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Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books

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	MILNE, A.A. Second Plays. NY. Alfred A. Knopf. 1923. Later edition from the English sheets printed by R&R. Clark Ltd., Edinburgh. NF/VG- in crisp, clean chocolate brown cloth with crisp paper label on spine. In a heavily chipped and rubbed dustjacket with a fingernail-sized piece missing from the bottom of the rear panel. Scarce in dustjacket. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4300] Book number: 3052 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	SINCLAIR, UPTON. Hell: A Verse Drama and Photo-play. Pasadena, CA. Published by the author. 1923. First Edition (1923). VG+ in brown wrappers printed in black with a cartoon of the Devil prodding souls with a long metal rod. Quite nice condition for such a delicate pamphlet. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4300] Book number: 2997 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	SINCLAIR, UPTON. Singing Jailbirds: A Drama in Four Acts. Pasadena, CA. Published by the author. 1924. First Edition (1924). VG+ in brown wrappers printed in black. Quite nice condition for such a delicate pamphlet. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4300] Book number: 2996 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	STEIN, GERTRUDE. Last Operas and Plays. NY. Rinehart & Company. 1949. First Edition with the Rinehart colophon on the copyright page. With a frontispiece photo of Stein at Lucey Church. VG+/VG+ in orange cloth stamped brightly in black and gilt on the spine. Top corners bumped. In a complete jacket with light edge-wear and rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine and the corners. With the original price of $5.00 on the front inside flap. With photo of Stein at Lucey church by Carl Van Vechten on the rear panel. USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.5 \| £UK 60.5 \| JP¥ 8599] Book number: 3724 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	WILDER, THORNTON. Our Town: A Play in Three Acts. NY. Coward McCann, Inc. 1938. First Edition. With a tipped-in letter on both sides of an index card, handwritten in ink by Thornton Wilder: "General Delivery, Tucson, Ariz., April 1921, 1938. "Dear Everett: A great pleasure to hear from you and with such a buoyant, cheerful letter. And from Ernie, too, to whom I owe a great deal and can never forget his many kindnesses when I came to Lawrenceville as green as can be. No, I haven't met General Pershing, but I met his sister a number of times. His recovery is supposed to be a great triumph for modern medicine; and Dr. Davison's reputation has been even further enhanced! "I'm having you sent a copy of Our Town. I'm very happy that you know my earlier plays so well, and I hope this one doesn't disappoint you. And it's an extra pleasure to think of its being read at Wolfboro. "All my best to you, and my regard to my "reader" Mrs. Guthrey. "Sincerely yours, Thornton." VG/VG in brown woven cloth with paste-downs on the front panel and the spine. With some leeching of the color to the brown cloth along the spine which is faded and the front and rear panels which are mottled. In an edgeworn, chipped, and price-clipped dustjacket with former owner's name in ink at the top of the front, inside panel. USD 1200.00 [Appr.: EURO 795.75 \| £UK 724 \| JP¥ 103193] Book number: 2758 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. The Glass Menagerie. NY. Random House. 1945. First Printing. (Stated). Scarce: Only 5,000 copies printed. VG-/VG in green-bluish cloth stamped brightly in gilt on the spine. An ex-library copy with new endpapers, bleached tape marks to the top and bottom of the front and rear panels. With a library stamp at the bottom of the title page and some light staining to the bottoms of pp. 24-25, not affecting text. In a complete, handsome dustjacket printed in red and blue with glass horse figures on the front panel. With $2.00 price on the inside front flap. USD 500.00 [Appr.: EURO 331.75 \| £UK 301.75 \| JP¥ 42997] Book number: 3723 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. A Streetcar Named Desire. NY. New Directions. 1947. Second Printing (Stated). Signed/Presentation on an excised endpaper from another work laid in: "To Barker/ Tennessee Williams" in black flair ink. VG/VG in pale green paper-covered boards printed vividly in red on the spine and the front boards. In the scarce, complete dustjacket also in light green and printed in red. With the "$2.75" price on the bottom of the front inside flap. A scarce, collectible copy of the second printing with slight concavity to the front panel and some fading to the spine and the top of the front panel of the dustjacket. USD 500.00 [Appr.: EURO 331.75 \| £UK 301.75 \| JP¥ 42997] Book number: 3722 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.

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	MILNE, A.A. Second Plays. NY. Alfred A. Knopf. 1923. Later edition from the English sheets printed by R&R. Clark Ltd., Edinburgh. NF/VG- in crisp, clean chocolate brown cloth with crisp paper label on spine. In a heavily chipped and rubbed dustjacket with a fingernail-sized piece missing from the bottom of the rear panel. Scarce in dustjacket. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4300] Book number: 3052 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	SINCLAIR, UPTON. Hell: A Verse Drama and Photo-play. Pasadena, CA. Published by the author. 1923. First Edition (1923). VG+ in brown wrappers printed in black with a cartoon of the Devil prodding souls with a long metal rod. Quite nice condition for such a delicate pamphlet. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4300] Book number: 2997 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	SINCLAIR, UPTON. Singing Jailbirds: A Drama in Four Acts. Pasadena, CA. Published by the author. 1924. First Edition (1924). VG+ in brown wrappers printed in black. Quite nice condition for such a delicate pamphlet. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4300] Book number: 2996 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	STEIN, GERTRUDE. Last Operas and Plays. NY. Rinehart & Company. 1949. First Edition with the Rinehart colophon on the copyright page. With a frontispiece photo of Stein at Lucey Church. VG+/VG+ in orange cloth stamped brightly in black and gilt on the spine. Top corners bumped. In a complete jacket with light edge-wear and rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine and the corners. With the original price of $5.00 on the front inside flap. With photo of Stein at Lucey church by Carl Van Vechten on the rear panel. USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.5 \| £UK 60.5 \| JP¥ 8599] Book number: 3724 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	WILDER, THORNTON. Our Town: A Play in Three Acts. NY. Coward McCann, Inc. 1938. First Edition. With a tipped-in letter on both sides of an index card, handwritten in ink by Thornton Wilder: "General Delivery, Tucson, Ariz., April 1921, 1938. "Dear Everett: A great pleasure to hear from you and with such a buoyant, cheerful letter. And from Ernie, too, to whom I owe a great deal and can never forget his many kindnesses when I came to Lawrenceville as green as can be. No, I haven't met General Pershing, but I met his sister a number of times. His recovery is supposed to be a great triumph for modern medicine; and Dr. Davison's reputation has been even further enhanced! "I'm having you sent a copy of Our Town. I'm very happy that you know my earlier plays so well, and I hope this one doesn't disappoint you. And it's an extra pleasure to think of its being read at Wolfboro. "All my best to you, and my regard to my "reader" Mrs. Guthrey. "Sincerely yours, Thornton." VG/VG in brown woven cloth with paste-downs on the front panel and the spine. With some leeching of the color to the brown cloth along the spine which is faded and the front and rear panels which are mottled. In an edgeworn, chipped, and price-clipped dustjacket with former owner's name in ink at the top of the front, inside panel. USD 1200.00 [Appr.: EURO 795.75 \| £UK 724 \| JP¥ 103193] Book number: 2758 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. The Glass Menagerie. NY. Random House. 1945. First Printing. (Stated). Scarce: Only 5,000 copies printed. VG-/VG in green-bluish cloth stamped brightly in gilt on the spine. An ex-library copy with new endpapers, bleached tape marks to the top and bottom of the front and rear panels. With a library stamp at the bottom of the title page and some light staining to the bottoms of pp. 24-25, not affecting text. In a complete, handsome dustjacket printed in red and blue with glass horse figures on the front panel. With $2.00 price on the inside front flap. USD 500.00 [Appr.: EURO 331.75 \| £UK 301.75 \| JP¥ 42997] Book number: 3723 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. A Streetcar Named Desire. NY. New Directions. 1947. Second Printing (Stated). Signed/Presentation on an excised endpaper from another work laid in: "To Barker/ Tennessee Williams" in black flair ink. VG/VG in pale green paper-covered boards printed vividly in red on the spine and the front boards. In the scarce, complete dustjacket also in light green and printed in red. With the "$2.75" price on the bottom of the front inside flap. A scarce, collectible copy of the second printing with slight concavity to the front panel and some fading to the spine and the top of the front panel of the dustjacket. USD 500.00 [Appr.: EURO 331.75 \| £UK 301.75 \| JP¥ 42997] Book number: 3722 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.