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The Way It Was

By: Aden, Bob

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Excelsior, MN, Old Log Theater: 1989

Seller ID: 019664

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, in clean unchipped jacket. Clean brown cloth boards with brown lettering, photo decorated cover. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 145 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Clean jacket is unchipped, one tiny closed edge tear, photo of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An account of the Old Log Theater's early years.
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The Little Minister (Volume 1 only of a 2-volume set)

By: Barrie, J. M.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1892

Seller ID: 029043

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Nice decorated American trade binding (signed binding - monogram MT on cover). Volume 1 only of a two-volume set. Moss green cloth boards with black and white floral decoration on cover and spine, stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. Two small spots on rear board; small bumps to two corner tips; no fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Embellished with scenes from the play. 290 pages.
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Handbook of Technical Practice for the Performing Arts. Fred A. Bowman's Inter-Galactic Serial Shop Cookbook

By: Bowman, Fred A. (preface by Helmut Grosser)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, Scenographic Media: 1975

Seller ID: 028951

ISBN: 0913868051

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Pages are organized into sturdy black 3-ring binder with illustrated paste-on label on cover and spine. Illustrated with photographs. Contains sections on Adhesives; Atmospheric Effects; Flowers and Foliage; Paints and Painting; Layout, Equipment and Aids; and Solvents. All clean, with no names, writing or marks.
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A Gentleman from Mississippi - A Novel - Founded on the popular play of the same title

By: Brady, Wm. A. and Jos. R. Grismer

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company: 1908

Seller ID: 020503

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition. Clean unfaded red ribbed cloth boards with decorated cover and spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking, no fraying. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 189 pp. Illustrated with scenes from the play. (8 black and white plates, including frontispiece).
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Scenery for the Theatre - The organization, processes, materials and techniques used to set the stage

By: Burris-Meyer, Harold and Edward C. Cole

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown & Co.: 1949

Seller ID: 024446

Condition: Fine

Later 1949 printing in original dust jacket. Very clean beige cloth boards with purple lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers (sophisticated custom made bookplate on verso of front free endpaper). Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings, color chart for scene painting with clean tissue guard. 473 pages with index. Dust jacket is clean and unclipped but missing 2" piece at base of spine, almost completely separated at rear spine fold, a few addition...
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Cain: A Dramatic Mystery in Three Acts

By: Byron, Lord (Fabre d'Olivet, translator)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York / London, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1923

Seller ID: 028337

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Clean and beautiful first edition - blue ribbed cloth boards with stamped gold lettering on cover and spine, small gold and bright blue decoration on cover. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Done into English by Nayan Louise Redfield. 265 pages.
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Sixteen Famous British Plays

By: Cerf, Bennett A. and Van H. Cartmell (editors)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1943

Seller ID: 027162

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Modern Library no. G63 in dust jacket. Complete and Unabridged. Toledano binding no. G4. Gray cloth boards with green title box on spine, green and gold oval torchbearer symbol on cover and spine. No fraying or wear, slight age-toning. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Black top-stained upper text block edges. Introduction by John Mason Brown. 1000 pages. Dust jacket is clean but has edge chipping and closed tears, corner crease. Enclosed in new archival quality remo...
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Deep are the Roots

By: d'Usseau, Arnaud and James Gow

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner: 1946

Seller ID: 020374

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, with "A" on copyright page in original unclipped jacket. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with white and black unchipped stamped lettering on cover and spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper, with small circular red sticker from "The Dramatic Publishing Co. - Chicago" in upper right corner of front free endpaper. Dustjacket featuring photo from the play is clean, not price clipped, has small chips at top and bottom spine edges, wear at front spine fold, hint of rubbin...
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Euripides Alcestis

By: Euripides (translated by William Arrowsmith)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York / London, Oxford Press: 1974

Seller ID: 017692

ISBN: 0-19-501861-3

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear, very slight bow to front board. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean rust brown endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 122 pgs. with glossary. Translated by William Arrowsmith. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with very slight edge wear and one 1/3" closed edge tear at base spine fold. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A translation of one of Euripides' most sublte and witty plays and a wholly fresh interpretation...
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Players: The Mysterious Identity of William Shakespeare

By: Fields, Bertram

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, ReganBooks - HarperCollins: 2005

Seller ID: 027433

ISBN: 0060775599

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Stated First Edition (and with full number line) in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean brown boards with darker brown spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated. 308 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Author revisits all the critical facts and unanswered questions regarding the true identity of the author of the magnificent body of poem...
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The Balcony (Le Balcon) - A Play in Nine Scenes

By: Genet, Jean

Price: $95.00

Publisher: New York, Grove Press: 1958

Seller ID: 027322

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Very clean hardcover book in original unclipped dust jacket. Gray cloth boards with stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Translated by Bernard Frechtman. 118 pages. Dust jacket has slight age-toning, very small edge chip at bottom of front panel (size of a match head), not price clipped (3.50 on front inside flap). Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Setting is a brothel in the midst of a revolutio...
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Roman Comedies

By: George E. Duckworth (Editor)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1963

Seller ID: 026291

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Modern Library No. 337 in dust jacket. Toledano binding no. 11. Clean blue cloth boards with blind-stamped hexagon logo on cover, bright gold lettering and torchbearer on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean Kent style endpapers. Remainder mark (small red marker line) on bottom text block edges. Edited, and with an Introduction, by George E. Duckworth. 396 pages. Dust jack has small v-shaped chip at top edge of front panel (size of large pea), a few short closed edge tears; price on front inside flap crossed out and 1.20 writ in p...
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The Pinafore Picture Book - The Story of H.M.S. Pinafore

By: Gilbert, Sir W. S.

Price: $22.00

Publisher: New York, Macmillan: 1908

Seller ID: 027175

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition decorated American trade binding. Blue cloth boards with unrubbed white tall ship decoration on cover with black lettering on cover and spine. Browning to spine and board edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean beautifully decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward, including 16 lovely color plates and numerous black and white drawings. 131 pages.
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The Potting Shed

By: Greene, Graham

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1957

Seller ID: 020977

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First American edition in original unclipped jacket. Clean beige cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Hint of very slight wear at top spine edge. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 123 pp. Dustjacket has 3/4" piece missing at base of spine, long closed tears along two folds, a few very small edge chips. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Tantivy Towers

By: Herbert, A. P.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday Doran: 1931

Seller ID: 018463

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

"First Edition" stated on copyright page. Clean unfaded red cloth boards with clean unfaded black cloth spne, gold lettering on spine. Hint of very slight surface wear to spine corners, no fraying, no bumping. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 96 pgs. Illustrated by Alajalov. Dustjacket is quite clean (very faint water mark at top rear panel edge, shallow chipping at top spine edge (1/4"), tiny chips at base of spine, a few tiny closed edge tears. Top corner of front inside flap is pr...
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Alien Corn

By: Howard, Sidney

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York/London, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1933

Seller ID: 010467

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Brown cloth boards have some faint dampstaining front & rear, but boards are straight and true, no warping, and have been cleaned. Very clean bright unchipped title label on spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, no foxing or mustiness. Front free endpaper has been removed (1/2" still present extending from spine). Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with one very small closed edge tear (under 1/4"). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Scarce. 8vo. Play.
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The Master Builder; Pillars of Society; Hedda Gabler

By: Ibsen, Henrik

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1917

Seller ID: 020467

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Modern Library No. 036.1, Early printing, Toledano binding no. 1. Clean brown leatherette flexible boards (few faint white spots to rear board) with gold Modern Library/Boni & Liveright logo on cover, unchipped gold lettering on spine. No fraying, hint of surface wear at top and bottom spine edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean Brodzky endpapers; previous owner name neatly penned at top of title page and introduction page. 305 pp. Introduction by H. L. Mencken.
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The Wild Duck and Other Plays

By: Ibsen, Henrik

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1961

Seller ID: 022959

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Modern Library No. 307.1 in unclipped jacket. Toledano binding no 8. First printing of 1961 edition. Clean blue cloth boards with burgundy title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean, with red top stained upper page edges, clean Kent style endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Translated by Eva Le Gallienne. 499 pages. Dust jacket is not price clipped (1.95 on front inside flap), no chips but has some surface rubbing, wear to one corner. 393 titles listed on verso of jacket. Enclosed in new archi...
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The Wild Duck and Other Plays

By: Ibsen, Henrik

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1961

Seller ID: 027169

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Modern Library No. 307 in dust jacket. Toledano binding no. 8. Toledano number 307.1 Clean deep blue cloth boards with burgundy title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages are clean with Kent style endpapers (front free endpaper is ink stamped by publisher with "H" in a circle). No other marks. A completely new translation by Eva Le Gallienne. 499 pages. Dust jacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, small pen mark on front inside flap, slight wear to top spine edge. 3...
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The Deep Mrs. Sykes

By: Kelly, George

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York / London, Samuel French: 1946

Seller ID: 018702

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean unfaded burgundy cloth boards with unchipped gold stamped lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers (one tiny spot on front fixed endpaper, smaller than a pea), no names, writing or bookplates. 191 pgs. Illustrated dustjacket is not price clipped (2.00 on front inside flap), unchipped, slight wear at top spine edge, a few short closed edge tears, slight age-toning. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A wise and witty play about an egotistical woman by a Pulitzer Prize wi...
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Category: Plays / Theater