Search Results: Plays from Great Expectations Rare Books

Princeton University Press, 1939. Black cloth. Illustrated with 14 plates. A stage history of Philip Massinger's "A New Way to Pay Old Debts", a drama which has been presented more times than any other English play of its age, excepting only some of Shakespweare's. Light scuffing to cloth, else a very good copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Integral Editions Trade paperback. 92 pages. French language edition. Texte original. Introduction et notes par David I. Grossvogel. First printing thus. Previous owner's name on top of title page. Mild toning to buff wraps. Text is clean with no writing, underlining or highlighting. A tight, sound copy. Near very good. . Softcover. Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Londion: The Chapbook, 1920. Soft Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. A 24 page pamphlet, no. 14 of the Chapbook, an influential literary post war monthly miscellany, with Millay's play as the sole offering. Original color printed self-wraps split at spine and detached but present. Fore-edge of front wrapper heavily chipped, not affecting illustration. Contains four pages of ads, which are printed on inner covers and printed on light green stock. Pamphlet still solidly bound and clean. But for detached and worn outer wraps a good copy. Overall condition rated as fair. . Softcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Spark Publishing, 2005. Soft-cover. 162pp. The No Fear Shakespeare series contains a complete edition of a Shakespeare play on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an accessible, modern English translation on the right. One of the more difficult Spark Notes titles to find. No marks, no writing or underlining, etc. Never read, near fine copy.. Third Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 1983. Hardcover, red cloth in dust-jacket. 255 pp., Bibliography., Index. Brand new copy still in publisher's shrink wrap. New in new dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Baltimore, Maryland: Pernguin Books, 1954. Mass market paperback. 192pp., This reprint edition first published 1954. Contains the 1911 88 page introduction by Shaw, with poscripts dated 1930 and 1933. A tragedy written in response to the current state of health care in Great Britain circa 1911. A sardonic and pointed diatribe against the unregulated private practice of medicine and its odiuos consequences for public health. Though largely overhadowed by more famous prose and theatric works penned by Shaw, the play has some resonance in light of contemporary debate surronding "national health policy'. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, sound copy. Very good+.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Limelight Editions, 1997. Large trade paperback. 403 pages. Stated first printing. Includes the following: "The Washtub", anon.; "The Imaginary Invalid", Moliere; "The Barber of Seville", Beaumarchais; "The Piggy Bank", Labiche & Delacour; "Boubouroche", Georges Courteline; "The Police Chief's An Easygoing Guy", Courtline; "Ubu Cocu", Alfred Jarry; "My Wife's Dead Mother", Georges Feydeau; "Hey, Cut Out the Parading Around Stark Naked!", Feydeau; "The Love of Three Oranges", Sergei Prokofiev; "Professor Taranne", Arthur Adamov; "Autumn Violins", Jacques Languirand. No previous ownership marks. No creases, no remainder marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Near fine. . First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1994. Trade paperback. 158pp., Special anthology publication by the Book-of-theMonth Club. An as new copy, unread. No previous ownership marks.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Washington Square Press, 1969. Mass market paperback. 426pp., A vintage softcover book, clean, square and tightly bound. No previois ownerrshiip marks. No spine crease. No writing or marking. A very good copy.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, 1970. Cloth Spine Over Boards. No Jacket. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private printing of Shakespeare's Plays. Oblong 8vo. Black buckram stamped in gold, over red linen boards, with black endpape rs. Housed in red linen slipcase, Illustrated by Jack Wolfgang Beck. Light rubbing to box, else a fine copy in near fine slipcase.. First Thus. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Modern Library, 1941. Cloth in original non price-clipped dustjacket. Contains the complete texts of the following plays: "The Playboy of the Western World" by John M. Synge; "Juno and the Paycock" by Sean O'Casey; "Riders to the Sea" by John M. Synge; "Spreading the News" by Lady Gregory; "Shadow and Substance" by Paul Vincent Carroll. Light wear to dustjacket, else a near fine copy in very good jacket.. First Thus. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

New York: Modern Library, 1929. Hardcover, red flexible cloth, no dust-jacket. 283pp., Contains: Agamemnon by Aeschylus; Oedipus Rex by Sophocles; Medea by Euripides; The Frogs by Aristophanes,.Spine slightly cocked., else a cealn, sound copy. Good reading copy.. Early Printing. Flexible Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Grammercy, 1995. Large, thick hardcover, green paper covered boards in original glossy pictorial dust-jacket. 712pp., First edition, first printing thus. Contains the following: The Beaux' Strategem; She Stoops to Conquer; The School for Scandal; The Colleen Bawn; The Importance of Being Earnest; Pygmalion; Spreading the News; The Rising of the Moon; The land of Heart's Desire; On Baile's Strand; Riders to the Sea; The Playboy of the Western World. No previous ownership marks. Text pages very lightly toned at margins as per usual. A very clean, square, unmarked and unread copy. Very good+ in a fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Boards. Very Good+/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Dial Press Inc., 1968. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 264pp., No previous ownership marks. Black cloth with spine lettered in silver and red, correct price on dust-jacket flap. Small stain at top of bilked sheets, esle a clean, square, unmarked copy. Dust-jacket lacking small schip from base of spine and rubbed/worn overall, but complete. A near very good copy in a good dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books, 1963. Trade paperback. 254 pages. Bibliographical Notes, Index. Peregrine paperback, first thus. Covers age toned. No previous ownership marks. No writing, underlining or highlighting to text. Not ex-library. A sound, internally clean, tightly bound used copy. Good. . First Edition Thus. Softcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Adyar, Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1942. Hardcover, light green cloth in original non price-clipped beige dust-jacket. 270pp., Portait frontispiece. Contains the verse-plays "The Kings Wife" and "The Hound of Uladh", the former a drama about the life of Rani Mirabai and the latter a tale based on ancient Celtic mythology. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square copy with mild wear to tips, Beige dust-jacket complete, shows moderate age soiling and toning, with spine sunned to goledn brown. A very good+ copy in a near very good dust-jacket of a very scarce title.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1919. Hardcover, blue cloth lettered in gold on spine. 113 pages. Reprint. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good. . Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good./No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: New Directions, 1967. Trade paperback. 409pp., Fifth printing. Slight crease to lower corner of front cover, else no previous ownership marks. No writing, underlining or marking to text. A clean, square copy. Good+. . Fifth printing. Softcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Benjamin Blom, Inc, 1965. Hardcover, beige cloth, no dust-jacket. 385pp., Bibliography, Index. Extensively illustrated with full page photographs and color frontispiece. Image from frontis repeated on inside front cover, slightly damaged at margins [not affecting image]. Front free endpaper covered with some type of rubbing or transfer in red [appears to be some sort of synbol or logo]. Originally published by MacMillan in 1925, this re-issue by Blom is first printing thus. A sound copy. Text block is solid, very clean, and tightly bound. Covers are sound and clean, with mild darkening to cloth at spine. A very good copy of a scarce title on Japanese theatre. N.B. This is a very heavy book, domectic Priiority and International order will require extra poatage. . First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Atheneum, 1981. Hardcover, black cloth in non price clipped dust-jacket. 261pp., Stated first edition, first printing. An excellent copy. No previous ownership marks; very clean, square, fresh and unmarked. Glossy dust-jacket bright, with no tears or chiips. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.