First UK Edition. Hardcover. London: The Cresset Press, 1949. Octavo; 133pp. First UK edition. Pale blue dust jacket with text in red and black. Red cloth binding with text on spine and cover stamped in gold. Dust jacked is price-clipped, with some foxing, toning, and rubbing on edges. Spine is..... More
London: John Bell "British Library," 1796. Presumed First Thus. 12mo; each play separately paginated, total of 584pp + 6pp of tipped-in engravings showing staged scenes for three of the five plays. Calf with blind-stamped borders on front and rear panels, gilt-dentelled panel edges; blind-dentelled inner edges; gilt-stamped spine with crimson..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1936. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author on half title, dated January 1936 with inscription "Drama 112 - !" Quarto; 265 pp. Tipped-in color frontis with black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket over beige cloth with red lettering. Price-clipped jacket..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1980. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; 191pp. Printed red and white dust jacket with original $9.95 rice; book in blindstamped black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Misbound with page block upside-down in the boards. Jacket lightly..... More
First Edition. New York: Atheneum, 1975. First Edition. Signed by the author on the half-title page without inscription but dated "1996." Printed green and blue dust jacket with original $7.95 price; book in black boards with spine in gilt and blind-stamped on front cover. Dust jacket rubbed and lightly worn..... More
London: Frederick Muller, 1942. First Edition. Octavo; 279 pp. Photo inserts throughout. Illustrated dust jacket with 12/6 net price intact; book in beige boards with red lettering to spine. Materials obviously in keeping with wartime rationing, as the boards are a bit limp and the paper thin. Jacket shows a...... More
Text on poster: Kobieta Plakacie 1905 w 1980 [Woman and Posters 1905-1980] // Kolekcja Floriana Zielińskiego [Florian Zielińskiego Collection] // Opole // Teatr Kochanowskiego. Date: 1980. Height x width: 96cm x 66.5cm (37.75” x 26.25”). Printing information: lower left corner: RSW „P-K-R” ZP Wr. 8470/80 5000 B1. Condition: No visual..... More
Amsterdam: Chez Jean Frédéric Bernard, 1715. 12mo; Vol I Tome I [xiv] + 352pp + 10pp of bound-in hand-transcribed text; Vol II Tome II [ii] + 156pp; Vol II Tome III [xxviii] + 200pp. Vol I frontis. engraved by Bernard Picart; title pages of both volumes have engraved allegorical vignettes;..... More
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London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1929. First British Edition. Limited Edition numbered 35 of 200 in statement on verso of title page. Signed by Morris on author page in pen over pencil with inscription, "to dear little Bessie and in memory of such a lovely week end. Gwladys Evan..... More
Philadelphia: William T. Amies, 1878. Quarto; xxviii + 740pp. Thirteen steel engravings with tissue guards in place. Full leather with ornamental blind stamping, gilt lettering, and gilt highlights spine and front panel. Beveled edges on panels. Textblock gilt on all edges. Small comb marbled endpapers. Slight scuffing to panel edges..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1944. First Edition. Octavo; ix + 255pp, including bibliography and index. Sixty-two B&W primary source documentary illustrations, some full page, others embedded in text. Brown dust jacket with curtained proscenium outline on front panel. Royal blue boards. Gilt spine lettering. Top of text-block stained marigold..... More
Hardcover. New York: Rinehart., 1949. First edition with publisher's mark on copyright page. Octavo; 480pp. Red/orange dust jacket with price marked through in black marker. Orange binding with lettering stamped in gold and black on spine. Dust jacket has several small, closed tears along top edge and rubbing on head..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. London: Methune, 1960. First Edition. Octavo (5"x7.5"); 159pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original price. Black textured paper over boards with lettering stamped in gold on spine. Dust jacket has small chips and a few small tears and rubbing along edges. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and..... More
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1912. First Edition. 12mo; 148pp. Brown card softcover with lettering and borders in black on face and spine. Reglued spine; hinges eroded but still holding. All corners bumped with some crimps to corners of textblock, now straightened. All outer surfaces lightly soiled. A...... More
Text on poster: Varsovie 1975 // Théâtre des Nations // Entrée [Warsaw 1975 // Theater of the Nations // Entry]. Date: 1975. Height x width: 67cm x 98cm. Printing information: lower left corner: logos of KAW and WAG W.D.E.-3 Offset; lower right corner: Condition: Closed puncture 7cm (2.75”) above bottom..... More
Text on poster: Teatr im. Jana Kochanowskiego w Opolu // Opowieski Kanterberyjskie [The Canterbury Tales] // Geoffrey Chaucer // dla Tadka N. [for Tadka N.]. Date: 1976. Height x width: 84cm x 59cm (33” x 23”). Printing information: lower left corner: PZGraf Wrocław 528-78 8-4 0000 B; lower right corner..... More
Paris: Garnier Freres, [1870s]. Five Volumes of a seven volume set. Octavo; V1: cxxix, 368 pp, 4 plates; V2: [vi], 507 pp., 4 plates; V4: [vi], 425 pp., 4 plates; V5:[vi], i-xliv, 516 pp., 2 plates; V7: cxiv, 488 pp., 2 plates. Mustard marbled paper-covered boards with brown leather spine..... More
New York: Random House, 1955. Stated First Printing. Octavo; 162pp. Photo-illustrated title page with scene from the Broadway production. Beige and red dust jacket over gray cloth-covered boards with mounted performance photo to front and gilt and black lettering. Price-clipped jacket shows a couple small tears at top back, toning..... More
Text on poster: Teatr Dramatyczny M. St. Warszawy // Operetka [the play Operetta] // Witold Gombrowicz. Date: 1980. Height x width: 98.5cm x 67cm (38.75” x 26.5”). Printing information: lower right corner: WZGraf. Zam. 2088. O-5. N. 1000 egz. Condition: About a dozen small (1cm) vertical tears at bottom edge..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1952. First Edition. Octavo. 260 pages. Signed by author on front free endpaper, "For Pat and Jim, / with the warm regards of / John Loftis / March 2, 1952." Unclipped illustrated dust jacket with original $4.00 price; book in red cloth-covered boards..... More
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head, over-against Katharine-street in the Strand, 1721. First Thus. Quarto; Vol I xxiii + 559pp; Vol II [vi] + 583pp; Vol III 624pp; Vol IV 594pp + [17pp "Names of the Subscribers"]. Vol I has engraved frontispiece portrait of Addison after Godfrey Kneller; allegorical..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. Stated First Edition. Small Octavo; xvii + 124pp. Navy blue boards with gold lettering on spine and title reversed out against framed gold ground on front panel, including small nautical device, which is repeated on half-title page. Missing dust jacket. Spine nudged..... More
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1929. First Edition. Octavo. 32 pages. Black and white photographs and sheet music. Green cloth stamped in black. Some light wear and staining to boards. Starting at front hinge, but binding otherwise sound. Pencil annotations throughout. A detailed arrangement for a May..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1872. New and Revised Edition. Quarto. 860 pages. Rebound in contemporary half leather with gilt decoration, five raised bands, and red leather label to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Clarke worked on the concordance for 16 years, and, although it was called 'as..... More
Hardcover. Berwick: R. Taylor, 1771. 16mo (6.75" x 4"); [ii], 68, 51, 74, 34, 87. Rebacked with contemporary calf to front and back boards and original endpapers retained. Corners bumped and worn, with some general scuffing and smudging to leather. Front hinge cracked after "Man-Hater" title page, with leaf separating..... More