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Royal American Symphonic Theater. A Radical Proposal for a Subsidized Professional Theater.
KRAWITZ, HERMAN & KLEIN, HOWARD. · 1975 · Chilton Books
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
New York & London: Macmillan, 1975. 1st ed. "A provocative, practical, and eminently useful book packed with significant facts." Pp. 11/211. Black cloth, black boards, d/w has edge chipping. G+/G+.
The Iceman, The Arsonist and the Troubled Agent. Tragedy and Melodrama on the Modern Stage.
HEILMAN, ROBERT BECHTOLD. · 1973 · Chilton Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1973. 1st British ed. "Essential and enjoyable reading for students of literature and drama (both graduate and undergraduate) and lovers of the theatre.." Pp. 18/357. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w edges rubbed with small closed tear to r...
One. Interior. Day. Adventures in the Film Trade.
HARWOOD, RONALD. · 1978 · Chilton Books
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
London: Secker & Warburg, 1978. 1st ed. Collection of nine stories, dealing with the adventures of the young British writer Edward Lands. Pp. 146. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w. VG/VG.
Emigrant in Motley. The Journey of Charles and Ellen Kean in quest of a theatrical fortune in Australia and America, as told in their hitherto unpublished letters.
HARDWICK,J.M.D.(EDITOR). · 1954 · Chilton Books
£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)
London:Rockliff,1954. 1st ed. Pp.20/260,colour frontis. + 35 further b/w and colour plates + 3 line illustrations,embossed Harrods Library stamp to verso rear board. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, slightly rubbed. G+.
Paul, A Bondslave. A Radio Play.
WILLIAMSON, HUGH ROSS. · 1945 · Chilton Books
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
London: SCM, 1945. 1st ed. The play is an illuminating commentary on the apostle's life and work. Pp. 140, owner's bookplate to fep. Light blue cloth, d/w has slight rubbing. G+/G+.
Marry Me. A Romance.
UPDIKE, JOHN. · 1977 · Chilton Books
£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)
London: Andre Deutsch, 1977. 1st Andre Deutsch ed. Fiction. "John Updike's gift for expressing a searching seriousness in a way that delights has never been more eloquently demonstrated." Pp. 303. Pink cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w. VG/G+.
Buchanan Dying. A Play.
UPDIKE, JOHN. · 1974 · Chilton Books
£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)
London: Andre Deutsch, 1974. 1st ed. "In a play meant to be read, Buchanan's political and private lives are represented as aspects of his spiritual life, whose crowning, condensing act is the act of dying." Pp. 9/262, illustrated endpapers. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, por...
Bech: A Book.
UPDIKE, JOHN. · 1970 · Chilton Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
London: Andre Deutsch, 1970. 0233962700. 1st ed. Fiction. "Perhaps John Updike's best and most attractive book." Pp. 7/206. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w (designed by Richard Dalkins) has slight sunning to spine and is price-clipped but has a removable...
Herman Melville's World of Whaling.
UJHAZY, MARIA. · 1982 · Chilton Books
£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)
Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1982. 1st ed. A penetrating analysis of the book 'Moby-Dick'. Pp. 195. Laminated boards. VG.
Jack. A Biography of Jack London.
SINCLAIR, ANDREW. · 1978 · Chilton Books
£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1978. 1st ed. A new definitive biography of Jack London, one of the most appealing, most flamboyant and most gifted of American writers. Pp. 15/297, 21b/w illustrations. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w has minor chips. VG...
Laments for the Living.
PARKER, DOROTHY. · 1947 · Chilton Books
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
USA: World Publishing Co, 1947. 1st Tower Books ed. "Dorothy Parker's acid and sparkling wit is brilliantly displayed in this collection of thirteen stories." Pp. 237, toning to pages. Dark green cloth, d/w rubbed with closed edge tear to front. G/G.
The Candidate.
MAYER, MARTIN. · 1955 · Chilton Books
£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)
London: Secker & Warburg, 1955. 1st British ed. Fiction. "The central figure of this tense, uncompromising novel is Billy Clelland, Governor of one of the farming States in the Middle West of America." Pp. 304. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has small te...
Mark Twain's Last Years as a Writer.
MACNAUGHTON, WILLIAM R. · 1979 · Chilton Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
Columbia & London: University of Missouri Press, 1979. 1st ed. "The most significant purpose of this study, then, is to encourage the public to read the writings of an aging but often still brilliant professional." Pp. 10/254. Grey cloth, illustrated d/w has clear protective w...
Mark Twain's Mysterious Stranger. A Study of the Manuscript Texts.
KAHN, SHOLOM J. · 1978 · Chilton Books
£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)
Columbia & London: University of Missouri Press, 1978. 1st ed. "..Sholom J. Kahn gives the true texts a fresh reading, offering the first detailed criticism of works of central importance for an understanding of the entire Twain canon." Pp. 19/252. Black cloth, portrait illust...
The Man in the Iron Mask.
HOYLE, PETER. · 1984 · Chilton Books
£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)
Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1984. 1st ed. "In this, his first novel, Peter Hoyle has found an exact vehicle to explore how we shape and mis-shape our identities by the stories we choose to tell ourselves." Pp. 159, Review request slip loosely inserted. Dark brown cloth, gilt t...
Purpose and Place. Essays on American Writers.
GRANT, DOUGLAS. · 1965 · Chilton Books
£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)
London: Macmillan, 1965. 1st British ed. "The three lectures included in this book discuss Whitman's surprisingly close ties with England, Robert Frost's poetry, and the almost unnoticed American lyric." Pp. 8/201. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w price-clipped...
Mark Twain. A Sumptuous Variety.
GIDDINGS, ROBERT. (EDITOR). · 1985 · Chilton Books
£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)
London: Vision, 1985. 1st British ed. Nine essays on Mark Twain. Pp. 255. Pale blue cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/VG.
The Art of Mark Twain.
GIBSON, WILLIAM M. · 1976 · Chilton Books
£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)
New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. 1st ed. ".. William M. Gibson samples the entire spectrum of Twain's work, focusing especially on his first rate but less known short writings." Pp. 14/230, illustrated frontis. Yellow cloth, illustrated d/w. F/VG.
Mark Twain Abroad. The Cruise of the Quaker City.
GANZEL, DEWEY. · 1968 · Chilton Books
£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)
Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1968. 1st ed. "The book, delightful in its own right, is also an important study of the beginnings of Clemen's real fame as a humorist." Pp. 13/330, 5 b/w plates, 47 b/w figures ( reproduced from the original edition of 'Innocents...
Mark Twain in Virginia City.
FATOUT, PAUL. · 1964 · Chilton Books
£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)
USA: Indiana University Press, 1964. 1st ed. "In this volume Paul Fatout gives an intriguing and comprehensive picture, superseding all earlier accounts, of this exciting period in Mark Twain's life." Pp. 14/240, 17 b/w illustrations + 1 topographical map. Cream cloth, illustr...