New York: Samuel French, 1960. Softcover. Printed wrappers. 87 pp. plus publisher's ads at rear; `scene design drawing at rear. Gently ex-lib (one small stamp title page) otherwise fine. The revised and rewritten 1960 version of Batson's 1953 original titled "Celia". A dramatic comedy set on an estate on the.....
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1930. Hardcover. Slim hardcover in black cloth stamped in gilt. 124 pp. including author's notes. A tight, near fine example, cover gilt stamping bright, spine lettering a touch rubbed at the author's name. Tasteful vintage bookplate front pastedown and corresponding ownership signature top edge front free.....
London: J. Debrett, 1795. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. A working copy only, lacking the front board and any front blanks, rear board barely attached. 90 pp. plus one page publisher's adverts for other plays at rear. The text is complete with some occasional foxing. The play, as noted on.....
Minneapolis: The Northwestern Press, 1941. First edition. Paperback. First edition. Paperback. Fine condition. 94 pages. Collection of impromptu skits, radio satires, shadowgrams, and plays.
New York: Brentano's, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. Compilation of four plays performed by the Moscow Art Theatre series of Russian plays. Generally fine, tight copy with bright gilting and slight bumping to corners. Signed by the director, Morris Gest.
NY: Stokes, 1940. First Edition. Cloth. First printing. Cloth, 309 pps. with index; illustrated. Biography of Irish playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Son of a theatrical family, Sheridan is today best known for his wicked satires such as "The Rivals" and "The School for Scandal" but also served in Parliament for.....
Philadelphia: Westbrook, 1946. Numbered, Limited. Hard Cover. One of 200 numbered copies (of which this is Number 25) out of a total printing of 1000. This copy SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE: "ILLUMINATINGLY YOURS---MARY HALLOCK GREENWALT". Small quarto sized in silver cloth decorated in gilt;endpapers decorated with.....
Brooklyn, NY: D.S. Holmes, 1877. First. Cloth. First edition. Emerald green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt with lining in black cover and spine, all edges gilt. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "Miss Susie Miller/ fr. her cousin/ The author/ Jan. 31, 1878/ Brklyn". Frontis engraving to the ornamental gate to.....
Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. 412 pps with illustrations. A fascinating, insightful study of the Restoration period in England, when Charles II assumed the throne after the Puritanical age of Cromwell, based mainly on primary sources from the period, including journals, letters, and theatrical plays.....
(1879). Broadside of 12" x 5 `1/2", blank backed. Engraving of Uncle Tom and Little Eva lower portion. Advetisement for a performance of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" at English's Dramatic Lyceum Mechanic Hall (place not specified) on a Wednesday evening, Nov. 12. (presumably 1879). It trumpets "Mr. E.W. Beattie" as Uncle.....
Antheneum, 1987. Book Club. Hardcover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Hardcover. Book club edition. 112 pgs. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Three one act plays that comprise variations on a theme: living with AIDS. By the author of "Torch Song Trilogy"
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Harry N Abrams Inc, 1989. First Ed. Hardcover. Hardcover. 184 pps with index, illustrations. A beautiful collection of print advertisements and artwork related to the American stage. Fine, tight copy in crisp dust jacket.
J. T. White, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. 323 pps with index, illustrations. Fascinatingly thorough and intriguing history of New York City's greatest playhouses. Well researched and immensely entertaining read that begins in the early 1700s and continues through the 1930s. Near fine, tight copy in edgeworn, price-clipped dust jacket.....
Clifton, NJ: J. T. White, 1973. First. Hard Cover. First printing. 323 pps. with index, bibliography. Illustrated. Unique story of New York City playhouses and how they developed over three centuries---from the eraliest licenced playhouse in New Amsterdam through the 1930s when "Broadway" and "42nd Styreet" were synonomous with American.....
London: Anthony Blond, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. 189 pps with index, illustrations. History of the theater in Manchester from 1750-1807. Very good, tight copy in very good dust jacket.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. Amadeus Pr, 1990. First. Hard Cover. First edition in English translation. AS NEW, UNUSED COPY IN DUST JACKET. Cloth, 235 ps. with list of works, index of persons. Illustrated. Biography of Emanuel Schilkaneder, best known to opera lovers as the librettist of Mozart's "The Magic Flute", but.....
1980. Book Club. Hardcover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Hardcover. Book club edition. 87 pgs. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A vivid and powerful play that considers the life of Desmond Drumm, an acerbic, witty and aloof Irish civil servant. Learning he has only six months to live.....
New York: Brentano's, 1908. First American edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Slim hardcover in black cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. 83 pp. A very good or somewhat better copy, old ownership signature dated from Harvard University 1910 on front free endpaper. Final two leaves have some light upper corner.....
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo hardcover in emerald green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black. vii+ 276 pp. with index. Boldly inscribed on the front blank, "For _______/ This the earliest work of my hand/ On Plays I tried my (?).....
New Haven: Yale Univ Pr, 1998. First. Hard Cover. First printing. AS NEW, UNUSED COPY IN DUST JACKET. Cloth, 362 pps. with index. Biography of the musical genius whose career spanned six decades and who composed more than 1000 songs for the American musical stage.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1897. First edition thus. Hardcover. Firts edition thus, the stageplay edition with photographic illustrations from the 1897 New York stage production starring Maude Adams. Hardcover in light green cloth decorated and lettered in white with oval portarit of Miss Adams tipped onto the front cover.....
Hamish Hamilton, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Inscribed to theatrical producer Michael Shipley and dated at London, 17 Nov., 1976 by the author on the title page. Hardcover. xi+ 372 pp. with index, appendix list of Guthrie's theatrical productions, honors and awards, and published works. Fine in fine dust.....
Phila: Univ. Of Pennsylvania Press, 1932. First. Hard Cover. First edition. Cloth, 694 pps. with index to plays and index to players. Two plates, one of the Chestnut Street Theatre (frontispiece) and one of the Arch Street Theatre. Scarce history of theatre in Philadelphia during the first thee and a......
HILL and WANG, 1986. Book Club. Hardcover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Hardcover. Book club edition. 108 pgs. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A play written not by an individual playwright but by a group of actors, all of whom were Vietnam veterans. The piece is set before.....
New York: Crown, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover. xxviii+ 707 pp. with bibliography. A tight, near fine example, bit of wear at the spine ends and with 1952-dated ownership signature front free endpaper. In the original dust jacket, price clipped, minor edge wear and chips. A anthology of.....
