Theatre & Drama
Soliloquies and Speeches from the Plays of William Shawkespeare
Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, 1960. Jeff Hill. Hardcover. 12mo. Illustrated paper boards in dust jacket. Jacket price clipped, ink name to front endpaper, with a few ink lines in red to the margins, and a small stain to p. 32/33. More
The Revels History of Drama in English. (7 Volumes of 8)
London: Metheun, 1983. Hardcover. Volumes 1-3, 5-8, missing volume 4. A few little bumps to the boards but overall a great set in excellent dust jackets. More
The Passing of the Essences. A Drama in Three Acts
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. 8vo. Edition of 775 copies, this is number 655, signed by George Moore. In full vellum, gilt stamped device to front board and spine lettering in gilt. Board edges a little scuffed, spine darkened, bookplate removed from front endpaper with glue..... More
Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
New York: Atheneum, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. 8vo. First edition. Black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Bookplate to front endpaper at upper right corner. Dust jacket with a light nick to the spine head, couple of light creases to front flap, not price clipped. Signed by Albee..... More
A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1968. Hardcover. The New Mermaids series. 8vo. Red boards, gilt lettering, ink name to front endpaper, clean throughout and tight copy in a price clipped dust jacket with rubbing to the edges. More
The Apple Cart: a Politial Extravaganza.
London: Constable and Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 78pp. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Light foxing to the endpapers and text block edges, else really fresh and clean, in a very near fine dust jacket. Nice copy. More
The Image Maker. A Play in one act.
New York: Sea Cliff Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. 8vo. Grey cloth boards with illustration mounted to the front board. Edition of 250 copies, this one numbered 194 and scratched out, signed James Merrill and tagged "Binder's Proof" under Merrill's signature. Inscribed on the front endpaper from the publisher..... More
The Critic, or A Tragedy Rehearsed. A Dramatic Piece in three Acts, as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. Inscribed by Sheridan to Charles William Ward (Inscribed by Sheridan)
London: Printed for T. Becket, 1781. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. First edition ? Small 8vo. Pp. v, 98. Engraved title with vignette. Lacks half-title and ads. Later three quarter brown morocco over brown cloth boards, gilt titles to spine and ruling to raised bands and borders. Marbled endpapers. With inscription..... More
The Admirable Crichton
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1915. Hugh Thomson. Hardcover. No date, 1914. 4to. 235pp. Complete with 20 mounted plates in colour, with captioned tissue guards, and black and white ills. throughout. In the green and red decorated cloth with front board lettering in red and gilt to spine. Spine a little..... More
The Cambridge Pocket Shakespeare Henry IV Part II.
Cambridge University Press, 1958. Hardcover. 12mo. 1958 printing, with glossary and corrections. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, price clipped dust jacket. Ink name to front endpaper, else clean and unmarked. More
Japanese Drama (Tourist Library: 6)
Tokyo, Japan: Maruzen, 1936. Soft cover. 12mo (130mm x 190mm), 84pp., second edition. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs. Book is very good, bumps to top and fore- edge of paper boards. More
The Tragedy of Troilus and Cressida : With The Tragedy of Coriolanus
London: H. Herringman, 1685. Leather. Folio. From the Fourth Folio. Modern quarter gilt lettered red morocco over red cloth. Marbled endpapers with bookplate. Housed in red cloth slipcase. Contains pages 233 through page 284 which make up the play of Troiilus & Cressida and Coriolanus from the fourth folio.Text generally..... More
The Tragedy of Cymbeline
London: H. Herringman, 1685. Leather. Folio. From the Fourth Folio. Full in full red morocco, gilt lettered front board and spine. Bound by Brentanos. Housed in red cloth slipcase. Marbled endpapers. This is page 165 to page 192 taken from the fourth folio published in 1685. Interiors are generally clean..... More
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
The Limited Editions Club, 1933. Eric Gill. Hardcover. 8vo. Signed. Limited to 1500 copies, numbered and signed by Eric Gill. This is copy no. 749. Recently rebacked in brown morocco to match the original Limited Editions Club binding, lettered on the spine in dark brown, right on the leather vertically..... More
The White Blackbird. Portrait.
Dublin: The Talbot Press Limited, 1928. First Edition. Softcover. Signed. No date, c. 1928. 12mo, Pp. 128. Original printed orange/brown paper wraps with printed illustration to the front cover by Harry Clarke. Spine a little darkened, edges a little creased from being longer than the text-block, but a really fresh..... More
La Derniere Bande Suive De Cendres.
Paris: Les Editions De Minuit, 1960. First Edition. Softcover. Signed. 12mo. Cream wrappers lettered in blue and black. Light wear to edges and spine foot, else about fine. Signed by Samuel Beckett on the title-page. Nice copy. More
Restoration Plays from Dryden to Farquhar (Everyman's Library)
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910. Hardcover. 12mo. 431pp. Quarter pig skin with gilt spine lettering over brown cloth boards. Light rubbing to spine ends and board corners. Clean throughout and binding tight and square. Circa 1910. Everyman's Library. More
Pinocchio for the Stage
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Pinocchio in four short plays from Collodi's original. Dramatized and illustrated by Remo Bufano. Book in excellent condition, illustrated endpapers, unmarked and clean throughout, with only a very small and faint stain to the fore-edge of the text-block. Dust jacket with..... More
Shirley (Everyman's Library)
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1911. Hardcover. 12mo. 710pp. Quarter pig skin with gilt spine lettering over brown cloth boards. Light rubbing to board corners. Clean throughout and binding tight and square.1911 reprint. Everyman's Library. More
Thesaurus of English Words & Phrases (Everyman's Library)
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1912. Hardcover. 12mo. 2 volumes. Quarter pig skin with gilt spine lettering over brown cloth boards. Light rubbing to spine ends and board corners. Spine lightly faded. Clean throughout and binding tight and square. Revised by Andrew Boyle. Circa 1912. Everyman's Library. More
The Rise of the Dutch Republic (Everyman's Library)
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1911. Hardcover. 12mo. 3 volumes. Quarter pig skin with gilt spine lettering over brown cloth boards. Light rubbing to spine ends and board corners. Spine lightly faded. Head of spine on volume one is slightly chipped. Clean throughout and binding tight and square. 1911..... More
Plutarch's Lives (Everyman's Library)
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1912. Hardcover. 12mo. In 3 volumes. Quarter pig skin with gilt spine lettering over brown cloth boards. Light rubbing to spine ends and board corners. Spine lightly faded. Boards slightly bowed on volume 2. Clean throughout and binding tight and square. 1912 reprint. Everyman's..... More
Shakespeare's Comedies (Everyman's Library)
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1911. Hardcover. 12mo. 848pp. Quarter pig skin with gilt spine lettering over brown cloth boards. Light rubbing to spine ends and board corners. Clean throughout and binding tight and square. 1911 reprint. Everyman's Library. More
Shakespeare's Historical Plays, Poems and Sonnets (Everyman's Library)
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1911. Hardcover. 12mo. 888pp. Quarter pig skin with gilt spine lettering over brown cloth boards. Heavily worn at spine ends and board corners. Small tear at corner of page 313, legibility of text is not impacted. Staining on front board. 1911 reprint. Everyman's Library..... More