Three Plays

New York: Covici-Friede, 1935. First edition, second issue of Odet's first book, containing his first three plays, "Awake and Sing!," "Waiting for Lefty," and "Till the Day I Die," all of which were written for and premiered by the Group Theatre in the first half of 1935. Copy belonging to Emanuel "Manny" Fried, an understudy to Group Theatre co-founder… Read more

New York: Covici, Friede, 1935. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with a half inch chip at the top of the spine. With “Awake and Sing!,” “Waiting for Lefty,” and “Till the Day I Die.”

New York: Random House, 1935. Published in the same year as the Covici Friede First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. [i]-xi, [1], 15-114, [1]-54, [1]-74, plus frontispiece. Book is fine. Dust jacket a little wrinkled and chipped along the edges; somewhat tanned along spine; not price-clipped ($2.50), VG+ in mylar.

New York: Random House Publishers 1935. 8vo. 114, 54, 74 pp. Publisher's buckram in printed dust wrapper. Very clean copy. No ownership marks. Frontis . . Very Good. Buckram. First Edition. 1935.

NEW YORK NY: RANDOM HOUSE. NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD D.J.. PUB 1935. HARDCOVER. ISBN: FIRST RANDOM HOUSE EDITION. BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. HAS QUITE A FEW SMALL EDGE CHIPS AND TEARS, A SMALL CHIP NEAR THETOP OF THE SPINE PANEL, WITH SOME MODERATE SOILING/SUNNING TO THE SPINEPANEL… Read more

New York: Covici.Friede, 1935. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine book of Odets"s plays, Awake and Sing, Waiting for Lefty, Till the day I die. very fine unopened review copy. Clean and bright with nice top stain. End papers and paste downs and fore edge a trifle foxed. Book… Read more

NY: RANDOM HOUSE. 1935. Fine. 1935. Reprint. Hardcover. Second Issue. Published after the Covici-Friede edition of the same year. About fine in a chipped Vg. dj. (Faint motteling from old damping on spine of dj. Nearly all the chipping is a t the spine ends on dj.) Odet's FIRST book. Features the plays: "Awake And Sing", "Waiting… Read more

New York, NY: Covici Friede, 1935. Text/BRAND NEW & bright. Beige linen boards/NF w/trace bowing. DJ/None. Endpapers showing discoloration; tracepaper remanent to fEP (book plate removal?). Frontispiece: Stage scene photo; loose at lower edge. Collection of the three plays that earned Philadephia born, Bronx raised Clifford Odets (1906 - 1963) a reputation of a leading proletarian playwright, although he was… Read more

New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1935. xi, 15-114,, 54, 74p., first edition, near fine. Includes introductions and production notes.

1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG/VG, author's first book incl. plays Awake & Sing, Waiting for Lefty and Till the Day I Die. Reprint of Boni & Liveright edn of same year.

Random House, 1935. Book. Good. Hardcover. Owner inscription..

New York: Covici Friede Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1935. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; Dust jacket with some light chipping and wear. .

New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1935. Hardcover. xi, 15-114,, 54, 74p., first edition, original cloth binding slightly soiled, minor foxing, previous owner's name and date on front blank endpaper. Includes introductions and production notes.

London, U.K.: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1936. No dust jacket. Hardcover. Boards are rather worn, with some general patchy fading and one or two small surface marks. Spine is rather faded and worn, with wear and fraying to ends. Some wear and rubbing to leading corners. Page block is tanned, with minor age-spotting. First title page and last page of text… Read more

COVICI, A VERY GOOD FIRST NO DJ.. FIRST. Book.