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Fountain of Youth: A Comedy in Three Acts, The.
by Shipman, Louis Evan 1869-1933.
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Boston: Walter H. Baker Co, 1933. First edition. c.1918. Stapled wraps. 8vo. pp. 141, [3] Ads. Good. Pencil owner and notation, cover wear.. Item Price
$10.00

ADMIRABLE CRICHTON. The Uniform Edition of the Plays of, The.
by Barrie, J. M. (Sir James Matthews) 1860-1937.
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First thus US edition. (c.1918 London). Green paper covered boards printed black. 12mo. pp. 186. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Period ink owner.. Item Price
$20.00

"TWENTY MINUTES" Drawing Room Duologues etc
by Pemberton, Harriet L. Childe.
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London: Griffith Farran Browne & Co., Ltd. (Morrison & Gibb Ltd., Edinburgh), n.d. "Fifteenth thousand" edition. Blue decorated cloth. 16mo. pp. 128. Very Good. Cap and corner wear, owner bookplate, small bookseller ticket. Nine shorts for amateur performance.. Item Price
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Heilige Nacht.
by Trausil, Hans.
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Wien & Leipzig: Gerlach & Wiedling, 1923. Illustrated by Karl Hauf woodcuts. First edition. Cloth backed paper covered boards. 16mo. pp. 49, [1], [2] blank. Very Good+/No jacket, as issued. Former owner bookplate and gift inscription.. Item Price
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Almanach Dramatischer Spiele zur geselligen Unterhaltung auf dem Lande, von A. von Kotzebue. Vierter Jahrgang.
by Kotzebue, A. von (August Fredrich Ferdinand Von) 1761-1819.
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Berlin: bei F. T. de La Garde, 1806. Illustrated by 6 hand colored copper-engraved plates (by Muller) in caricature after designs of Georg Melchior Krause 1737-1806. First edition. Limp terra cotta faux leather cloth, a.e.g. 12mo (13.3cm). pp. 298, [6] Ads (Contents 1-3), colophon. Good/In mylar protector. Worn and cracked covers but still attached, shaken with several stains and spots… Read more about this item Item Price
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TENDERLOIN: A New Musical Comedy (based on the novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams).
by Weidman, Jerome and George Abbott; Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.
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New York: Random House (A Random House Play), (1961). Illustrated by b&w two-page cast photo and two plates in text. Fireside Theatre Book Club edition. c.1960-1 (synopsis, lyrics, book). Blue cloth and topstain with navy spine tilting. 8vo. pp. 144. Very Good+/Very Good-/No price in mylar. Traces of edgewear to binding, small dampstain to topstain in sunned jacket (spine and… Read more about this item Item Price
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RICHELIEU, or, The Conspiracy! A Play, in Five Acts. First American from the Fifth London, First performed at The Theatre Royal, Covant Garden, March 7th, 1839
by Bulwer, E. [Baron Edward] Lytton 1803-73.
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New York: Turner & Fisher, n.d. Stated First American edition. Turner's Dramatic Library. Printed stitched wraps. pp. 94. Notes to acts. Fair. Historical Society plate to front pastedown, corner curls and toning, ink owner. Play is complete but notes to acts ends at pp. 94 instead 96.. Item Price
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HROS DES ALPES au Grand-Saint-Bernard, DRAME ET POSIES ALPESTRES, Le.
by Gross, Jules.
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Paris/Genve: Librairies Fischbacher/Librairies A. Jullien (Imprime par Pache-Varidel & Cie, Lausanne), 1904. Illustrated by b/w vignettes. Deauxime edition. Green cloth, printed gilt, uncut, teg, floral green & gilt eps. Inscribed by author in French on front pastedown. 16mo. pp. viii, 301, [5]. Notes, Index, colophon. VG/No jacket. Some cap and corner wear, slight dulling of spine, old pressed violettes pp.… Read more about this item Item Price
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SEVEN SHORT PLAYS
by Gregory, Lady [Augusta], 1852-1932.
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Dublin / Boston: Maunsel & Co., Ltd. / John W. Luce & Co. (John Falconer, Dublin), (c. 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1909). Illustrated by Tissue Port frontis (by Signor A. Mancini). Later edition. {voice and melody lines, pp. 197-203 music}. Buckram backed blue paper boards, paper spine title, uncut. Cr.8vo. pp. [vi], [8], 3-211, [1] Permission...Ireland...England, Scotland and the Colonies....… Read more about this item Item Price
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TOILETTE OF THE HEBREW LADY exhibited in six scenes.
by De Quincey, Thomas 1785-1859.
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Hartford, CT: Edwin Valentine Mitchell [1890-1960], [Facsimile of] 1926. Illustrated by first letter. Assumed facsimile edition. c.1828 in Blackwood's Magazine, c.1854 in Theological Essays and Other Papers. Yellow printed stiff wraps. Foolscap 4to. pp. 64. Near Fine. Old (very faint) corner crease to rear cover, internally fine.. Item Price
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KING RENE'S DAUGHTER, A Danish Lyrical Drama.
by Hertz, Henrik 1798-1870.
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New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1870. Translated by Theodore Martin from the Danish. Stated Third Revised edition. [first appeared in 1845], c.1850, 1866. Royal cloth, beveled boards, gilt topboard emblem, original brown endpapers, teg. 16mo (17.5cm). pp. xii, [2], 100, 9 Ads. About Very Good. Binding worn and mottled, ffep tight at head, light edge toning and several bottom page… Read more about this item Item Price
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SPANGLISH, Best Original Screenplay.
by Brooks, James L.
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: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc, 2004. "For your consideration" edition. Wraps, white printed card cover. 4to. pp. 109, [1], [2] blank. As New. 162 scenes, promotional copy.. Item Price
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INTO THE WOODS, Adapted and Illustrated by Hudson Talbott (plus) Play.
by Sondheim, Stephen and James Lapine.
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New York: Crown/Theatre Communications Group, (1988)/(1987; text & lyrics, 1989; photos). Illustrated by color/Heidi Landesman jacket, pp. [4] Martha Swope b/w photo stills. Stated first ()/First thus (NAP) edition. c.1987 Text & Lyrics. 2 volumes. Navy cloth, illus. eps/Blue boards. Demy 4to/Demy 8vo. pp. [iv], 90, [2]; [xiv], 138, [6]. Fine/Near Fine/Unclipped price in mylar. Traces of wear to… Read more about this item Item Price
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PLAY SAFE, An A.L.A. Saftey Play for Amateurs.
by Carlton, Marjorie.
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N.P: Automobile Legal Association, 1937. Illustrated by b/w line drawing of stage setting. Blue wrap printed blue. 12mo. pp. 18, [2]. VG. Edges sunned on covers, Street light dots in text (appropriately) colored in (red, green, yellow). "A one-act play published and produced under the auspices of the A.L.A. This play is presented in the interest of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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DOROTHY VERNON OF HADDON HALL.
by Major, Charles.
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1902. Illustrated by scenes from the photoplay. Mary Pickford edition. Red embossed cloth, printed black. 12mo. pp. [viii], 369, [7]. VG/Good/No price in mylar. Ink owner and gift inscription in sunned jacket with chips and closed tears. (Fiction).. Item Price
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SEQUOIA, The Story of a Strange Friendship between a Mountain Lion and a Deer.
by Packer, Eleanor, retold by.
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Racine, WI: Whitman, 1935. Illustrated by b/w scenes from the Metro Goldwyn-Mayer Picture. Based on the novel "Malibu" by Vance Hoyt. A Big Little Book. Color pictorial boards. Square 36mo. pp. 156, [3] last photo and ads. VG/No jacket. Tape repair to spine ends of several beginning pages, moderate page darkening, edgewear and several scrapes, yet quite a nice… Read more about this item Item Price
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DEPUTY, A play, The.
by Hochhuth, Rolf 1931-.
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New York: Grove Press, (1964). Translated by Richard and Clara Winston from the German. Stated first US edition. c.1963 as Der Stellvertreter. Cloth backed red boards. 8vo. pp. 352. Very Good/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Light edgewear to binding and jacket.. Item Price
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PILLARS OF SOCIETY, A Play in Four Acts, The.
by Ibsen, Henrik 1828-1906.
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Boston: Walter H. Baker & Co Translated by William Archer from the Norwegian. (c.1890, John W. Lovell Co.). Ibsen's Plays, Price .25. Taupe wraps printed black, decorated red. 12mo. pp. 124, [6] Ads (including cover). VG. Light cover stains and scrapes, several faint dogears, unusually clean copy. Translator note.. Item Price
$15.00
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PLAYS [and] Loyalties (1929 playbill) presented by The Debating Society of King George V School, Southport.
by Galsworthy, John 1867-1933.
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Later edition. 2 volumes. Green cloth stamped gilt; Stapled pamphlet with thumbnail author port. 12mo. pp. vi, 698; [8]. Very Good+/No jacket. Binding has light edgewear. Contents (19 plays): The Silver Box, Joy, Strife, The Eldest Son, Justice, The Little Dream, The Pigeon, The Fugitive, The Mob, A Bit oÕ Love, The Foundations, The… Read more about this item Item Price
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DOLL'S HOUSE, A Play in Three Acts, A.
by Ibsen, Henrik 1828-1906.
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Boston: Walter H. Baker & Co Translated by William Archer from the Norwegian. (c.1890, John W. Lovell Co.). Ibsen's Plays, Price .25. Taupe wraps printed black, decorated red. 12mo. pp. 124, [6] Ads. About Good. "...with a Biographical and critical introduction prepared for the present edition by Edmund Gosse". Page edge foxing, pencil notation, heel tear, two pinholes… Read more about this item Item Price
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