Plays and Theatre

Middlesex, England: Penguin Classics, 1959. 203 pp. All three titles in a single volume. Light edge and corner wear with faint creasing on the spine; not store stamped. The cover features a gold mask of Agamemnon. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0140440674. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 12mo. collectible; ancient greece; greek; oresteian; aeschylus;. more information

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Stratford-Upon-Avon, England: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1948. Staple bound in card covers. Light edge and corner wear with some foxing on the covers. Previous owner's name on the upper right corner of the front panel. Unpaginated programme for the 1948 festival featuring black and white stills of the actors and black and white stills from The Merchant of Venice; King Richard II; Romeo and Juliet; Pericles, Prince of Tyre; Measure for Measure; Love's Labour's Lost; Cymbeline; and Marlowe's Doctor Faustus. Also contains a colour costume design by Rosemary Vercoe for The Taming of the Shew and a colour set design for The Winter's Tale by Motley. Also included with this are the playbill from The Tragedy of Hamlet, printed for the 1948 festival production in which Robert Helpmann played Hamlet, Anthony Quayle played Claudius, Diana Wynyard played Gertrude and Claire Bloom played Ophelia. Also included are a small tourist brochure for Stratford-upon-Avon with a street map on the final page; a pamphlet entitled Shakespeare a Course for American and Dominion Teachers at Stratford-upon-Avon 14th May to 18th May 1948. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Rosemary Vercoe; Motley;. 8vo. paul scofield; heather stannard; clair bloom; the merchant of venice; king richard ii; romeo and juliet; pericles; prince tyr; ephemera;. more information

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New York: Bantam Books, 1955. 114 pp. Bantam Book 1371. Light edgewear with some creasing on the upper right corner of the front cover and an uncreased spine. The front cover features Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell from the movie.. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. vintage paperback; movie film motion picture cinema hollywood tie in; play theatre theater broadway;. more information

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New York: Dell Books, 1964. 158 pp. Dell Book 0637. Edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. . First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. vintage paperback; black studies; negro; blues; civil rights; african american literature;. more information

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New York: Mentor Books - New American Library, 1960. 366 pp. Mentor Book MT315. Edge and corner wear with a partial crease on the front cover and an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Edited with Morton Berman and William Burto. This anthology contains: THE PLAYS: John Bull's Other Island by George Bernard Shaw; The Canavans by Lady Gregory; Deirdre of the Sorrows by John Millington Synge; The Words Upon the Windowpane by William Butler Yeats; La La Noon by Jack B. Yeats; In the Train by Frank O'Connor; Purple Dust by Sean O'Casey. THE ESSAYS: In Dublin by Max Beerbohm; Advice to Playwrights Who Are Sending Plays to the Abbey Dublin by William Butler Yeats; The Day of the Rabblement by James Joyce; A Lyric Voice in the Irish Theatre by Frank O'Connor; and A Whisper about Bernard Shaw by Sean O'Casey. Scans are available for all books.. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. vintage paperback; irish theatre; ireland;. more information

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New York: Mentor Books - New American Library, 1958. 469 pp. Edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. This collection contains: Part One: The Comedies: The Clouds by Aristophanes - translated by Benjamin Bickley Rogers; Mandragola by Niccolo Machiavelli - translated by J. R. Hale; Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare; The Miser by Moliere - translated by Sylvan Barnet, Morton Berman and William Burto; The Beggar's Opera by John Gay; The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde; Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov - translated by Marian Fell; and Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw. Part Two: The Essays: On the Comic Spirit by G. K. Chesterton; Comedy by Bonamy Dobree; The Comic Rhythm by Susanne K. Langer; and The Structure of Comedy by Northrop Frye. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0451623649. Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good-. comedy; tragedy;. more information

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Toronto: McClelland Goodchild and Stewart, 1916. (ix) 276 pp. First Thus. Dark brown cloth with a pasted on label on the spine. Slight fading on the spine with very minor wear at the corners; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper; no other interior markings. The Chapters are: The Theatre; The Origins of Elizabethan Drama; John Webster; Some Characteristics of Webster; and Appendices: The Authorship of the later Appius and Virginia; Miscellaneous; Sir Thomas Wyatt; Westward Ho and Northward Ho; The Malcontent; The White Devil; The Duchess of Malfi; A Monumental Column; The Devil's Law-case; and A Cure for a Cuckhold; followed by a bibliography. Scans are available for all books.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. elizabethan theatre; john webster; rupert brooke; antiquarian; modern first;. more information

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New York: Signet Books - New American Library, 1964. (xxii) 380 pp. followed by a selected bibliography. Light edgewear with a crease on the front hinge and an uncreased spine; no interior markings. This contains: Ivanov; The Cherry Orchard; The Seagull [The Sea Gull;] Uncle Vania [Uncle Vanya;] and Three Sisters.. ISBN: 0451522702. Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. anton tchekov; chehov; pavlovitch chekov; russian literature; Ivanov; The Cherry Orchard; The Seagull [The Sea Gull;] Uncle Vania [Uncle Vanya;] Three Sisters;. more information

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New York: Samuel French, 1977. 96 pp. Staple-bound in card covers. Light rubbing on the corners; no interior markings. Scans are available for all books.. Later Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo. parker pyne; hercule poirot; jane marple; tommy beresford; tuppence beresford; colonel race; superintendant battle; harley quin; mrs. ariadne oliver;. more information

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Toronto: Oberon Press, 1968. 66 pp. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on a slightly faded spine; no interior markings. The cover features a photograph of Louis Riel addressing the Court, courtesy of the Public Archives of Canada. Scans are available for all books. . First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. louis riel rebellion; canadiana;. more information

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London: William Heinemann, 1943. 110 pp. Limited to 1000 copies, of which this is 109, signed by Clemence Dane. Quarter-bound in black cloth on violet, white and black boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; black and white frontis portrait of Queen Elizabeth (i) from the original portrail by Zucchero in Hampton Court Palace. Edge and corner wear with some darkening on the endpapers; aside from the copy number and the author's signature, no interior markings. Scans are available for all books.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Limited Edition. queen elizabeth;. more information

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Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1966. 124 pp. Both titles in a single volume. Clarke Irwin Book CIE-6. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This is actually an un-read copy, acquired from the publisher when they decided to sell off all the saved copies of their back-list; mostly, there were only one or two copies of each title, retained by the company for reference purposes. . First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. canadian author;. more information

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Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1966. 124 pp. Both titles in a single volume. Clarke Irwin Book CIE-6. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This is actually an un-read copy, acquired from the publisher when they decided to sell off all the saved copies of their back-list; mostly, there were only one or two copies of each title, retained by the company for reference purposes. . First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. canadian author;. more information

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Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1966. 124 pp. Both titles in a single volume. Clarke Irwin Book CIE-6. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This is actually an un-read copy, acquired from the publisher when they decided to sell off all the saved copies of their back-list; mostly, there were only one or two copies of each title, retained by the company for reference purposes. Scans are available for all books. . First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. canadian author;. more information

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Toronto: Clarke Irwin and Company, 1953. (viii, xiv, xii) 127, 193, 178 pp. All three books are bound in brown cloth and lettered in gilt on the front panels and spines. Illustrated in black and white and colour by Grant Macdonald. Light wear at the corners of the dustjackets with a few small nicks around the edges; Renown has a chip from the upper edge of the front panel; Thrice has a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. These are the first three Shakespeare Festivals held in Canada.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Grant Macdonald;. 8vo. shakespearean festival; shakespeare theater; canadian author artist; canadiana;. more information

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Toronto: Clarke Irwin and Company, 1954. (xiv) 193 pp. White paper covers in a dustjacket. Illustrated in black and white and colour by Grant Macdonald. Wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; price intact; no interior markings.. First Softcover Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Grant Macdonald;. 8vo. shakespearean festival; shakespeare theater; canadian author artist; canadiana;. more information

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Lockeport, Nova Scotia: Roseway Publishing Company, 2005. 159 pp. Personalised inscription on the title page by Louise Delisle. Light wear on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; aside from the author's inscription, no interior markings. Cover art and interior drawings by Louise Delisle. This collection of plays contains: Foreword: A Dramatic Entrance by George Elliott Clarke; The Red Dress; A Slave's Day in Court; The Days of Evan; That's Just How It Goes; Winnie's Elephant; and We're Here but a Short Time.. ISBN: 1896496482. Signed by Author. First Softcover Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Louise Delisle;. 8vo. black studies; drama;. more information

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Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1967. 76 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a faint crease on the spine; previous owner's name inside; no other interior markings. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 077200210X. Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. quebec; order of canada medal of service; canadian theatre theater; canadian playwright author; montreal; le theatre de la comedie canadienne;. more information

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Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1970. 87 pp. Edge and corner wear with a slightly faded but uncreased spine; small ink mark on the front endpaper; no other interior markings. Scans are available for all books. . ISBN: 0140480978. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good-. english literature;. more information

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Boston: Plays Inc, 1974. (vii) 583 pp. Navy blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Chipping on the corners and around the edges of the dustjacket with some loss at the head and foot of the spine; price intact; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper; no other interior markings. Royalty-free dramatizations of Fables, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales and Legends, this collection contains: The Silver Coffeepot; and Pandora's Box by Karin Asbrand; Old Mother Hubbard; Rapunzel; and The Three Little Kittens by June Barr; The City Mouse and the Country Mouse; and Rumpelstiltskin by Rowena Bennett; The Tongue-cut Sparrow by Loretta Camp Capell; The Girl Whose Fortune Sought Her by Patricia Clapp; The Dancing Princesses by Caroline H. Corey; The Emperor's Daughters by Cena Christopher Draper; The King Who Couldn't Be Fooled; and Puss-in-Boots by Josef A. Elfenbein; A Dish for the King by Mildred Hank and Noel McQueen; The Girl from the Sea by Dorothy Heiderstadt; The Golden Goose; The Heir of Linne; and The King and the Miller by Ruth Vickery Holmes; The Crowded House; Robin Hood Tricks the Sheriff; and Snow White by Eva Jacob; The Big Stone; The Little Clown Who Forgot How to Laugh; and The Magic Well by Eleanore Leuser; The Princess Who Would Not Smile by Marguerite F. Melcher; Little Ki and the Serpent by Hathaway Kate Melchior; The Princess and the Pea by Helen Louise Miller; The Cat and the Queen by Lida Lisle Molloy; Pom Pom by Helen Waite Munro; The Wise and Clever Maiden by Helen A. Murphy; Cinderella by Deborah Newman; The Laughing Princess; Princess Nimble-Wit; and The Wise Wife by Mary Ann Nicholson; Red Riding Hood and the Wolf by Carolyn F. Nutter; Old Four-legs; and The Soup Stone by Mary Nygaard Peterson; Clever Peter by Mary Thurman Pyle; Doctor Farmer; and The Tiger and the Brahman by Shirley Simon; The King in the Kitchen; The Patchwork Princess; and Royal Magic by Margaret E. Slattery; The Dwarfs' Beards by Claribel Spamer; The Pear Tree by Ethel McFarlan; Panic in the Palace; and The Three Wishing Bags by Martha Swintz; The Magic Shoes by Lucia Turnbull; Tom Tit Tot by Alice Very; and The King's Bean Soup by Sally Werner.. ISBN: 0823800326. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo. children's plays theater;. more information

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New York: Pocket Books, 1942. 102 pp. Pocket Book 143. Red endpapers; red-edged all round. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine and some rubbing on the front cover; no interior markings. Scans are available for all books.. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. bette davis; monty woolley; warner bros; film motion picture; movie tie in; play; theatre theater; vintage paperback; play plays;. more information

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New York: Friendship Press, 1954. 80 pp. First U.S. Edition. Staple bound in card covers. Lightly rubbed with some discolouration on the upper edge of the last few pages; the pages are darkening. A play based on the novel by Alan Paton. Scans are available for all books.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo. play; theatre; theater; alan paton; south africa; racism; apartheid; film motion picture movie cinema tie in; ephemera;. more information

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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973. (xiii) 335 pp. Brown cloth lettered in silver on the spine; decorated endpapers. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a short tear on the upper left of the front panel; price intact; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Part One: Where Do We Go from Here: The Big Bash - Saskatoon 1972. Part Two: Beginnings: The Way It Was; The Two Vice-Regal Schemes; The First Years. Part Three: The People and the Problems: Politics; Finances; Adjudicators; The Social Side; Players Plays Photographers and Professionals; and Change; followed by a bibliography and an index. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0771052219. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. dominion drama festival; canadian author; leonard brockington; pauline mcgibbon; vincent massey; yousef karsh; guy beaulne; jean gascon; lorne greene;. more information

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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1963. (xi) 128 pp. First Thus. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine and some rubbing on the covers. The Chapters are: The Prospect of Stratford; A Look at the Theatre; Meeting People; First Night; The Captive Audience; and Going Home. Scans are available for all books. . First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good-. Illus. by Hank Newfeld;. 8vo. william shakespeare; stratford festival theatre theater; michael langham; shakespearian; canadian author; canadiana;. more information

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Toronto: Exile Editions, 1995. 138 pp. Both titles in a single volume. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. . ISBN: 1550960369. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. native north american indigenous aboriginal first people; indian; indians;. more information

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Toronto: The Hunter Rose Company, 1936. (ix) 115 pp. Purple cloth lettered in gilt on the front panel; decorated in gilt on the spine. Still in the original glassine wrapper. Light rubbing on the corners; no interior markings. The Chapters are: What Shakespeare Is Not; The Background for the Study of Shakespeare; The Plays; and Shakespeare on the Stage; followed by a bibliography and an index. Scans are available for all books.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. 8vo. english; british; william shakespeare; literature; collectible; collectable;. more information

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Toronto: The Hunter Rose Company, 1936. (ix) 115 pp. Purple cloth decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine. Still in the original glassine wrapper which has very light wear. The book itself has light rubbing at the corners; other than some faint discolouration on the endpapers caused by the glassine, no interior markings. The Chapters are: What Shakespeare is Not; Shakespeare Identified; The Background for the Study of Shakespeare; The Plays; Shakespeare on the Stage; followed by a bibliography and index. Scans are available for all books.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo. What Shakespeare is Not; Shakespeare Identified; The Background for the Study of Shakespeare; The Plays; Shakespeare on the Stage;. more information

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London: Methuen Drama, 2005. (ix) 111 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Paul Kidby. This contains: An Introduction by Stephen Briggs: All the Discworld's a Stage; followed by the stage play.. ISBN: 0413774473. First Softcover Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Paul Kidby;. 8vo. discworld; fantasy; heroic;. more information

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Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1986. 317 pp. All three titles in a single volume. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The cover features a portrait of Racine at Versailles. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0140441220. Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good+. romanesque; baroque; theatre; theater; plays; louis xiv; french literature; monarch rule;. more information

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Victoria, British Columbia: Press Porcepic, 1991. 298 pp. First Thus. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; small scuffed patch on the upper right of the front endpaper; no other interior markings. This collection contains The Donnellys Trilogy: Sticks and Stones; The St Nicholas Hotel; and Handcuffs. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0888781172. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. canadian author; black donnellys; biddulph township; london ontario; secret society; theater; true crime; canadiana;. more information

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Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1977. (xxiii) 200 pp. First translated edition. All three titles in a single volume. Black cloth lettered in gilt and copper on the front panel and spine; headband. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket with some rubbing on the panels; price intact; small ink mark on the lower edge of the text block; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper; no other interior markings. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0809308223. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo. french literature theater;. more information

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London: Burgess and Bowes, 1997. 252, 252 pp. First Thus - In a slipcase. From the Burgess and Bowes Midget Classics series. Hand-bound in full black leather by Geoffrey Parker; decorated in gilt on the panels and spine; gilt edged all round; pale yellow endpapers; black and gilt paper-covered slipcase. Twelfth Night has very light wear; Midsummer's Night's Dream has some dents in the panels; no interior markings; binder's label at the foot of each front free endpaper; the slipcase has some wear on the corners and some white speckles on one panel. Scans are available for all books.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 48mo. england; theater; shakespeare;. more information

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London: Bradbury Agnew and Company, 1920. First Thus. Actually undated. Red leather stamped in gilt on the spine; gilt edged all round. All thirteen volumes have light rubbing on the corners and at the head and foot of the spines. Volume (1) (i) One: The Tempest; Two Gentlemen of Verona; Comedy of Errors; Volume (2) (ii) Two: The Merry Wives of Windsor; Measure for Measure; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Volume (3) (iii) Three: Much Ado About Nothing; Twelfth Night or What You Will; Love's Labour's Lost; Volume (4) (iv) Four: As You Like It; The Merchant of Venice; A Winter's Tale; Volume (5) (v) Five: Taming of the Shrew; All's Well That Ends Well; King John; Volume (6) (vi) Six: King Richard the Second; King Henry the Fourth Part One; King Henry the Fourth Part Two; Volume (7) (vii) Seven: King Henry the Fifth; King Henry the Sixth Part One; King Henry the Sixth Part Two; Volume (8) (viii) Eight: King Henry the Sixth Part Three; King Richard the Third; King Henry the Eighth; Volume (9) (ix) Nine: Julius Caesar; Antony and Cleopatra; Troilus and Cressida; Volume (10) (x) Ten: Othello the Moor of Venice; Coriolanus; Timon of Athens; Volume (11) (xi) Eleven: Hamlet Prince of Denmark; Romeo and Juliet; Pericles Prince of Tyre; Volume (12) (xii) Twelve: King Lear; Cymbeline; Titus Andronicus; Volume (13) (xiii) Thirteen: Macbeth; Poems and Sonnets; Glossary. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good. 32mo. english theatre; shakespeare;. more information

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Toronto: CBC Enterprises, 1983. 121, 121, 137, 173 pp. All four volumes have only light rubbing on the corners with flat uncreased spines; no interior markings. The slipcase has some minor rubbing on the corners. These are illustrated with black and white and colour stills from the Stratford performance of each play. The Tempest, as directed by John Hirsch; Macbeth as directed by Des McAnuff; As You Like It as directed by John Hirsch; and The Taming of the Shrew as directed by Peter Dews.. First Printing. Trade Paperbacks in a Slipcase. Very Good. 8vo. stratford festival; canadian broadcasting corporation;. more information

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Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1967. (li) 310 pp. Clarke Irwin Book CIE-8. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This is actually an un-read copy, acquired from the publisher when they decided to sell off all the saved copies of their back-list; mostly, there were only one or two copies of each title, retained by the company for reference purposes. Scans are available for all books. . First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. collectible; collectable;. more information

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Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1966. (xxviii) 180 pp. Clarke Irwin Book CIE-5. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This is actually an un-read copy, acquired from the publisher when they decided to sell off all the saved copies of their back-list; mostly, there were only one or two copies of each title, retained by the company for reference purposes. Scans are available for all books. . First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. collectible; collectable;. more information

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New York: Pocket Books, 1941. (viii, xi) 574, 447 pp. Pocket Book 3 and 114; both with red endpapers. Tragedies is the ninth printing, 1941; and Comedies is the second printing, 1941. Both books have light edge and corner wear with uncreased spines; some minor delamination; Tragedies has a dent in the spine; no interior markings. All plays are introduced by John Masefield; and the story of each play was written by J. Walker McSpadden; while the general introduction to each volume was by Henry W. Simon. Five Great Tragedies contains: Hamlet; King Lear; Romeo and Juliet; Julius Caesar; and Macbeth. Five Great Comedies contains: As You Like It; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Merchant of Venice; Twelfth Night; and The Tempest. Scans are available for all books.. Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. vintage paperback;. more information

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Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1966. (xxxii) 301 pp. Clarke Irwin Book CIE-2. Both titles in a single volume. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This is actually an un-read copy, acquired from the publisher when they decided to sell off all the saved copies of their back-list; mostly, there were only one or two copies of each title, retained by the company for reference purposes. The Contents of this volume are: General Introduction; Historical Introduction to Richard II; The Greatest Englishman in History; Shakespeare's Theatre; Text of Richard II; Notes for Richard II; Historical Introduction to Elizabeth the Queen; Maxwell Anderson; Text of Elizabeth the Queen; and Notes for Elizabeth the Queen. Scans are available for all books.. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. collectible; collectable;. more information

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Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1966. (xxxiii) 409 pp. Clarke Irwin Book CIE-1. Both titles in a single volume. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This is actually an un-read copy, acquired from the publisher when they decided to sell off all the saved copies of their back-list; mostly, there were only one or two copies of each title, retained by the company for reference purposes. The Contents in this volume are: General Introduction; The Greatest Englishman in History; A Critical Survey of Romeo and Juliet; Text of Romeo and Juliet; Notes for Romeo and Juliet; Introduction to Cyrano de Bergerac; Critical Summary: A Comparison of Romeo and Juliet with Cyrano de Bergerac; Text of Cyrano de Bergerac; Notes for Cyrano de Bergerac; Passages Recommended for Memorization; and a glossary. Scans are available for all books.. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. collectible; collectable;. more information

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Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1976. 160 pp. Lightly rubbed at the corners with some creasing at the spine; a small mark on the front cover; previous owner's name inside. The Preface is: Heartbreak House and Horseback Hall. . ISBN: 0140480536. Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good-. british irish theater; plays;. more information

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London: Constable and Company, 1933. (vi) 270 pp. Both titles in a single volume. Red cloth lettered in copper on the spine; gilt upper edge. Second printing of the Standard Edition which was orginally released in 1932. Wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few short nicks around the edges; previous owner's name inked out on the half-title page; missing the front free endpaper. The Preface to Saint Joan is: Joan the Original and Presumptuous; the Preface to The Apple Cart is titled only: Preface. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good Only/Very Good. 8vo. more information

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Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1949. 158 pp. Penguin Book 566. Lightly rubbed at the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Preface is On the Prospects of Christianity. . Second Printing. Paperback. Very Good. british irish theater; plays;. more information

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Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1949. 347 pp. Penguin Book 562. All three titles in a single volume. Light wear on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Preface is: Why for Puritans; On Diabolonian Ethics; Better than Shakespeare. Scans are available for all books.. Second Printing. Paperback. Very Good. british irish theater;. more information

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Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1979. 319 pp. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Preface is: The Infidel Half Century. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0140480110. Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. british irish theater;. more information

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New York: Avon Books, 1951. 192 pp. Avon Book 319. Light edge and corner wear with a minor creasing on the spine; not store stamped. Cover art by Ray Johnson. The Chapters are: The Great Light Way; The Saloon Trail; A Twenty-One Salute; Saloon Caruso; Barney's Bohemiantics; Billy La Hiff; Nostagia Nest; Speakeasy Daze; Barred and Bored; The Pour Hundred; Opening Nights; Rhapsody in Boo; Voices of Broadway; Ladies of the Ensemble; Meet Me at Lindy's; King of the Jest; Clown King; They, Too are Citizens; Little Boy Blah Come Blow Your Horn; Platter Spinners; Broadway Less 10%; Bite-Lights of Broadway; Purely Personal; Cleek to Cleek; My Hero-Me; On the Mgic Carpet; Puppy Love; Song of the City. Scans are available for all books. Scans are available for all books.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Ray Johnson;. broadway; new york city; stork club; leon and eddie's; 21 club; toots shor's; milton berle; joe e. lewis; gay white way; saloon caruso; barney's bohemiantics; billy la hiff; lindy's; clark gable; joe dimaggio; ted williams; le durocher; linda darnell; bing crosby; Vintage Paperback;. more information

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New York: Avon Books, 1951. 192 pp. Avon Book 319. Light edge and corner wear with a minor crease on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Ray Johnson. The Chapters are: The Great Light Way; The Saloon Trail; A Twenty-One Salute; Saloon Caruso; Barney's Bohemiantics; Billy La Hiff; Nostagia Nest; Speakeasy Daze; Barred and Bored; The Pour Hundred; Opening Nights; Rhapsody in Boo; Voices of Broadway; Ladies of the Ensemble; Meet Me at Lindy's; King of the Jest; Clown King; They, Too are Citizens; Little Boy Blah Come Blow Your Horn; Platter Spinners; Broadway; Bite-Lights of Broadway; Purely Personal; Cleek to Cleek; My Hero-Me; On the Mgic Carpet; Puppy Love; Song of the City. Scans are available for all books.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Ray Johnson;. broadway; new york city; stork club; leon and eddie's; 21 club; toots shor's; milton berle; joe e. lewis; gay white way; saloon caruso; barney's bohemiantics; billy la hiff; lindy's; clark gable; joe dimaggio; ted williams; le durocher; linda darnell; bing crosby; Vintage Paperback;. more information

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London: The Bodley Head, 1983. 86 pp. First UK Edition. Red boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0370304861. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. russian writing; russia; expatriate; exile; plays play; theatre theater;. more information

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New York: Bantam Books, 1982. (xvi) 261 pp. Edge and corner wear with a crease on the spine; previous owner's name on the front endpaper; no other interior markings. The cover features a detail of a Greek vase, courtesy of Scala/Art Resource, New York. This collection contains: Ajax; Electra; Oedipus the King; Antigone; Trachinian Women; Philoctetes; and Oedipus at Colonus. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0553213547. Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. greek tragedy; ancient greece; oedipus; collectible;. more information

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New York: Dell Laurel Leaf, 1980. 236 pp. Edge and corner wear with a bindery ripple on an otherwise uncreased spine; no interior markings. This collection contains: The Raft: An Interlude by Stephen Leacock; Flight into Danger by Arthur Hailey; Indian by George Ryga; Overlaid by Robertson Davies; Protest by Norman Williams; Lament for Harmonica (Maya) by Gwen Pharis Ringwood; The Home for Heroes by George Bowering; Brothers in Arms by Merrill Denison; Cobbler Stick to Thy Last by Kay Hill; and Breakdown by Wilfrid Werry. . ISBN: 0440957540. Second Printing. Paperback. Very Good. literature; canadian author authors;. more information

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London: Methuen, 1982. 254 pp. First Thus. Edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The front cover features a detail from The Dance of Life by Edvard Munch, courtesy of Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo; the back cover features a portrait of August Strindberg, also by Munch, courtesy of Moderna Museet, Stockholm. This collection contains: Johan August Strindberg - Chronology; The Plays of Strindberg; The Stronger; The Dance of Death; and A Dream Play. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 041349750X. First Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Edvard Munch;. sweden; swedish literature;. more information

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