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New York: Grove Press, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo, 112 pages. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Some page edges slightly folded, as if they had once been paperclipped. Light toning to the jacket. "Lakeboat takes place aboard a merchant marine ship and focuses on the conversations among its eight crew members, who work the Great Lakes. Their lives center around their seemingly purposeless tasks on the boat, and around sex, gambling, booze, and fights, or at least talking about all of these." (From the cover flap)

Mamet, David. Homicide. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1992. First Edition, First Printing.
Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 220 x 135 mm), xv, [1], 126 pages in illustrated wrappers (soft cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page of this paperback original, a screenplay for a crime drama Mamet directed starring Joe Mantegna and William H. Macy. "Homicide" was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival and won Mamet a "Screenwriter of the Year" award from the London Critics' Circle Film Awards.
CONDITION: Near Fine, with a couple of light ink marks to the bottom edge.

Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches; 215 x 145 mm), viii, 55, [1] pages, in red quarter-cloth over black boards, titles in silver to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket.
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet is best known as a playwright. But this book demonstrates his virtuosity as a writer; it's his debut collection of poems.
CONDITION: Very Good or better in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. Pages moderately toned, which is often the case with this title, but clean and unmarked.

Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 215 x 145 mm), 127, [1] pages, black quarter-cloth over black boards, titles in silver to spine, in an unclipped, illustrated dust jacket (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the half title. Mamet offers important advice to actors: the right way to undertake auditions and rehearsals; how to deal with agents and individual gigs, and much more. Some valuable lessons here for aspiring actors.
CONDITION: Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Signed copies of this book are uncommon, especially in such a nice condition as this. A beautiful copy.

Mamet, David. The Chinaman: Poems. Woodstock and New York: The Overlook Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing.Octavo (8 1/4 x5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm), 72 pages, in brown quarter cloth over black boards, titles to spine, in a printed, unclipped dust jacket (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. A slim volume of poetry by David Mamet, who is more often known as a playwright.
CONDITION: Fine in a Fine dust jacket.

Octavo (8 x 5 1/4 inches; 203 x 132 mm), 101 pages in illustrated wrappers (soft cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet's play about the breakup of a marriage from the viewpoint of a child. "The Cryptogram is a journey back into childhood and the moment of its vanishing--the moment when the sheltering world is suddenly revealed as a place full of dangers." (From the back cover).
This is the scarce soft-cover edition. There was also a hard-cover version published as a book-club edition. Uncommon signed.
CONDITION: A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing.

Mamet, David. The Water Engine and Mr. Happiness. New York: Grove Press, 1978. First Edition, First Printing.
Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 137 mm), 87, [1] pages, in cream-colored cloth, titles in blue to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Two of his early plays, both of them in the form of radio programs.
CONDITION: Slight fading to spine titles. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket that has very light toning to the flaps.

Mamet, David. Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources. Woodstock and New York, NY: The Overlook Press, 2001.
First American Edition, 1st Printing.
Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm), xv, [1], 336 pages, in fabulous illustrated boards and dust jacket by Mick Brownfield (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet's wild and crazy novel with an even wilder premise: The Internet crashes and scholars reassemble the past from the unreliable memories of Ginger, wife of ex-President Wilson.
This is the first American edition, which followed a paperback original issued by Faber & Faber in 2000.
CONDITION: Fine in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. A beautiful copy.

New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 210 x 135 mm), 131, [1] pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet's screenplay for the 1989 comedy starring Robert DeNiro, Sean Penn, and Demi Moore. A Paperback Original.
Mamet "gives the traditional prison-break story the personal Mamet imprint in a film that reverberates with his special blend of gripping suspense, slapdash buffoonery, and ingenious plotting." (From the back cover).
CONDITION: Fine

New York: Viking, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 180 pages. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, with mild toning to the jacket (mostly visible on the flaps). Review copy with press release laid in.