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Doctor Faustus Lights The Lights by Gertrude Stein - 1951

by Gertrude Stein

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Doctor Faustus Lights The Lights by Gertrude Stein - 1951

Doctor Faustus Lights The Lights

by Gertrude Stein

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Program for the Living Theatre production of Stein's play with text by Paul Goodman, Alfred Kreymborg, and Carl Van Vechten,. A fragile pamphlet with offsetting to front cover. Scarce.
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  • Publisher Living Theatre
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1951

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[SIGNED] The Water Engine and Mr. Happiness

[SIGNED] The Water Engine and Mr. Happiness

by Mamet, David

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First Edition, First Printing
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Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780394501208 / 0394501209
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Mamet, David. The Water Engine and Mr. Happiness. New York: Grove Press, 1978. First Edition, First Printing.
Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 137 mm), 87, [1] pages, in cream-colored cloth, titles in blue to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Two of his early plays, both of them in the form of radio programs.
CONDITION: Slight fading to spine titles. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket that has very light toning to the flaps.
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The Searching Wind
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The Searching Wind

by Hellman, Lillian

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Hellman, Lillian: The Searching Wind. PLAY The Viking Press, 1st Ed., First printing Thus, June, 1944. DRAMA. Used. Good/Good unclipped DJ $2.00 price. Protected in a mylar wrap.
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Babbitt

Babbitt

by Lewis, Sinclair

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Harbrace Reissue Edition
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209LewisBabbittRed Sinclair Lewis. Babbitt. Copyright 1922. No other info appears on the copyright page. Harcourt Brace, NY. This is an undated Harbrace reissue edition, circa 1936 Printed from First Edition second issue plates with the correction of "Lyte" for "Purdy" on p. 49, line 4. USED. VG/Good-. Dark red boards and original maroon dust. Quite rare thus. 5 ¾ X 8 ¼. 401 pages.
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Autographed Photo of Bob Hope

Autographed Photo of Bob Hope

by Hope, Bob

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Bob Hope was, and still is, one of the most iconic actor/comedians to ever emerge from Hollywood.
This photo is a promotional movie still for the movie "The Cat and the Canary", released in the year 1939, which starred Bob Hope with Paulette Goddard.
The photo is matted in a pale green photo mat and is autographed,
"Bob".
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Autographed Photo of Sophia Loren

Autographed Photo of Sophia Loren

by Loren, Sophia

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Sophia Loren is one of the most beautiful women ever to grace a movie screen.
This 8 inch by 10 inch black & white photo is a movie still from the 1957 film, "Boy On a Dolphin".
It is autographed by Sophia Loren.
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The Water Engine: An American Fable and Mr Happiness, Two Plays
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The Water Engine: An American Fable and Mr Happiness, Two Plays

by Mamet, David

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1st Edition
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New York: Grove Press, 1978 First printing, first edition, as stated. Signed by David Mamet directly on the title page. Light toning to jacket flaps, else book and dust jacket in fine condition.
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Mourning Becomes Electra
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Mourning Becomes Electra

by O'Neill, Eugene

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First Edition
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New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First Edition, First Printing, 1931. Near Fine, fore edge of page block scant foxing, in a Near Fine dust jacket, front flap top corner price-clipped, spine a bit browned. A collection of plays that includes Homecoming, The Hunted, and The Haunted. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Spark in Judea; A Play in Three Acts

Spark in Judea; A Play in Three Acts

by Delderfield, R. F.

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Boston: Baker's Plays, 1951. True First edition of this RARE play in three acts. Very Good Plus, wrappers a bit faded at the edges, a few pages bottom corner crease. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Dulcy; A Comedy in Three Acts
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Dulcy; A Comedy in Three Acts

by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly ( with a Bow to Franklin P. Adams )

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. Very Good, no jacket, tidy prior owner name top edge front end page, boards rubbed at the tips and lightly soiled. Introduction by Booth Tarkington, Lynn Fontanne frontispiece illustration by Neysa McMein. 4 B & W photographs within text. Text clean and unmarked, uncommon thus. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Romance
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Romance

by Sheldon, Edward

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First Edition
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New York: The Macmillan Co,, 1914. SCARCE in the First Edition, 1914. Near Fine, cloth lightly rubbed at the cornes, prior owner name stamp to paste downs. Basis for the 1920 D.W. Griffith Productions film and the 1930 movie of the same name starring Greta Garbo in her second talking picture. The play was first produced in New York in 1913, and the London production in 1915 ran for 1,049 performances. Both of those productions featured Doris Keane as an opera star who has an intense affair with a young clergyman. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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House/Lights_ After Gertrude Stein's Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights

House/Lights_ After Gertrude Stein's Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights

by The Wooster Group; Stein, Gertrude

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Paperback Octavo
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New York: The Wooster Group, 1999. Paperback Octavo. Paperback. Very good. wraps, 63 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
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Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights by Gertrude Stein and directed by Robert WIlson

by Wilson, Robert, Gertrude Stein

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Berlin: Hebbel Theater, 1992. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Near fine in original wrappers. 32 pages. Presents the stage presentation of Doctor Faustus Lights, not the text of Stein's opera, with essays on Stein and other matters. Wilson's stage settings are prominent in this book.
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Living Theatre Program for Three Plays: Doctor Faustus Lights The Lights, Beyond The Mountains...

Living Theatre Program for Three Plays: Doctor Faustus Lights The Lights, Beyond The Mountains and Faustina

by Living Theatre - Gertrude Stein / Kenneth Rexroth / Paul Goodman

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New York: Living Theatre, 1951. First edition. Paperback. Good. Stapled pamphlet. 16 pp. Text by Paul Goodman, Alfred Kleymborg and Carl Van Vechten. A rare piece of early Living Theatre ephemera. Original program for three plays by Stein, Rexroth and Goodman, respectively. Illustrated by Robert Galster. Staining to covers, a good example. The plays opened at the Cherry Lane Theatre on December 2, 1951.
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Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky

Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky

by Nijinsky, Romola

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First Edition
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9780671411237 / 0671411233
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Nijinsky, Romola. Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky. The Definitive Biography Copyright 1980. Simon and Schuster stated First Impression Thus. Number line starts with 1. EXLIB. Good Condition/ VG original dust jacket. 260 pages, indexed. ISBN0671411233. PERFORMING ARTS, RUSSIA, BALLET, VASLAV NIJINSKY. Summary: "The life of Vaslav Nijinsky is not merely a record of a great dancer's artistic triumphs; it is one of the strangest stories ever written. There is madness everywhere. From the child's first appearance with a troupe of wandering Russians to that last terrible performance, his "Marriage With God" , it is a growing chaos of madness, abnormality, distortion, genius and beauty." 260 pages, indexed. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4.
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection)

Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection)

by Christie, Agatha

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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) (aka The Mousetrap). Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus Bantam Books Inc., NY, September, 1988. Number line: 0987654321. As New. Summary: "A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate." THE MOUSETRAP: Known as the "world's longest-running play," The Moustrap has been running since 1952 and celebrated 70 years in London in 2022."
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Another Part of the Forest
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Another Part of the Forest

by Hellman, Lillian

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ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST. THE VIKING PRESS, FIRST EDITION STATED FIRST PRINTING THUS, APRIL, 1947. Used. Very good condition/Good + condition original unclipped, $2.00 price appears on front flap. Fuscia dust jacket spine is a trace sunned. Mylar wrap. Another Part of the Forest, a play in three acts by Lillian Hellman, author of "The Little Foxes", and "The Searching Wind". Patricia Neal frontispiece.
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[Order Form for Henry Vaughan's Sacred Poems]

[Order Form for Henry Vaughan's Sacred Poems]

by [Vale Press Ephemera]

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London: Vale Press, 1897. Very good with a few instances of minor spotting.. Single leaf announcing the book's publication, size, binding, and edition limitation. Printed in Vale type. Tomkinson 11 (for the book).
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The Clocks, A Hercule Poirot Mystery

The Clocks, A Hercule Poirot Mystery

by Christie, Agatha

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Large-Print Edition
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Agatha Christie. The Clocks, A Hercule Poirot Mystery. 2013, Center Point Pub. Thorndike, Maine. LARGE PRINT EDITION. RARE/SCARCE THUS. ISBN 9781611737127. 5 7/8 X 8 ¾. 350 pages. EXLIB. VG/VG unclipped $34.95 DJ. Synopsis: "A hired stenographer lets herself into her client's home only to realize that the body of a dead man is sprawled across the living room floor. When recounting the scene to Detective Poirot, She distinctly remembers a cuckoo clock striking three but all the living room clocks showed 4:13. Poirot determines that, even more strangely, only one of these clocks belonged to the owner of the house."
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Thais (Universal Library)

Thais (Universal Library)

by Anatole France

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Anatole France. Grosset & Dunlap Universal Library Edition. No date or statement on copyright page. Circa 1929. USED. VERY GOOD/GOOD ORIGINAL UNIVERSAL LIBRARY DUST JACKET. QUITE RARE THUS. Dust jacket has a bit of loss at top of spine. Glossy black boards with silver, green and black titling and ornamentation. Lime green endpapers. No frontispiece or any other photos appear in this edition. 5 7/8 X 8 ½. 154 pages. "Thais is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and based on the 1890 novel "Thais" by Anatole France, a story of forbidden love. Cinema, Film History. Silent Film Era.
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Will Rogers Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom (Salesman's Dummy)

Will Rogers Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom (Salesman's Dummy)

by P.J. O'Brien

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O'Brien, P.J. Will Rogers Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom. With an appreciation by Lowell Thomas. Copyright 1935, P.J. O'Brien. Published by George A. Parker Company, Philadelphia. Illustrated. RARE SALESMAN'S DUMMY WITH SUBSCRIPTION BLANKS. Includes excerpts from 296 page complete book. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8. BIOGRAPHY OF WILL ROGERS. USED. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ AS ISSUED.
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Old Theatre Days & Ways
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Old Theatre Days & Ways

by W.J. Lawrence

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W.J. Lawrence. Old Theatre Days & Ways. First published 1935 by George Harrap & Co. Ltd., London. ANGLOPHILIA. THEATRE HISTORY. PERFORMING ARTS. BRITISH HISTORY. ISBN 9781131731827. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. 256 pages. 5 7/8 X 8 5/8. This copy is located in United States.
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The Plays Of Eugene O'Neill (Three Volume Set)
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The Plays Of Eugene O'Neill (Three Volume Set): Volume I: Strange Interlude, Desire Under The Elms, Lazarus Laughed, The Fountain, The Moon Of The Caribees, Bound East For Cardiff, The Long Voyage Home, In The Zone, Ile, Where The Cross Is Made, The Rope, The Dreamy Kid, Before Breakfast, Volume II: Mo

by Eugene O'Neill

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The Random House Lifetime Library
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The books in this multi-volume set are in very good condition. There is almost no wear on all three books in this set. The front, back, spine and cover boards are in very good condition as well as the edges. There is minor bumping on the corners of all three books. The previous owners name is written on the inside of the front cover boards of all three books. The pages of all three books are tanned and yellowed but clear of any markings. This multi-volume set contains the complete plays of Eugene O'Neill.
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Mourning Becomes Electra, A Trilogy
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Mourning Becomes Electra, A Trilogy

by O'Neill, Eugene

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O'Neill, Eugene: Mourning Becomes Electra, A Trilogy (1931 First Edition, Horace Liveright, Inc. w/Dj) DRAMA. Three Plays, or parts: Homecoming, The Hunted, The Haunted. RARE. Used. Very Good Condition/ Good- Original unclipped dust jacket. Original Cover Price is $2.50. Jacket has some loss at the spine. Now protected by mylar wrap. Please see our photos. Plot Summary: "Mourning Becomes Electra is a story styled after the Greek legend and the title refers to how the lead character is condemned to a life of mourning the disasters that befall her family. In the Greek legends, Electra is the sister to Orestes, and they are the children of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon."
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