Theater, Plays and Scripts
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  • Campbell, Edward D. C., Jr.:  The Celluloid South Hollywood And The Southern Myth.  Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 1983. Second Printing of 1983. Fine in black cloth covered boards with silver colored text and decorations on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 212 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout.
    TB22302  $15.00



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    Chapman, John Jay:  The Treason and Death of Benedict Arnold, a Play for a Greek Theatre.  New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1910. First Edition. Very good+ in charcoal gray paper covered boards with printed, paper title labels on the spine and on the front board and with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small octavo of 8 by 5 inches with faint dampness stains on the outer edges of the front board with dampness stains to the margins of pages 17 through 24 and pages 41 through 48 with no impact on the printed text. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. Signed and inscribed to a "Miss Katherine _?___ | from John Jay Chapman" and dated "Oct 27 1911" on the fly title page. 75 pages of script followed by a one page add for other books by the author
    TB29824  $40.00



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    Coward, Noel:  Bitter Sweet And Other Plays.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Very good in its original black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 8 5/8 by 5 5/8 inches with the front and rear hinges cracked, but repaired or reinforced. There is a prior owner's name and address written twice on the front end pages. Without its issued dust jacket. One of only 1,000 copies printed and signed with this copy identified a number 127 and signed by the author at the lower quarter of the page. 314 pages of text. A collection of plays including, Easy Virtue; Hay Fever; and, Bitter Sweet. With an introduction by Somerset Maugham.
    TB32042  $200.00




  • Eliot, T. S.:  The Confidential Clerk.  New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1954. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a faint water ring on the front board. In a very good+ dust jacket with a faded spine area and dampness wrinkling on the rear panel which did not affect the rear cover or the text block. 159 pages of text.
    TB13396  $10.00



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    Evans, Edlla J.:  Two Plays And A Preface.  Boston: Richard G. Badger - The Gorham Press, (1921). First Edition. Near fine in purple cloth covered boards with a paper label on the spine and a blind embossed seal of the publisher on the front and rear covers. Without a dust jacket. Signed by the author on the first free end page and beneath is the signature of Ray Lissner who was an assistant director on many films of the 1920s and 1930s. 78 pages of script.
    TB30224  $30.00



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    Frost, Robert:  A Way Out A One Act Play.  New York: The Harbor Press, 1929. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 black leather and yellow-orange paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small octavo measuring 7 3/4 by 4 5/8 inches. Without a dust jacket. One of only 485 copies printed by the Harbor Press. This copy is out of series. 19 numbered pages of text printed on laid paper preceded by a preface which is signed by the author. (Crane, A-11) A beautiful, fresh, clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB28980  $300.00



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    Frost, Robert:  A Masque of Reason.  New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945. First Trade Edition. Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with In a good price clipped dust jacket with a 1" deep chip at the upper edge of the spine area, small chips from the corners of the panels and rubbing at the folds. 23 pages of dialog in blank verse. (Crane A27.1)
    TB20904  $50.00



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    Frost, Robert:  A Masque Of Mercy.  New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. First edition. Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" with only hints of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and at the tips of the boards. In a very good dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with light rubbing and wear to the upper edge of the spine area which is faded as is typical for this title's jacket. 39 pages of dialogue in blank verse. "The setting is a bookstore late at night." The script follows a similar format as introduced in Frost's earlier work: A Masque of Reason. (Crane A31.1)
    TB26520  $50.00



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    Gifford, W.:  The Plays Of Philip Massinger, In Four Volumes, With Notes Critical And Explanatory.  London: G. and W. Nicol and others, 1813. Large Paper, Second Edition. This complete four volume set is in good+ condition in 1/4 leather and red paper covered boards with gilt text on the spines. This contemporary binding is by C. Lewis as noted in pencil in an early hand on the second free end page of volume I. C. [Charles] Lewis (1786-1836] operated what was one of the most renowned binderies in London. (Ellic Howe: A List of London Bookbinders) Each volume is a small quarto measuring 9 7/8 by 6 1/8 inches. The paper on the boards is rubbed through at the lower edges of the boards and at the tips. One quarter inch of the leather on the front joint of volume I is missing. The leather on the spines has been treated and cured of leather rot. There are small, attractive bookplates in the upper corners of the fixed end sheets of all four volumes. There is also an early prior owner's name written in pencil at the upper corner of the second free end page of each volume together with a date of "5/83" which we take to mean May of 1883. Except for the frontispiece and the title page for volume I there is essentially no foxing or tanning to the pages of this set. The hinges and joints for all four volumes remain tight and strong. Volume I contains: advertisement to the Second Edition, Introduction and essay and the plays: The Virgin-Martyr, The Unnatural Combat and The Duke of Milan with 347 pages. It is illustrated with an engrave frontispiece. Volume II contains the plays: The Bondman, The Renegado, The Parliament Of Love, The Roman Actor and The Great Duke of Florence. Volume III contains the plays: The Maid of Honour, The Picture, The Emperor Of The East, The Fatal Dowry and A New Way To Pay Old Debts. Volume IV contains the plays: The City madam, The Guardian, A Very Woman, The Bashful Lover and The Old Law.
    TB28951  $150.00



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    Goldstein, Josh, Jonathan Prince and Michael Fallon:  18 Again!.  n.p.: 18 Again Productions, Inc., 1987. Revision of August 24, 1987. Fine in heavy paper, printed wraps over a brass, round-head fastener binding. A small quarto of 11 by 8 1/2 inches. The front cover is printed with "New World Pictures" with its red color logo. Signed by George Burns in blue flow pen on the title page without an inscription or date. 123 typewritten pages of script including revisions up to 10/9/87. A 1988 fantasy-comedy film starring George Burns and Charlie Schlatter.
    TB31827  $250.00




  • Lawrence, Jerome, and Robert E. Lee:  The Gang's All Here A Play.  Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1960. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in decorated brown patterned paper covered boards with yellow text on the spine and a yellow illustration on the front board with modest shelf wear to the lower edges of the boards. In a very good dust jacket which has been price clipped and with mild rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area. Attached to the front free end paper is a bookseller's book plate on which the co-author, Robert E. Lee, and his wife "Janet" have written a warm inscription. A second, dated inscription signed by the Robert E. Lee is also written out on the title page. 129 pages of script and illustrated with three black and white photographs of the play.
    TB16188  $40.00



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    Leroux, Gaston:  The Phantom Of The Opera.  Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1911). First Edition, Second Printing. Very good+ in its original brick colored cloth covered boards with off-white text stamping on the spine and on the front board with a blind impression of a figure on the front board. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches with a mild crease to the cloth down the middle of the spine and with two prior owner's names on the first free end page. There is also a small 2/3 by 1/4 inch scuff of the color to the upper fore area of the front board and in that same area is a diagonal, straight depression caused by who knows what. Without its issued dust jacket. 357 pages of text. Illustrated with a color frontispiece from a painting by Andre Castaigne protected by a tissue guard and by four, double page, color plates also from paintings by Castaigne. First published in French in 1910, this copy is a second printing of the first English translation edition. (Firsts Magazine, April, 2005)
    TB32792  $500.00




  • Masefield, John:  The Locked Chest/The Sweeps of Ninety-Eight.  New York: The Macmillan Co., 1916. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in paper covered boards with a title block on the front board with light soiling and foxing. Without a dust jacket but protected with a plastic covering. Copy 621 of 1,000 limited edtion copies. The frontispiece is a photgraph of the author. Two one act plays presented on 114 pages.
    TB05546  $20.00



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    Maugham, W. Somerset:  The Circle A Comedy In Three Acts.  New York: George H. Doran Company, (1921). First Edition. Very good in off-white paper covered boards with a paper label on the spine and a second paper label on the front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 4 7/8 inches with the paper at the head and heel of the spine worn down to the edges of the text block, heavy wear to the lower edges of the boards and with a prior owner's name and date of 1921 on the first free end page. 92 pages of script.
    TB30238  $25.00




  • Michener, James:  Tales of the South Pacific.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in yellow-orange cloth covered boards with blue text and rules on the spine. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 3/8 inches with light soiling at the ends of the front board, minor foxing to the end sheets as a result of the glues used in binding and the pages of the text block are tanned on the outside margins as is typically seen. Without its issued dust jacket. 326 pages of text. This best selling title forms the basis for the movie and play "South Pacific".
    TB33066  $65.00



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    Miller, Arthur:  Death of a Salesman.  New York: The Viking Press, 1977. First Edition, Signed Limited Edition. Near fine in heavy brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt facsimile of the author's signature on the front board and with illustrated end sheets. A small octavo measuring 8 1/16 by 5 1/2 inches with the cloth on the spine slightly faded and with a small prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a near fine cloth covered slip case. One of only 500 special autographed editions with this copy identified as number 308 and signed by the author on the fly title page. This title brought Miller an international reputation as it became his second Broadway success after All My Sons (1947). Many consider it his masterpiece and perhaps the best play written by an American. The play was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1949 in the drama category. 139 pages of text and script. Illustrated with eight plates from black and white photographs. An exceptional copy of an award winning play.
    TB31420  $500.00



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    Miller, Arthur:  Incident At Vichy.  New York: The Viking Press, (1965). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in 1/2 blue cloth and printed paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a blind embossed "M" on the front board. A small octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with slight fading to the cloth at the ends of the spine area. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the fly title. 71 pages of script.
    TB32403  $275.00




  • Miller, Arthur:  After the Fall.  New York: The Viking Press, 1964. Second Printing. Fine in 1/2 maroon cloth and decorated paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the first free end page without an inscription or date. 129 pages of script. Laid-in at the rear of the book is an article dated July 11, 1964 from the Staten Island Advance regarding a panel discussion with Arthur Miller about theater critics. Unfortunately, the newspaper article has discolored the verso side of the last free end sheet.
    TB28515  $100.00



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    Moliere:  Tartuffe & The Would-Be Gentleman.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1980. Limited Edition. Fine in full dark red leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with extensive gold tool work on the boards and in the compartments on the spine with gilt text stampings. With silk end papers and a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 10" tall by 6 1/4" deep containing 197 pages of script and illustrated with drawings by Serge ivanoff. Translated by H. Baker and J. Miller and with an introduction by Henri Peyre. A very handsome, crisp copy with no markings, notations or prior owner's book plates.
    TB20860  $65.00




  • O'Neil, Eugene:  Dynamo.  New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in medium blue cloth covered boards with light blue decorations stamped on the front board with gilt text and decorations on the spine and front board with illustrated end papers. In a very good dust jacket with the original $2.50 price intact on the front flap with moderate rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area and light rubbing at the folds. 159 page of script.
    TB16326  $40.00



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    O'Neill, Eugene:  The Hairy Ape.  New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and black and orange paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 7 1/2 inches with the front hinge starting, but professionally reinforced and with light rubbing to the corners of the spine. In a good, machine clipped dust jacket with a one inch deep chip from the upper fore corner of the front panel and a 1/2 inch deep chip at the top of the spine area One of only 775 numbered copies signed by the author. This copy is signed by O'Neill and identified as copy number 657 on the limitation page. 114 pages of text and illustrated with a color frontispiece and eight color plates all by Alexander King. A very collectible signed copy of one of O'Neill's early plays. "It is considered one of the prime achievements of Expressionism on stage." (Britannica)
    TB32461  $300.00



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    O'Neill, Eugene:  Dynamo.  New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in mottled blue vellum covered boards with a gilt stamped white leather label on the spine and the facsimile of the author's signature in gilt on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 by 7 5/8 inches with the blue coloring mostly faded on the spine as is typically seen. Without a dust jacket; however, the book is protected with an acetate covering and is contained within a very good paper covered slip case with a design of spider webs in relief on the covers. The edges of the opening of the slip case are heavily worn. One of only 775 copies each of which were signed and numbered by the author. This copy carries number 15 and is signed by Eugene O'Neill on the limitation page. 150 pages many of which remain un-opened. The text is printed in two colors.
    TB29022  $250.00



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    O'Neill, Eugene:  Gold A Play in Four Acts.  New York: Boni and Liveright, (1920). First Edition. Very good in 1/4 green cloth and dark green paper covered boards with black text on the spine and black text on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 inches with wear and slight fraying to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a bump to the upper edge of the rear board. Without a dust jacket. 120 pages of script.
    TB29041  $25.00



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    O'Neill, Eugene:  Days Without End.  New York: Random House, 1934. First Edition. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with a facsimile of the author's signature on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/8 by 5 1/2 inches with printed end sheets and with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine lightly rubbed. Without its issued dust jacket. 157 pages of text. A very clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29040  $15.00



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    O'Neill, Eugene:  Lazarus Laughed (1925-26).  New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. First Edition. Good in decorated blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and a facsimile of the author's signature on the front board together with light blue ruling around the edges of the front board and with decorated end papers. An octavo measuring 8 1/16 by 5 1/2 inches with the front and rear hinges cracked and with the fragile first free end page completely loose. There is a former owner's name rubber stamped on the second free end page. In a good, price clipped dust jacket with most of the spine area missing and heavy wear and chips to the folds to the flaps. 179 pages of script.
    TB29034  $10.00




  • O'Neill, Eugene:  The Emporor Jones.  London: Jonathan Cape, 1922. Reprint of 1953. Very good in blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and a facsimile of the author's signature on the front board. The spine is tanned and there are three faint water spots on the front board and the penciled name of a prior owner on the first free end paper with the top edge of the text block dust stained. 282 pages of script.
    TB16593  $5.25



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    Rostand, Edmond:  Cyrano de Bergerac.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1984. Collector's Edition. Fine in full, dark green leather covered boards with two raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations in the compartments and with gilt text and an outline of Cyrano on the front board and with a gilt outline of Cyrano's back on the rear board. The end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 6 3/4". Laid-in is the publisher's four page "Notes From the Archives". 210 pages of text. A new "English version by Louis Untermeyer with illustrations by Pierre Brissanud. One of the volumes in the Easton Press' collection of Library of Famous Editions.
    TB24885  $65.00



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    Sartre, Jean-Paul:  Five Plays.  Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1978. Signed Limited Edition. Fine in full bright red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the compartments with elaborate gilt tooling on both the front and rear boards. The end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All edges of the text block are gilt. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/4" containing 484 pages of text and illustrated by Robert Borja. The leather over the spine is very slightly faded as are the outside edges of the end sheets. Signed by the author on the third free end paper. Included in this volume are Sartre's plays: No Exit, The Flies, Dirty Hands, The Respectful Prostitute, and The Condemned Of Altona. An extremely handsome, crisp and clean copy of a very scarce book with Sarte's valuable signature with no prior owner's names, dates, inscriptions or book plates.
    TB28538  $300.00



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    Shakespeare, William:  A Midsummer-Night's Dream.  New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1908. First Edition. Very good in its original, gilt decorated 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt text and decorations on the front board. A small quarto of 9 3/4 by 7 1/4 inches with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the ends of the spine with much of the gilt text on the spine worn and rubbed. Many of the pages at the beginning and end of the text block are mildly spotted with foxing, but with with one exception (the plate facing page 32 has two short closed tears which have been professionally repaired) no damage, tanning or foxing to the color plates. 134 pages of text. Illustrated with a tipped-on, color frontispiece and 39 tipped-on, color plates all with printed tissue guards as well as vignettes for a total of 70 images from the art work of Arthur Rackham. (Hudson: Arthur Rackham His Life and Work, p.168)
    TB32914  $250.00



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    Shaw, George Bernard:  Two Plays For Puritans.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1979. Collector's Edition. Fine in full bright red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A quarto measuring 11 3/16" tall by 6 1/2" deep containing 215 pages of text. Two plays by George Bernard Shaw titled: The Devil's Disciple and Caesar and Cleopatra. Illustrated with drawings by George Him. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. With a prior owner's book plate on the verso of the first free end page; otherwise, a beautiful, tight, clean copy with no dates, notations or inscriptions.
    TB22799  $60.00



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    Sheridan, Richard Brinsley:  The Rivals.  New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., c1884, 1907. Reprint of 1907. Very near fine in its original olive drab cloth covered boards with elaborate gilt text on the spine and on the front board designed by Margaret Armstrong in an art nouveau style. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 6 inches with the cloth over the spine faded to a light brown and with a dated (1907) Christmas gift inscription in ink on the first free end page 132 pages of text (some of which remain unopened). Illustrated with a color frontispiece from an engraving and with 17 black and white plates from engravings. The author's first play.
    TB32294  $65.00



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    Sheridan, R. B.:  The School For Scandal A Comedy.  Oxford: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. Limited Edition. Very good- in ivory paper covered boards. There is a prior owner's book plate tipped-in on the first free end page. There is mild foxing to the end sheets. A Quarto measuring 11 1/4" tall by 6 3/4" deep containing 143 pages of wove paper followed by the limitation page and three blank leaves. Without a dust jacket as issued and lacking the issued slipcase and protective chemise One of only 1,500 copies printed. This copy is identified as number 1,236 and it is signed by the illustrator, Rene Ben Sussan on the limitation page. Illustrated with hand colored etchings by Rene Ben Sussan.
    TB22846  $30.00



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    Simon, Neil:  The Prisoner of Second Avenue.  New York: Random House, (1972). Book of The Month Club Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price of course) dust jacket. Signed on the title page by Marsha Mason and Richard Dryfus who were starts of the film version of this title. 88 pages of script.
    TB30588  $50.00



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    Simon, Neil:  The Play Goes On.  New York: Simon & Schuster, (1999). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in /14 black cloth and yellow paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author with an inscription "To Carolyn and Kent" on the title page. 348 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a section of images from black and white photographs.
    TB32041  $30.00



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    Simon, Neil:  Brighton Beach Memoirs.  New York: Random House, (1984). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 orange cloth and white paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 3/8 inches with faint spots of what may be foxing to the white paper covered boards. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 130 pages of script.
    TB30590  $20.00




  • Wiesel, Elie:  Zalmen, Or The Madness of God A Play.  New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 white linen and decorated blue paper covered boards with the upper and lower edges of the boards modestly faded and with slight dust staining to the upper edge of the text block. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with modest rubbing to the folds and light soiling to the panels. Signed by the author on the fly title page. 172 pages of script. Adapted for the stage by Marion Wiesel.
    TB16198  $50.00



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    Wilder, Thornton:  The Long Christmas Dinner & Other Plays in One Act.  New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1931. First Edition. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/8 by 6 1/4 inches with the cloth on the spine slightly faded and what appears to be old tape stains on the first and last free end pages which at one time held the dust jacket in place which no longer exists. Without its issued dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page and dated in the month and year of publication at the University of Chicago. 122 pages of text. A collection of six one act plays.
    TB29869  $225.00




  • Willard, Nancy:  East of the Sun & West of the Moon.  San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovi, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 white cloth and decorated paper covered boards with a small prior owner's stamp on the front end paper. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. A play containing 64 pages of text and illustrations by Barry Moser.
    TB13137  $14.00






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