Search Results: Plays from Zephyr Books

Paris. : Huet., 1822. Plain blue stabbed wraps. . Very good, uncut. . 8vo., 21.5x14 cm. . French text. A reworked version of Favart’s popular play first published in 1765. weight: 0.1 lb.

New York. : The Limited Editions Club. , 1987. Limited edition, #171 of 1000 copies. . Stiff wraps with paper cover, black titles, slipcase. . Near fine, slight creasing to edges of paper covers, upper and lower edges of slipcase have some small white spots. . . 4to.. Signed by Ionesco on the colophon. Translated by Barbara Wright. Illustrated by Ionesco.

Paris.: Se Vende au Theatre., 1801. 1st Edition.. Publisher’s stabbed plain wraps. . Very good, unread and uncut, ink names to cover and title page. . 8vo., 21x13.5 cm. . French text. Scarce first edition of this comedy. weight: 0.2 lb.

Paris.: Delalain., 1771 , 1773. Contemporary full calf, raised bands, gilt spine titles, marbled endpapers. . Moderate shelfwear, pages rippled, light dampstaining, still a good tight copy.. 8vo., 18x11.5 cm. . French text. A poem and a play. weight: 1.0 lb. 2 engraved half-titles, 3 engraved plates.

Paris. : Barba., 1824. 3rd ed.. Contemporary plain paper wraps. . A good untrimmed copy in the wraps. . 8vo.. French text.

Paris.: Duchesne., 1764. 1st ed.. Modern plain paper boards. Red edges.. Near fine.. 12mo., 20x12.7 cm. . French text. One of the prolific playwright’s most successful plays. weight: 0.3 lb. One page of musical notation

Paris.: Quoy., 1823. 1st Edition.. Publisher’s stabbed waste paper wraps. . Good, wrapper split and wrinkled, old ink name to title page, otherwise very good. . 8vo., 21.5x14 cm. . French text. weight: 0.1 lb.

Bruxelles.: Louis Hauman., 1832. Early edition, published same year as the Paris first edition.. Contemporary blindstamped brown cloth, gilt spine title.. Very good, some sunning to spine and covers, ink name to pastedown.. 12mo., 15.3x10.2 cm.. French text. Scarce. Hugo’s famous play that was banned after its first performance in Paris. Basis for Verdi’s Rigoletto. weight: 0.4 lb.

Londres. : T. Spilsbury et Fils. , 1795. Quarter brown paper over plain blue boards, paper spine label. . Good, spine and corners worn, foxing to endpapers and preliminaries, contents very good. . 8vo., 22.4x14 cm. . French text. A play based on the life of Thomas Wentworth, first earl of Strafford, executed by Parliament in 1641. weight: 0.8 lb. Portrait frontis.

Paris.: Barba., 1798. 1st Edition.. Disbound. . Good, no cover, otherwise very good. . 8vo., 19x12 cm. . French text. weight: 0.1 lb.

PAris.: Cailleau., 1770. Plain blue stabbed wraps. . Very good.. 8vo., 18x12 cm. . French text. First published in 1728, this play did not become popular until after the author’s death. Uncommon. weight: 0.1 lb.

Paris.: Giguet & Michaud., 1805. 1st edition.. Contemporary plain paper wraps. . Good plus, pages rippled, untrimmed in the wraps. . 8vo.. French text. Engraved frontis.

New York.: Charles Scribner’s Sons., 1924. First American edition.. Blue-gray boards, black titles.. Very good, ink name to endpaper, light foxing to edges, in a good dust jacket with some chipping and closed tears, child’s ink sketch to back panel. . 18.8x12.8 cm.. weight: 0.6 lb.

Norwalk.: Easton Press. , 1980.. Hardcover, full brown leather, raised bands, gilt decorations, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon marker. . Bookplate to pastedown, endpaper edges faded, otherwise fine, no dustjacket as issued. . 4to.. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton.

London. : William Heinemann. , 1908. . Hardcover, quarter brown cloth over tan blindstamped boards, gilt titles and cover illustration. . Good, moderate wear and soiling to covers, upper corner bumped, pages lightly toned, all illustrations and tissue guards present. . 8vo.. 40 tipped-in color illustrations with captioned tissue guards by Arthur Rackham plus numerous black and white illustrations.

New York. : Ramdom House. , 1954. 1st Edition.. Brown cloth with photo laid on to cover. . A very good copy with scattered light pencil underlining, in a dust jacket with the spine darkened. . 8vo.. $2.75 price on dj flap.

Paris.: Veuve Mauge., 1683. 1st Edition.. Old brown leather, raised bands, faded spine decorations. . Good, moderate wear to covers, front hinge split but cover is still attached, lacks the ffep, scattered marginal pencil notes, old ownership stamp to title page.. 12mo., 16x9x2.3 cm.. Rare French language paraphrase of Horace with Latin text on facing pages. weight: 0.5 lb.

Paris.: Tiger., no date but 1818. Contemporary red boards, leather spine label with gilt title. . Very good, some foxing.. 16mo.,13x8 cm. . French text. Rare, Worldcat locates one copy. weight: 0.2 lb. Engraved frontis.

New York. : Macmillan. , 1915. 1st American Edition. . Blue cloth, gilt titles. . Near fine, light wear to spine ends, no dustjacket. . sm8vo..

London.: J. Rivington., 1776. Full brown leather, re-backed with contemporary boards, gilt spine title.. Very good, moderate wear to corners, expertly re-backed, old ink name to endpapers.. . 12mo.17.5x10.5 cm.. Contains: The Relapse, or Virtue in Danger; The Provok’d Wife; Aesop, in two Parts; The False Friend; The Confederacy; The Mistake; The Country House; A Journey to London: and The Provok’d Husband. weight: 1.7 lb. Portrait frontis.