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The Gotham Book Mart and Funk & Wagnalls Company Cordially Invite You to Meet Jean Cocteau, Who Will Atuograph Copies of His Latest Play, the Eagle Has Two Heads

Cocteau, Jean · 1948 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New York: The Gotham Book Mart, [ca. 1948]. Invitation to a reception and book signing for the famous French poet, playwright and filmmaker. Typewritten on Funk & Wagnalls stationery. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches. No year given, but Funk & Wagnalls brought out Cocteau's play in 1948. Le…

The Magic Theatre Presents Michael Mcclure's New Play the Cherub, Directed by John Lion

McClure, Michael · 1969 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Berkeley, CA: The Magic Theatre, [1969]. Broadside. Display card for the Magic Theatre's production of McClure's play, "The Cherub." Printed in red and blue on card stock, with image of talking bedstead in blue surrounded by thick red rule. 7-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches. "The Cherub" wa…

All Night Long. [Poster for the Magic Theatre Production of Play by John O'Keefe. ]

Sätty (Wilfried Podriech) · 1979 · Wittenborn Art Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

San Francisco: The Magic Theatre, [1979-80]. Black and white poster for All Night Long, a play by John O'Keefe, directed by Ken Grantham. 11-1/2 x 18 inches. Collage by Sätty reproduced; Sätty is not credited here, but in other Magic Theatre materials he is cited as a designer, …

Poster for the Playground: A Play for Precarious Grown-Ups

James Broughton · 1949 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

[San Francisco]: n.d. Program for a play by Broughton, directed by Kermit Sheets. No date or place of performance listed. One sheet, 8-1/2 x 11 inches, printed on one side in red ink. The Playground was first published by Broughton in 1949, and received its first performance som…

The Lion and the Mouse: A Story of American Life, Novelized from the Play by Arthur Hornblow

Klein,Charles · 1906 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New York: G.W. Dillingham, 1906. Hardcover. First edition. Red cloth stamped in gilt; 399 pp. Four illustrations by Stuart Travis. Novelized from the play by Arthur Hornblow. Basis for a 1928 silent film starring John Barrymore. Spine slightly faded. Very good. In Smith, K-312. .

Smith: A Novel Based on the Play by W. Somerset Maugham

Gray, David · 1911 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New York: Duffield & Company, 1911. Hardcover. First edition. 12mo. 7 1/2" tall, 307 pp. Bluish grey cloth with black and white photograph of a scene from the play on front panel; four interior black and white photographs. Some rubbing to the cloth at the extremities, sunned spi…

R.U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots). A Play in Three Acts and an Epilogue

Capek, Karel · 1923 · Wittenborn Art Books

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

London: Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, 1923. 12mo, 201 pp. Bound in paper covers. Front cover, and half-title pages missing. Pages are otherwise complete and clean and only a little worn to edges. First English publication of Capek. Translated from the Czech by P. Sel…

The Makropulos Case: An Opera Based on the Play of the Same Name by Karel Capek

Janacek, Leos · 1966 · Wittenborn Art Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Theodore Presser Co. 1966. Opera libretto. 8vo. 45 pp. Text in English only. English translation by Norman Tucker. Very good in stiff blue paper wraps stapled at spine; cover has some faded areas. .

Air Raid: A Verse Play for Radio

MacLeish, Archibald · 1938 · Wittenborn Art Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. 1938. First ed. Good in orange paper-covered boards; no dust jacket. Ex-lib with usual markings on inside, none on on outside (call number label has been carefully removed); some stains and bumps; a several-inch tear to the paper covering along th…

Poster and Playbill for the Play "Miss Moffat," Signed by Bette Davis and Emlyn Williams

Davis, Bette; Emlyn Williams, author; Michael Or Michaele Vollbracht, (1947-2018), artist · 1974 · Wittenborn Art Books

$475.00 (€430.96 | £359.54 | ¥75,851)

Philadelphia: 1974. Original poster 51 x 32 cm.; and Theater Playbill, signed and dedicated by Bette Davis, (in red) and Emlyn Williams to Irene Holloway...Poster printed on cardboard with creases in lower area.. N.Y. Times, Oct. 22, 1974: "Miss Moffat," the musical play, has pe…

Letter from Consuelo, Comtesse de Saint-Exupéry to the Lyricist and Playwright Alan Jay Lerner Asking Him to Let Her Niece Malila Play the Rose in "the Little Prince.

Saint-Exupéry, Consuelo, comtesse de (née Suncín de Sandoval; (1901- 1979) ; Alan Jay Lerner, (1918-1986), recipient · 1970 · Wittenborn Art Books

$450.00 (€408.28 | £340.61 | ¥71,859)

Paris: Oct. 7, 1970. Als. 2pp. 27 x 21 cm..Consuelo, comtesse de Saint-Exupéry (née Suncín de Sandoval; 10 April 1901 -28 May 1979) was a Salvadoran and French writer and artist, and was married to the French aristocrat, writer and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry..19…

Rochester's Sodom. Herausgegeben Nach Dem Hamburger Manuskript Mit Einer Einleitung L.S. A.M. Von Römer. [Introduction in German and French ; Play in English]. First Edition

Rochester, John Wilmot · 1904 · Wittenborn Art Books

$400.00 (€362.92 | £302.77 | ¥63,875)

Paris: H. Welter, 1904. 12mo, Half morocco. 11.2 x 14.7cm. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 162495264..Fine.. In-12 carré, xxiv, 58 pp. [6] Demi-maroquin bordeaux à coins, dos fleuronné à nerfs, tête dorée, couverture non conservée. Reliée en fin du volume, une couverture public…

Rochester's Sodom. Herausgegeben Nach Dem Hamburger Manuskript Mit Einer Einleitung L.S. A.M. Von Römer. [Introduction in German and French ; Play in English]. First Edition

Rochester, John Wilmot · 1904 · Wittenborn Art Books

$400.00 (€362.92 | £302.77 | ¥63,875)

Paris: H. Welter, 1904. 12mo, Half morocco. 11.2 x 14.7cm. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 162495264..Fine.. In-12 carré, xxiv, 58 pp. [6] Demi-maroquin bordeaux à coins, dos fleuronné à nerfs, tête dorée, couverture non conservée. Reliée en fin du volume, une couverture public…

Essence of Jack Kerouac. A Jazz Play [ with Vince Balestri. Poster Advertising a San Jose Performance of Balestri's One Man Play. ]

Balestri, Vince ; Jack Kerouac (1922-1969 · 1989 · Wittenborn Art Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

San Jose, CA: circa 1989. The Essence of Jack Kerouac: A Jazz Play. Oct. 3-25, San Jose, CA. A bit of light wear; very good or better. 24x34.5 cm (9½x14"). [c.1989]..Vncent Balestri, America's foremost Kerouac interpreter, whose live show Kerouac: The Essence of Jack, has toured…

The Essence of Jack. A Jazz Play with Vince Balestri. Poster Advertising an Oakland Performance of Balestri's One Man Play on Jack Kerouac

Balestri, Vince ; Jack Kerouac (1922-1969 · 1986 · Wittenborn Art Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Oakland, CA: circa 1986. 28x33 cm (11x17"). General light wear and some spotting; very good. [c.1989].. Gary 'pigboy' Swartz: "A jazz writer a jazz play. But seminal Jack said everything comes in threes he said without commas ever or often sentences or paragraphs or even sometim…

Photographs for the 1930 Play and Movie "Journey's End.

Vandamm, New York · 1930 · Wittenborn Art Books

$700.00 (€635.10 | £529.85 | ¥111,781)

New York: Vandamm, 1930. Group of 20 large format original sllver and platinum photographs, on heavy stock both from the film and likley form the New York play venue. 14 x 11 inches. The depressing realities of life in the front-line trenches of WWI provide the impetus for this …

Vintage Press Photographs for Stage Set of the Play Tomorrow & Tomorrow

Vandamm Studio (Photographer); Philip Barry, Writer; Gilbert Miller Staging & Producer; Herbert Marshall, actor; Zita Johann; actress; Harvey Stephens, actor · 1931 · Wittenborn Art Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

New York: Henry Miller's Theatre, 1931. 2 Vintage press photographs for the play Tomorrow & Tomorrow. 11 x 14 inches. Annotated verso. Marie Bruce as Ella. Eileen Byron as Mary; John T. Doyle as Walter Burke; Mary Elizabeth Forbes as Miss Frazer; Zita Johann as Eve Redman; Alice…

Collection of 5 Vintage Press Photographs for the Play Tomorrow & Tomorrow

Vandamm Studio (Photographer); Philip Barry, Writer; Gilbert Miller Staging and Producer; Herbert Marshall, actor; Zita Johann, actress; Harvey Stephens, actor · 1931 · Wittenborn Art Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

New York: Henry Miller's Theatre, 1931. Collection of 5 vintage press photographs for the play Tomorrow & Tomorrow. 8 x 10 inches. Annotated verso. Marie Bruce as Ella. Eileen Byron as Mary; John T. Doyle as Walter Burke; Mary Elizabeth Forbes as Miss Frazer; Zita Johann as Eve …

Annotated and Signed Lecture on Play Writing at the Sewanee Writer's Conference, July 29, 1996

Foote, Horton and Buzz McLaughlin · 1996 · Wittenborn Art Books

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

Sewanee, TN: Sewanee Writer's Conference, 1996. Printed lecture of 35 annotated typed pages with numerous manuscript corrections and and 8 further manuscript pages, a photocopy, presented and signed in ink to Herb Yellin, publisher of the Lord John Press by Foote. It consists of…

The Chinese Servant for the Play Extendency by Campbell Fletcher

Norris, Herbert (1875? - 1950) · 1921 · Wittenborn Art Books

$275.00 (€249.51 | £208.15 | ¥43,914)

London: 1921. Gouache on Winsor & Newton board 27 x 18 cm. Signed, dated , titled and annotated. Herbert Norris was a British costume designer, architect, actor and archaeologist and author of important books on historic dress. Provenance: from the collection of theatrical memor…