Nobel Prize from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: Theater-Verlag Kurt Desch, 1976. Draft script for the 1976 German play. Text in German. The first known dramatic production of Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun's 1892 novel "Mysterier," premiering at Oslo's National Theater in the summer of 1976. Whether the stage adaptation was done by Hamsun or another unnamed party is not clear. The novel was… Read more

London: Chatto and Windus, 1961. First UK Edition. The final volume of the Snopes Trilogy. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, with two tiny closed tears at the bottom edge of the dust jacket.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962. Vintage oversize, double weight, borderless photograph from the set of the 1962 film, showing Leo McCarey directing William Holden from behind the camera (with legendary script supervisor Connie Willis to his right) while actor France Nuyen waits just offstage. With a mimeo snipe tipped on the verso crediting photographer Lawrence Schiller and stamps of… Read more

New York: Vanguard, 1959. First American Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The Nobel prize winning author's first book, and basis for the 2001 film directed by Ismail Merchant. Near Fine in a strong Very Good plus dust jacket. Faint splash to the top page edge. Jacket has a sticker shadow on the front… Read more

New York: Chelsea Theater Center, 1974. Original script for the 1974 play. Based on the 1962 short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer, and adapted by him and playwright Leah Napolin for the stage, the play premiered October 25, 1975 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre and ran for a total of 223 performances. Tovah Feldshuh was nominated for a Tony… Read more

New York: Harper and Row, 1978. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First American Edition. Light fading at the spine and extremities, else just about Fine and unread in light green wrappers. A lovely copy of a scarce proof.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1917. First Edition. First Edition. Lewis' fourth book and his first work of serious fiction, the story of a woman working in a man's world, an early call for sexual equality in the workplace. Lewis would continue on to a successful and lasting career as one of the major American authors from… Read more

New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus or better in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Spine slightly faded, boards briefly rubbed and mottled. Jacket extremities moderately toned, with light shelfwear, and a few short closed tears. Debuting on Broadway on Feb. 11, 1929, towards the end of the Nobel-winning playwright's most prolific period,… Read more

London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition. Near Fine in red publisher's wrappers. Light fading to the top of the front panel, with fading and a few mild reading creases at the spine. An attractive copy of this set of short stories.