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Green Pastures.

CONNELLY, MARC. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Delisle, 1963. Won the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play re-tells the Old Testament and was a landmark in American drama, produced with the first all-black Broadway cast. Pp.123, 8 b/w photo plates, introduction and conclusion by Vincent Long and Postscripts by The…

Thirteen O'Clock. Stories of Several Worlds.

BENET, STEPHEN VINCENT. · 1938 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London:Heinemann,1938. 1st ed. Short stories including "The Devil and Daniel Webster" which was later made into a play, an opera and a film under the title 'All That Money Can Buy'. Pp.344, endpapers browned, owners bookplate(Z.Deshaw. 'Aquila Non Captat Muscas') to verso front …

Reflections at Fifty and other Essays.

FARRELL, JAMES T. · 1954 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1954. 1st ed. "It is a book reflecting Mr. Farrell's dedication to a way of life and literature that, in his own words, encompasses, 'the great moral values of the liberal ideals of truth, freedom, fair play.' " Pp. 223. Beige cloth, d/w slightly ru…

Red Baron II

DYNAMIX · 1997 · Booksforcomfort.com

€25.95 ($28.60 | £21.65 | ¥4,568)

Sierra On-Line Inc, Bellevue, WA, 1997, 2nd Ed. Boxed Set-Soft. Red Baron II by Dynamix. Published by Sierra On-Line Inc, Bellevue, WA, 1997. 2nd Edition. Boxed Set. Condition: Used. Box taped at edges. Both manuals in like new condition. CD in original case. 244 Pgs + CD. Manua…

The Oxford Dictionary of Plays

Patterson, Michael · 2005 · Boekhandel - Antiquariaat Emile Kerssemakers - Member ILAB/NVvA

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.68 | ¥3,521)

Oxford University Press, 2005 Hardcover, with dust jacket. 523 pages. Text in English. As new with minimal signs of use. The Oxford Dictionary of Plays provides accessible, authoritative, handy, and illuminating information on 1000 of the best-known, most popular, and most impor…

The Way of the World an Unexpurgated Edition Including an Original Signed Etching

William Congreve; Malcolm C Salaman · 1928 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, The Haymarket Press, 1928. Cloth. A limited edition print of William Congreve's famous play 'The Way of The World&apos. With a signed engraved frontispiece by A R Middleton Todd. Todd was a painter and etcher of figure subjects and portraits. He was a member of…

The Country Girl

Clifford Odets · 1951 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York, The Viking Press, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A copy of the first edition play script, once owned by critic Clive Hirschhorn and later adapted into an award-winning film. A first edition, in publisher's cloth. with original dust wrapper, clipped. From the theatric…

The Taming of the Shrew

William Shakespeare; W. G. Boswell-Stone · 1907 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1907. Vellum. A quarter vellum-bound edition of Shakespeare's brilliant comedy play, with a foreword by Walter George Boswell-Stone. Widely believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592, 'The Taming of the Shrew' is a comedy play d…

The Confidential Clerk

T. S. Eliot · 1954 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Faber and Faber, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of T. S. Eliot"s The Confidential Clerk, a verse play first performed at the 1953 Edinburgh Festival, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original blue c…

The Stringed Lute: An Evocation in Dialogue of Oscar Wilde

John Furnell · 1955 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Rider and Company, 1955 . First edition. Paperback. Two copies of the scarce first edition of this work, with extensive amendments and notations throughout both copies. A scarce work. Both copies here are present in the first edition, first impression.Illustrated with a …

Morning&Apos;S at Seven

Paul Osborn · 1940 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

New York, Samuel French, 1940 . First edition. Paperback. Celebrated theatre actress Marian Seldes's personal annotated copy of the scarce first edition of Paul Osborn play about four aging sisters. The scarce first edition of this work. This 'acting edition' was …

Bracia Karamazow. Adaptacja sceniczna: Jerzy Krasowski.

Besseler, Albert (Schiller-Theater). - KRASOWSKI, Jerzy / DOSTOJEWSKI, Fiodor: · 1963 · Antiquariat Schwarz

€133.00 ($146.59 | £110.94 | ¥23,412)

1963. ca. 29,5 x 21 cm. (2) 179 (2) Seiten, polnisch, Maschinenschrift (schwarzes Kohlepapier) auf Durchschlagpapier. Kartonbroschur der Zeit mit Leinenrücken und handschriftlichem illustriertem Deckeltitel. Einband mit starken Gebrauchsspuren, Seiten mit teilweise handschriftli…

Days without End

O'NEILL, Eugene · 1934 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.40 | ¥79,853)

New York: Random House, 1934. O'Neill's "Modern Miracle Play" O'NEILL, Eugene. Days Without End. New York: Random House, [1934]. First edition. Limited to 325 numbered copies printed on all-rag paper and signed by the author (this being copy No. 208). Large octavo (9 5/8 x 6 1/2…

Songs of the Sierras

MILLER, JOAQUIN (CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER) · 1871 · S. Howlett-West Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1871. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 2nd issue pages (with Thoughts About Art on the 4th page of preliminary ads) , in Blanck's Binding B (with the gilt wheel around the publisher's name on the spine of the book. Terracotta colored boards, wi…

The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, September (Sept. ) 4, 1926 - the Poor Indian Has Few Rights

BENSON, ALLLAN L.; BECKMAN, JAMES W.; MCCONNELL, BURT M.; CLARK MARIAN BRUCE; ADAMS, RANDOLPH G.; KELSEY, EASTON T.; WHITING, MAY B.; MASSON, THOMAS L.; ROOF, KATHERINE METCALF · 1926 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

Dearborn, Michigan: The Dearborn Publishing Co, 1926. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Graham, J.C.; Woodward, Stanley W. (cover); Fitzgerald;. 32 pages. Features: The Senator Nobody Knows - William E. Borah will not play politics; Our Soldiers and Reform of …

The West Indian a Comedy [with] the English Merchant, a Comedy [with] the Widow&Apos;D Wife a Comedy [with] Man and Wife or the Shakespeare Jubilee [with] the Brothers a Comedy

Richard Cumberland; George Colman; William Kenrick · 1767 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London, Various Publishers, 1767-71. Leather. A selection of rare eighteenth century comedies by three of the period's best known playwrights. Bound together in one volume. 'The West Indian A Comedy' Richard Cumberland, A New Edition, 1771 'The English Mercha…

ARCHIVE Discussing Proposal for French Production of His Musical SIMPLY HEAVENLY

HUGHES, Langston · 1959 · Charles Agvent

$10,625.00 (€9,639.75 | £8,040.95 | ¥1,696,878)

New York. Interesting archive consisting of 4 SIGNED (as “Langston”) items in green ink and various other pieces concerning a French production of his musical SIMPLY HEAVENLY, all to Léo Sauvage. Included are a TYPED LETTER SIGNED, two AUTOGRAPH NOTES SIGNED, and a SIGNED offpri…

Singing Days of Childhood

RAY, FLORENCE · 1958 · Pegasus Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

Minneapolis, MN: T. S. Denison & Company, 1958. Hardcover. Ex-Library; B&W Illustrations; 8 1/4 x 11; 131 pages; Hard cover is blue spine with white lettering. Library rebind; boards have some rubbing, bumping, scuffing. Former library book with typical markings. Pages show sign…

The Boy&Apos;S Own Toy-Maker; a Practical Guide to the Useful Employment of Leisure Hours

E. Landells · 1860 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Griffith and Farran, 1860 . Cloth. An abundantly illustrated Victorian children's guide to toys and games during play hours. The scarce fourth edition of the work.In publisher's original red cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two hundred in tex…

Ulysses, a Drama

Stephen Phillips · 1902 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1902 . First edition. Hardback. A Limited Edition first UK edition copy of this drama from playwright Stephen Phillips. Printed on Japanese vellum. A Limited Edition of the first US edition of this play from English poet and dramatist Stephen Phi…