Search Results: Drama from Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA

New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. Octavo. xxix, 607pp. Neat ink name on front flyleaf, few spots of light wear to the extremities of the binding, else a near fine copy in near fine dust jacket with very light wear to the extremities, else bright and crisp. "About one-third of the 43 selections by 30 authors have never been published in the U.S. before" (from the dust jacket). Prints "Dead King" and "Sirens" by James Joyce (excerpts from Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses, respectively), "Cathleen Ni Houlihan" and "The Resurrection" (two plays) by W.B. Yeats, "Maelshaughlinn at the Fair" by Padraic Colum (an excerpt from Castle Conquer); additional contributions by J.M. Synge, Lady Gregory, George Moore, George Russell (AE), Liam O'Flaherty, et al.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Faint toning on endpapers, slight rubbing and wear at the ends of the spine, else very good or better lacking the dust jacket.

(Lyme, New Hampshire): Smith and Kraus, 1994. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Preface by Terrence McNally. Introduction by John Guare. Octavo. ix, 373pp. Updated barcode label (possibly as issued) on lower wrap else fine in glossy wrappers. Signed by McNally on the title page. Issued as part of the Smith and Kraus Contemporary Playwrights Series.

Hollywood: Technicolor Vidtronics Division, 1971. Unbound. Fine. Three 16mm film reels in gray plastic film canisters with mailing labels on each. Fine. A film print of the 25th Annual Tony Awards ceremony was held on March 28, 1971 at the Palace Theatre in New York City, a salute 25 Years of Tony Award-Winning Musicals. Hosts included Lauren Bacall, Angela Lansbury, Anthony Quayle and Anthony Quinn, with the big winner being *Sleuth* for Best Drama and *Company* for Best Musical.

New York: Viking Press, 1975. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Small octavo. 171pp. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with black and white plates. Wraps and page edges with faint spotting and a bit of edgewear, the half title with a pencil tracing of "1776" from the title page, very good.

Long Beach and Berkeley, California, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. Four volumes. Octavos. Contemporary leatherette three-ring binders to which wood grain and patterned contact paper were later applied. Two albums filled with ephemera and two contain 69 gelatin silver photographs, measuring between 4" x 3" and 6.75" x 5". Overall very good or better with the contact paper covers torn and peeling at the edges, the hinges of the photo albums cracked, and all the ephemera with punch holes, some of which have pulled through. An archive of photographs and ephemera from James Fisher-Northrop, a graduate to Ben Franklin Junior High School and Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California. He went on to attended The University of California Berkley where he played an active role in the early days of its Little Theater Program under the direction of Edwin Duerr.Fisher-Northrop was an actor for more than a decade, participating in dozens of dramatic performances, as well as holiday shows,… Read More

New York: Contemporary Play Publications, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Blue cloth. Introduction by Alfred Kreymborg. Light bumping at the spine ends, faint scuff marks on rear board, very good in a roughly price-clipped, very good dust jacket with rubbing, and tiny chips and tears. Includes contributions from: John Reed, Emjo Basshe, Ludwig Thoma, William Kozlenko, Anthony Buttitta, Percival Wilde, and more.

New York: Samuel French, 1943. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. 326pp. Green pictorial wrappers. Tiny tear on the cover, faint creases on wraps, near fine. Order form laid in.

(New York: Bantam Books, 1979. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Quarto. Stapled card covers. 32pp. Fine. Front cover: Philip Roth, Ray Bradbury, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, John Steinbeck, Anaïs Nin, and more.

New York: Samuel French, 1937. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Foxing on first few leaves, else very near fine in modestly spine-toned very good or better dust jacket. Inscribed by the playwright to Barrett H. Clark: "For Barrett with best wishes, Ellsworth 1937." Clark was an exceptionally important figure in modern American drama, aside from authoring many books, he served as the longtime literary editor for the drama publisher Samuel French.

New York: Greenberg, 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, third printing. Near fine with light wear along the crown and edges in very good dustwrapper sunning to the spine and moderate wear to the extremities with small chips and tears. Uncommon collection of play for high schools, colleges, clubs, camps and small theaters. Includes the early play "At Liberty" by Tennessee Williams.

Norfolk: New Directions, 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second printing with new Introduction by the author. Near fine with lightly soiled boards. Lacking the dustwrapper.

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in very good dustwrapper with a few small nicks and tiny tears to the jacket edges and corners.

Norfolk: New Directions, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper with some small tears and small internal repairs.

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition: [6], 207 pp.; 22 cm. Near fine in publishers' cream linen boards, spine lettering in brown, "Tennessee Williams' One-Act Plays," corners very gently bumped, in a very good tan dustwrapper with a one-inch tear and crease to the upper edge of the front panel and some rubbing to the back panel.

London: John Lehmann, 1949. Hardcover. Fine/Good. First English edition. Just about fine with a little bumping at the corners in good plus, price-clipped dustwrapper with a small chip to the head of the spine, a tape repair to the tail, and a little rubbing to the front panel.

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition with new Introduction by the author. Owner's signature in neat ink on the front endpaper. Very good in publishers' cloth, with fading to the gilt lettering on the spine, and a tear to the lower corner of the front board; lacking dustwrapper.

Norfolk CT: New Directions, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Third edition, with the addition of two additional plays. Small stains on the bottom of the front board, else very good plus in very good plus dustwrapper with a couple of very small chips.

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1949. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second printing with new Introduction by the author. Fine in just about fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny chips. Signed by Williams. A surprisingly scarce title in nice condition.

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1945. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Bookplate on front fly, else about fine in handsome near fine dustwrapper with some foxing inside the jacket and a tiny nick at the crown.