LET 'EM EAT CAKE by Kaufman, George S., Morrie Ryskind, Ira Gershwin - 1933

Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1990, hardcover, 400 pp, Edition not stated, No previous English-language editions or printings noted, Very Good+ in Good dustjacket, Signed and dated by the Author in the year of publication on the front endpaper, three tiny spots to front endpaper as well, small ink stamp and light dampstain to rear pastedown. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge bumps, dampstain to rear panel and flap, in new Brodart sleeve. Five plays by the Russian dramatist focused on Lenin's role in organizing the Communist Party network, leading the Russian Revolution, and the formation of the Soviet Union. Shatrov's plays about Lenin became the most frequently staged plays in all of the USSR during the reign of Leonid Brezhnev. Contents include five plays: Bolsheviks, The Brest Peace, Blue Horses on Red Grass, Thus Shall We Conquer!, and Onwards...Onwards...Onwards!, as well as an interview with the author 'History is a Factual Drama' and an afterword by Dr. Yuri Sharapov:… Read More

A very good+ paperback, ex-library with stamps, stickers & markings, cover as in image, text near fine.Vous avez la phobie des dictées? Vous écrivez en langage sms? Vous êtes arrivés récemment en France? Ou au contraire vous êtes le prince de l'orthographe? Ce spectacle est pour vous. Il est dédié à tous les zilétré,analfabèt, conpleksé, étranjé, imigré que nous sommes un jour face au français : cette langue que nous mettons parfois toute une vie à maîtriser. Une conférencière Hongroise a décidé d'en finir avec la vieille grammaire, celle du vieux lion qui mordait le nez de l'éléphant. Vous connaissez l'histoire? L'éléphant, c'est nous face au français : un gros lard dans un magasin de porcelaine. Tout ça c'est fini, Katalin Molnàr - la conférencière Hongroise - a décidé de s'immoler avec la vieille grammaire, le dictionnaire et toutes les exceptions après avoir enfin proposé une méthode de français simplifié. Elle ne reculera devant aucun sacrifice, aidée d'une… Read More

New York, Grove Press, 1987, hardcover, xv-91 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the half-title page. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price, in protective glassine cover. The award-winning American playwright, essayist and novelist presents a unique adaptation of the Chekhov classic with his own impeccable eye for character and ear for dialogue. Adapted from a literal translation by Peter Nelles. ISBN 9780802130020

New York: Atheneum, 1974. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket condition good. Atheneum. Association copy, signed and inscribed on the first leaf by Keith McDermott to Andrea/Andrew. McDermott, born in 1953, made his Broadway debut (1974-1977) as Alan Strang in Equus opposite Richard Burton as the doctor. This plum role for a young man proved to be McDermott's acting break. The play is a psychological thriller set in a hospital, where a psychiatrist examines a young man who maims horses. Book club edition/BCE. 99 pages. Loss to jacket spine, other darkening and chips.

New York, Self Published, circa 1962, softcover. First Edition. 8 pp, Very Good+ condition. Four 8.5" x 11" pages, mimeographed both sides and stapled in upper corner, some age-toning mainly to front and rear page, two tiny closed edge tears, a few small spots. Produced for the Poets' Theater, the play/poem is contemporary with her editing of the Floating Bear periodical along with Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and mentions Ray Johnson, Bob Heide, Herbert Huncke, Nick Cernovitch, George Herms, Billy Linich, John Wieners, and others.

The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Demetrius Galanis. One of a limited edition published in series 1939+ by The Limited Editions Club of New York., this being from set number 1249 of the original edition of 1950 sets, published for subscribers only. Internally the text and all illustrations are in Near Fine to Fine condition. Pages on front edge are uncut at section ends. An excellent copy of a member of a now-scarce matching set, all thirty-seven of which have been offered for sale individually at different prices by this bookseller. All those of which are still unsold are listed separately on this site, under their individual titles. Size: Large Book - between A4 and A3. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Deckled edges (rough cut), browned. Top edge… Read More

The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Graham Sutherland. One of a limited edition published in series 1939+ by The Limited Editions Club of New York., this being from set number 1249 of the original edition of 1950 sets, published for subscribers only. Internally the text and all illustrations are in Near Fine to Fine condition. Pages on front edge are uncut at section ends. An excellent copy of a member of a now-scarce matching set, all thirty-seven of which have been offered for sale individually at different prices by this bookseller. All those of which are still unsold are listed separately on this site, under their individual titles. Size: Large Book - between A4 and A3. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Deckled edges (rough cut), browned. Top edge gilt in good condition. Illustrator:… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2000. Small Quarto (9 x 6 1/8 inches; 228 x 155 mm), 92 pages, bound in grayish-green leather, with gold-stamped boards, all edges gilt, and ribbon page marker. SIGNED by Harold Pinter on the front end paper. Pinter's tragicomedy about a professor who brings his wife home to meet his working-class family. The play opened at the Aldwych Theatre in London on June 3, 1965, and was performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Peter Hall director. It opened on Broadway in 1967 and won four Tony Awards and the New York Drama Critics Award. An Easton Press "Collector's Edition." Laid in is an Easton Press "certificate of authenticity" as well as a note about the play and author. CONDITION: A Fine copy.

New York: Atheneum, 1974. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket condition good. Atheneum. Association copy, signed and inscribed on the first leaf by Keith McDermott to Andrea/Andrew. McDermott, born in 1953, made his Broadway debut (1974-1977) as Alan Strang in Equus opposite Richard Burton as the doctor. This plum role for a young man proved to be McDermott's acting break. The play is a psychological thriller set in a hospital, where a psychiatrist examines a young man who maims horses. Book club edition/BCE. 99 pages. Loss to jacket spine, other darkening and chips.

Helen Hayes Theatre, 1940. Original script. Script, 9 x 11 inches, 32 pp. Bound in original boards. Mild wear to boards, especially at head and base of spine. Slight toning to page borders (not affecting text) and minor smudging to certain pages from prior use. Pencil marks and notations throughout, including corrections and strike outs, possibly made in connection with the original October 27, 1940 radio broadcasting of the production.. An original radio script for the October 27, 1940 broadcasting of an adapted version of Rose Wilder Lane's (1886-1968) classic novel, Let the Hurricane Roar. Helen Hayes MacArthur (1900-1993) was an American actress and radio personality whose prodigious career spanned eighty years. Hayes would earn the nickname the "First Lady of American Theatre," and she remains among only a handful of performing artists to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award. Hayes was the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting, and she would also receive the… Read More