![Comédies & Proverbes [Vols. I & II only]. Alfred de Musset](/images/noimage.png)
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
Paris: Charpentier, Librairie-Éditeur, 1867. Small Octavo: Vol I 356pp; Vol II 297pp; Vol III 455pp; Vol IV 428pp; Vol V 372pp; Vol VI 372pp; Vol VII 353pp; Vol VIII 308pp; Vol IX 248pp. Entirely in French. Quarter-bound in umber morocco with raised spine bands and gilt lettering. Boards in..... More
![The Curious Room: Plays, Film Scripts and an Opera [The Collected Angela Carter]. Angela Carter,...](/pictures/thumb/8086.jpg?v=1607371509)
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
![Entretiens Populaires [3e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste Thévenin, ed](/pictures/thumb/7114.jpg?v=1598288579)
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1867. 2e Édition. Small octavo (17.75cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],v,[1],253pp. General shelf wear, spines a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of a series of popular science pieces published annually. Includes essays on the Suez Canal..... 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: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1998. First Edition. Octavo. xiv + 490 pages. Black and white photographs. Illustrated boards with black cloth stamped in silver. Folger Library discard with front pastedown label and pocket at rear. Light edgewear to boards. Binding is sound. A touch of dust soiling to..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1932. First Edition. Slim octavo (24cm.); publisher's deluxe full limp blind-ruled calf, upper cover and spine stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, glassine dust jacket, housed in original mottled blue paper-covered lidded box, printed paper inlays to lid and bottom panel; xii,[2],50pp.; color frontispiece..... 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
New York: Dutton, 1995. First Edition. Signed on title-page. Octavo; [x] + 110pp. Illustrated jacket. Blue boards with black spine; gilt lettering on spine. Unclipped dust jacket with very clean edges, flattened partial crease at top edge of back; now in mylar. Top panel edges show very faint..... 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
[Paris]: Mercure de France, 1973. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's card wrappers in white dust jacket; 190pp. Light wear and toning to jacket extremities, else Very Good to Near Fine. The French playwright's only novel, published in English as "The Hermit" in 1975. 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
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
![Backstage with Henry Miller [Signed]. Frank P. Morse, George M. Cohan, intro](/pictures/thumb/7391.jpeg?v=1601495533)
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1938. First Edition. Signed by Morse on front free endpaper with inscription, "To Mabel and Hillary, This is a true story of my pre-beach-combing days, before I learned to go to bed at 10 p.m. Frank P. Morse." Octavo. 288 pages..... More
![Dramatic Parody by Marionettes in Eighteenth Century Paris [Signed]. Frank Whiteman Lindsay](/pictures/thumb/7207.jpeg?v=1601394215)
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
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1917. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's buckram-backed boards in mauve printed dust jacket, top edge gilt; ix,[3],138pp. Some wear to jacket extremities, most notably small loss at spine foot affecting imprint, uneven toning to upper panel and spine, corners a bit bumped, else a Very..... More
New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1911. First U.S. Edition, presumed later issue without "Braunworth & Co" statement at bottom of copyright page. Octavo. 357 pages. Color frontispiece with tissue guard and four color full-page illustrations by Castaigne. Original embossed red cloth with yellow lettering. No dust jacket. Light wear to..... More
![Tales from Bernard Shaw Told in the Jungle [Signed Limited Edition; William Safire Copy]. George...](/pictures/thumb/6316.jpg?v=1593103126)
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
![The Complete Works of George Farquhar in Two Volumes [Two Volumes Complete]. George Farquhar,...](/pictures/thumb/7675.jpg?v=1604082259)
New York: Gordian Press, 1967. Reprint. Two large octavo volumes. 401; 443 pages. Grey cloth with black spine labels and lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. Includes Love and a Bottle, the Constant Couple; and The Beaux Stratagem, among others. A reprint of the 1930 Nonesuch Press edition..... 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