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New York: Atheneum, 1974. Near fine (name plate of Lantz agency on ffep causing some puckering of the ffep) in VG- dust jacket (tear on front panel--see scan). "Equus" won the 1975 Tony Award for Best Play and was filmed in 1977. Shaffer's "Amadeus" was the basis for the film which won eight Academy awards including best picture.. 1st American edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Atheneum, 1978. First American edition of the revised version of the play, the version that won the 1978 Tony Award. Very good - edgeworn paperback covers, clean interior.. 1st American edition thus. Soft Cover.

New York: New Directions, 1966. Very good+ (edges rubbed) in near fine dust jacket. This is the true first of the American edition, not the second printing of the first edition which is not a first edition for book collectors. . 1st American edition. Hard Cover.

London: Samuel French, 1990. INSCRIBED by author on title page: "with best wishes from Geoffrey B". Near fine (a few light foxing spots on first and last page) in soft covers. Beevers is a well-known English actor who has adapted this Eliot novel for the stage. 70 pages. . Inscribed and Signed by Author. Soft Cover.

New York: Viking Press, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Good/very good. 12mo, 123 pages, cloth, a few marks by an actor Precedes the UK edition. A play which plays upon the theme of Lazarus, raised from the dead, in a 20the century variation on a theme.

London: A.C. Fifield , 1910. Softcover. Very good- (soiled worn wraps, with 2 missing chips--1/3" and 3/4" long-- on back cover; 2 pages torn through sloppy cutting). In wraps as issued. Edition not stated..

Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Company, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, blue cloth, paper labels on spine darkened, untrimmed The first publication of Shaw's plays in America. Vol. 1 includes "Widower's Houses", "Shaw's first play and the only one previously printed - Kramer no. 151" "One must remark that it was from Chicago that Shaw conquered America - Kramer, p.98." In fact, Stone & Co. were the agents for the production of his plays in America.

Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Company, 1904. Early printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, blue cloth, paper labels on spine spotted, untrimmed. Contains three plays and three Prefaces, including his infamous, "Better Than Shakespeare". "One must remark that it was from Chicago that Shaw conquered America - Kramer, p.98." In fact, Stone & Co. were the agents for the production of his plays in America.

New York: A. S. Seer, 1879. New edition. Wrappers. Fair. 12mo, 28 pages, printed wrappers with significant loss of text to final two leaves

London: Faber and Faber, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/price-clipped. Octavo, cloth

New Milford, CT: Toby Press, 2006. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo. xvi, 116, [4] pp. Bound in glossy, illustrated wrappers. Black and white photographs. Near Fine copy, bright and clean, small, soft crease to lower corner of front cover.

London: George G. Harrap, (1929). First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Phyllis A. Trery. 8vo, 215 pages, yellow pictorial cloth; short tears to dj A modern Lamb-esque "Tales from Shakespeare" only these are ten of Shaw's plays told zoologically, with delightful illustrations by Phyllis A. Trery.

New York: Carroll & Graf , 1995. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 276 pages, clothbacked boards, remainder mark on bottom.

Los Angeles, CA: Prelude, 1988. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in wrappers. Paperback. Book is like brand new, never read. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

London: Faber and Faber, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 136 pages, green-grey cloth, several leaves darkened from clipped reviews [ Gallup A33a].

New York: Robert M. De Witt, 1874. First edition thus. stapled wrappers. Very Good. 18mo, 48 + 4 pages, nicked wrappers, discreet seller's stamp from Kanss City on title-page. "An entirely new acting edition, with additional stage directions ... bill for programme ... literary remarks." De Witt's Acting Plays Number 86.

London: Faber and Faber, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. 8vo, green cloth, some internal spotting to endpapers; short tears in dj w. darken`ing and spots on spine. [Gallup A33.a].

London: John Lane, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Duodecimo, boards and cloth, two replacement paper labels bound in, variant binding with green clothback. A play in 3 acts. [Colbeck 9].

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme , 1808. 1st Edition. Sheep. Fair. Engraved Frontispiece. 16mo. speckled calf, lacks spine. Tragedies collected are "Cato" by Joseph Addison, "Oronooko" by Thomas Southern, "The Revenge" by Edward Young, and "The Grecian Daughter" by Arthur Murphy: each "With Remarks, Biographical and Critical by Mrs. Inchbald." [ Sowerby 4556 is for a 1750 edition of ORONOOKO, which was first performed in 1696]. Engraved Frontispiece. The scene for "Oronooko" is Surinam, a colony in the West Indies.

New York: Holt, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Fine /price-clipped dj. 8vo, blue cloth; puncture in spine of dj This poetical play retells the story of Job.