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| This selection contains 10 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 10 |
| ARISTOPHANES Lysistrata. A new version by Gilbert Seldes Norwalk, CT, Easton Press. 1983. Full-Leather. Ill.: Pablo Picasso. Part of The Collector's Library of Famous Editions. The classic play with Picasso's line drawings. Bound in full orange/red leather with gilt Picasso illustration to the cover. Four raised bands on the spine, all page edges gilt, silk endpapers and silk ribbon place marker. With a color frontis and black and white illustrations throughout the text. About FINE condition a small white scuff mark near the head of the spine and very faint evidence of rubbing along the front fore edge. Else fine. Oversized. Fine/No Jacket. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 27 | £UK 24 | JP¥ 3557] Book number: 001016 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| BRECHT, BERTOLT. ENGLISH VERSION BY ERIC BENTLEY Mother Courage Grove Press/an Evergreen Original. 1963. Original Wraps. Stated first printing. Wraps. A few black and white photos from the play present. VERY GOOD+ condition. Light scuffing and fading to the cover. Minor edgewear. Light crease and some sunning to the back cover. Inner text clean and tight. Nice copy of this work in VG+ condition. Very Good/No Jacket. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9 | JP¥ 1334] Book number: 000225 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| CHEKHOV, ANTON. TRANSLATED BY ELISAVETA FEN Greatest Plays Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library. 1979. Half-Leather. Ill.: Stan Hunter. In ¼ leather with gilt decorated boards and marbled endpapers. All page edges gilt. Plays include The Cherry Orchard, The Sea Gull, The Three Sisters, and Uncle Vanya. In FINE condition with no visible wear. Nice!. Fine/No Jacket. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9 | JP¥ 1334] Book number: 000483 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| HEANEY, SEAMUS The Burial at Thebes. A Version of Sophocles' Antigone New York, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 2004, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0374117217). Original Cloth. Stated first American edition with a 1 in the number line. Hard cover in unclipped jacket. 79 pages. Isbn#0374117217. A modern translation and interpretation of Sophocles' classic exploration of individual human rights versus the security needs of the state. NEAR FINE condition with minor rubbing and edgewear to the jacket. Minor fading along the book extremities. Text clean and tight. Near Fine/Near Fine. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9 | JP¥ 1334] Book number: 001980 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| MACHIZ, HERBERT. O’HARA, JOHN. ASHBERY, JOHN. MERRILL, JAMES. ABEL, LIONEL Artists’ Theatre: New York. Four Plays Evergreen/Grove Press. 1960, First Edition. Original Wraps. (An Evergreen Original). 1960. Stated first Evergreen printing. Wraps. This book consists of plays by John O’Hara, Try!Try!; John Ashbery, The Heroes; James Merrill, The Bait; and Lionel Abel, Absalom. In GOOD condition. Moderate soiling to the covers including one noticeable centimeter sized spot at the lower front corner. Uneven sunning/browning around the edges of the front and back cover. Spine sunned and faded. Light scuffing to the extremities. The inner text is clean and well bound with perhaps a bit of fading to the pages. A few photos of the plays are interspersed throughout the text. Try! Try! By O’Hara is the story of a young man returning to civilian life after the Korean War. Described as one of the first “beat” dramas. Ashbery’s play reworks the myth of Theseus. Merrill’s play concerns itself with Jamesian characters and Abel’s play retells the famous biblical story in existential terms. Solid copy of this work in GOOD condition. Good. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12 | JP¥ 1778] Book number: 000165 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| MILLER, ARTHUR After the Fall. A play in two Acts Viking Press. 1964, First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition in unclipped jacket. VERY GOOD+ jacket on a NEAR FINE book. light scuffing, edgewear and browning to the jacket. Light fading to the book extremities. Inner text clean and tight. Nice collectible copy of this work in VG+/NEAR FINE condition. Near Fine/Very Good. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 | £UK 15 | JP¥ 2223] Book number: 000231 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES Rosamund A Tragedy Dodd, Mead and Company. 1899. Hard Cover. Believed first American edition (same date on both sides of title page with no other printings given. GOOD condition. Light soiling to the covers. Yellowing around the extremities. A few light bumps around the edges. The book, unfortunately, is completely MISSING the backstrip from the binding. Previous owner’s signature on ffep, with a few penciled in bookseller’s marks. Inner text is clean and well bound with the pages browning around the edges. This book would achieve a higher rating than GOOD if it wasn’t missing the backstrip. Good/No Jacket. USD 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 | £UK 6.75 | JP¥ 978] Book number: 000141 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| VARIOUS AUTHORS Jones's British Theatre. Vol IV. Containing The Distrest Mother, Douglas, Jane Shore, and The Earl of Essex. Dublin, Printed by John Chambers for William Jones, No. 86, Dame Street. 1795. Full-Leather. 325 pages. Each play is preceded by a title page and by two pages of illustrations, one that features a full length portrait of the lead actor in his role, the other depicting a scene from the pertinent play. The Distrest Mother was translated by Ambrose Philips from the Andromaque of Racine; Douglas, a Tragedy was written by John Home; Jane Shore, a Tragedy written by N. Rowe; The Earl of Essex a Tragedy written by Henry Jones. Bound in full calf leather with gilt banding on the spine. In GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy scuffing to the covers, especially the spine. Minor soiling. Uneven fading and darkening. Extremities scuffed with the corners bumped and rounded and the spine pulled. Leather beginning to split at the top and bottom hinges. Covers are still intact and solid. Inner text is solid and intact. Scattered foxing throughout, some minor some moderate. A few pages have minor dampstains in their upper margins. A few passages have pencil tick marks next to them. Previous owner's signature in ink on the ffep. Pen markings to the last blank endpaper. A nice copy in GOOD condition. Good/No Jacket. USD 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 47.25 | £UK 42 | JP¥ 6224] Book number: 001196 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| WILK, MAX The Making of the Sound of Music New York, Routledge. 2007, First Edition. (ISBN: 0415979358). Original Wraps. With some black and white photos. 111 pages including index. A study of the development and making of the show including casting, fine tuning and eventual triumph. NEAR FINE condition. Slight curling to the covers along the fore edges. Text clean and tight. Near Fine. USD 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 | £UK 6.75 | JP¥ 978] Book number: 001213 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE A Streetcar Named Desire New York, Signet/New American Library. #917. 1951. Original Wraps. Ill.: Thomas Hart Benton. Stated first printing. (First paperback edition). With black and white photos of various productions of the play. Front cover with a painting based on the play by Thomas Hart Benton. Original wraps. Nice copy of this work, with the various photos including Vivian Leigh, Jessica Tandy and others. In GOOD+ condition. Light soiling and scuffing to the covers. Some scuffing to the extremities. Some creasing present along the lower rear edge of the book. Lower ½ inch of the spine is pulling away from the binding. Light fading to the spine. Inner text is clean and tight with heavy browning to the text and previous owner’s signature on the ffep. Nice photoplay edition. Good. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9 | JP¥ 1334] Book number: 000840 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. |
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