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New York & London:: A. S. Barnes and Co, (1977). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (chip to upper edge of front cover of dj) .. First edition A complete history of the fantasy genre with chapters on the studies of movies about mythology, ghosts, fairy tales, devils, vampires, werewolves and more. Discusses more than six hundred motion pictures and illustrated with nearly four hundred photographs. 2 appendixes featuring cast and characters, notes, index, Large format. 271 pp.

London:: Faber & Faber,, (1978, c 1976). Near fine (a little rubbing to the edges) . 2nd printing. A "poetic distillation of the relationship between a mother and daughter evoked by two voices as a figure paces back and forth." 13 pp. Cover photograph of Beckett by Jerry Bauer. A slim pamphlet, staplebound in stiff blue card illustrated covers with black and white lettering.

Boston:: Little Brown,, (1981.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (a tight copy, which appears unread, but with a remainder line.). First printing. Th�e� s�c�r�e�e�n�p�l�a�y� �f�o�r� �t�h�e� �f�i�l�m� �s�t�a�r�r�i�n�g� �J�e�r�e�m�y� �I�r�o�n�s� �a�n�d� �M�e�r�y�l� �S�t�r�e�e�p�.� ��F�o�w�l�e�s in his introduction states that Pinter's screenplay is not just another 'version' of his novel, but a work that stands on its own as skilful, dramatic and original. Fowles� �n�a�r�r�a�t�e�s� �t�h�e� �s�t�o�r�y� �f�r�o�m� �b�o�t�h� �a� �m�i�d�-�n�i�n�e�t�e�e�n�t�h� �c�e�n�t�u�r�y�… Read More

San Francisco:: The Bohemian Club,, 1973.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in golden paper covered boards, no dustjacket as issued.. First printing. The sixty-eighth Grove Play of the Bohemian Club, presented on July 27, 1973. Music by George Shearing, Directed by Paul L. Speegle. Frontispiece by Lawrence J. Rehag. Based on Ali Baba from the Arabian Nights. Includes music notes, list of previous Grove plays. Printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy.

St. Paul, MN:: Truck Press,, 1978.. SIGNED first edition -. Very good- in glossy illustrated wrappers (gift notation and stamped name, light wear to covers.). First printing in wrappers. One of 1000 copies, illustrated with photographs from the original production by Stewart Brand. SIGNED on the title page by McClure.

New York:: Farrar & Rinehart,, 1929.. Hardcover -. Very good in green cloth, lacking the dj. (fading to spine, bookstore stamp and prev owner's name and '1932' on front endpaper.). Later printing. A play suggested by Roark Bradford's Southern Sketches. All-black cast, written in dialect. Includes the program for the original production in 1930, with a cast which included Harlem Renaissance author Mercedes Gilbert, and a very young Ruby Dee as one of the children. 173 pp.

New York:: New Century,, 1982.. Hardcover first edition -. VG+/NF (pc, bend to corners of boards.). First US printing. The story of the making of the film "Gandhi" illustrated with many full-color photographs. A large format beautiful book.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1975.. Hardcover first edition -. Good in a rather poor dustjacket with significant edgewear, some tears, bleeding from the lower edges of the boards to the interior of the dj, etc.. First printing. Play set in the 60's, in the fringes of contemporary life.

London:: Faber & Faber,, 1965.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped, slightly rubbed.). First printing.

New York:: The Viking Press,, (1965.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (some fading to the gray cloth spine, edgewear, one short closed tear, to dj., original price of 3.50 still present.). First printing. A play by this Pulitzer prize-winning, set during the early years of World War II in a detention center in Vichy, France where nine men and a boy have been taken into custody for reasons unknown to them. 70 pp. plus cast list of original production.

New York:: Atheneum,, 1966.. First edition -. Very good in black wrappers (some spine slant.). First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Play based on the trial - and using the actual testimony given in a German court in 1964-65 - of 21 persons involved in the deaths at the concentration camp at Auschwitz. English version by Jon Swan and Ulu Grosbard. 370 pp.

New York:: Edmond B. Hackett / Brick Row Book Shop,, 1923.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fair condition only in black paper covered boards, with printed paper label (spine covering missing, rubbing to the covers and corners, some light foxing to front endpaper).. First printing. Copy obviously used to rehearse and perform this play (set in Venice, Italy about 1750) with extensive notations in pencil, including several bold "music" comments. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page and dated in Feb. 1924. In addition, this copy has been SIGNED by all of actors on the list of characters. "Prize one-act play, 1923 play contest of the San Diego Players." Cass was a poet and critic, and at least one of her later plays was performed on Broadway. 47 pp.

New York:: Russell,, 1900.. Hardcover first edition -. Spine slightly slanted, otherwise very good condition in gold decorated boards, gilt top edge.. First American edition. A play by the author of Cyrano de Bergerac.

New York:: Oxford University Press,, 1956.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (overall edgewear to dj.). First US printing. Play about Joan of Arc by this important modern French writer, translated by Christopher Fry, who is himself a well-known and respected playwright. Later adapted for the stage by Lillian Hellman and produced with Julie Harris in the starring role. 103 pp preceded by a note that appeared in the program of the original French production: "The play that follows makes no attempt to explain the mystery of Joan."

Paris:: Flammarion, (1934.). Hardcover -. Trs bon exemplaire. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering, toning to pages, otherwise just about fine. . Reprint. En francais. Text in French. 213pp.

San Francisco:: City Lights Books,, 1972.. First edition -. Some toning to the spine and back cover, otherwise fine in stiff illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. A log of the voyages of the Living Theatre (founded in 1947 by Beck and Judith Malina) in the 60's, followed by troupe's imprisonment in Brazil in 1971.

New Haven, CT:: Yale University Press,, 1956.. Hardcover -. Very good in beige and black cloth, lacking the dj.. 5th printing (in the same year as the first.)

New York:: New Directions,, 1951.. Hardcover first edition -. Near very good (some toning to endpapers, bumping of corners) in a slightly worn and crinkled dustjacket. . First printing. The uncommon book of the play by McCullers based on her 1946 novel. Winner of the Donaldson Award and the New York Drama Critics' Prize for the Best American Play of the 1950 season. Photograph of Ethel Waters as Berenice Sadie Brown on the front cover; frontispiece of the set by Lester Polansky for the Broadway Production.

Los Angeles:: Black Sparrow Press,, 1974.. SIGNED first edition -. Near fine condition.. First printing, a trade paperback issued simultaneously with hardcover edition and limited edition. Includes 12 pages of photographs from the original production of this play. SIGNED on the title page. 87 pp plus colophon.

June 1991. Ex-library with "withdrawn" stamp on front cover, but overall very good condition.. Most of the issue is dedicated to the annual bibliography of modern drama studies.