Search Results: Drama from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

N.Y.: Harper, 1894 Book. Illus. by Smedley, W.T.. Good Minus. Decorative Cloth. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Original thin off-white cloth on boards, no DJ. Harper's Black&White Series. 1894 issue of the 1891 copyright. Hinge repair at page 24, still Good Minus. Seven full-page line drawings by Smedley. 68 pp. plus ads..

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1960 Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. Second Impression with Corrections. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original bright red cloth on boards. DJ has one short closed tear. Sequel to The Poet in the Theatre. Peacock puts forward a theory of art images and their relation to experience, and then examines characteristic "intertextures" of imagery and language. - DJ. Light foxing and DJ soil. 263 pp. with index..

Lyon: De L'imprimerie D'amable Le Roy, 1791 Book. Fair to Good. Soft cover. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Original brown soft cover. Untrimmed edges. Text in French. Plays written between 1657 and 1673, the year Moliere died during the fourth performance of Le Malade Imaginaire. L'e Cole des Maris, Les Precieuses Ridicules, George Dandin ou Le Mari Confondu, Le Malade Imaginaire, Le Sicilien ou L'amour Peintre. All are comedies, the last being a comedie-ballet. No writing or marks. First four leaves starting to split about an inch from head and foot of spine, but all in one piece and easily readable with care. The oldest soft cover we've had ! 304 pp..

Oxford: Voltaire Foundation; Taylor Institution, 1986 Book. Illus. by Plates of Various Pages. Very Good. Card Covers. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. White (blank) softcover. Part of the Complete Works. French and English. 542 pp. Heavy book will need extra postage..

London: Eyre Methuen, 1975 Book. Illus. by Simone Martini, et al. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Grey cloth on boards. Gilt spine titles. Previous owner's name marked out. Book purchased at Stratford-Upon-Avon (label). No other marks or damage. Nearly 700 illustrations in colour. 160 pp. with index..

New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913 Book. Illus. by Photos By B. J. Falk. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. Blue cloth on boards. Several edge chips due to careless page separation. Shows much promise as a guide to current portrayal of themes of Feminism. 118 pp..

Fredericton: Fiddlehead Poetry Books/ Goose Lane Editions, 1987 Book. Illus. by Drawings. Very Good. Soft cover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original beige softcover. A newspaperman, a director, and an actor come together to create real life drama in New Brunswick in the 1840's. .

N.Y.: Appleton-Century, 1934 Book. Good. Original Cloth. Students' Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. One of the Appleton Modern Plays, with a study guide for the screen version of the play. This is believed to be the first appearance of the study guide. Grey cloth cover shows mildew residue along right edge, and there is a bookplate. Pages are evenly browned. 64 pp..

London: Constable and Company, Ltd., 1939 Book. Illus. by Feliks Topolski. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original illustrated tan paper boards. Set in the library of Isaac Newton's home in Cambridge in 1680. Newton takes part at age 38, with other eminent figures of history, including George Fox, the Quaker cleric, and several representatives from royalty. First presented at the Malvern Festifal in August, 1939. 120 pp. No writing or damage..

Albany, N.Y.: Le Vere L. Fuller (Book Club of the Air), 1932 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good Minus. Paper Covered Boards. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original light blue paper over boards with pastedown label, backed in dark blue cloth. Wear to corners and edges of cover. Reverend Rand was the very active Baptist pastor who moved from PEI to serve Manlius Baptist Church in New York. After short stints at Fulton and Albany he devoted his full time to broadcasting radio dramas in 1932 on WOKO and WABT, serving as full-time Continuity Director. Some of his radio characters were Father Knickerbocker, the Quick Quiz Conductor, and Santa Claus, among others. He died suddenly in 1937 at the age of 50. 144 pp..

N.Y.: R.F. Fenno and Co., 1897 Book. Illus. by Photos from the Play. Good. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blue cloth with two large irises on boards. No DJ. The play was first mounted in Washington, D.C., on 13 Sept., 1897, at the newly-built Lafayette Square Opera House. Two weeks later it opened on Broadway at either the Olympia Theatre Lyric or the Empire (Our sources conflict). We have identified the lead characters as Maude Adams, who played the Gypsy girl, Babbie Watt, and Robert Edeson, who played the Little Minister, Gavin Dishart, from the eight photos in the book. Several others are shown of the total cast of 16. The Washington opening was on a very hot night. Since the photos show no evidence of discomfort, they must have been taken at a rehearsal, or perhaps at the Broadway site some time after the Washington performance. Filmed in 1921 and again in 1934, it is an enduring story of "impossible" romance, dear to the… Read More

Baltimore: John Hopkins Press, 1963 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original pink cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. DJ verso lightly wrinkled. Amphitryon, Dom Juan, Le Misanthrope, Le Tartuffe, George Dandin, Moliere in His Own Time, After Moliere, Index. 310 pp..

Cincinnati, Ohio: Stewart & Kidd Company, 1919 Book. Illus. by Photo Front. And Action Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original maroon cloth on boards. Edited, and with an Introduction by Edward Hale Bierstadt. The Lady of the Weeping Willow Tree, The Very Naked Boy, and Jonathan Makes a Wish are the plays in this volume. 209 pp. plus catalog..

London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1950 Book. Illus. by A.S. Henning, et al. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Maroon cloth on boards. DJ nearly complete, with small edge chips. Inscribed to J.B. Bishop and signed. Everybody knows Punch, according to this author, who traces him from Italy to France, and finally, to England. The lighthearted text reads rapidly. Included is the libretto of Punch's Opera. 165 pp..

Cambridge, England: University Press, Cambridge, 1956 Book. Illus. by Frontispiece Drawing. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original brown cloth on boards. Exceptionally clean. Often attributed to Shakespeare. Detailed 30-page Introduction and Stage History by Maxwell and C.B. Young. 211 pp. with Glossary..

London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1963 Book. Illus. by Drawings. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. Arden Edition; Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blue cloth on boards. Library withdrawal. A few underlines and marginal notes. Clean and easily readable. 188 pp..

London: Cambridge University Press, 1914 Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original grey cloth on boards. Edited by John Sargeaunt. Preface and Introduction in English. Text in Latin. Preface, Introduction, Text, Table of Metres, Notes, Vocabulary, Index. 98 pp. plus catalog. Liberally notated and underlined. Previous owner's name..

N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Fifth Impression. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original dark green cloth with bright gilt lettering on boards. Thanks to Emma Goldman's critique in The Social Significance of the Modern Drama, I have discovered a critically important play. After punching it up on Google, I spent several minutes questioning my own attitudes toward poverty and panhandlers. Perhaps it will do the same for you - or a miserly friend. This book is perfectly clean and sound, and would make a thought-provoking gift to any thinking person. 80 pp..

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1928 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First Published 1928. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original yellow cloth on boards. A future-oriented play set in 1950, dealing with the prospect of Chemical Warfare. 128 pp. Previous owner's name..

Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2001 Book. Illus. by Photos. Near Fine. Hardcover. First - No Additional Printings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue paper on boards. Unclipped DJ. No writing or damage. "A history of the Festival based on conversations with the people who made it happen." - Foreword. 304 pp. Heavy book will need extra postage..