Search Results: Drama from Conover Books

New York: Brentano's, 1931. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, light fraying at the top of the spine, no dj, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, lightly shelf worn, former owner's inscription in ink on the ffep, some underlining and margin writing in ink throughout the book, overall a nice used first edition! Green cloth with a faded and chipped title pastedown on the spine. Deckle page edges. 118 historical pages! "The first performances of this play at home and abroad provoked several confident anticipations that it would be published with an elaborate prefatory treatise on Democracy to explain why I, formerly a notorious democrat, have apparently veered round to the opposite quarter and become a devoted Royalist. In Dresden the performance was actually prohibited as a blasphemy against Democracy." ---- from the Preface.. First Edition. Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mount Morris, Illinois: Self-published, 2005. First Edition / First Printing . Trade Paperback. Brand New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brand new and unread first edition, very crisp and fresh, gift quality! 73 very clean, new and unread historical pages! "In 1830 through 1840 years, the prairie and timberlands were broad expanses with only wagon wheel tracks and footpaths to mark the distances between homesteaders' cabins. The cabins were few and far between. As family groups arrived, they set about in teams to build cabins. First settlers welcomed the next family groups by sheltering them until trees were cut and logs shaped for the next cabin. There are stories of twenty to twenty-four people spending a certain winter snowbound in the Rice cabin. The nearby family burial ground is now marked as Rice Cemetery. Some say there were twenty people wintering in the small cabin; some say twenty-four. It depends upon the teller. The book EAST FRIESENS IN AMERICA documents… Read More

Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass, 1970. Edge and corner wear to the dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, chipping at the top of the spine of the dj, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, lightly shelf worn, overall a very clean used first edition (stated)! Beautiful bright red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Very very rare and out-of-print! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! Extremely scarce and hard-to-find! 151 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "The Avimaraka is a Sanskrit play, the first manuscript of which was discovered in South India in 1912. It tells the playful story of a young outcaste who falls in love with a princess and by means of a magic ring enters her bedroom and stays there for one year. The tone is light, gay and unconventional in its easy and happy attitude toward love. If the play is by Bhasa (I think it might well be but the question cannot be settled for certain) then it belongs to the second or third century A.D.,… Read More

New York, New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1971. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used FIRST EDITION (stated)! White and black illustrated wrapper with blue and white lettering. 199 magical and historical pages! "John Lahr, a well-known theater critic himself has Assembled her the most perceptive critical essays available on that enigmatic masterpiece of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming. Also included are interviews that elucidate the approach to the play by the director, a designer, and various actors. As Lahr writes in his introduction:"What follows is a "casebook" of a play already acknowledged as a major contribution to the theater of this century. The book is divided between the practical and theoretical, a discussion and not a summing up............". First Edition / First Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

U.S.A.: St. Martins Press, 1991. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 289 informative and historical pages of text and 12 historic pages of black and white photographs! "Contemporary American Theatre offers a surprisingly different vision of the serious American drama during the late seventies and eighties with emphasis shared between textual and non-textual drama, between the mainstream and the avant-garde, between drama and theatre, between individuals, groups and movements. Attention is given to performance art, dance theatre, feminist theatre, postliterary dramaturgies and postmodernism........." . First Edition. Black Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Boston, Massachusettes: Allyn and Bacon, 1901. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, spine is gently faded, lightly shelf worn, former owner's name and a date in ink on the ffep, overall a very clean used first Allyn and Bacon edition! Extremely rare and hard-to-find! Text is in German. Decorative blue cloth with black design and lettering on the front cover and spine. Very very rare! Wonderfully well-preserved! 246 very clean, unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "This edition of Die Journalisten has been prepared to meet the needs of students. To gain this end it is provided with notes, a list of 'idiomatic phrases,' and a vocabulary. As many students in our high schools and colleges can spend only two years at the most on their German, they wish to choose their reading from a somewhat comprehensive field. Among the works chosen should be Die Journalisten." ---- from the Preface "Freytag's excellent comedy… Read More

Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, 1968. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; some highlighting, underlining and margin-writing throughout the book; hinges are a little weak; overall a nice used copy! Red cloth with white lettering on the spine. 385 historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Prior to the outbreak of the world-war in Europe it seemed that America was about to pass through a period of great popular interest in the drama. With the return of normal activities consequent upon the coming of peace it is to be hoped that this interest may be revived and may continue to grow. So far as such interest is hysterical or manifested by attempts at play-writing on the part of those without training, experience, or natural aptitude it has little to commend it........" --------- from the… Read More

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Hunter Textbooks, 1994. hint of edge and corner wear, red remainder mark on the outer page edges, a very crisp and clean copy! 490 very fine pages!. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Samuel French, Inc., 1968. Hint of edge and corner wear, gently scuffed and scratched, sticker residue on the front cover, overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! Extremely rare and hard-to-find! Very very scarce! Wonderfully well-preserved! 71 very fine, unmarked and uncreased, collectible pages! Orange wrappers with black lettering. . First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Lipsiae in Aedibus: B.G. Teubneri, 1913. HINT OF EDGE AND CORNER WEAR, CORNERS ARE LIGHTLY BUMPED AND RUBBED, FORMER OWNERS NAME IS WRITTEN IN INK ON THE FIRST PAGE, TEXT IS WRITTEN IN GREEK, A VERY CRISP AND CLEAN USED FIRST EDITION! 421 PAGES. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.

Lipsiae in Aedibus: B.G. Teubneri, 1921. MINOR EDGE AND CORNER WEAR, CORNERS ARE LIGHTLY BUMPED AND RUBBED, FORMER OWNERS NAME IS WRITTEN IN INK ON THE FIRST PAGE, TEXT IS WRITTEN IN GREEK, A VERY CRISP AND CLEAN FIRST EDITION! 410 PAGES. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.

Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press, 1967. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 129 historical and informative pages of text and 22 historic pages of black and white photographs and illustrations! "The Commedia dell'Arte is Art and it is Psychology. It is a theatre of all people, of all arts, of all moments when life wings up out of drab reality. It is a theatre of music and dance; of song, colour and light; of plays on wagon stages; of festivals in streets, in courts, in great squares; on rivers; at weddings and funerals and coronations; of actors with and without masks; sometimes in extraordinary costumes........" ------- from Chapter 1: Origin of the Commedia dell'Arte.. Reprint (1935). Black Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1976. A very crisp and clean first American edition, almost new and unread condition, gift quality! 129 very clean, unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "New Mermaids are modern-spelling, fully-annotated editions of important English plays. Each volume includes a critical introduction, biography of the author, discussions of dates and sources, textual details, a bibliography and information about the staging of the play.". First American Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1935. Minor edge and corner wear, gently scuffed, pages are lightly toning, corners are very lightly bumped and rubbed, overall a very crisp and clean first edition! 89 very fine, unmarked and uncreased historical pages! Binding is exceptionally tight and the corners are sharp! Wonderfully well-preserved used copy! Green cloth with gilt lettering to the front cover and spine!. First Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York: Benjamin Blom, 1963. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Yellow cloth with gilt on brown lettering on the spine. 339 informative and historical pages of text and 38 wonderful pages of historic black and white illustrations (from the Harvard Theatre Collection)! "A book about the theatre, like the theatre itself, ought to be conscious of the varied demands of the audience it seeks to attract. I believe, moreover, that ---- like the theatre again ---- it may best fulfill its purpose by offering something of 'profit or delight' to all sorts and conditions of people. At all events I have consistently aimed to make this book at once useful and interesting, and that no less to students than to readers and theatre-goers in general.........." --------- from the Preface.. Reprint (1922). Yellow Cloth. Good/No… Read More

U.S.A.: The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society , 2001. A very crisp and clean used copy; almost new and unread condition; gift quality! Yellow and white illustrated wrapper with red and black lettering. 66 very clean unmarked and uncreased magical and historical pages! "The volume in your hands has had a strange and murky history. Its writing and previous attempts at production have been accompanied by tragedy and madness, and it is not without some trepidation that the current editors have undertaken to publish it today. The reader should be forewarned and continue with caution. 'A Shoggoth on the Roof' is a musical unlike any other. Like a mad liberal arts experiment gone horribly wrong, it is a perverse hybrid of the Cthulhu Mythos of 1920s gothic horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and the plot and music of 'Fiddler on the Roof,' an enduringly popular mainstay of high school theatre groups since 1964........." --------- from the Introduction.. First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover.… Read More

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. Minor edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, no dj, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, light fraying at the top of the spine, overall a clean used first American edition! Deckle page edges. Green cloth with a pastedown on the spine. 343 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "Somehow my play, Too True To Be Good, has in performance excited an animosity and an enthusiasm which will hardly be accounted for by the printed text. Some of the spectators felt that they had had a divine revelation, and overlooked the fact that the eloquent gentleman through whose extremely active mouth they had received it was the most hopeless sort of scoundrel: that is, one whose scoundrelism consists in the absence of conscience rather than in any positive vices, and is masked by good looks and agreeable manners." ---- from the Preface (Money and Happiness).. First American Edition. Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over… Read More