Drama from MLC Books

London: Pisces Press, 1994. A play illuminating Samuel Johnsons's last few days of life, 60 pages. Very gently handled with the previous owner's name on the title page, dated July 29, 1994.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: International Polygonics Ltd., 1991. Includes fives stories of crime and detection, three horror stories written in the mid-1930's, two parodies of Sherlock Holmes, six radio scripts from the series Suspense, and published for the first time, the complete essay on the art of detective fiction, "The Grandest Game in the World." Fore edge of the text block… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1924. Lightly bumped and rubbed with foxing to the upper edge of the text block and the previous owner's name on the front end paper. Binding square and solid, 197 pages.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Hinds & Noble, 1899. In German and English on facing pages. Blue boards with gilt print and to the upper edge of the text block, 167 pages. Lightly bumped and rubbed, binding square and solid, with the previous owner's name in pencil on the front end paper, dated January 1936.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Boston: Richard G. Badger/Gorham Press, 1910. Play about the Odawa, or Ottawa, chief, 111 pages. Bumped and rubbed, binding square and solid.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Samuel French, 1936. Play about a kind lady who befriends a cultivated vagrant and soon finds she is harboring a gang of thieves. With photographic stills from the 1935 production at the Booth Theatre in New York City. Basis for the 1935 movie starring Aline MacMahon and Basil Rathbone, as well as the 1951 movie starring… Read more about this item

New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation , 1921. Maroon boards with gilt impress on the front and to the upper edge of the text block. First printing of this volume from a larger set. Lightly bumped with rubbing at the edges, dime-sized drip mark on the front. Binding square and solid, previous owner's name on the front end… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 1958. An examination of power in society, set in a brothel while revolution rages on the street below. Basis for the 1963 movie starring Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, and Lee Grant. First U.S. edition. Lightly bumped and rubbed, front hinge a bit loose.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1956. Eight plays produced between January, 1953 and March, 1954. Includes "The Trip to Bountiful," which moved to Broadway in 1953 and starred Lillian Gish, Eva Marie Saint, and Jo Van Fleet in a Tony Award winning performance. Filmed in 1985 starring Geraldine Page, who won the Academy Award for her performance,… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1930. First printing of one of Maugham's last plays. First presented at the Vaudeville Theatre on September 30, 1930, starring Ronald Squire, Peggy Ashcroft, and Jack Hawkins. Ex-library with number on the spine and internal markings. Bumped and rubbed with light wear at the edges, spine a bit sunned. Front hinge cracked at… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. First U.S. edition. Short play, 20 pages. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the corners and spine ends, spine unevenly darkened. Binding square and solid.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

San Francisco: A. Roman Co., 1886. Memoir of the veteran actor who had long graced the stages of San Francisco, with plenty of behind the scenes gossip and commentary on late nineteenth-century theater, 406 pages. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the corners and spine ends. Beverage ring on the front cover, drip mark to the upper edge… Read more about this item

New York: Samuel French, 1929. The play first produced and directed by Arthur Hopkins at Plymouth Theatre in New York on November 26, 1928. Filmed twice, first in 1930 starring Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton, and Hedda Hopper. Remade by George Cukor in 1938 starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Lew Ayres, and Horton reprising his role.… Read more about this item

New York: Vantage Press, 1968. A play dealing with the racial issues of the late 1960s and the impact on families and individuals, presented in a light in which nothing is absolute. Schneider, a Franciscan priest, based the play on his own experiences as a teacher at Hales Franciscan High on Chicago's south side. 90 Pages. Bumped… Read more about this item

Tokyo: 3A Corporation, 1990. First English edition. Spine heel bumped, underlining and marginalia, with paperclip crimps to the upper edge of a few pages. Jacket crimped at the upper edge, spine sunned, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good.

New York: Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, 1993. 10 essays, 202 pages. Spine heel bumped.. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. Autobiography of the actress whose life and provocative views were as entertaining as any role she played. Frontispiece portrait by Augustus John, with 24 pages of photographs. First edition stated, H-B. Bumepd with wear at the corners and spine ends, front hinge cracked but still solid. Jacket rubbed with chips… Read more about this item

New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986. Autobiography of the noted director. First printing. Lightly bumped with just a faint bit of foxing to the upper edge of the text block. Jacket rubbed with short tears to the corners and spine ends, in Brodart. Inscribed on the half title page "To my Dear Pamela, with my grateful… Read more about this item

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. An in-depth study of Daldry's work as director of "An Inspector Calls" and a reflection on theater, art, and life. Light rubbing to the spine ends. Signed by Lesser on the title page, with a newspaper review laid in.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1976. Biography of the extraordinary theatrical producer and founder of the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Spine ends gently bumped. Jacket lightly crimped with faint sunning to the spine, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.