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New York/London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York/London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First Edition. Good/Near Fine. Brown cloth boards have some faint dampstaining front & rear, but boards are straight and true, no warping, and have been cleaned. Very clean bright unchipped title label on spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, no foxing or mustiness. Front free endpaper has been removed (1/2" still present extending from spine). Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with one very small closed edge tear (under 1/4"). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Scarce. 8vo. Play..

New York: Modern Library, 1956. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later printing.. Modern Library No. 294 in clean jacket. Toledano binding no. 8. Clean red cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean Kent endpapers - very small name and date at top edge of half-title page; black top-stained upper page edges. Complete and Unabridged, with the famous Prefaces. 479 pages. Clean jacket is price clipped, unchipped, one 1/4" closed edge tear; 388 titles listed on inverse of jacket; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Modern Library, 1956. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Early Printing.. New York: Modern Library, 1956. Early printing. Very Good+/Very Good. Modern Library No. 294 in dust jacket. Toledano binding no. 8. Clean red cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with black top-stained upper page edges. Clean Kent style endpapers; small previous owner name on back side corner of front free endpaper. Complete and unabnridges with the famous Prefaces. 479 pages. Dust jacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, has light soiling, small chip at top left spine corner. 388 titles listed on inverse of jacket. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: R. F. Fenno, 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Photo Play Edition.. New York: R. F. Fenno, 1905. Photoplay Edition. Very Good/No Dust jacket. Photo Play (Illustrated Theatre Edition, with scenes from the play). Also a decorated Amreican trade binding - blue ribbed cloth boards with green, white and black iris decoration on cover, stamped white lettering on cover and spine. Very light soiling, light surface wear to spine corners. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges have slight yellowing, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates, but a few pages have browning from tickets, flower laid in. Illustrated with black and white plates (scenes from the play). 258 pages..

San Francisco, California: Bohemian Club / Grabhorn Press, 1964. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition in original dust jacket. Clean red and black paper-covered boards with black cloth spine, clean unchipped paper label on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 64 pages + fold-out at rear of book "In Retrospect - Grove Plays of the Past." Plain paper jacket is clean (slightly age-toned), has 1/3" chip at top spine edge, one short closed edge tear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The fifty-ninth Grove Play of the Bohemian Club as performed by its members in the Bohemian Grove on the night of July 31, 1964..

New York: Coward McCann, 1928. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. Hardcover first edition in original dust jacket, SIGNED by the author (ASSOCIATION COPY). Clean marbled paper-covered boards with burgundy cloth spine, clean unchipped paper title label on spine. Small spots of wear to three corner tips. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper: "To Kenneth Burke, with warm greetings of his friend - Paul Rosenford Oct. 24, '28." (Kenneth Burke was a a famous literary critic, theorist and philosopher). 309 pages. Illustrated dust jacket has clean panels, fading/water stain to background of spine only; shallow chipping at top and bottom spine edges; several short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Chicago: Herbert S. Stone, 1901. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Authorized Revised Edition.. Clean brown cloth boards with white line drawing of a prizefighter on cover, black lettering and black line border on cover; black lettering on spine. Very slight rubbing to prizefighter's right arm on cover. Tiny spots of wear to top spine corners. Pages are clean, with gilt top page edges. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Front hinge had some cracking, has been professionally reglued. 376 pages..

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1900. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Thus.. Clean dark green cloth boards with gold decoration and lettering on cover and spine. No fading. Small spots of wear-through to corner tips, spine ends. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with gilt top page edges. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 24 illustrations by Chris Hammond; frontispiece with clean tissue guard. With Introduction by Joseph Jacobs. 310 pages..

London: Methuen & Co, 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First English language edition.. First English Language Edition in clean dust jacket. Clean blue-gray cloth boards with bright gold and silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 247 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is price clipped at lower corner of front inside flap (although it does have British price sticker in place); unchipped, but the clear laminate is coming off at some folds/edges; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A detailed and rigorous analysis of Richard III, revealing every nuance of meaning and yet maintaining a firm grasp on the structure of the play..

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1926. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Third Printing.. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1926. First Edition, third printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. Third printing of the first edition in nice unclipped original dust jacket. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with clean unchipped paper labels on cover and spine. Small bump to one corner tip. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. 174 pages. Clean dust jacket has a few small edge chips, short closed edge tears. Not price clipped (1.50 net on front inside flap). Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the Best American Play of 1925..

New York / London: Samuel French, 1946. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York / London: Samuel French, 1946. First Edition . Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean unfaded burgundy cloth boards with unchipped gold stamped lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers (one tiny spot on front fixed endpaper, smaller than a pea), no names, writing or bookplates. 191 pgs. Illustrated dustjacket is not price clipped (2.00 on front inside flap), unchipped, slight wear at top spine edge, a few short closed edge tears, slight age-toning. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A wise and witty play about an egotistical woman by a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright..

New York: J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 1908. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 1908. First Edition . Very Good+/no dust jacket. First Edition, Novelized by Joseph O'Brien from Henry W. Savage's great play by Ferenc Molnar. Clean red cloth boards with black lettering, single rule line border and clean unrubbed, unchipped paste-on illustration on cover. Black lettering on spine. Hint of surface wear to corners, no fraying. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Frontispiece illustration is scene from the play. Foreword by Beatrice Fairfax. 189 pages..

New York: Modern Library, 1940. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition.. New York: Modern Library, 1940. Second edition. Very Good/Very Good. Modern Library No. 94 in unclipped dust jacket. Toledano binding no. 8. Clean gray cloth boards with red title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with Kent style endpapers. Previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean, with red top-stained upper page edges. 721 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (95 cents a copy on front inside flap), edgewear and several small chips. 292 titles listed on verso of jacket. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1896. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Beautiful set of early decorated American trade bindings - two volumes complete. Clean turquoise cloth boards with gold decoration and lettering on covers and spines. No fraying or wear-through. Bindings are tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with gilt top page edges, clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographic portraits. Volume 1 - 220 pages. Volume 2 - 399 pages. Frontispiece portrait in each book with tissue guard. Title pages printed in red and black..

New York: Modern Library, 1929. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Early Printing.. New York: Modern Library, 1929. early printing. Very Good+/good+. Modern Library No. 158 in original jacket. Toledano binding no. 7. Clean green balloon cloth boards with gold torchrunner logo on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping, very tiny spot of wear to lower front corner tip. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean Kent style endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 285 pp. Edited, with an Introduction by Paul Landis. Dustjacket is not price clipped (95 cents a copy on front inside flap), clean, several very shallow edge chips, short closed tears, 2" closed tear along front flap fold. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Large format book - size approx. 9" X 11-1/4". Clean dark brown cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean decorated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated in full color and black and white images. 216 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears. The ultimate book for anyone who loves Gilbert & Sullivan, taking you backstage and showing you up close such performances as The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, and many more as they appeared in the wonderful D'Oyly Carte productions through the years..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/no dust jacket . Clean green cloth covered boards with gold decoration and lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear, slight sunning to spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - pages and edges are clean with gilt top page edges. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Color frontispiece illustration with clean tissue guard. 121 pages..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Early Printing.. Early printing in clean original jacket. Clean blue paper-covered boards with black cloth corners and spine, clean unchipped paper label on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean; browning to endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Woodcut frontispiece by Cimino. Title page done in black and red. B-B publisher's code on copyright page. 132 pages. Dust jacket has a few short closed edge tears, a few tiny chips at top spine edge; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1906. Book. Illus. by Stuart Travis, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. Photo Play Edition.. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1906. Photoplay Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Stuart Travis, Illustrator. Photoplay edition in scarce dust jacket. A Story of American Life novelized from the play by Arthur Hornblow. Illustrated with drawings by Stuart Travis and Scenes from the Play. Light blue cloth boards with dark blue title box on cover, dark blue lettering on spine. No fraying or wear, faintest hint of soiling. Binding is tight and square with sound hinges - no cracking. Previous owner inscription dated 1913 is neatly penned on front free endpaper. 399 pages. Dust jacket has light soiling, small edge chips. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Modern Library, 1952. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later printing.. New York: Modern Library, 1952. Later printing. Near Fine/Good+. Modern Library No. 111 in unclipped jacket. Toledano binding no. 8. Gray cloth boards with green title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with green top-stained upper page edges. Clean Kent style endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 217 pages. Gray jacket with decorative rope border on front panel. Jacket is not price clipped (1.65 on front inside flap), has 3" closed tear, additional tiny edge chips. 379 titles listed on verso of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..