Search Results: Three Plays by Clifford Odets

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 are very tanned. Minor age-spotting on last few pages. Pages are a little tanned. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Text remains clear. AF. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.

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, book is in otherwise fine condition. .

New York, NY: Covici Friede, 1935. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 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 less concerned with workers than the "fraud" of middleclass sector who were becoming increasingly aware that many of their cherished ideals were no longer based on reality. Awake and Sing (1935) and Till the Day I Die (1935) are about the struggle of German communists at the beginning of Hitler's regime. Waiting for Lefty (1935) deals with a taxi strike.

New York: Covici-Friede, 1935. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. About fine in a very good dust jacket with tiny stains on the toned spine, and small chips at the spine ends.

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 is a review copy with publishers notice tipped into book. " Please do not release review prior to the above date. ( May 15 1935)" All three plays were copy righted in 1935. Awake and Sing was first performed by the Group Theater at Belasco Feb. 19th 1935. Waiting for Lefty was first performed at the Longacre Theater March 26th 1935 and Till the day I die was first staged on March 26th at the Longacre theater at the same time as waiting for Lefty. An important collectible, in very fine condition.

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 AND FORE-EDGE FOLDS, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN ACCEPTABLE COPYOF THIS UNDER APPRECIATED PLAYWRIGHT'S FIRST BOOK.. Keywords: PLAYS, ABCDEF.

NY: Random House, 1935. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 74. Bookplate on pastedown, clipping glued on flyleaf. cover is on upside down, o/w VG in slightly worn dj.

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.

Random House , 1935. Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Odets signature on front endpaper. Photo upon request. Moderate age toning & soiling to covers. Toning to spine. Binding is firm. Spine is moderately shaken. Age spotting to fore edge of text block. Toning/light soiling to endpapers; otherwise interior is age toned, free of markings, with limited mild soiling in margins..

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: 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 Harold Clurman in the earliest days of its existence. Fried who went on to both write and produce plays, would eventually refuse to testify at the HUAC hearings and be blacklisted. INSCRIBED to Fried by Odets on the half-title: "At the end of a long season, Sincerely, Clifford Odets. 7/13/35." Also signed round-robin with inspirational quotations by 25 other individuals. Nearly all were founding members of the Group Theatre, involved in its earliest productions, and nearly all went on to have major careers on the stage and in cinema. Included among the inscriptions are: John Garfield (who signs under his given name of Jules, "Spit on your hands… Read More