Search Results: Drama from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Greyish green boards with black titles, [iii], 168 pp, part of a uniform edition of Barrie's works. Pencil mark in margin of one page, corners rubbed, but overall a nice example of a rather fragile binding. In this play by the author of Peter Pan, Crichton, the butler, turns out to be the natural leader when his household is shipwrecked. The role reversal lasts only until the party is rescued and returns to England. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Reprint. . VG-/No dj. 19 X 13½ cm.

New York: Random House, 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green cloth, gilt on maroon titles on spine, [v], 138 pp. Slight shelf wear. Shipping weight 1 lb.. First Printing. . Near Fine/No dj. 19 X 12½ cm.

New York: Random House, 1938 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale blue-grey cloth, gilt-on-blue titles, 176 pp, 4 plates with b & w photos from 1937 Theatre Guild production; printed on an attractive laid paper with Random House watermark. Spine cocked, browned by binding glue, and somewhat sunned, bottom corners bumped, bookplate on ffep. Front flap only of DJ is tipped onto fpd, remainder of DJ missing. Comedy about "Jupiter's infatuation with Alkmena, wife of the warrior Amphitryon. Alkmena's one principle in life is to be faithful to her husband, and even the greatest god of them all can win her only after much ungodlike embarrassment and, in desperation, the unsportsmanlike device of impersonating Amphitryon himself." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . VG/Poor. 19½ X 13½ cm.

Minneapolis: Cornelius Publishers, 1966 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in green paper covers with gold titles & decoration on front cover & spine, [v], 98, [1] pp, glossary. Wraps fading a bit. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Wraps. Near Fine/No dj. 24 X 17½ cm.

New York: The Heritage Press WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date but 1947 or 1948. Tan cloth, greenish-brown buckram spine, brown titles & decorations, all edges dyed brown, xx, 113 pp, 12 full-page illustrations, decorations in preliminaries. Spine sunned, previous owner's name (dated 1948) on ffep. The Beggar's Opera, besides being entertaining theatre, is also a source for the social history of the London underworld of the early 18th century. It is peopled by whores, fences, pickpockets, highwaymen, thief-takers, and corrupt jailers and magistrates who will release a prisoner or allow an escape in return for an appropriate bribe. Every character in the play is a villain, but the thieves are not necessarliy more villainous than those who catch them. The copyright page of this edition notes that "The special contents of this edition are copyright 1937 by the Limited Editions Club for the George Macy Companies, Inc.," but the… Read More

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1956 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, black cloth spine with gilt titles, xi, 628 pp, 6 ff b & w photo plates, footnotes, index. Boards faded. DJ has quite a few tears 4 to 6 cm, a 3 cm chip, other smaller defects, but no loss of text or photo. This biography was written shortly after Shaw's death by one of his friends, giving a personal look at Shaw especially in his later years. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First US Edition. . VG/G. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Random House, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey boards, black cloth spine with foil titles, pictorial endpapers, viii, 486, [1] pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, bibliographical notes, index. Bottom corners bumped, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "Michael Holroyd counterpoints the private and public Shaw with humor, compassion and originality. Listening to the subtle mind behind Shaw's laughter and divesting G.B.S. of his pantomime clothing, he reveals the man who orphaned himself from his parents to become the child of his own writings." Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First US Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

Lakewood, CO: Glenbridge Publishing Ltd., 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, [vii], 274 pp, many facsimile documents, index. Ex-library with stamps (including "Withdrawn" stamp), else fine. DJ in library's mylar cover. Supposedly the lost play of Shakespeare, whose prompt books were probably destroyed in the Globe Theatre fire in 1613; plus evidence that this is the correct play, and critical discussion. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . Near Fine/Fine. 26 X 18½ cm.

New York: Atheneum, 1981 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth, gilt titles on spine & blind titles on front board, top edge dyed red, xiv, 748, [1] pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, notes, bibliography, index. Smoky aroma, a few small spots to bottom edge. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Well-documented biography. The author both knew Odets and had access to most of his papers. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 12 oz.). First Edition. . VG+/Near Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green cloth, black titles on spine, xv, 334 pp. A few leaves creased near fore-edge, else fine. DJ spine & fore-edges sunned, small chip to tail of spine; in Brodart archival cover. Contains the six surviving comedies of Publius Terentius Afer (185-159 BC): The Fair Adrian, The Mother-in-Law, The Self Tormentor, The Eunuch, The Tricks of Phormio, and The Brothers. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Reprint. . VG/VG. 22 X 14 cm.

Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date. Rust-brown boards, putty-colored spine with gold titles on black background, top edge dyed rust-brown, vi, 571-1140 pp, glossary. Corners rather heavily bumped, with small tears to spine ends & exposing boards at corners, otherwise very good. Contains the poems and 16 plays: Julius Caesar; Hamlet; All's Well That Ends Well; Measure for Measure; Troilus and Cressida; Othello; King Lear; Macbeth; Antony and Cleopatra; Coriolanus; Timon of Athents; Pericles; Cymbeline; The Tempest; The Winter's Tale; King Henry VIII. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Good/No dj. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1967 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Rust cloth with black cloth spine, gilt titles on spine, gilt titles & device on front board, top edge dyed to match boards, light grey endpapers, xiii, 350 pp. DJ slightly worn at spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. From the Preface: "The customary sumaries and background materials are here; in addition, more notice than customary has been taken of lost and fragmentary works. A unique feature is the attempt to offer an explanation for every proper name in the complete extant plays," except for those about which nothing more is known. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: The Modern Library WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date, no list of ML books in back. Full green cloth, gilt-on-black titles & device, top edge dyed green, decorative endpapers, xiv, 1185 pp. Extremities rubbed, previous owner's address dated 1948 on half-title. Contents: introduction by H. L. Mencken; A Doll's House; Ghosts; An Enemy of the People; The Master Builder; Pillars of Society; Hedda Gabler; John Gabriel Borkman; The Wild Duck; The League of Youth; Rosmersholm; Peer Gynt. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . VG-/No dj. 21 X 14 cm.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Organizational Library. Maroon cloth, gilt titles on spine & facsimile signature on front board, xxvi, 400 pp. Top edge dusty, book plate of Library at Players of New York. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Near Fine/No dj. 19 X 13 cm.

London: Oxford University Press, 1961 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. A pocket-sized hardcover, smaller than a mass market pb. Full blue cloth, gilt titles on spine & blind device on front board, xxi, 497, [1] pp. Tail of spine & bottom corners rubbed, owner's name on recto of ffep. DJ lightly rubbed, with tiny chips to bottom front corner & tail of spine; in Brodart archival cover. Contains standard texts of the five plays, plus an introduction by the editor but otherwise minimal scholarly apparatus. Shipping weight 1 lb.. 3rd ptg. . Near Fine/VG. 15 X 9½ cm.

New York & London: Benjamin Blom, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark green linen, gilt titles on spine, tan endpapers, ix, 321 pp. Playwright Waring Jones' copy, with his signature on recto of ffep and a few notes in ink. This is a facsimile reprint of the Third Edition of 1901, discussing Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Eugène Scribe, Émile Augier, Alexandre Dumas fis, Victorien Sardou, Octave Feuillet, Eugène Labiche, Meilhac and Halévy, Émile Zola, and "present tendencies". Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Reprint. . Fine/No dj. 20½ X 13½ cm.

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1918 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter blue cloth, handmade sage green paper-covered boards & endpapers, title on paper label on spine, titles in black or perhaps very dark green on front boards, 209 pp. Externally quite soiled & beat up, but sound & internally very good. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition, later issue. . Fair/No dj. 20 X 14 cm.

New York: P. F. Collier & Son Corporation WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Latest copyright date is 1938, but the book appears to be much newer. Green simulated leather with gilt-stamped front board and spine, [iv], 463 pp. Bottom of spine turned in, rear board a bit scuffed, edges lightly spotted. Contains Marlowe's Edward the Second and Shakespeare's Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and The Tempest. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Later printing. . Near Fine/No dj. 22 X 14½ cm.

London, New York, Toronto & Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1915 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full maroon cloth with gilt titles, ornate gilt decoration on spine and ornate blind decorations on boards, frontis., [iii], 1214 pp. Boards show moderate wear at extremities, top corners bumped, gilt titles & decorations still bright. Edited by W. J. Craig, with introductions by Edward Dowden. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). . VG/No dj. 19 X 13 cm.

Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Company WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. No date, copyright 1880. Rebound by library in brown cloth, crisp electrotype impression on attractive laid paper, 503 pp, notes, bibliography, index. Usual library markings (including "Withdrawn" stamp), brittle title page cracking near gutter, tear on p. 290, a couple of leaves defaced by inane ball-point notes, else very good. In addition to the text, footnotes discuss variations among the various folios & quartos, while the appendix discusses witnesses to the text, Shakespeare's sources for the story, the date of composition, duration, and Lear's insanity, and reproduces various criticisms. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 4th ed. . G-/No dj. 23 X 16½ cm.