LET 'EM EAT CAKE by Kaufman, George S., Morrie Ryskind, Ira Gershwin - 1933

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. 1970. First edition / First printing. Gray cloth. Very fine in very close to fine dust jacket. A superior copy of this scarce title.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1982. Limited Edition. Quarto. Limited to 2000 copies signed by Leonard Baskin, illustrator, with introduction by Irma Jaffe. A lovely copy bound in gray paper covered boards, paper labels to upper board and spine, with LEC letter laid in. in slipcase. Fine.

New York: Grove Press, 1972. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Octavo, 91 pages. British astronauts land on the moon, and people on earth become unhinged. A Tom Stoppard farce that poses some tough questions about moral absolutes. Fine in fine dust jacket. SCARCE in dust jacket.

Works Projects Administration, 1939. Softcover. Good. The hard-to-find Volume 13, Minstrelsy, of the notable ca. 1939 WPA San Francisco Theater Research series. This volume presents an extensive history of regional San Francisco minstrelsy from its earliest days. Illustrated with 19 historical photos of performers, some in blackface. Contents include discussions of blackface. Numerous appendices. Scarce. 301 pp. 10 3/4" x 8 3/8". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear and minor loss to bottom right corner of front panel. Light staining along margins of front panel spine and bottom. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

New York: Vintage Books, 1985. Softcover, mass market paperback. Fine/No Jacket. Tucked in front is a publisher's compliments card signed by Hoffman in black marker. First thus, 97 pages, b/w performance stills. Early work about HIV/AIDS, a medical documentary account of an AIDS victim's suffering, explores the effects of AIDS on a gay male couple in a detached world of insensitive families and doctors. The play deals with the epidemic's impact on the national consciousness and conscience and asks the larger existential questions. Winner of the 1985 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play and recipient of 3 Tony Award Nominations. Top corner and base of spine lightly bumped. Hoffman, 1939-2017, was a lifelong New Yorker who was widely known throughout the theatrical community and enjoyed a long career as a playwright.

Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1990, hardcover, 400 pp, Edition not stated, No previous English-language editions or printings noted, Very Good+ in Good dustjacket, Signed and dated by the Author in the year of publication on the front endpaper, three tiny spots to front endpaper as well, small ink stamp and light dampstain to rear pastedown. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge bumps, dampstain to rear panel and flap, in new Brodart sleeve. Five plays by the Russian dramatist focused on Lenin's role in organizing the Communist Party network, leading the Russian Revolution, and the formation of the Soviet Union. Shatrov's plays about Lenin became the most frequently staged plays in all of the USSR during the reign of Leonid Brezhnev. Contents include five plays: Bolsheviks, The Brest Peace, Blue Horses on Red Grass, Thus Shall We Conquer!, and Onwards...Onwards...Onwards!, as well as an interview with the author 'History is a Factual Drama' and an afterword by Dr. Yuri Sharapov:… Read More

A very good+ paperback, ex-library with stamps, stickers & markings, cover as in image, text near fine.Vous avez la phobie des dictées? Vous écrivez en langage sms? Vous êtes arrivés récemment en France? Ou au contraire vous êtes le prince de l'orthographe? Ce spectacle est pour vous. Il est dédié à tous les zilétré,analfabèt, conpleksé, étranjé, imigré que nous sommes un jour face au français : cette langue que nous mettons parfois toute une vie à maîtriser. Une conférencière Hongroise a décidé d'en finir avec la vieille grammaire, celle du vieux lion qui mordait le nez de l'éléphant. Vous connaissez l'histoire? L'éléphant, c'est nous face au français : un gros lard dans un magasin de porcelaine. Tout ça c'est fini, Katalin Molnàr - la conférencière Hongroise - a décidé de s'immoler avec la vieille grammaire, le dictionnaire et toutes les exceptions après avoir enfin proposé une méthode de français simplifié. Elle ne reculera devant aucun sacrifice, aidée d'une… Read More

New York: Atheneum, 1974. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket condition good. Atheneum. Association copy, signed and inscribed on the first leaf by Keith McDermott to Andrea/Andrew. McDermott, born in 1953, made his Broadway debut (1974-1977) as Alan Strang in Equus opposite Richard Burton as the doctor. This plum role for a young man proved to be McDermott's acting break. The play is a psychological thriller set in a hospital, where a psychiatrist examines a young man who maims horses. Book club edition/BCE. 99 pages. Loss to jacket spine, other darkening and chips.

Dale Evans, who was born with the name Francis Smith, was born in 1912 and began her career as a nightclub singer, then later singing on radio. She then moved to Hollywood and worked for Republic Pictures, where she made movies with Roy Rogers and became known as "The Queen of the West".
This black & white photo is on the front of a postcard, and depicts a very young Dale Evans in a bikini.
Dale's signature was imprinted on the photo, but she also signed the photo in brown ink. The photo is matted and framed.
This is a rare collectable item, depicting a young Hollywood star before she became a Hollywood legend.

Teresa Wright was an American actress who was nominated twice for an Academy Award.This 5 inch by 8 1/2 inch black & white photo depicts her at the age of 23 in the movie "Little Foxes", which was her first movie and for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. This photo is matted and framed, and
it is autographed ,
"Sincerely,
Teresa Wright".