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| TB0144 | REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN PLAYS. (Includes works of ROYALL TYLER, WILLIAM DUNLAP, WASHINGTON IRVING, DION BOUCICAULT, JOSEPH JEFFERSON, STEELE MACKAYE, BRONSON HOWARD, WILLIAM GILLETTE, DAVID BELASCO, PERCY MACKAYE, EUGENE O'NEILL, SIDNEY HOWARD, PHILIP BARRY, MAXWELL ANDERSON and many others.) Edited by Arthur Hobson Quinn. Seventh printing. Appleton Century Crofts. 1958. Hardbound. 1248 pp. A total of 31 classic American plays from 1767 (The Prince of Parthia) to 1949 (South Pacific). Very Good condition. Nameplate. Text Unmarked, Pristine. | $38.00 |
| TB0145 | MIKHAIL BULGAKOV: SIX PLAYS. Intro. by Lesley Milne. Trans. from the Russian by Michael Glenny/William Powell. Includes THE WHITE GUARD; MADAME ZOYKA; FLIGHT; MOLIERE; ADAM AND EVE; and THE LAST DAYS from among the greatest of Soviet Russian playwrights. London: Methuen, 1991. Softbound. 416 pp. Clean, tight, unmarked. Minor cover scuffing. | $18.00 |
| TB0146 | THE GOLDEN BOUGH: A STUDY IN MAGIC AND RELIGION. Sir James George Frazer. Macmillan Softbound Abridged Edition Vol I, 1960. 864 pp. Very good condition. | $12.00 |
| TB0147 | THE RENAISSANCE STAGE: DOCUMENTS OF SERLIO, SABBATTINI, AND FURTTENBACH. Edited by Barnard Hewitt. University of Miami Press, 1958. 256pp. Extensive drawings, diagrams from Primary Source documents. Excellent condition with Good dustjacket with chipping, 2" tear. Cover and interior Fine, Nameplate and minute pencilled name/number blank front/end page. | $38.00 |
| TB0148 | NAKED MASKS: FIVE PLAYS BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO. Introduction and Translations by Eric Bentley et al. Includes Liola; It is So! (If You Think So); Henry IV; Six Characters in Search of an Author; Each in His Own Way. Softbound. NY: Dutton, 1952. 386 pp. Clean, tight, unmarked. Minor cover scuffing. | $18.00 |
| TB0149 | SHAKESPEARE: 23 PLAYS AND COMPLETE SONNETS. Edited by Thomas Marc Parrott. Charles Scribner, 1953. 1,113 pp. No dustjacket. Well worn cover with edge/corner bumps. Text pristine, unmarked. | $18.00 |
| TB0150 | THEATRE U.S.A. 1668 TO 1957. Barnard Hewitt. McGraw Hill. 1959. 528 pp. More than 50 Primary Source photos/drawings of star performerss and sets over the entire period of American theatre. Very Good condition. Nameplate. Unmarked. | $32.00 |
| TB0151 | THE CIVILIZATION OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY. VOL II. Jacob Burckhardt. Harper Torch Books. 1958. 516 pp. Heavily illustrated with Renaissance art and sculpture. Softbound. Excellent condition. | $18.00 |
| TB0152 | CONTEMPORARY DRAMA: 11 PLAYS (Includes SHAW, PYGMALIAN; CONNELLY, GREEN PASTURES; WILDER, HAPPY JOURNEY TO TRENTON AND CAMDEN; COWARD, WAYS AND MEANS; SAROYAN, HELLO OUT THERE; ANOUILH, ANTIGONE; WILLIAMS, GLASS MENAGERIE; GIRAUDOUX, MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT; HELLMAN, ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST; MILLER, DEATH OF A SALESMAN; FRY, VENUS OBSERVED). Selected and edited by E. Bradley Watson and Benfiels Pressy. Charles Scribners Sons, 1956. Oversized softbound. 341 pp. Cover worn. | $24.00 |
| TB0153 | DEATHTRAP: A Thriller in Two Acts. Ira Levin. SCARCE COLLECTIBLE. Stated First Edition. Hardbound. Very Fine in Very Fine Dustjacket. New York: Random House, 1979. 112 pp. | $82.00 |
| TB0154 | COSTUME THROUGHOUT THE AGES. Mary Evans. NY: Lippincott, 1950. Hardbound. No dustjacket, ex-lib with usual markings. Interior Pristine, no marks or writing on this classic. Complete text and 211 historical paintings demonstrating fashions of all ages. 360 pp. | $8.00 |
| TB0155 | REIMAGINING AMERICAN THEATRE. Robert Brustein. 50 Essays and Reviews including sections on PLAYS, PRODUCTIONS & POLEMICS. Chicago: Elephant-Ivan R. Dees, 1992. Oversized Softbound. Very Good condition with minor cover creases and markings. 307 pp. | $12.00 |
| TB0156 | TEA PARTY AND OTHER PLAYS. Harold Pinter. Includes TEA PARTY (BBC teleplay); THE BASEMENT (BBC teleplay); and NIGHT SCHOOL (radio play). London: Methuen, 1970. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-lib. Unmarked except for usual library stamps/envelope. Spine has minimal creasing. 115 pp. | $8.00 |
| TB0157 | LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT. Eugene O'Neill. New Haven: Yale, 1973. Oversized Softbound. Text unmarked and legible throughout. Minor cover creases and 2 or 3 marginal and blank page markings. Inscribed by previous owner. 176 pp. | $10.00 |
| TB0158 | THE COCKTAIL PARTY. T. S. Eliot. London: Faber, 1976. Oversized softbound. Minor cover scuffing/creasing. Very few underlines/marginal notes in text, otherwise unmarked. 181 pp. | $8.00 |
| TB0159 | CALIGULA AND THREE OTHER PLAYS. Albert Camus. Includes CALIGULA; THE MISUNDERSTANDING; STAGE OF SEIGE; and THE JUST ASSASSINS. 1957 Introduction by Camus. Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert. NY: Random House/Vintage Books, 1958. Softbound. Very Good condition with minor cover creases and minimal interior notes. 302 pp. | $10.00 |
| TB0160 | EUGENE IONESCO: RHINOCEROS - THE CHAIRS - THE LESSON. Translated by Derek Prouse & Donald Watson. Middlesex: Penguin, 1982. Softbound. Age-toning. Unmarked other than small notation top of rear blank page. Minimal cover creasing. Very Good+. 218 pp. | $10.00 |
| TB0161 | TWO PLAYS BY EDWARD ALBEE (THE SAND BOX; THE DEATH OF BESSIE SMITH; and bonus play FAM AND YAM). NY: New American Library/Signet, 1960. Excellent condition; Softbound. Unmarked, minor cover creasing/scuffing. 96 pp. | $8.00 |
| TB0162 | THREE PLAYS BY SEAN O'CASEY (JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK; THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN; THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS). London: Macmillan/Pan, 1980. Softbound. Near Fine, unmarked inside and out other than slight age-toning. Minor spine crease. 218 pp. | $10.00 |
| TB0163 | MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL. T. S. Eliot. London: Faber, 1976. Oversized softbound. Minor cover creasing. Slight age-toning. Text unmarked. 94 pp. | $8.00 |
| TB0164 | WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Edward Albee. NY: Pocket/Cardinal, 1969. Softbound. Minor cover creasing and 1/2" dampstain not affecting text. Minimal underlining of text, otherwise unmarked. Binding is tight. 242pp. | $7.00 |
| TB0165 | PARABLES FOR THE THEATRE: TWO PLAYS BY BERTOLT BRECHT (THE GOOD WOMAN OF SETZUAN; THE CAUCASION CHALK CIRCLE). Translated by Eric Bentley and Maja Apelman. Fifth printing of 1963 Revised version of 1948 original. NY: Grove/Evergreen, 1963. Oversized softbound. Interior unmarked. Page edge has slight soiling; age-toning; mark. 189 pp. | $8.00 |
| TB0166 | THREE PLAYS BY JEAN-PAUL SARTRE (CRIME PASSIONEL; MEN WITHOUT SHADOWS; THE RESPECTABLE PROSTITUTE). SCARCE COLLECTIBLE. Translated by Kitty Black. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1957. Hardbound. 5"x7.5". No jacket. Ex-lib. Binding starting but holding together well. All pages present but Page 176 intact but has creased margin and is loose in binding. Age-toned and, though undamaged, front and rear end pages show removed library plates glue. Otherwise clean, unmarked text throughout. 187 pp. | $15.00 |
| TB0167 | HAY FEVER: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. Noel Coward. NY: Samuel French, undated c.1952. Hardbound in Good cover, no jacket, with minor corner and spine bumping. 5.75"x8.75". Interior shows age-toning but is unmarked other than ffep lib pastedowns. 66 pp. | $12.00 |
| TB0168 | THREE MODERN PLAYS: SHAW, BARRIE, RATTIGAN. SCARCE COLLECTIBLE. Includes George Bernard Shaw: VILLAGE WOOING; J. M. Barrie: SHALL WE JOIN THE LADIES?; Terence Rattigan: THE BROWNING VERSION. London: Methuen/ColtD Modern Classics, 1965. Hardbound, no jacket, in Pristine AS NEW condition. No inscription, marks, bumps or creasing. 136 pp. | $22.00 |
| TB0169 | THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, A Play in Three Acts. Thornton Wilder. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1960. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardbound. 4.75"x7.00". Unmarked other than previous owner's small inscription. Clean 1/2" L-shaped identifier cutout on rear cover. 151 pp. | $15.00 |
| TB0170 | GREAT ACTING. Hal Burton, Editor. SCARCE COLLECTIBLE. NY: Bonanza Books, 1967. First American Edition. (4to Coffee-table book) Good/Fine condition. No dust jacket. 60 Photographs (5 or more pages each of these performers in their greatest stage roles), Includes Chronology of each great actor's leading stage performances. Binding is tight. 1/2" split at top of spine only; 2"markout on front blank end page only. Text and photographs pristine, unmarked. Includes newspaper cuttings/literature on CLAIRE BLOOM, RICHARD BURTON, SANDY DENNIS, ALEC GUINNESS, ELIZABETH TAYLOR+. The book is made up of long (average 10+ pages) interviews on character development and careers by Michael Elliott, Richard Findlater, Derek Hart, David Jones, Michael MacOwan and Kenneth Tynan of PEGGY ASHCROFT, NOEL COWARD, EDITH EVANS, JOHN GIELGUD, LAURENCE OLIVIER, MICHAEL REDGRAVE, RALPH RICHARDSON. 192 pp. | $18.00 |
| TB0171 | THE THREE SISTERS, a play by Anton Chekhov. NY: Bard-Avon, 1970. Translated by Tyrone Guthrie and Leonid Kipnis. Includes notes and correspondence by Chekhov with Commentary by Stanislavsky and Gorky, as selected by Henry Popkin. Bibliography. Softbound. Tight binding. Fine as reading/rehearsal copy. Pages slightly age-toned. 1/4" chip at base of spine. Has on some pages underlines/brackets/notations; 4 pages have clip impressions. All text clearly legible. 175 pp. | $7.00 |
| TB0172 | SLY FOX, a play by Larry Gelbart, comically adapted from Ben Jonson's VOLPONE. Acting Edition. NY: Samuel French, 1977. The Broadway play of this script was directed by ARTHUR PENN and featured GEORGE C. SCOTT, GRETCHEN WYLER, BOB DISHY, JACK GILFORD and HECTOR ELIZONDO. Softbound. Pages are bright and clean. Cover Fine, Interior Very Good. Has 1" tear top of front end page; 1 clip impression, text Unmarked. Includes Props and Costume plots and Stage Diagram. 97 pp. | $10.00 |
| TB0173 | THE ENTERTAINER, a play by John Osborne (as suggested by LAURENCE OLIVIER). NY: Dramatic Publishing Company, 1959 (following 1957 original Osborne copyright). Basis for the film starring LAURENCE OLIVIER, MAGGIE SMITH and ALAN BATES. The story of Archie Rice, a music hall entertainer, as both h t age-toning to spine and 1/4" spot on rear cover. Interior Pristine, unmarked, appears unread. Includes Notes on Characters and Costume/Property plots. Rather than acts, the play is written in 'Numbers,' and includes 13 of these. 100 pp. | $12.00 |
| TB0174 | THREE PLAYS. AYCKBOURN, Alan. NY: Grove Press, 1975. First Edition Hardbound with Dust Jacket. Cover and Interior Pristine, bright and As New. Dust Jacket Very Good with 1/2" closed tear at front bottom and 2 1/16" minor chips. Dust Jacket states Book Club Edition. Ayckbourn plays include ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR; ABSENT FRIENDS; BEDROOM FARCE. 307 pp. | $18.00 |
| TB0175 | SUBURBIA. BOGOSIAN, Eric. NY: Theatre Communications Group, 1995. Hardbound First Edition in Dust Jacket. Pristine unmarked condition, AS New. Several photos of the New York cast including STEVE ZAHN, JOSH HAMILTON, and MARTHA PLIMPTON. 122 pp. | $25.00 |
| TB0176 | FOUR BABOONS ADORING THE SUN AND OTHER PLAYS. GUARE, John. Preface by SIR PETER HALL. NY: Random House/Vintage, 1993. Stated First Edition. Hardbound in Dust Jacket. Unmarked, AS NEW. 188 pp. | $32.00 |
| TB0177 | 3 PLAYS: MUSEUM; THE ART OF DINING; PAINTING CHURCHES. HOWE, Tina. NY: Avon Books, 1984. Hardbound First Edition in Dust Jacket. Unmarked, AS NEW, clean and bright. 207 pp. | $18.00 |
| TB0178 | M. BUTTERFLY. HWANG, David Henry. With Afterward by Hwang. NY: New American Library/Plume, 1988. Hardbound First Edition in Dust Jacket. Unmarked, AS NEW, VF/VF. With photos of Broadway cast including JOHN LITHGOW and B. D. WONG. 100 pp. | $30.00 |
| TB0179 | M. BUTTERFLY. HWANG, David Henry. (Acting Edition). Dramatists Play Service, 1988. Excellent Softbound. The complete play including full-page photo of Broadway production with B. D. WONG and JOHN LITHGOW. Clean, tightly bound, bright, 1/2" mark first blank end page; about 10 pages have neat underlining on a few lines; no writing. Includes production notes; costume, props, and scene breakdown lists. 93 pp. | $8.00 |
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