Paris: Charpentier et Cie., 1876. Two volumes (of three); 32mo (11.5cm.); publisher's blue morocco-backed marbled boards, elaborate gilt spines in five compartments, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers; [4],493; [4],461pp.; engraved frontispieces by Alphonse Leroy and Alphonse Lamothe, and two eaux-fortes Lalauze. Some scuffing to boards and spine ends, corners bumped..... More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1996. First Edition. Octavo. 510 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Navy boards stamped in gilt. Posthumously-published collection which displays the range of Carter's work, including radio and screen plays, a libretto, and a stage play. Unclipped dust jacket lightly creased along edges. Sturdy and square..... 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

Blackpool: Ellis Family, ca. 1910. Fifth Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); photo-illustrated staple bound self-wrappers; 15pp.; illus. Light wear and foxing to extremities, small chip at spine crown, else Very Good and sound. Oft-reprinted "Natural Drawing-Room Conjuring" how-to manual, the preface to this edition stating that twenty-seven copies have already been..... 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

San Francisco: Tales for Travellers, 1982. First Thus. Single leaf folded into 24-paneled brochure (roadmap-style); pictorial upper panel. Light wear from handling, publisher's rubber-stamp address cancel to rear panel (Napa, CA), else Near Fine. One of a series of travel-themed short stories issued in map format in the mid-1980s..... 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

Rifton, NY: WIN Publishing Empire / War Resisters League, 1974. First Edition. Signed by Bentley on front wrap. Octavo. 31 pages. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Printed wraps. Wraps toned with slight chipping to edges. Sound in binding and pages unmarked. Entire June 6, 1974..... More

Paris: P.-V. Stock & Cie., 1913. First Edition. Small octavo (18.5cm.); contemporary red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; [2],240pp. Spine a bit faded, textblock uniformly toned and very lightly foxed, else Very Good and sound. The prolific playwright's comedic portrait of the bourgeois single woman, in this case Thérèse, who loses her..... 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

New York: King's Crown Press, 1946. First Edition. Signed by author on half title with inscription, "To Lee, with the heartfelt sympathy of a fellow - worker in this stony vineyard. Frank." Octavo. 185 pages. Glassine jacket. Blue printed wraps stamped in black. Jacket is toned..... More

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