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Three Uses of the Knife
by David Mamet
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 7" by 5" . None . David Mamet discusses playwriting in this excellent copy of the first edition, third impression. The first edition of this work, third impression. An essay discussing playwriting and the conscious and unconscious processes used in creating a work of art. A very interesting discussion celebrating the absolute necessity of drama. Written by David Mamet, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screen-writer, poet, essayist, and director. Complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding over paper covered boards. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. The dust wrapper is excellent and unclipped. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Fine
Synopsis
David Mamet was born in Chicago in 1947. He studied at Goddard College in Vermont and at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in New York. He has taught at Goddard College, the Yale Drama School, and New York University, and lectures at the Atlantic Theater Company, of which he is a founding member. He is the author of the acclaimed plays The Cryptogram , Oleanna, Speed-the-Plow, Glengarry Glen Ross, American Buffalo, and Sexual Perversity in Chicago . He has also written screenplays for such films as House of Games and the Oscar-nominated The Verdict , as well as The Spanish Prisoner, The Winslow Boy, and Wag the Dog . His plays have won the Pulitzer Prize and the Obie Award.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 810A63
- Title
- Three Uses of the Knife
- Author
- David Mamet
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 7" by 5"
- Keywords
- david mamet first editions drama playwright first editions
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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