Search Results: Plays from Black Cat Hill Books

New York, NY Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. Hardcover First Edition [1995], so stated. First Edition [1995], so stated. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows only minute indications of use: a tiny, very faint stain at the bottom edge of the text block and a small smudge at the front free endpaper; the binding leans a little, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. The DJ is flawless; the price is unclipped: virtually 'As New'. A very handsome copy, but with some minor flaws in a lovely DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 146 pages. Translated by Richard Wilbur. Hardback with DJ.  

Boston, MA Beacon Press, 1964. Paperback First Edition Thus, so stated. First Edition Thus, so stated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: barely discernible creasing at the lower front corner; just a hint sunning at the top portion of the front panel and heavier sunning to the brown-toned background field at the backstrip (the titles and designs thereon remain unaffected: bold and clearly legible; there is a short note in ink at the rear side of the half title page. The Binding remains square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 286pp. Preface by Justin O'Brien. Edited by Jacques Schiffrin. Trade Paperback.

New York, NY Urizen Books, 1976. Paperback First Edition Thus (1976), probable later printing, as "first printing" is not noted (on the other hand later printings seem to have been noted as such - judging from such notations from other sellers, and no subsequent printings are noted on this copy). Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of moderate use: slight spine lean and the binding is ever so slightly cocked; moderate wear to the extremities; considerable rubbing and faint , but pervasive soiling to wrapper covers; the outside edges are much smudged; cup outline at the front panel. The binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. Shows some wear and soiling; but remains a structurally sound, tightly bound copy; a sturdy reading copy with a clean text. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches). 245 pages. Preface by Jack Gelber. Language: English. Weight: 11.9 ounces.… Read More

New York, NY Grove Press: Evergreen, 1985. Paperback First Edition Thus [1985]; First Printing indicated. First Edition Thus [1985]; First Printing indicated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very light use: just a hint of wear at the head of the back strip; wear; binding shows barely discernible lean, while remaining perfeclty secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 107pp. Trade Paperback. Aunt Dan & Lemon takes us into the world of a young recluse named Lemon (alias Leonora) who spends her nights reading chronicles of Nazi atrocities. Lemon tells the audience about the overwhelming influence in her life of her parents' friend "Aunt Dan," an eccentric, passionate professor whose stories and seductive opinions enthrall Lemon from the time she is a young girl. The relationship that develops between Lemon and Aunt Dan and the conversations that went on in a small house on the bottom of an English garden form… Read More

New York, NY Dodd Mead & Company, 1981. Hardcover Very Good+ in Near Fine DJ: Book shows indications of careful use: shows only minimal wear; faintest foxing at the outside edges and a few flecks at the rear endpaper; former owner's name and date at the front free end paper; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows only the mildest rubbing; price intact; mylar-protected. Overall, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 877pp. Preface by Rex Harrison. Hardback with DJ.

London, UK Ernest Benn Ltd, 1965. Paperback First Edition Thus [1965], so stated. ONE PAGE SHOWS INK MARGINALIA AND A LINE UNDERLINED. Else, Good in Wraps: shows indications of considerable use: moderate wear to the extremities; noticeable rubbing to the wrapper covers, faint creasing and soiling; slight spine lean. Despite noted flaws remains a sturdy reading copy. REMAINDER, showing a mark at the bottom edge. NOT a Book-Club or Ex-Library. Small 8vo. xxxii, 95 pages. Edited by Brian Morris. New Mermaids Series. First Edition Thus [1965], so stated. Trade Paperback. "In addition to his full examination of the play's themes, structure, & language, Dr. Morris discusses the neglected subject of the play's actual staging & the importance of Ford's stage directions."

Berkeley, CA University of California Press, 1969. Paperback First Edition Thus [1969], so stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: very light wear to the extremities; considerable rubbing and faint soiling to the wrapper covers; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. No longer 'As New', but remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. This is a REMAINDER, showing a mark at the top edge. NOT a Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo. 115 pages. Edited by Charles Barber. Fountainwell Drama Texts Series. First Edition Thus [1969], so stated. Trade Paperback. 

Boston, MA Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. Hardcover First Edition [1924]; later printing. Very Good+: shows just a hint of wear to the extremities; very mild rubbing. The pages have tanned ever so slightly, due to the aging process. Binding square and secure; text clean. Remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 712pp. Gilt titles at back strip; Blind-stamped titles at front panel. First Edition [1924]; later printing. Hardback: Lacks DJ. Contains Liturgical Dramas and Mystery Plays; Craft Cycles; Moralities; Folk Plays; Farces; School Plays; Inns of the Court Plays, Court Dramas and Plays performed by Professional Troupes.

New York, NY Greenwich Book Publishers: Television Script Library, 1957. Hardcover First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Very Good+ in Good+ DJ: Book shows indications of very careful use; some stains at the bottom edge of the front panel near the hinge and two small fainter stains at the bottom of the front panel; else just a touch of wear to the extremities; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows moderate wear to the extremities, with small loss due to rubbing and cellophane tape repair at both the head and heel of the back strip; the back strip shows very light sunning, but the titles thereon remain quite legible; mild rubbing and very faint soiling; price unclipped, but a pencil line through it; mylar-protected. Overall, while no longer 'fresh', remains a clean, sturdy, presentable copy with an unmarked text. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 42pp. Hardback with DJ.

Indianapolis, IN Bobbs-Merrill Company: Odyssey Press, 1974. Paperback First Edition Thus; First Printing, so stated. First Edition Thus; First Printing, so stated.Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to the head of the backstrip; else only the mildest rubbing. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 356pp. Edited by Irving Ribner. Academic Press Paperback.

New Haven, CT Yale University Press, 1926. Hardcover First Edition [1926]; Third Printing [1961]. Very Good+: shows only the most minute indications of use: the backstrip is lightly sunned, but the gilt titles thereon remain fully legible; else only the mildest rubbing to the blue cloth over boards. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. No longer pristine, but remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 96 pages. Edited by Robert Dudley French. First Edition [1926]; Third Printing [1961]. A Volume in The Yale Shakespeare Series. NOTE: This is the standard Blue Cloth over boards Edition. Hardback: Lacks DJ.

Oxford Univ Pr, 1979. Paperback (Oxford Paperbacks). Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of a bump at the head of the back strip has caused a faint wrinkle near the top corner of the rear panel; mildest rubbing; the pages have tanned somewhat, due to aging; the back strip is very lightly sunned, but the titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible. Binding shows barely discernible lean, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Despite a number of very minor flaws, remains very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 164pp. Trade Paperback.

Berlin, Germany Deutsche Buch Gemeinschaft, 1967. Hardcover Near Fine: shows only the most minute indications of use: Mild rubbing to the deep red cloth over boards. The binding square and secure; the text is clean. Not quite perfect, but remains very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 600 pages. Text in German.

Reinbek bei Hamburg, Germany Rowohlt, 1956. Paperback Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: very light wear to extremities; mild rubbing to wrapper covers; a little faint soiling; binding shows slight lean, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 138pp. Mit einem Nachwort von Heinrich Boll. Wrapper covers with blue cloth backstrip. Paperback.

London, UK J.M. Dent: Aldine , 1896. Hardcover First Edition; Seventh Printing [1940]. Very Good in Good DJ: Book shows indications of careful use: very light wear to the extremities; the endpapers show the shadow perhaps of clippings laid in, but no longer present, and the pages have tanned slightly, due to aging. The binding remains square and quite secure; text clean. DJ shows fairly heavy wear; some loss to chipping and rubbing at the extremities; moderate soiling; toning around the edges of the panels; the price has not been clipped; mylar-protected. Overall remains structurally sound and tightly bound: clean, sturdy, and quite presentable in a somewhat tatty DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 64mo. 153pp. Edited with a Preface, Notes and a Glossary by C. Vaughan, M.A. The Temple Dramatists Series. First Edition; Seventh Printing [1940]. Hardback with DJ.

New York, NY W.W. Norton & Company, 1977. Paperback Second Edition (1967), Revised & Corrected. Seventh Printing thereof. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the faintest toning to the white background field of the wrapper covers; else flawless Binding square and secure; text clean. Free of any creases. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tighly bound, showing only a single minor flaw. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches). xxx, 129pp. Edited by Elizabeth M. Brennan. Language: English. Weight: 6.9 ounces. Second Edition (1967), Revised & Corrected. Seventh Printing thereof. Academic Press Paperback.

London, UK Ernest Benn Ltd, 1973. Paperback First Edition Thus [1973], so stated. First Edition Thus [1973], so stated. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a touch of wear to the extremities; very mild rubbing to the wrapper covers, a single page has been dog-eared; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the covers. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and a single, unobtrusive flaw. Very close to 'As New'. This may be a REMAINDER, showing either a smudge or a much-obscured remainder mark at the bottom edge. NOT a Book-Club or Ex-Library. Small 8vo. (7.8 x 5.05 x 0.5 inches). xlvii, 139 pages. Edited by C.G. Petter. Language: English. Weight: 7.6 ounces. New Mermaids Series. Trade Paperback.

Chicago, IL Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2002. Paperback First Edition Thus [2002]; unstated. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows a former owner's short gift inscription at the title page; else, flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no flaws. Bright and Clean. Corners sharp. But for the gift inscription, virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.5 x 0.25 inches). 78 pages. New Adaptation by Robert Brustein. Based on a new Translation by Gloria Pastorino. Language: English. Weight: 4.5 ounces. Plays for Performance Series. Academic Press Paperback. Luigi Pirandello (I867 - 1936) was an Italian… Read More

London, UK Duckworth, 1929. Hardcover First Edition [1929], so stated. First Edition [1929], so stated. Near Fine in Good DJ: Book shows darkening at top edge, presumably due to dust; very mild edgewear; binding square and secure; text clean. Dustwrapper shows large chip at upper rear hinge; smaller chips at top edge front panel and bottom edge rear panel; unclipped; mylar-protected. Lovely book in a worn DJ. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 12mo. 118pp. Hardback with DJ.

New York, NY Scribners , 2008. Paperback First Edition Thus [2008]; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus [2008]; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to extremities; a former bookseller's inventory sticker at the lower front panel; the binding leans slighlty; the text pages have perhaps tanned ever so slightly from their original brightness, due to aging; the binding remains perfectly secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing virtually on wear, but with the faintest… Read More