Resultados de búsqueda: Drama/Theater from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: White, Stokes, & Allen, 1887. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. A late collection of fantasy short stories and a three-act play by the 19th century lawyer and poet. First Edition; 211 pages with one-page ad of other books by the author; small 16 mo (4 x 6 inches), dark brown cloth boards with beveled edges, blindstamped gold lettering and design element on spine and front cover ; top edge of text gilded, other edges untrimmed. Boards show minor surface wear, light wear at edges, corners, spine ends. Light foxing inside covers and end pages. Text is clean and complete; binding remains tight. A collectable copy.

New York: Pocket Books, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Farrell's second novel in her mystery series featuring Annie McGrogan, New York City actress and part-time private detective. Collectable.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1901. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good Plus to Very Good/No Jacket. Largely forgotton now, Mathews was a novelist and playwright at the beginning of the 20th century, with much of her work in the historical romance genre. "My Lady Peggy," issued in 1901, was a bestseller and Mathews adapted it for Broadway in 1903 and followed it with "My Lady Peggy Leaves Town" in 1913. "My Lady Peggy" is the story of a young English noblewoman (17th or 18th century; Mathews' grasp of history is loose at best) who decides to visit London disguised as a man and becomes a celebrity of sorts. First Edition. About 5 1/4 x 8 inches, 339 pages including frontispiece and 7 other illustrations in yellow-orange cloth-covered boards with white floral decorations and lettering on front cover and spine. Inside cover and end pages also with floral drawing decoration. Boards and text edges show some soiling, and lettering and design on spine have begun… Leer más

Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin Books, Ltd., 1957. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Trade Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Penguin 600; one of four volumes published to celebrate the centenary of Wilde's birth, it contains "The Importance of Being Earnest," "An Ideal Husband," "Lady Windermere's Fan," "A Woman of No Importance" and "Salome." Third Printing, First Edition Thus. Edges slightly soiled o/w text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned in red and white wrappers showing minimal soiling, surface and edgewear. Nice reading/study copy.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. An amusing and entertaining anthology of bad guys in history, literature, legend and myth. Chapters on master crooks, minor crooks, murderers, seducers and cads, con men, traitors and spies and tyrants, among others. Makes you realize sometimes the devil really does have the best lines. Introduction by Mortimer of "Rumpole" fame. Pictorial wrappers show reading creases on spine, other minor surface and edgewear, no tears or chipping. Text is clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. A lot of good reading here.

New York: Hill and Wang, 1966. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Trade Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Dramabook D29; a wide-ranging selection of primarily 20th century playwrights discussing the concepts and philosophy of their craft, including Ibsen, Shaw, Cocteau, Pirandello, O'Neill, Brecht, Sartre, Eliot and Ionesco. Seventh Printing of the First Dramabook Edition. Previous owner's name on front end page, o/w text is clean, tight, square in blue wrappers showing only minor surface and edgewear.

New York: Dutton, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. The tenth novel by the author of "A Separate Peace" sketches the life story of a famous female film and stage star; an unread, near perfect copy in like dustjacket. Collectable.

New York: Viking Penguin, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Dentinger's fifth mystery featuring actress/director Jocelyn O'Roarke, this time returning to her theatrical roots in Upstate New York; remainder mark on bottom edge of text, o/w a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1942. Hardcover. Fine/Issued Without Jacket. This classic of Victorian era romantic literature was Hardy's sixth novel (his seventh counting his unpublished first work). There was some difficulty at first finding a publisher since social and sexual conflict was not openly discussed in late 19th century England. The title refers to Clym Yeobright, a young diamond merchant who has returned from Paris to his home and family in rural England to serve as a teacher to the poor. He finds himself in conflict with the rigid sexual morality of Victorian society and defiantly marries Eustacia, who wants only a life in Paris. When Clym insists on teaching, she commits suicide. First printing, first Heritage Press edition (originally published in serial form in "Belgravia" magazine in 1878. About 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, 416 pages in cloth-covered boards showing graphic design featuring a snake and a butterfly, with gold lettering on spine. Illustrated with wood… Leer más

New York: Dell, 1963. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Dell 5487; Volume III of the Laurel Masterpieces of Continental Drama; contains five plays from the "Realistic" movement of the late 19th Century (Zola: Therese Raquin; Ibsen: An Enemy of the People; Strindberg: Miss Julie; Hauptmann: The Weavers; and Chekhov: The Sea Gull). Text is clean, tight, square; white pictorial wrappers slightly soiled, minimal surface and edgewear. Scarce.

New York: Random House, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. Today, American Gertrude Stein is a large part of the literary legend of "Paris between the wars," known for her art collection and her Paris salon, where leading modernist artists and writers such as Picasso, Matisse, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Lewis, Anderson and Pound often gathered. Stein's own writing -- novels, plays, poetry -- are largely unknown and unread today. This copy of "Selected Writings, " edited by her friend, photographer Carl Van Vechten, with a frontispiece photo of Stein and her partner, Alice B. Tokas, includes "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas," Stein's own thinly diguised autobiography; also,"Tender Buttons;" "As a Wife Has a Cow: A Love Story;" and "Miss Furr and Miss Skeene" as well as poems and plays. This copy is a first edition, first printing (as stated). About 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 622 pages in grey cloth-covered boards with a blue title/author box on… Leer más

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Trade Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. A representative selection of the thought and literature of the English Restoration of the mid-to-late 17th Century, including excerpts from Hobbes' "Leviathan;" Charleton's "The Ephesian Matron;" Etherege's "The Man of Mode;" Wycherly's "The Plain Dealer;" and poetry from Dryden, Sackville, Sedley and Wilmot; some underlining in pencil in the editor's introduction and early in the excerpts from Hobbes, o/w text is clean, tight, square; pictorial wrappers show minimal surface and edgewear. Makes a decent reading or study copy.

New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1991. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. the Oxford University Press has reconsidered every detail of the text and its presentation in this Compact Edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works. Spelling and punctuation are modernized and there is a brief introduction to each work, as well as an informative general introduction; four lbs., two oz., 1,274 pages (may require additional postage); Sixth Printing; text is clean, tight, square in dustjacket showing crease on inside back flap, o/w minimal surface and edgewear. A solid study/reference copy.

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A compendium of facts and information about William Shakespeare and his work that will allow you to answer questions such as: Why is there a curse on one of Shakespeare's plays? Or, Why did 'Romeo and Juliet' nearly have a happy ending? Or, How many words did Shakespeare invent? David Crystal, the internationally known linguist and his son, Ben, a Shakespearean actor, have done an enormous favor to all who love Shakespeare and the English language. 214 pages including index; with bound-in ribbon bookmark. Boards' upper corners very lightly bumped, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; white dustjacket shows only some minor wear and soiling.

New York: The Dial Press, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. Baldwin's fourth novel, his last major work of the 1960s, is the life story of Leo Proudhammer, an African-American actor, who, following a heart attack on stage, realizes he may be required not only to survive history but to change it; text and boards are clean, tight, square; dustjacket is age-tanned along spine and edges with three small stains in lower corner of front panel; no chips, scratches or tears. Collectable.

Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1960. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. An omnibus edition containing three of Marsh's mysteries featuring her famous Scotland Yard character, Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn. All three novels --"A Wreath For Rivera," "Spinsters In Jeopardy," and "Night At The Vulcan" -- focus on theatrical performances ranging from a strange private ritual to an actual stage play. Bright yellow boards show slightly bumped corners, o/w clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket, basically whole, is somewhat tattered with several tears, chips and creases, some tape-repaired on the verso. Marsh is often compared with writers such as Agatha Christie, Mary Roberts Rinehart and Dorothy B. Hughes. This three-in-one Book Club volume is an economical introduction to three of her best.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. Marion Davies, a New York girl, met publisher Willaim Randolph Hearst while she was playing in the Ziegfeld Follies about 1915. It was the beginning of a relationship lasting more than 30 years and during which, with Hearst's help, Davies became a major Hollywood star and multi-millionaire. This book, edited by Pamela Pfau and Kenneth Marx, is Davies' memoir of those years. It was withheld from publication until after Davies' death. First edition, early printing. About 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches, 275 pages bound in black & brown marbled, paper-covered boards with title centered in gold on front cover and gold lettering on spine. Illustrated with numerous b & w celebrity photos and several charts detailing aspects of Davies' life, such as an inventory of her jewelry and a listing of her movies and their revenue/losses. Also includes a foreword by Orson Welles and an index. Sorry, no dustjacket. Boards show only… Leer más

New York: Pocket Books, 1966. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Pocket Books 75120; from the author of "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" a play about faith that many critics consider his most stimulating and provocative work. Text is clean, tight, lightly age-tanned with a very slight spine lean; dustjacket shows reading creases, o/w minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: New American Library, 1965. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Signet Classic Shakespeare Series, CD293; one of Shakespeare's romantic comedies, with, perhaps, a profound message on love and life; introduction by Herschel Baker, Harvard University; criticism and commentary by Samuel Johnson, William Hazlitt, Charles Lamb, Harley Granville-Barker and John Dover Wilson; extensive bibliography; First Printing of the First Signet Classic Edition. Previous owner's name in upper corner of front end page, occasional underlining in introductory material, o/w text is clean, tight, square in white pictorial wrappers illustrated by Milton Glaser. Previous owner's last name neatly in upper right corner of front cover, o/w minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1962. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Trade Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. The tragi-comic play many consider the best work by perhaps Germany's greatest modern playwright; translated by Patrick Bowles. Ninth Printing of the First Evergreen Edition; text is clean, tight, square; back cover shows some age-discoloration and staining, o/w pictorial wrappers have minimal surface and edgewear. A decent reading/study copy.