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The Playground: A Play for Precarious Grownups

by James Broughton

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Baker's Plays, 1949. Soft Cover. Good. THE SCRIPT! ACTING EDITION SCRIPT for dramatics. Some shelf wear to the covers. Good binding and the dialogue flows nicely. Enjoy this Acting Script reliable for your performance needs.
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THE PLAYGROUND.

by Broughton, James

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PRESS.. Used - Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (theatre, gay, play, drama, men) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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THE PLAYGROUND: (A Play for Precarious Grown-Ups)

by Broughton, James

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(San Francisco): The Centaur Press, 1949.. 1949.. Very good. - Octavo, textured brown paper covered boards (bumped & warped; head of spine rubbed) titled in reddish brown, in dust wrapper (extremities darkened & chipped; small piece out of front panel; short tears to rear panel; dw spine torn with pieces out & partially repaired with tape). 45 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with monochrome vignettes & 1 full-page illustration by Zev. Very good internally. Good. <p>First edition. 1/1000 copies.<p>This was the first book published by the Centaur Press and was designed by Kermit Sheets.
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The Playground

by BROUGHTON, James

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San Francisco: The Centaur Press, 1949. Bound in brown boards in matching tan dust jacket. The first edition (ltd. to 1000 copies). Unpaginated. (about 64 pp.). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Illus. by Zev.
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The Playground

The Playground

by James Broughton

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The Centaur Press, 1949. First Edition. Very Good book in a Good dust jacket. Illustrated by Zev. One of 1000 copies. Chip missing from the dust jacket top left corner.
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The Playground

The Playground

by BROUGHTON, James

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(San Francisco): The Centaur Press, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Zev. Spine and edges sunned, bottom corners bumped, very good lacking the dustwrapper. One of 1000 copies of the author's second book, his first play.
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The Playground

by James Broughton

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Centaur Press, 1949. hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Signed by Author. San Francisco, 1949; signed by author and illustrator; brown cloth covered boards; mild edge and corner wear; illustrated jacket with top edges chipped, housed in a protective cover; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; noy paginated
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The Playground.

by BROUGHTON, James.

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San Francisco: Centaur Press,, 1949.. First edition.. [54 pp]. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with two short edge-tears. Illustrated with drawings by Zev, printed by Kermit Sheets. The first book of the press.
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The Playground

by James Broughton

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Centaur Press, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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The Playground

by Broughton, James

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The Centaur Press: San Francisco , 1949. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Zev. First edition of the first book published at the Centaur Press. Illustrated by Dan Harris (Zev). Broughton was winner of the Phelan Award for this play. One of 1000 copies. As new in as new dust jacket.
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The Playground

The Playground

by James Broughton

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First Edition
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Centaur Press, 1949-01-01. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Minor shelf wear to binding. Text and images unmarked. Price clipped dj shelf worn with scuffs, creases, light soiling & small tears in a mylar cover.
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The Playground

The Playground

by Broughton, James, drawings by Zev

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San Francisco, California, United States
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San Francisco: The Centaur Press, 1949. Hardcover. 48p., very good first edition, limited to 1,000 copies, in boards and unclipped dj. Play in poetic form. Designed and printed by San Francisco gay activist Kermit Sheets. Broughton's second book, a play which won the Phelan award. Attractive copy.
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The Playground

The Playground

by Broughton, James

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First Edition
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The Centaur Press, San Francisco, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Zev. Signed by Author. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. This is the first book published by this press. Signed and inscribed by the author to the actor Walter Matthews on the front free endpaper. One of 1000 copies of this book. Brown paper over boards, drawings by Zev, pages unnumbered. Front cover bowed, bumped at head of spine, offsetting from the dust jacket on the endpapers, pages moderately toned. In an illustrated dust jacket that is soiled, chipped at corners, spine ends, along all edges, short tears here and there, three small holes. In a Brodart jacket. "The wry fantasy of this delightful play, written in a poetic idiom both witty and lyrical, probes with an agile irony the follies and… Read More
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Poster for The Playground: A Play for Precarious Grown-Ups.

Poster for The Playground: A Play for Precarious Grown-Ups.

by James Broughton.

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[San Francisco]: n.d.. Program for a play by Broughton, directed by Kermit Sheets. No date or place of performance listed. One sheet, 8-1/2 x 11 inches, printed on one side in red ink. The Playground was first published by Broughton in 1949, and received its first performance some time prior to this, at Mills College in Oakland, CA.
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PLAYGROUND,THE

by Broughton, James

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San Francisco, CA: Centaur Press, 1949. One of an edition limited to 1000 copies, designed and signed by Kermit Sheets. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. San Francisco, CA: Centaur Press, 1949. One of an edition limited to 1000 copies, designed and signed by Kermit Sheets. Signed by book designer, Kermit Sheets, signed and inscribed by the author, and signed and inscribed, with an ink drawing by Zev. Several monotone illustrations by Zev. Unpaginated. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown paper covered boards. Spine sunned, else very good. Very good/No dust jacket.
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THE PLAYGROUND.

by Broughton, James.

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SAN FRANCISCO: PRESS.. Near Fine. 1949. First Edition. SIGNED by James Broughton on the front endpaper. Near fine in a Vg. dj. (Trace of slim offsetting at upper edge of rear board. Stain to upper inch of dj. at spine. 1"-inch closed tear at base of front panel of dj. A few small stains & short tears at head of rear panel) Illustrated by "Zev" & designed & printed by Kermit Sheets. 1000 copies produced. .
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The Playground.

by BROUGHTON, James.

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San Francisco: Centaur Press, , 1949.. First edition.. [54 pp]. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrated with drawings by Zev. SIGNED by Broughton. The first book printed at Kermit Sheets’ Centaur Press.
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The Playground

The Playground

by BROUGHTON, James

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(San Francisco): The Centaur Press, 1949. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Drawings by Zev. Fine in fine dust jacket. James Broughton won the Phelan Award for this play. Limited to 1,000 copies.
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THE PLAYGROUND, Together with THE QUEEN OF THE MERMAIDS WAS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE
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THE PLAYGROUND, Together with THE QUEEN OF THE MERMAIDS WAS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE

by Broughton, James

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(San Francisco): Centaur Press, 1949. First edition. Limited to 1000 copies. Broughton's play illustrated by Daniel Harris in his first appearance as "Zev." The first book from the press founded by Broughton and Kermit Sheet. SIGNED BY BROUGHTON on half-title page and INSCRIBED WITH A LARGE DRAWING BY ZEV on front endpaper, "For Herbert and Zelda & Co. With Love! Love! Love! Love! Love!" The drawing depicts a father returning home to his wife and two children with what appears to be an airplane in his hands. Paperclip impression and touch of rust to front flap and opposing endpaper, otherwise near fine in a good or better dust jacket. Laid in is a 1954 CHRISTMAS GREETING WITH POEM by Broughton and drawing by Zev (of mermaid queen arriving at a castle or cathedral) which, according to OCLC was produced for the use of Broughton, Sheets, and Dan "Zev" Harris and his wife Gertrude. Only 3 copies are located in libraries worldwide. This one INSCRIBED IN FRENCH BY ZEV "with best wishes," and signed by him… Read More
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