Japan: Shichigatsudo Press, 1986. Wraps. Red printed wraps. 30 pp. Text in English and Japanese. With a fold out sheet advertising a staging of the piece. An "American" play using the form of the Japanese No. By Janine Beichman, an author and scholar specializing in Japanese poetry. GOOD condition. Moderate..... More
New York: Privately Printed, 1922. Soft Cover. Cardboard stock covers in brown printed paper wraps (adhered to the covers). Folio. 173 pp. With a section of 28 photo plates. SIGNED, with an inscription, by David Belasco, and dated 1927. With another gift inscription present from the recipient to Craig (Timberlake..... More
New York: New Directions, 1943. First American Edition. Original Wraps. First US edition. Original wraps in dust wrapper.. Printed at the Marchbanks Press. Translated by H.R. Hays. Un-paginated. A play imagining the trial after death of a Roman general and conqueror, offering a voice to those previously oppressed by him..... More
No Place: No printer or publisher Given, 1932. Brissaud, Pierre. Original Wraps. Unpaginated. Original wraps. A theater program for a production of Debussy's opera Pelleas and Melisande, featuring black and white photos of cast members. Of note is the cover illustration by Pierre Brissaud featuring a black and white silhouette..... More
Lausanne: Librairie Payot et Cie, 1932. Limited. Quarter Leather. #9 of 35 copies SIGNED by the author. Blue marbled paper covered boards with a blue leather spine (not as issued). Original wraps bound in. 136 pp. All text in French. A collection of three plays by this author and lyricist..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1971. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, with no statement of later printings. Beige cloth in unclipped dust jacket. 166 pp. A play by Ed Bullins, a key figure in the Black Arts Movement and Minister of Culture in the Black Panther Party. GOOD jacket..... More
New York: Theatre Arts, Inc, 1932. Wraps. Printed yellow wraps. With photos and illustrations throughout, depicting sets, plays and actors. December issue of this magazine devoted primarily to theater, although containing an occasional article on film, containing articles on the London scene, a portfolio of stage designs by Charles Ricketts..... More
Toronto: Clarke, Irwin and Company, 1952. Grant Macdonald. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition. Hard cover in unclipped jacket. Illustrations by Grant Macdonald. 47 pages. A play by Davies based in ancient Greece and using the dramatic tool of the masque. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Jacket in..... More
Northhampton, MA: The Apiary Press, 1961. First Edition. Quarter Leather. First edition, #36 of 50 copies, bound by hand by Anna B. Held. Red leather spine with decorative paper covered boards. Quarto. 30 pages, including endpapers. Signed by the illustrator. Stated 25th book printed at the Apiary press. Illustrations by..... More
Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher [The Mosher Press.], 1913. Hard Cover. One of 950 copies printed on Van Gelder Hand-Made Paper. Original boards. 38pp. A short play from Dowson. In GOOD condition. Mostly minor darkening along the book extremities, with a faint pinkish stain along the bottom front cover. Spine..... More
London: Printed for W. Strahan; T. Davies; T. Lowndes, Etc, 1776. Disbound. Disbound. 90pp plus 2 pages of ads for plays from T Lowndes and Partners. There may be a page missing after this ad, as the plays end with the letter R. Lacking any endpapers and half titles that..... More
New York: Samuel French. Original Wraps. No date, circa 1875 based on OCLC records. Yellow wraps. 46 pages. Includes brief instructions on the costumes, as well as cast lists for London, New York and Providence, R.I. performances in 1857. A play set in the early part of Louis XVI's reign..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Library, 1978. Cloth. Green cloth in unclipped jacket. 166 pp. With a few photos. A collection of previously unpublished plays, transcribed from manuscripts saved from F. Scott Fitzgerald's time at the St. Paul Academy in Minnesota. Textual notes by Margolies throughout. VERY GOOD condition. MInor fading, rubbing..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First American Edition. Cloth. First US edition. Beige cloth in unclipped jacket. 60 pp. A play reflecting racial tensions and racism in 1950's South Africa. VERYGOOD jacket on a NEAR FINE book. Small dark square present at the lower front jacket, likely from a...... More
Kobiki-Cho, Tokyo: Kabukiza Theatre, presumed Publisher. Wraps. no date, perhaps 1903. Printed wraps. 9 pages. Page 8 blank, with Japanese characters on the last page. Otherwise all text in English. A summary of scenes and acts, with a little printed dialogue of several plays performed at the Kabuki-za Theatre in..... More
New York: Grove Press (an Evergreen Book), 1954. First Edition. Wraps. First edition, in wraps. No statement of printing present. Review copy, with review slip laid in at the front. 102 pp. A play by French novelist Jean Genet, following two maids who plot to kill their employer, enacting ritual..... More
London: Thomas Hailes Lacy. Pamphlet. no date, perhaps mid 1800s. Pamphlet. 24 pp. A short drama revolving around the captain of a merchant ship. GOOD condition, lacking any wrappers that may have been issued. Minor foxing and staining to the front and last page. Some staining along the spine. More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Stated first printing. Hard cover. Lacking dust jacket. 89 pages. Four plays from this noted poet and dramatist. The plays include Experimental Death Unit #1, A Black Mass, Great Goodness of Life, and Madheart. In GOOD+ condition with minor to moderate soiling to..... More
Tokyo/Palo Alto, CA: Kodansha International, Publisher, 1973. Wraps. Wraps. 88 pp. With a section of black and white photos by Kaneko Hiroshi. A history of Bunraku, a traditional form of theater in Japan, relying on the use of puppets. As a serious art form, dramas and literary masterpieces were written..... More
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1966. Cloth. Stated first edition. Black cloth in unclipped jacket. In cardboard slipcase. Folio. 311 pp. Black and white photos throughout, with a few in color. Flexi disc record laid in at the rear. SIGNED by the author, with a brief inscription. A comprehensive account of the..... More
New York: E.P Dutton, 1930. First American Edition. Cloth. Original cloth in unclipped dust jacket. No price present on the jacket, but this does not appear to be a book club edition. 205 pp. With black and white illustrations throughout. More than a memoir, this work offers insight into early..... More
Evergreen/Grove Press, 1960. First Edition. Wraps. (An Evergreen Original). 1960. Stated first Evergreen printing. This book consists of plays by John O’Hara, Try!Try!; John Ashbery, The Heroes; James Merrill, The Bait; and Lionel Abel, Absalom. A few photos of the plays are interspersed throughout the text. Try! Try! By O’Hara..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1941. Cloth. Blue cloth in unclipped jacket. 182 pages. With a few illustrations, as well as a frontis photo of the author by Doris Ulmann, the noted portrait photographer perhaps best known for her photography in Roll, Jordan Roll. A play dramatizing Emma by Jane Austen. GOOD..... More
Oxford, UK: The Malone Society Reprints, 1953. Hard Cover. Unpaginated. With a facsimile of the title page and two other preliminary pages, with the font in the book replicating the font of the original. Nice reprint of this piece of early English drama. In a plain brown paper jacket perhaps..... More
New York: David Longworth, Publisher, 1814. Pamphlet. Stated second edition. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers issued. 72 pp. With a list of the English cast of the play preceding the text. A comedy, popular in the 19th century despite poor reviews from critics, by the British playwright Thomas Morton. GOOD condition..... More