The Agony of St. Joan, A Drama for Music in Two Acts and Four Scenes by S.A. DeWitt - 1957

New York: NY: Greenberg, 1956, 1956. Decorated Hardbound. Near Fine Signed by DeWitt on the ffep. Proposed Opera libretto based on the life of Villon, the father of modern French poetry (according to DeWitt!), Handsome front cover of Mus e of music with her harp and a poem of DeWitts ("Where are the Snows?") on the back cover.. Signed by Author. Near Fine.

1933. Softcover. Good Condition. 48 pages. Squarebound chapbook of Socialist / Communist marching soung. Dark red wraps with attractive line art. toning/darkening to edgesspine is splitting and missing some chips but still holding. Illustrator: "FHL". Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: Music::General; Inventory No: 030455. BZDB373 Music::General; "FHL" Unbranded S.A. DeWitt Rhapsodies in Red: Songs for the Social Revolution

1951. DEWITT, S.A. THREE PLAYS FOR NON-PURITANS. NY: Strathmore Press, 1951. 8vo., blue cloth with original paper title labels. First Edition. Signed presentation from DeWitt on the front endpaper: "For Bob from Sam DeWitt. March 3, '53." First Edition. The three plays, perhaps unstaged, are "Rhyme Without Reason", a comedy of manners set in the Bohemian days of Greenwich Village, "Where Are the Snows", a play about Francois Villon, and "Shoes for the Stars", about the spirit conquering greed and orneriness. Samuel Aaron DeWitt was a businessman and a member of the NY State Assembly representing Bronx's 7th district from 1919 until 1928. In 1928 he made an unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. Congress. DeWitt is most famous for being thrown out of the state Assembly, along with four fellow state legislators, for being members of the Socialist Party. The five members brought this case to the U.S. Supreme Court and, subsequently, the New York Assembly was… Read More

New York: Parnassus Press, 1940. Softcover. Good. First edition. Tall octavo. Cord-tied velvet-finish wrappers with printed silver label. Penciled signature and address of the author on first leaf, stamp of a school inside wrappers, rubbing and tears on the wrappers, a good or better copy.

New York, NY: Parnassus Press, 1940. limp velvet, string bound, paper-covered slipcase with front cover label. Parnassus Press. 4to. limp velvet, string bound, paper-covered slipcase with front cover label. 47+(1) pages. Signed by the author on half title. Illustrations, including frontispiece, by Elisabeth Fulda. A collection of poetry. Slipcase lightly soiled. Covers sunned at edges.