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Burning Bright

STEINBECK, John · 1950 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$650.00 (€589.73 | £491.92 | ¥103,809)

New York: The Viking Press, 1950. Experiment in Form - Play and Novel Intertwined A Dramatic Steinbeck, Unusual and Underappreciated STEINBECK, John. Burning Bright. A Play in Story Form. New York: The Viking Press, 1950. First edition. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 187 x 121 mm…

Photographs of Honchos at the United Nations Conference Secretariat During Founding of the United Nations

Rosenberg, Samuel (1911-1996) and Acme PHoto · 1945 · Wittenborn Art Books

$200.00 (€181.45 | £151.36 | ¥31,941)

San Francisco: 1945. Sam Rosenberg. Official photograph. United Nations Conference Secretariat N.Y. Times Obituary: A native of Cleveland, where his father was a butcher and a songwriter, Mr. Rosenberg came to New York in the 1930's. Working as a play-reader for a Broadway produ…

Twentieth Century Interpretations of Euripides' Alcestis. A Collection of Critical Essays.

WILSON, J.R., (ed.), · 1968 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€16.00 ($17.64 | £13.35 | ¥2,816)

Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1968. 122p. Paperback. Pages yellowed. 'Here are ten interpretations of 'Alcestis', followed by ten brief viewpoints on particular aspects of the play and preceded by an editorial introduction.All abbreviated extracts, and I started reading with…

Captivi. With introduction and notes by W.M. Lindsay.

PLAUTUS, · 1962 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€11.50 ($12.68 | £9.59 | ¥2,024)

Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1962. Reprint 2nd ed.1921. 120p. Cloth. Cover slightly stained. 'This little book, written a generation ago, for beginners and by a beginner, has had so much (unmerited) success, that it seems worth while to re-write it and bring it up to date; for the '…

Captivi. With introduction and notes by W.M. Lindsay.

PLAUTUS, · 1954 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€11.50 ($12.68 | £9.59 | ¥2,024)

Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1954. Reprint 2nd ed.1921. 120p. Cloth. Spine slightly discoloured. 'This little book, written a generation ago, for beginners and by a beginner, has had so much (unmerited) success, that it seems worth while to re-write it and bring it up to date; for t…

Captivi. With introduction and notes by W.M. Lindsay.

PLAUTUS, · 1958 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1958. Reprint 2nd ed.1921. 120p. Cloth. Spine discoloured. 'This little book, written a generation ago, for beginners and by a beginner, has had so much (unmerited) success, that it seems worth while to re-write it and bring it up to date; for the 'Capti…

Tim White: Video and Photography

White, Tim; Nordstrom, Alison; Panera Cuevas, F Javier · 2004 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Salamanca, Spain, Salamanca City of Cultural Foundation, 2004. Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. Illustrated wraps with french flaps. 121 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. This artist's video work is a persistent exploration of the existential dualities between life and death and the boundaries se…

Trojan Women

Euripides · 1986 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$130.00 (€117.95 | £98.38 | ¥20,762)

Warminster, Wiltshire, England, Aris & Phillips Ltd, 1986. Hardcover. Orange cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; white dj with bw illustration and orange lettering, mylar cover; x, 232 pp. Euripides with translation and commentary by Shirley A. Brown. Includes bibliographica…

The Rehearsal

Eleanor Catton · 2008 · Book Haven

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.16 | ¥3,833)

Victoria University Press 2008 Paperback 316 In the aftermath of a high-school sex scandal, a group of teenage girls is jolted into an intoxicating new awareness of their own potency and power. The sudden public scrutiny turns their every act into a performance, and every platfo…

Wole Soyinka - Collected Plays: the Lion And the Jewel; Kongi's Harvest; the Trials of Brother Jero; Jero's Metamorphosis; Madmen And Specialists: Vol 2

Wole Soyinka · 1975 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

Oxford University Press 1975 Paperback, 282pp. ''The Lion and the Jewel' alone is enough to establish Nigeria as the most fertile new source of English-speaking drama since Synge's discovery of the Western Isles.' - 'The Times'. The ironic development and consequences of 'progre…

The Author; a Comedy, of Two Acts. As Perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane

Foote, Samuel · 1757 · Mare Booksellers

$43.00 (€39.01 | £32.54 | ¥6,867)

London, Printed for R. Francklin, 1757. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, perhaps disbound from a larger work, and lacking any wrappers or covers issued. 43 pp. plus a prologue, with a brief ad at the foot of page 43. A satire of the concept of starving writers and their patrons, with the pat…

Granny Maumee; the Rider of Dreams; Simon the Cyrenian: Plays for a Negro Theater

Torrence, Ridgely · 1917 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$22.40 (€20.32 | £16.95 | ¥3,577)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with bruised and scuffed tips and spine head and foot, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighti…

The Eclipse of the State Mental Hospital: Policy, Stigma, and Organization (Suny Series in Sociology of Work)

Dowdall, George W. · 1996 · Creaking Shelves Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

State University of New York Press, 1996. Soft Cover. 262p illustrated index. Examines the origins, recent history, and future of state hospitals. State hospitals still account for the majority of the state dollars spent on mental health care across the nation. Why do state hosp…

The Awakening of Spring. A Tragedy of Childhood

Wedekind, Frank · 1910 · Mare Booksellers

$216.00 (€195.97 | £163.47 | ¥34,497)

Philadelphia, Brown Brothers, 1910. Cloth. Second edition, stated. Reddish brown cloth. 161 pp. plus ads. Translated from the German by Francis J. Ziegler. English language edition of this early German modernist drama, being rather controversial due to its subject matter. The pl…

Darryl Sittler - Signed by Darryl Sittler

SITTLER, DARRYL; GOYENS, CHRYS; TUROWETZ, ALLAN · 1991 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$195.95 (€177.78 | £148.29 | ¥31,294)

Toronto, ON, Canada: MacMillan, 1991. First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771591411. 270 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. Darryl Sittler's signature and inscription upon half-title page. Details in exciting play-by-play accounts, such highs as his rec…

Canadian Magazine, July 29, 1972 - Alexis Nihon Cover Photo

MCDERMOTT, JON; COBB, DAVID; YOUNG, SYBIL; GRESCOE, PAUL; KING, PAUL · 1972 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$149.95 (€136.05 | £113.48 | ¥23,948)

Canada: Toronto Daily Star, 1972. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Halling, Jorgen; Church, Tedd; Nihon, Alexis. 28 pages. Features: William Head is a Prison with a past - article with colour photos; Marie-Andree Bertrand doesn't want to be radical - article …

Superstars - Hockey's Greatest Players: Illustrated

O'BRIEN, ANDY · 1973 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$49.95 (€45.32 | £37.80 | ¥7,977)

Toronto, Canada: Totem, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0002116154. 193 pages. Here is veteran sports writer Andy O'Brien's all-star superstar team. These are the nineteen stars that he believes are the most talented, productive and exciting ever to play professional hocke…

Coach's Drill Manual

GARE, ERNIE; GARE, DANNY · 1980 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$69.95 (€63.46 | £52.94 | ¥11,171)

British Columbia: British Columbia (BC) Amateur Hockey Association (BCAHA), 1980. First Edition. Paperback. 46 pages. Dozens of helpful black and white photos and diagrams. "Intended as a valuable aid to coaches at all levels as a reference for practice planning" - from page one…

The Truth About the U.N. (United Nations): U.N. Tract No. 2 (Two) - 1963

LIE, TRYGVIE (TRYGVE); FAGAN, MYRON · 1963 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.58 | ¥31,143)

Hollywood, CA, USA: Cinema Educational Guild, Inc. - Organized to Combat Communism, 1963. First Edition. Paperback. Double-sided three-panel tract measuring 10" x 6" when unfolded. Fascinating follow-up to tract 1 of this series, issued in 1956. Explains how, after viewing Myron…

Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus: Songbook with Sheet Music for Piano with Lyrics and Guitar Chords

JEFFERSON STARSHIP; BALIN, MARTY; KANTNER, PAUL; CHAQUICO, CRAIG; SEARS, PETE; CREACH, JOHN; MOORE, KEVIN; PARKER, JOHN · 0 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

Paperback. Jon. 67 pages including ten pages of great photos of the band in color and black and white. Includes piano sheet music, lyrics and guitar chords for these songs: Ai Garimasu (There is Love); Fast Buck Freddie; Git Fiddler; I Want To See Another World; Miracles; Play o…