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Three Plays: Idiot's Delight, Abe Lincoln in Illinois and There Shall Be No Night (Pulitzer Prize Classics)
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Three Plays: Idiot's Delight, Abe Lincoln in Illinois and There Shall Be No Night (Pulitzer Prize Classics)

by Sherwood, Robert E.

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Edition
First Edition Thus
Published
1984
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Hardcover
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1984. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, full genuine dark brown leather binding, heavily gilt stamped with elaborate decorations. 281 pages. All edges gilt. Sewn in silk book-mark, marbled paper end-sheets and smyth sewn book block complete this work as a… Read more about this item
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Plays: Death of a Salesman, J.B., A Delicate Balance
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Plays: Death of a Salesman, J.B., A Delicate Balance

by Miller, Arthur; MacLeish, Archibald; Albee, Edward

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Used - Near Fine
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Edition
First Edition Thus
Published
1986
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Hardcover
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, full genuine blue leather binding, heavily gilt stamped with elaborate decorations. 264 pages. All edges gilt. Sewn in silk book-mark, marbled paper end-sheets and smyth sewn book block complete this work as a quality… Read more about this item
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A Streetcar Named Desire / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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A Streetcar Named Desire / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

by Williams, Tennessee

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Edition
First Edition Thus
Published
1987
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Hardcover
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Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1987. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, full genuine dark gray leather binding, heavily gilt stamped with elaborate decorations and multiple rules. 194 pages. All edges gilt. Sewn in silk book-mark, marbled paper end-sheets and smyth sewn book block complete this… Read more about this item
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Two Plays: Strange Interlude, The Green Pastures
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Two Plays: Strange Interlude, The Green Pastures

by O'Neill, Eugene; Connelly, Marc

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As New
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First Edition Thus
Published
1985
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Hardcover
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Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1985. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, full genuine gray leather binding, heavily gilt stamped with elaborate decorations and multiple rules. 264 pages. Bibliography and Index. All edges gilt. Sewn in silk book-mark, marbled paper end-sheets and smyth sewn book block… Read more about this item
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The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library)
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The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library)

by Shakespeare, William

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Used - Very Good+
Edition
Reprint
Published
2009
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780743477567
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Mass market paperback. 247 pages. With detailed notes from the world's leading center for Shakespeare studies. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. Reprint, updated edition. A title in the Folger Shakespeare Library. No… Read more about this item
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Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)
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Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)

by Shakespeare, William

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Used - Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Published
2004
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780743477116
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Simon & Schuster, 2004. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Mass market paperback. 302 pages. With detailed notes from the world's leading center for Shakespeare studies. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. Reprint, updated edition (2011). No previous ownership marks. Light spine creases from reading… Read more about this item
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The Plays of Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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The Plays of Richard Brinsley Sheridan

by Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

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Used - Near Fine
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Edition
Reprint
Published
1913
Binding
Hardcover
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J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1913. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover bound in olive cloth with elaborately decorated gilt spine. No dust-jacket. 411 pages. Editor's note. Everyman's Library No. 95. Reprint, an early printing published (1913), pre- war printing with actual gold… Read more about this item
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Six Plays of Clifford Odets
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Six Plays of Clifford Odets

by Odets, Clifford

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Used - Near Fine
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Edition
Reprint
Published
1939
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Hardcover
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New York: The Modern Library, 1939. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, red cloth, no dust-jacket. 433 pages. List of ML Giants appended at rear. Binding style 8 [ Kent torchbearer image within gold outline; above image is smaller enclosed square label in contrasting color to boards with gold… Read more about this item
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The Sleeping-Car: A Farce
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The Sleeping-Car: A Farce

by Howells, William Dean

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Used - Very Good
Edition
Early Printing
Published
1884
Binding
Hardcover
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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1884. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Early Printing. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Hardcover, decoratively embossed green cloth printed in black and gold. 74 pages. End-papers contain ads. Early printing of the first separate edition published by Osgood, the first being a year prior. Taking place with a 24… Read more about this item
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Postwar German Theatre
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Postwar German Theatre

by Benedikt, Michael; Wellwarth, George E.

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1968
Binding
Paperback
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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1968. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Mass Market paperback. 348 pages. Translated by editors. First American edition. The first ever anthology of "new" German theatre containing 11 plays by ten different playwrights. No previous ownership marks. No spine… Read more about this item
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The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy

The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy

by Bradbrook, M.C.

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Used - Good
Edition
First Edition Thus
Published
1963
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Paperback
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Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books, 1963. Trade paperback. 254 pages. Bibliographical Notes, Index. Peregrine paperback, first thus. Covers age toned. No previous ownership marks. No writing, underlining or highlighting to text. Not ex-library. A sound, internally clean, tightly bound used copy. Good. . First Edition Thus. Softcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read more about this item
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Twelve Famous Plays of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century (A Modern Library Giant, No. G-10)
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Twelve Famous Plays of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century (A Modern Library Giant, No. G-10)

by Moore, Professor Cecil A. [Intro.]

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Used - Good
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Published
1933
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Hardcover
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New York: The Modern Library, 1933. Hardcover, no dust-jacket. 952 pages. Previous owner's book-plate, inner gutters tones and cloth faded and moderately worn. A Modern Library Giant including plays by Wycherley, Dryden, Otway, Congreve, Vanbrugh, Farquhar, Gay, Garrick, Goldsmith and Sheridan. Hinges sound and text unmarked. A good reading copy. . Hardcover. Good/No… Read more about this item
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Antigone

Antigone

by Anouilh, Jean

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Used - Near Very Good
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Paperback
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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Integral Editions Trade paperback. 92 pages. French language edition. Texte original. Introduction et notes par David I. Grossvogel. First printing thus. Previous owner's name on top of title page. Mild toning to buff wraps. Text is clean with no writing, underlining or highlighting. A tight, sound copy. … Read more about this item
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The Hour Glass and Other Plays: Being Volume Two of Plays for an Irish Theatre
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The Hour Glass and Other Plays: Being Volume Two of Plays for an Irish Theatre

by Yeats, W.B.

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Used - Very Good.
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Edition
Reprint
Published
1919
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Hardcover
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1919. Hardcover, blue cloth lettered in gold on spine. 113 pages. Reprint. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good. . Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good./No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Théatre complet de Racine
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Théatre complet de Racine

by Racine

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Used - Good
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Reprint
Published
1962
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Paperback
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Paris: Classiques Garnier Freres, 1962. Paperback, small octavo bound in still yellow card covers with original publisher's yellow pictorial dust-jacket. Text in French. 744 pages. Illustrated edition, with a suite of 8 plates. With a preface, notices and notes by Maurice Rat. Followed by a selection of his epigrams concerning his theater. Jacket wrinkled… Read more about this item
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A Dozen French Farces: Medieval to Modern

by Bermel, Albert [editor & Translator]

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1997
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780879100926
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New York: Limelight Editions, 1997. Large trade paperback. 403 pages. Stated first printing. Includes the following: "The Washtub", anon.; "The Imaginary Invalid", Moliere; "The Barber of Seville", Beaumarchais; "The Piggy Bank", Labiche & Delacour; "Boubouroche", Georges Courteline; "The Police Chief's An Easygoing Guy", Courtline; "Ubu Cocu", Alfred Jarry; "My Wife's Dead Mother", Georges Feydeau; "Hey,… Read more about this item
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Modern Women Playwrights of Europe
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Modern Women Playwrights of Europe

by Barr, Alan P. [editor]

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Used - Very Good+
Edition
First Edition
Published
2001
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780195135367
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New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Large trade paperback. 592pp., Illustrated with portrait photographs. First edition, fist printing. ""Featuring selections by playwrights from several European countries-from Spain and Greece to Iceland and Scandinavia-this volume presents plays that have been largely overlooked by most existing anthologies of Continental drama" [from rear panel]. Includes 17 major… Read more about this item
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The Infernal Machine, and Other Plays.

by Cocteau, Jean

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Used - Good+
Edition
Fifth printing
Published
1967
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780811200226
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New York: New Directions, 1967. Trade paperback. 409pp., Fifth printing. Slight crease to lower corner of front cover, else no previous ownership marks. No writing, underlining or marking to text. A clean, square copy. Good+. . Fifth printing. Softcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The No Plays of Japan
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The No Plays of Japan

by Waley, Arthur

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Used - Very Good+
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Very Good
Edition
Fourth Printing
Published
1965
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Hardcover
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Londion: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1965. Hardcover in price-clipped dust-jacket. 319pp., Short Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with frontispiece, two disgrams and a photograph. With letters by Oswald Sickert. No previous ownership marks. Small price sticker removed inside cover. A clean, square, unmarked copy in complete dust-jacket. " Waley's anthology of 19 plays, with… Read more about this item
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Kabuki: The Popular Stage of Japan

by Kincaid, Zoe

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Used - Very Good
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Edition
First Edition Thus
Published
1965
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Hardcover
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New York: Benjamin Blom, Inc, 1965. Hardcover, beige cloth, no dust-jacket. 385pp., Bibliography, Index. Extensively illustrated with full page photographs and color frontispiece. Image from frontis repeated on inside front cover, slightly damaged at margins [not affecting image]. Front free endpaper covered with some type of rubbing or transfer in red [appears to be some sort… Read more about this item
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