London: John Calder (Publishers) Ltd., 1981. Illustrated. Paperback. 139pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. The front cover is slightly curled. The covers are yellowed. Contributors include David Gollob, Kenneth Tynan, Judy Simons and others. One of the articles is titled "Withdrawing with Style from the Chaos: Excerpts from..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Salt Lake Costume Company, [c.1900]. Paperback. 132pp. Octavo. Yellow wrappers. Illustrated. Index. Good. Front cover detached but present, covers chipped at extremities. Early catalogue from a Salt Lake institution. More
New York: Random House, 1982. Second printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 104pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth with white paper over boards. With a thick red remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text block, rubbing to the surface of the dust jacket, and a 1 1/2" crease in the..... More
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1927. First edition. Hardcover. 166pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] 1/4 dark brown cloth with orange paper covered boards , a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a brown ink stamped title on the front cover. Very good. The edges of the covers are gently..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. 242pp. Octavo [21 cm]. Brown cloth covered boards with a blue ink stamped title on the spine. Spine gently bumped at head and tail, pages mildly tanned. Very Good. Very Good dust jacket, showing subtle age-toning and edgewear. One small hole..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1983. Pablo Picasso. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 117pp. Quarto [28 cm] Red leather with raised bands, and gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Gilt stamped vignette on the front cover. All edges gilt. Light orange moire endsheets and yellow satin-ribbon page marker..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1983. Pablo Picasso. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 117pp. Quarto [28 cm] Red leather with raised bands, and gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Gilt stamped vignette on the front cover. All edges gilt. Light orange moire endsheets and yellow satin-ribbon page marker..... More
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Insurrexit, 1974. Second Spanish edition. Paperback. 32pp. Slim octavo [38 cm] Tan, red and black printed wraps. Very good. There are multiple light stains on the age-toned covers. A collection of poems by Antonin Artaud, an experimental dramatist, well known for his "Theater of Cruelty." More
New York: The Dial Press, 1973. Early American printing. Hardcover. 280pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 olive green vinyl cloth with tan cloth over boards. The boards are just a trifle warped. In the illustrated dust jacket with light edgewear. James Baldwin's screenplay based on Alex Haley's "The Autobiography of Malcolm..... More
Omaha, NE: The Cummington Press, 1987. Priscilla Steele. First edition. Hardcover. 46 pp. [29 cm]; full maroon cloth, printed paper label on spine. No dust jacket as issued. Intaglio portrait of Charles Baudelaire (bound in near the front) signed and numbered by the illustrator, Priscilla Steele (#214/250). This edition is..... More
New York: Random House, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 122pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth-effect paper over boards, with titles and borders stamped in blue ink and gilt on the spine and front cover, and a photographically illustrated paper label mounted to the front cover. Near fine. The spine ends are..... More
New York: Random House, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 122pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth-effect paper over boards, with titles and borders stamped in blue ink and gilt on the spine and front cover, and a photographically illustrated paper label mounted to the front cover. Frontispiece illustration recreating the production by..... More
New York: Samuel French, Inc., 1933. French's Standard Library Edition. Paperback. 102pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Light and dark brown illustrated wraps. Very good. The price on the spine has been blacked out. There is a small tear in the paper at the head of the spine. There is a small..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1938. First English-language edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo [19 cm] Magenta cloth over boards, with minor warping to the boards. In a price-clipped dust jacket, with light chipping to the edges, and fading to the spine (title still bold). English version by Paul Selver and Ralph..... More
1947. First edition thus. Paperback. 40pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] in stapled wraps. Light creasing tow raps, small chip to rear wrap lower corner; interior is crisp and unmarked. A playbill for a play adapted for the stage by Eva le Gallienne and Florida Friebus. The play premiered on April 5th..... More
Berkeley, CA: Committee for Arts and Lectures, UC Berkeley, 1974. Pamphlet. Octavo [23 cm], program consisting of a single folded sheet. Friday, April 26th, 1974. Dame Judith read from the works of Robinson Jeffers and Shakespeare. List of coming events on back of program includes a performance by Marcel Marceau..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. 102pp. Octavo [21cm] Gray printed wrappers. Very good. Damp staining to lower corner of text block. More
New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1988. First edition thus. Paperback. 55pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Gray printed wrappers. Fine. More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1980. Michael Ayrton. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 184pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Dark green leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and gilt stamped decorative linear patterns on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Light brown moire endsheets. The 100 Greatest..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Associated Students of the University of Utah, February, 1923. Volume XIII [13], Number Two. Paperback. 68pp. Quarto [27 cm] Gray stapled printed wrappers. Very good plus. Faint sunning to extremities of wraps. Lower right corner of front panel slightly dog-eared. Name discreetly in ink at head..... More
New York: New Directions, 1966. First edition, second state. Hardcover. 282pp. Octavo [21 cm] Yellow cloth. Near fine/Near fine. This is the later first edition with Christine Keeler's name suppressed with tipped in pages in the Hawkes play 'Wax Museum'. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1890. J. Bernard Partridge. Hardcover. 158pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Red cloth covered boards with decorative gilt lettering on the spine and front cover, and very faint brown ink stamped decorative borders on the front cover. Patterned endpapers. Good. Rubbed and gently bumped at the..... More
Denver: Pioneer Drama Service, 1975. Paperback. 32 pp. Octavo [22 cm.] Green illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Script for the stage play. "The fantastic (and hilarious) aspects of the case intrigue Sherlock. Could the Phantom be the mysterious "Chiquita Banana," or could it be an irate composer who, after submitting "I'll..... More
London: Picador, 2010. First British edition. Hardcover. 142pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black paper over boards. The pages are slightly rippled. The World Premiere of "The Sunset Limited" was presented by Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago in May 2006. Main characters White and Black have two fundamentally opposing world views and..... More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Light gray boards quarterbound in charcoal colored cloth spine. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine with very light accompanying rubbing. Pale yellow endpapers. 159 pages. Dust Jacket - 1/4" of the head of..... More