New York: Random House, 1956. First edition. (Stated "First printing" on copyright page.) 164pp. Gray cloth with black and gilt stamping, mounted photo at front, orange top stain. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. Jacket spine panel darkened and a little scratched, faint scratch on back panel, price intact ($2.95)..... More
London: Faber & Faber, [1930]. First edition, first printing of the poet's first published book. [vi], 79 pp. Bound in publisher's blue printed wraps over cardstock covers. Very Good+ with slight slant to spine, light toning to spine and edges, rubbing at joints with minor bumping to corners. Slight soiling..... More
New York: Dial Press, 1964. First edition. xviii, 121, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with blue lettering. Former owner's name on front free endpaper, else Fine in Very Good dust jacket with rubbing and edge wear, unclipped ($3.95). More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1939. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth decorated in white, with blue topstain. Near Fine with some sunning to spine and edges, light dust-soiling to cloth. A rather pleasing former owner bookplate to front pastedown, pages toned, evidence of small bookseller..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1970. First collected edition, first printing, trade issue. Signed by Samuel Beckett in ink on title page of Waiting for Godot, inscribed to former owners. Complete in 16 volumes, all bound in publisher's dark navy cloth with silver stamping. Fine in Near Fine dust jackets, all..... More
Paris: Les Editions de Minuit, 1952. First trade edition, first printing, in the original French. Approaching Near Fine, with toning to pages, spine and lightly to wraps, light soiling and light wear to wraps, with light wear to base of spine. Beckett's masterpiece was first composed and published in French..... More
Paris: Les Editions de Minuit, 1952. First trade edition, first printing, text in French. Bound in publisher's white wraps printed in black and blue. Near Fine with slight lean and light creasing to spine, light edge wear and light soiling to covers, name effased from first blank sheet, toning throughout..... More
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Paris: Les Editions de Minuit, 1957. First edition, first printing, trade issue of one of the Nobel laureate's most enduring works, Endgame, with text in the original French. Signed by Samuel Beckett on the half-title page and inscribed to a former owner in the year of publication. Bound in publisher's..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1968. First American edition. Signed by Peter Brook on first blank page, inscribed to former owners "For Jane and Bob with many wishes Peter Brooks 1973." [ii], 141, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's cream cloth, front stamped in blind, spine lettered in red, red topstain, black endpapers..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1841 - 1846. First edition of each of the original eight parts, bound in publisher's printed wraps. Parts IV, VI and VII signed by Robert Browning with his initials and warmly inscribed to his uncle Reuben with "affectionate regards." 16; 20; 16; 19; 16; 20; 24; 32..... More
London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1923. First British edition. 102, [1, ad], [1, blank] pp. Bound in publisher's black wraps lettered in red. Small chip in top of front wrap near head, else Near Fine with typical slip pasted over cast on copyright page and associated wrinkling. This..... More
St. Petersburg: Znanie, 1904. First publication of the classic play The Cherry Orchard anywhere. 324 pp. Original gray wrappers with full margins. In Russian. Near Fine with toning and light soiling, front wrapper expertly reattached, a few small rub spots to back wrap, contents have light thumb-soiling and slight edge-curling..... More
Paris: Gallimard, 1948. Eleventh edition (onzieme edition). Signed by Jean Cocteau, inscribed to a former owner on the half-title page. Very Good, with toning, light reading creases to spine, and previous owner bookplate to verso of front cover. Revised price-over label on spine is lifted on one edge. Signed by..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946. Signed limited first edition. Number 31 of a limited 250 copies, signed by E. E. Cummings. In publisher's original red and black cloth stamped in gilt, about Fine. In blue unprinted textured jacket--Firmage describes this being issued with a glassine jacket, hence this..... More
Canterbury: H. J. Goulden, 1935. First edition, first printing and one of 720 copies originally printed for sale at the first production of the play at the Canterbury Cathedral. Bound in publisher's wraps with front cover printed in dark blue. Near Fine with light toning and light soiling to wraps..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1948. Later edition. Signed by T. S. Eliot on the title page and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's original red cloth boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slight fading to spine cloth, toning to pages and small vintage bookseller ticket..... More
Pasadena, CA and New York: Theatre Arts at the California Institute of Technology; W.W. Norton; Basic Books. A collection of materials pertaining to Richard P. Feynman’s involvement in Theatre Arts at the California Institute of Technology (TACIT), with all materials from the estate of Shirley Marneus, who founded TACIT and..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. First edition, first printing. Signed by F. Scott Fitzgerald on the front free end paper. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth with titles in blind on upper board and in gilt on spine; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with spine slightly darkened, lightly..... More
New York: PAJ Publications, 1986. First edition. Signed by Maria Irene Fornes on the half title, inscribed to fellow writer Gregg Barrios with a small drawing. 147 pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Near Fine with slightly sunned spine, a few pages have slight corner crease. A collection of four critically-acclaimed..... More
London: [Privately Printed by] Judd & Co., 1872. Privately-printed uncorrected proof of the first edition of W.S. Gilbert's blank verse play. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to the Bishop of Limerick (then George Butler) on the front cover "With the author's compliments." Additionally inscribed by Gilbert on the title..... More
New York: Studio Duplicating Service, Inc., 1964. An early version of James Goldman's successful historical play The Lion in Winter. Set in 12th century medieval England, the play chronicles the tumultuous family life of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. It served as the basis for the Academy Award-winning film..... More
New York, NY: Playbill, 1959. Signed by Lorraine Hansberry on the front cover. Bound in publisher's stapled pictorial wraps. 48pp. Near Fine with light toning, light wear and small spot of staining to front cover. The play had opened in 1958 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre with Sidney Poitier as..... More
New York: Random House, 1959. First edition, first printing. Original tan half cloth with paper-covered boards and mounted photo of actor Sidney Poitier. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, light wear to corners and spine ends, foxing to several preliminary leaves at the edges. In a Near Fine unclipped..... More
New York: Random House, 1959. First edition, first printing. [xii], 142 pp. Bound in publisher's tan half cloth with paper-covered boards and mounted photo of actor Sidney Poitier. Near Fine with minor rubbing to spine ends, former owner's name in blue ink on the front free endpaper, light smudge to..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. First edition. 207 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine in unclipped dust jacket with sunned spine panel that's a little chipped at ends, small scratch in front panel, Very Good. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play that formed the basis for the 1938..... More