caesar. Basis for the television film directed by Richard Benjamin. Random House hardcover books
ref. 437703New York: Random House 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a lightly rubbed thus near fine dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. A stage hit which was closely recreated on screen. Simon also wrote the screenplay Gene Saks directed both the play and the film and most of the cast returned save for Art Carney who was replaced by Jack Lemmon in one of his classic pairings with Walter Matthau. The film also featured several baseball players in cameos including the great Roberto Clemente in his only film appearance. Later the basis for the popular television series with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman. A nice copy of a scarce first edition. Random House hardcover books
ref. 350179New York: Random House 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second edition. A trifle rubbed at the base of the spine else fine in lightly worn near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Neil Simon. A play that featured Gwen Verdon in the title role; it was the basis for the 1969 Bob Fosse film featuring Shirley McLaine and with a screenplay co-written by Federico Fellini. Random House hardcover books
1985ref. 353420New York: Random House 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book club edition. Near fine with light foxing on the endpapers in a very good dust jacket with some soiling and offsetting. A sequel to the author's autobiographical Brighton Beach Memoirs. Matthew Broderick and Penelope Ann Miller starred in both the Broadway production and the Mike Nichols-directed film. Random House hardcover books
1970ref. 299721New York: Random House 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small bookstore stamp front fly near fine in age-toned about very good dustwrapper. Card Signed by the author laid in. Successful play which was the basis for the Gene Saks film featuring Alan Arkin and Sally Kellerman. Random House hardcover books
1959ref. 94364New York: W.W. Norton 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. A couple of very faint spots on the boards still fine in a fresh fine dustwrapper with two tiny tears and some foxing visible only internally. A lovely copy as the red-orange spine invariably fades. Humorous novel poking fun at major British institutions: the foreign office trade unions and big business. Basis for the John Boulting film featuring Ian Carmichael Terry-Thomas Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough. W.W. Norton hardcover books
1959ref. 77969New York: W.W. Norton 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Small owner label on the front fly else fine in an unspine-faded near fine dustwrapper with a short tear at the crown. A better than usual copy as the red-orange spine invariably fades. Humorous novel poking fun at major British institutions: the foreign office trade unions and big business. Basis for the John Boulting film featuring Ian Carmichael Terry-Thomas Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough. W.W. Norton hardcover books
1985ref. 588756Metuchen New Jersey: Scarecrow Press 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. With an Introduction by Robert Peters and a Preface by David Ignatow. Navy blue cloth titled in white. Page edges foxed very good or better. From the library of poet and author of the preface David Ignatow with a lovely Inscription by Perchik on the front fly Ignatow's wife Rose has been added using a different pen. Poetry by "the most widely published unknown poet in America" according to Library Journal issued as Poets Now 9. Scarecrow Press hardcover books
1996ref. 522841Gallup NM: Dusty Dog Press 1996. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Introduction by Edward Butscher. Fine in stapled wrappers. From the library of fellow poet David Ignatow who contributes a blurb to the back cover. Inscribed by the author to Ignatow: "6/29/96 For Dave- to whom I owe so much. Love S." Poetry by "the most widely published unknown poet in America" according to Library Journal. Uncommon. Dusty Dog Press unknown books
1977ref. 589368Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company 1977. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Salmon wrappers. Glue darkened on the front wrapper thus very good. Doubleday & Company unknown books
1994ref. 590257Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 195pp. Illustrated with five photographic plates. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight rubbing and a touch of edgewear. A collection of memoirs from 20 people who knew Stein well including novelists Sherwood Anderson and Thorton Wilder bookseller Sylvia Beach photographer Carl Van Vechten and more. University of Nebraska Press hardcover books
1987ref. 298196West Yorkshire: The Fleece Press 1987. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in patterned cloth boards with a paper label to the spine; 40 pages. with eight wood engravings and preliminary pages with a sampe of patterend binding paper; one of ninety five copies bound in Laura Ashley cloth.~~. Near Fine binding. The Fleece Press unknown books
1979ref. 572604Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company 1979. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Tall green wrappers. Toning else near fine. Doubleday & Company unknown books
ref. 575218Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Chalk-style lithograph portrait of Thomas A. Edison. Matted to 9.75" x 12". Portrait of Edison with his facsimile signature beneath the portrait. Artist signature reproduced on the image "S. Werner 1931" and additionally Signed in pencil beneath the image "Simon Werner" and numbered by his as number 10 of an unknown limitation. A little clumsily affixed to backer board although removable else very near fine. A portrait of Edison previously unknown to us. hardcover books
1989ref. 580285London: The Gay Men Press 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 167pp. Pages toned else near fine without a dust jacket as issued. The Gay Men Press hardcover books
2005ref. 580797London: Faber and Faber 2005. Softcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Trade paperback. 352pp. Book very slightly warped very good. A biography of the silent comedy star. Faber and Faber unknown books
