from Lorne Bair Rare Books

London: Max Reinhardt, 1970-74. First Thus. Seven small octavo volumes. Uniform red cloth; dustjackets; deep red top-stain; 803,1051,913,1019,807,991,854pp. First printings; uniformly fine, in lightly aged dustwrappers. Neat ownership signature and engraved bookplate of James G. Mead to each volume.

London: Macmillan, 1949-51. First Edition. 12mo (20.5cm). 4 volumes in red cloth, titled in gilt, with grey and white dust jackets; I: [vi],314pp; II: [vi],354pp; III: [vi],274pp; [vi],294pp. Bookplate of James Withrow Ewing in each volume. Straight copies pushed at heads and tails, ownership marks to front free endpapers effaced: Very Good. Jackets of vols. I-II price-clipped, vols III-IV… Read more

New York: Contemporary Play Publications, 1938. Octavo (20cm). Publisher's brown cloth, titled in dullt gilt, with red dust jacket; 133pp; list of other titles to jacket rear flap. 1939 ink ownership inscription on f.f.e.p. Straight, tight, lightly rubbed, darkened at top edge, minor discoloration to endpapers, else clean: Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced $2.00), lightly rubbed, faded at extremities… Read more

New York: Rinehart & Co, 1949. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); orange cloth hardcover, stamped in gilt and black on spine; dustjacket; xix,[1]-480pp. About fine, in the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $5.00 on front flap), lightly rubbed at folds with a few small chips to extremities, a shade darkened on spine panel; Very Good. A posthumous publication, collecting nineteen works… Read more

New York: Brentano's, 1907. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm). Green cloth bindings with paper labels on spine titled in black and green; deckle edges and uncut pages; 447pp.; 466pp. Light rubbing with spine ends pushed on both volumes; paper labels are chipped and slightly toned and faded; top edges dust soiled; Very Good. Housed in a later custom cloth… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First American Edition. First printings. Two octavo volumes (23cm). Black cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spines and front covers; dustjackets; 1-380; 381-747,[14]pp. Early ownership signature to each front endpaper, else tight and Near Fine in slightly spine-darkened dustwrappers and board slipcase. Slipcase has been reinforced at joints with cloth tape. … Read more

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. First Edition. First commercial printing. Octavo (20cm). Printed paper-covered boards with cloth joints exposed (as issued); xvi,207,(3)pp; frontispiece portrait of Lynne Fontanne, who debuted the role of Dulcy, by Neysa McMein; four inserted leaves of photographic plates (halftones), being stills from the 1921 Cort Theatre production staring Fontanne, John Westley, and Gregory Kelly.… Read more

New York: Henry Holt, 1924. First Edition. First printing. Small octavo (19cm). Tan cloth hardcover, titled in green on spine and front cover; xxxiv,174,[6]pp; illus; frontispiece and 7 inserted leaves of photographic plates (halftones). Gentle toning to spine cloth, else tight and Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Includes "The Return of Buck Gavin, the Tragedy of a… Read more

London: Faber and Faber, 1958. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23cm). Original heliotrope cloth, with light blue dust jacket; plain endpapers; 127pp; publisher's ads to jacket rear and rear flap. A straight, tight copy with light edgewear, foxing to edges of textblock not affecting interior, browning to endpapers, else clean: Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced 18s), minor browning to… Read more

New York: Rinehart & Co, 1949. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); orange cloth hardcover, stamped in gilt and black on spine; dustjacket; xix,[1]-480pp. About fine, in the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $5.00 on front flap), creased at base of front panel with mild rubbing at spine ends, Very Good. A posthumous publication, collecting nineteen works for the stage, edited by… Read more

New York: Viking Press, (1961). First Edition. Small octavo (19cm.). Gray cloth spine over blue paper-covered boards; dustjacket; 87pp. Board corners tapped, else a Fine copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper, price-clipped, lightly rubbed, still Very Good or better. In America, Greene's love-triangle comedy opened on Nov 1, 1961 at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, starring Sir Michael Redgrave, George… Read more

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Maroon cloth, titled in gilt, with original orange jacket; plain endpapers; [xx],190pp; publisher's ads to jacket rear and rear flap. Straight, gently rubbed: Very Good. Jacket price-clipped, rubbed at edges with large chips at head and tail, a few 2-inch tears, spine browned, tape repairs to verso… Read more

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin and Company Limited, 1954. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Beige cloth stamped in red, with original jacket; plain endpapers; viii,98,[2]pp; list of titles opposite t.p., publisher's ad to jacket rear; photographic halftone still from 1954 production. Straight, minor dirt to fore-edge, else Near Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced $2.00 on rear flap), rubbed, minor dustsoil to… Read more

New York: John Lane, 1916. First Edition. First issue, without the note at the end. Octavo (21cm). Publisher's green paper, backed in tan cloth; green endpapers; 228pp. Lacking the original dust jacket. Straight but rubbed, internally clean: Very Good.

[London: Beaumont Press, 1919]. One of 250 hand-numbered copies on handmade paper (of a total edition of 275). Octavo (23cm). Cloth-backed patterned boards with printed paper spine and cover labels; 48pp. Mild external wear; usual darkening to endpapers from bider's adhesive, still a tight, solidly Very Good copy. In a later cloth slipcase, fine. Conrad's play originally… Read more

London: Faber and Faber, 1936. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo; blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 123pp. Cloth mildly toned at extremities; a few specks of foxing to front endpapers, still a tight, Very Good or better copy. In the original dustwrapper, all four corners clipped by publisher but original price remaining at base… Read more

New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1928. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); beige linen, with titles stamped in black on spine; brown topstain; [xvi],189,[3]pp. Gentle sunning to spine, mild hand-soil to covers, with some staining to upper rear hinge, else clean throughout; Very Good+, lacking the scarce dustjacket. Nice copy of Hecht and MacArthur's popular play set in Chicago,… Read more

London: Methuen, 1928. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19.5cm). Original blue cloth stamped in black; plain endpapers; 160, 8pp; publisher's catalogue at rear. Straight, rubbed, occasional spots of foxing: Very Good. Based on the Hungarian of Ladislaus Fodor. MCILVAINE C3a.

New York: Random House, 1958. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Original grey cloth stamped in black and gilt, halftone laid down on front, dark grey topstain, in original black dust jacket; plain endpapers; [xiv],108pp; frontispiece and two plates. Lightly rubbed at edges, partly unopened: Near Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced $2.95), lightly rubbed with minor dust to rear and… Read more

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1948. First Edition. First printing, with "First Edition" and "K-X" code on copyright page. Octavo (21cm). Original dark blue cloth, original green-blue and orange dust jacket; plain endpapers; [iv],183,[3]pp. A tight, straight copy, frayed at head, minor erasure to f.f.e.p.: Very Good or better. Jacket price-clipped, rubbed at edges, scuffed at front flap fold:… Read more