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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1972. Limited edition, number 605 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Light toning to glassine spine, a few spots on slipcase. Folio. Illustrated by Shannon Stirnweis. Original red cloth-backed pictorial boards; original glassine; publisher's board slipcase. Introduction by Walter Kerr.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1987. Some light shelfwear, with owner's inscription on the half title. 10.75 x 8.5 inches. 160 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white. Original pictorial wrappers. First edition.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1929. First edition. Fine. Though slightly leaned, the jacket square and with only modest shelfwear at ends of spine, owner's name on front free endpaper, price intact, spine unsunned. 8vo. 173pp. Original green cloth; original printed dust jacket. A superior copy of Connelly's classic play (and early Farrar imprint), winner of the 1930 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, and successful film of 1936. Connelly based the work on 'Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun', Roark Bradford's reimaginings of Biblical stories from the point of view of a Depression-era African American child.

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1922. First edition. Mounted clippings on endleaves and preliminaries browning and obscuring text. 8vo. 322pp. Original cloth-backed printed boards. A curiously extra-illustrated copy, in which an early reader mounted photographs of O'Neill and Louis Wolheim, and clipped reviews, on every page up to page one (tipped at corners so although the title and title verso are covered, the text can be accessed underneath). Included is the dramatis personae for the Provincetown Player's May 1922 staging of 'The Hairy Ape' starring Louis Wolheim. Sanborn and Clark 29.

Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1938. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Near fine save some light darkening to the sheets. 8vo. Later buckram, original printed wrappers bound in, untrimmed. First edition. Inscribed by Bernstein on the half-title to the dedicatee's wife, the actress Patricia Patterson: "à la meilleure partenaire de Charles à la Marmanche Pat affecteuresment Henry Bernstein." Patricia Patterson (1910-1978) made more than 20 films, including Charlie Chan Goes to Egypt. It was a case of love at first sight when she was introduced to the actor Charles Boyer by Maurice Chevalier at a wrap party for the film in 1934. Charles Boyer (1899-1978) appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976, including his celebrated performance in Gaslight (1944). The playwright Henri Bernstein (1876-1953) was associated with Boulevard Theatre. Boyer had appeared in leading roles of several film adaptations of Bernstein's plays, including Orage (1938), the film adaptation of this play (in which… Leer más

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. Fine. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards; acetate wrapper. Number 186 of 200 numbered and signed copies.

New York: Samuel French, 1937. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Some light soiling to wrappers. A nice copy. 8vo. Original yellow printed wrappers. New edition. The dedication copy, inscribed by the author to his wife on the front free endpaper: "The new edition, Helen dear, with many memories - Dan, Christmas 1941!" The printed dedication reads: "For Helen Who made this possible with her courage and faith." Totheroh's most famous works include his collaborations on the screenplays for The Devil and Daniel Webster and The Count of Monte Cristo. 'Moor Born', a play about the Brönte sisters, was first performed at The Playhouse, New York, 3 April 1934.

London: Heinemann, 1948. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Very lightly marked. 8vo. 60 pages. Original pale blue printed wrappers. First edition. The dedication copy (as usual "To My Wife" Constance), signed by Masefield on the half-title in ink and inscribed by him below this in pencil: "For Con from Jan. Nov. 3, 1947." A very good copy of this play written to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the Order of the Garter. Wight 116 (noting only copies bound in blue cloth and giving the publication date, from Handley-Taylor, as July 12, 1948). (BA).

Avon, CT: The Limited Editions Club, 1974. Limited edition, number 605 of 2000 copies signed by the illustrator. A few chips to glassine, otherwise fine. Folio. Illustrated by Clarke Hutton. Original half linen, decorated cloth; original glassine; publisher's board slipcase. Introduction by Alan Strachan.

New York: Random House, 1953. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Jacket with a trifle of soiling. A fine copy. 8vo. Photographs by Slim Aarons. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket by Clifford Strohl Associates. First edition. Inscribed on the front free endpaper to Alan and Phyllis Sues: "For Alan & Phyllis - Two more loyal supporters a playwright never had. I am always touched by your kindness and enthusiasm. Affectionately Bob." Anderson's play stems from his experience of falling in love with an older woman while attending Phillips Exeter Academy. The male private school student, Tom Lee, faces accusations of homosexuality and the woman, Laura, opposes his shaming and romantically pursues him so he can prove his heterosexuality. The play's final line, "Years from now, when you speak of this, and you will, be kind," is one of the most quoted curtain lines in stage history. Alan Sues played the role of Ralph in the play (his Broadway debut). He and the actor/dancer Phyllis Sues married in 1953… Leer más

London: Heinemann, 1943. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Spine and portion of front cover faded, the latter also spotted. 8vo. Original dark blue cloth. First edition. A dedication copy "To Hugh ['Binkie'] Beaumont, the play's producer, inscribed by the playwright on the front free endpaper: "For Hugh from Noel Coward." (...all Noel's plays had been presented in England since 1939 [and through the war years] by H. M. Tennent Ltd. [which] was exemplified in the attractive, persuasive, amusingly talkative person of Binkie' Beaumont. Violent and occasional business flare-ups excepted, Noel and Binkie were more than friends: they were the deepest, closest cronies..." (Cole Lesley, 'Remembered Laughter: The Life of Noel Coward', NY, 1976, p. 287). It was Beaumont who had persuaded Coward to return to the stage to act in a trio of plays - This Happy Breed was one - after the latter's nervous breakdown in 1937. Another dedication copy to Beaumont of This Happy Breed was in the sale of Masterpieces of… Leer más

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1982. A few tiny chips to glassine, otherwise fine.. Folio. Illustrations and an original lithograph by Jack Levine. Original gilt-lettered and -decorated black cloth; original glassine; original slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 605 of 2,000 copies SIGNED by the Levine and Bentley.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1982. Folio. Illustrations and an original lithograph by Jack Levine. Original gilt-lettered and -decorated black cloth; original slipcase. Lacks original glassine, otherwise fine. LIMITED EDITION, number 63 of 2,000 copies SIGNED by the Levine and Bentley.

London: Printed for Robert Stodart, et al., 1818. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Somewhat worn, narrow surface cracks to joints, label wanting, internally some foxing and occasional marginal smudges and discolorations. 8vo. xix, [1], 461, [3] pages. Original drab boards, untrimmed; in a green half-morocco slipcase. First edition, first issue; leaf of Stodart ads at end. An excellent association copy, inscribed by Hazlitt to the American actor/dramatist/critic John Howard Payne (1791-1852) on the title-page: "Presented to J. H. Payne / By the Author. June 1818." Payne, beginning in 1813, worked in the theatre of Britain, Ireland, and Paris, eventually establishing himself as one of the most successful dramatists of his era. Today he is best remembered for the lyrics to the song "Home! Sweet Home!" (adapted from his 1823 opera 'Clari, Maid of Milan'). 'A View of the English Stage' is a collection of Hazlitt's writings as drama critic for the 'Morning Chronicle', the 'Champion', the 'Examiner',… Leer más