Drama/Plays from Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera

First Edition. 8vo, 156pp. ##### Signed presentation copy from the author to the famous actor/producer Arnold Daly, of one of her most successful plays. Poet/librettist George Turner Phelps has used the covers, pastedowns and end sheets to write a long letter to Daly urging him to produce the play with Dorothy Donnelly, who played opposite Daly in Shaw's Candida. An… Read more about this item

1st Edition. Small 4to, illustrated boards, cloth spine. 132 pp. A humorous account of the "Follies", the London theatrical phenomenon that was a blend of Vaudeville and the Folies Bergere. " Songs, Dance, Reciatations…" "With a New Song by H.G. Pelissier." b/w photos and illustrations by Geoffrey Holme and others. Pasted to the front end paper is a… Read more about this item

1st ed. in the very scarce d/w. 12mo, blue cloth. 108 pp. Condition: Good+. Book itself is clean and tight, but with some light spotting and fading on covers and spine. Jacket is not price-clipped; small (1/4-1/2") open tears at top and bottom of spine; some toning overall and light foxing on back. See photos. Wouk's second… Read more about this item

1948 Souvenir Theater Program for a charity production of "Oedipus" and "The Critic" signed by Lawrence Olivier and eight other members of the cast. 8.5x11", stitched wrappers. 16 pp. A special production in aid of King George's Pension Fund for Actors and Actresses, Theatre Festival Week, April 10, 1948, with H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth in attendance. Signed inside the… Read more about this item

New York: Dramatists Play Service. 1950. 1st ed., (1950) in dust-jacket. Inscribed by Kanin to Academy Awa rd winning Hollywood producer-director Jerry Wald. [The Roaring T wenties (1939), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), Destination To kyo (1943), Mildred Pierce (1945), Peyton Place (1957), An Affair to Remember (1957). The book itself is in fine condition with no… Read more about this item

Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1902. 1st ed.. Milano: Fratelli Treves, 1902. 1st ed., small 4to, handmade paper ; pp. (16), 289, (7) illustrated in red and black with several fu ll-page drawings and numerous ornaments throughout. Gilt ornament on front cover, gilt titles on spine; ribbon ties. Original full vellum binding [it was also published in cloth]. Text in… Read more about this item

NY: Random House. 1944. 1st ed, a fine copy in dust-jacket. The book itself is nearly pri stine. The dust jacket is fine; no chips or tears but some light age-toning on spine. .