Dust jacket is tearing at both front corners, some darkening and light soiling, book club edition so no price. Black cloth boards have light rubbing at the extremities. Clean interior. Fireside Theatre Book Club edition. View More...
#921/1500, signed on the colophon by the artist who created the wonderful lithographs, Mariette Lydis. The slipcase is splitting on the bottom edges, edge wear on all edges, spine is darkened, light soiling on the surfaces. The blue buckram boards are blind stamped with fleur-de-lis and theatrical design, rubbed a little at the extremities. Fine interior. View More...
No dust jacket. The burgundy cloth boards have a whitish area on the front, corners rubbed, spine sunned - text nearly obliterated by age. Front endpaper was removed, all else clean. First edition 1919. View More...
Two volume set in French of the works French playwright Jean Racine, new edition dated 1728. Engraved frontis in both volumes with many decorative woodcuts throughout both. Both volumes bound in full calf with five raised bands on the spines, Vol I has the spine label, Vol II doesn't. Leather is quite worn, tears at head/tail of spines, decoration worn and leather is dry. Interiors quite clean and nice. View More...
Re-backed set of plays includes Oroonoko, adapted from the novel by Aphra Behn (1688). This play tells the story of an African prince sold into slavery. Behn is considered the first female novelist, her novel one of the first published in English. New spines of lighter brown leather and black leather spine labels, boards are the original leather boards with corners rounded by wear. Some tanning and light stains in interior, armorial bookplates in both volumes of Thomas Merriman. View More...
Signed by co-author/cast member Thommie Walsh on the front endpaper. Dust jacket has light shelf and edge rubbing, price unclipped. Grey boards with black cloth spine have a tad of rubbing. Clean interior. Second printing. View More...
I have the first three volumes of this ten volume set - French language. Bound in brown board with green leather spines and gold decoration. The edges are worn, spines are darkened with a chip at the head of Vol 3. Bookplates inside front cover, some light foxing. This is a collection of older French plays edited by Anatole de Montaiglon that is called the "Viollet Le Duc" collection. Monsieur Le Duc was an architect, I'm not 100% certain of his connection to the project. View More...
With an original pencil signed etching by noted portraitist Arthur Ralph Middleton Todd, un-numbered copy. The dust jacket has a light smudge on the front, light crease and corner wear, darkening on the spine, not clipped, darkening towards the edges, in VG+ cond. The purple velvet boards with gold decoration and red spine have light edge wear - excellent condition. The Haymarket Press 1928.The Way of the World is a play written by the English playwright William Congreve. It premiered in early March 1700 in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. It is widely regarded as one of the best... View More...
Miniature, 2x2.75, green leather bound copy of Hamlet is rubbed at the corners, edges and head/tail of spine, tearing head/tail of spine. Pen name front endpaper, weak front and rear hinges. View More...
Grey boards with light brown suede spine are rubbed at the corners, leather is worn at the edges, tearing from wear in spots at the edges, decoration is nice and bright. Otto Franz did the letterpress printing, Andrew Andrews designed and supervised the exquisite production at the Roycroft Shop. A truly wonderful edition of the classic. View More...
Three volumes bound in green marbled paper with red leather spines and corners. Paper is scuffed with age, edges are rubbed, spines show some rubbing from age and wear. Note unusual spelling in this set: William Shakspere. No publication date, late 19th century. View More...
New Classics edition of this play, 1949. The dust jacket has heavy wear and tear, edges are splitting, 2x1/2" chip bottom edge front, loss on spine, unclipped, in Brodart sleeve. Grey boards are rubbed at the corners, small dent near right edge, rubbed head/tail spine. Two b&w photos from the Broadway production. Alvin Lustig dust jacket art. View More...
