Search Results: Drama from MLC Books

Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru, 2008. Four plays written during the early 1940's, two by Carr alone and two in collaboration with Gielgud. Fine, as new condition. Laid in is "Inspector Silence Takes the Underground: A Radio Play", with notes by Tony Medawar. This chapbook is one of 250 copies which were included with the limited, hardcover edition. Gently handled.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket.

Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2005. Fourteen previously unpublished scripts from The Adventures of Ellery Queen radio program which ran from 1939 through 1948. First paperback printing. Fine, as new condition.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket.

Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987. A play first presented at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN in February, 1986. Upper edge of the text block gently rubbed. Typewritten and hand signed presentation letter from Narvaez laid in. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Translator. First Edition.. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: Grove Press, 1958. An examination of power in society, set in a brothel while revolution rages on the street below. Basis for the 1963 movie starring Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, and Lee Grant. First U.S. edition. Lightly bumped and rubbed, front hinge a bit loose.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1963. Discard stamp to the upper edge of the text block, no other library indications. Gently bumped with faint sunning to the ends of the spine. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, including a 1" tear to the upper rear flap fold. Light foxing to the rear panel and flap. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Ex-Library.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. Pasteddown on the front board states four acts, title page correctly indicates three. Lightly bumped and rubbed with a small ding to the fore edge of the text block. Spine pastedown sunned, tiny drip mark to the upper edge of the text block.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Townsend, Harry (Frontispiece).

London: William Heinemann, 1930. First printing of one of Maugham's last plays. First presented at the Vaudeville Theatre on September 30, 1930, starring Ronald Squire, Peggy Ashcroft, and Jack Hawkins. Ex-library with number on the spine and internal markings. Bumped and rubbed with light wear at the edges, spine a bit sunned. Front hinge cracked at the half-title page but still solid, rear hinge loose.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library.

Cambridge University Press, 1981. Seven essays examine the evolution of British radio drama. Very gently handled, shelf rubbing to the lower edge of the text block.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Self Published, 1996. Radio logs of the program which ran from 1974 through 1982, including repeat broadcasts, of 1410 original stories and a total of 2968 broadcasts. Very gently handled.. Stapled Paper Covers. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1983. An index to the materials collected for the Concordia Radio Drama Project, which includes broadcasts listed of more than 3,700 original Canadian plays, 48 pages plus microfiche in a pocket in the back. Wraps crimped and stained.. First Edition. Staplebound Wraps. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, 1993. 10 essays, 202 pages. Spine heel bumped.. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

St. Paul, MN: Centre Aisle, 1936. Theatre magazine for Minnesota and the upper midwest. Includes departments on stagecraft, make-up, and costumes. Ten issues, bound in black hard cover by E.H. Miller Binding of Minneapolis. Includes Feb., March, April, May, June, July, August and September, October, December 1936 and March 29, 1937 issues. Boards bumped and rubbed with wear at the edges. Upper corner of the pages creased with the corner torn away on a few pages of the October 1936 issue. Some issues have the editor's address mailing label on the back with a 1 cent stamp. Scarce insight into Minnesota theatre history.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Self Published, 1988. A complete log of 1260 broadcasts from 1938 to 1955. Very gently handled, 29 pages. The last 7 pages have been bound in upside down.. Stapled Paper Covers. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Buffalo, NY: Children's Aid and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children of Erie County, New York, 1932. A study involving dangers, health, touring and other aspects of children involved in theatre in the 1930s. Gently handled with a short tear to the spine heel, pages clean and unmarked, 30 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Samuel French, 1932. Gently bumped with a damp stain to the lower boards and text block, as well as the upper corner of the front cover. Previous owner's name on the front free end paper. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, detached at the front spine fold with the upper 2/3rds of the spine missing. Held together in brodart. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fair/Poor.

Yellow Springs, OH: Antioch Press, 1961. Third printing. Ex-library with stamps, jacket stickers. Pocket removed from front free end paper, new pocket on rear pastedown. Bumped and a bit edgeworn, binding solid. Glue residue on pastedowns. Jacket has small chips and tears, in mylar taped to boards. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Ex-Library.

New York: Prentice-Hall, 1940. Introduction in English, text of the play in German. Fourth printing of this edition. Gently bumped, spine slightly darkened with a few stains to the lower 2" of the front board. Binding square and solid.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co./Crime Club, 1983. Nine previously unpublished radio plays, including two featuring Dr. Gideon Fell. Spine heel gently bumped. Jacket rubbed with wear at the corners and spine ends, lightly tanned, in Brodart. Inscribed on the front end paper "For Marv Lachman, From his admiring friend. Doug Greene. 10 Mar. 1984.". Inscribed By the Editor. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. First U.S. edition. Short play, 20 pages. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the corners and spine ends, spine unevenly darkened. Binding square and solid.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

1st Books Library, 2003. Gently bumped with light creases at the corners. Inscribed by Gibson on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Inscribed By the Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket.