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MARBLES A Play in Three Acts
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New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1989. Hardcover First edition, first state. (According to the incomparable Peter Howard this book was sold with a sticker over the $17.95 price on the flap, thus those without a sticker are in a first state dust jacket.) Considering the source of this book, it was probably sent out in advance, thus not succumbing to the fateful sticker. It does seem to be a rather scarce book in collectible condition in any state. Fine in a spine-faded else fine dust jacket. more information
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Price: $200.00
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THE DAY ROOM A Play
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New York: Knopf, 1987. Hardcover First edition. 101 pp. Chip Kidd dust jacket . Fine and unread in near fine (crease and short closed tear) dust jacket (in mylar). more information
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Price: $15.00
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THE ELDER STATESMAN
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1959. Hardcover First American edition. 134 pp. A play. Lionel Trilling's copy with his signature on the front fly. Near fine copy in a spine-faded dust jacket with small loss at crown and back panel, but still about very good. In 1959 there were no two greater literary and critical minds than Eliot and Trilling. A nice association. more information
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Price: $95.00
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MONSTER IN A BOX
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New York: Vintage/Random House, 1992. First edition Advanced Proofs published as A Vintage Original in gray printed wraps. This is based on a "monologue", which he performed using "key words" to tell his stories. Some of The late Spalding Gray's third published monologues, he also acted in other films including Diabolique and The Killing Fields. Fine, unread copy in wrappers. more information
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Price: $35.00
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ALCESTIS
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New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1999. Hardcover First American edition. 103 pp. Translated and adatped by Hughes. Fine in fine dust jacket. "FSG News" laid in. more information
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Price: $15.00
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I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING AND THEN I SAW THE SKY
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New York: Scribners, 1995. Hardcover First printing, 96 pp. Libretto & lyrics for music by John Adams; opera directed by Peter Sellars. Fine in like dust jacket. more information
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Price: $15.00
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THE LARAMIE PROJECT
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New York: Vintage , 2001. First edition Near Fine in Wraps The uncorrected proof of the Vintage Original (no hardcover publication) of the play about the Matthew Shepard case. The play originally opened in 2000, in Denver, then NYC and after Laramie, nationally. The proof was produced in very limited quantities, this copy has a small stain, a bit of scuffing, and one bent corner, but feels unread. more information
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Price: $15.00
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THE LARAMIE PROJECT
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New York: Vintage , 2001. First edition Near Fine in Wraps The uncorrected proof of the Vintage Original (no hardcover publication) of the play about the Matthew Shepard case. The play originally opened in 2000, in Denver, then NYC and after Laramie, nationally. The proof was produced in very limited quantities. Fine in wrappers. more information
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Price: $25.00
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THE BELLE OF AMHERST A play based on the life of Emily Dickinson
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Hardcover First edition 78 pp. The one woman play which opened on Broadway in 1976, starring Julie Harris and directed by Charles Nelson Reilly. Near fine copy in lightly soiled and worn, very good, price-clipped dust jacket. more information
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Price: $25.00
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SIX PLAYS Each With a New Preface by the Author
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. Softcover First edition 211 pp. Uncorrected proof in green printed wrappers, with dust jacket. Fine, jacket worn at edges. more information
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Price: $25.00
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NOBODADDY A Play
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Cambridge: Dunster House, 1926. Hardcover First edition. Black cloth printed in blue. One of 750 copies. Printed by Pynson Printers on handmade paper; title-page design (repeated on cover) by W. A. Dwiggins. Fourth book by the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes (poetry, play). Minor rubbing else fine and very clean, and quite an attractive publication. more information
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Price: $20.00
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ARIA DA CAPO
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New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1921. Hardcover First edition, first issue. Original black cloth Previous owner's name on ffep. Lacking the scarce dust jacket. Bright and clean text block. Spine gilt slightly dulled, else near fine. more information
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Price: $50.00
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MOUNTAIN LANGUAGE
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New York: Grove Press, 1989. Hardcover First American edition. 47 pp. Fine copy in very near fine dust jacket of this play directed by the author in London in 1988 at the National Theatre Cast: Miranda Richardson, Eileen Atkins and Michael Gambon among others. more information
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ANDROMACHE
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New York: Harcourt Brace, 1982. Hardcover Second Printing. Wilbur's translation of Racine's version of the Greek myth. Fine in Fine DJ. more information
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Price: $15.00
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PHAEDRA; FIGARO'S MARRIAGE
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1961. Hardcover First edition Two great French plays rendered into English by Lowell (Racine) and Barzun (Beaumarchais), respectfully. Near fine in a moderately worn, complete dust jacket, a couple of short tears and wear at the edges, the white back panel lightly soiled. Overall easily very good. more information
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Price: $25.00
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STARS AT NOON Poems from the Life of Jacqueline Cochran
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Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 2001. Paperback Presumed first printing. Still in shrink-wrap. Fine copy in illustrated wrappers of the writer's fourth collection of verse. more information
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Price: $15.00
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SELECTED POEMS/Mr. Ogden Nash to Miss Stevie Smith: A Bouquet on the American publication of her Selected Poems
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New York: New Directions, 1964. Paperback First American edition 120 pp. Original trade paperback (no hardcover published in US), her first US publication. Promotional card "Mr. Ogden Nash to Miss Stevie Smith: A Bouquet on the American publication of her Selected Poems" with twelve-line poem "Stevie Smith" by Ogden Nash laid in. Evidently the first printing, possibly only printing of this Nash poem. The card on blue paper with Smith illustration is very fine. Book covers partially detached and erased price from front cover, still attractive and very good. more information
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Price: $75.00
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A STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE
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New York: New Directions, 1947. Hardcover First edition The first state in lavender boards with black and white decorations of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play made into a landmark film with Brando and Malden repeating their Broadway roles. Spine-faded (as is common), edges rubbed, tips a bit bumped, otherwise very good, lacking the dust jacket which repeats the Lustig design on the boards. more information
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Price: $500.00
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