Resultados de búsqueda: Plays from Charles Agvent

New York: Coward-McCann, 1928. First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine in a Good dustwrapper with chips and soiling. One of 2000 numbered copies of the First Trade Edition SIGNED by the publisher.

New York: Hart Stenographic Bureau, [1947]. First Edition. Hardcover. Light soiling to the covers with some edgewear. Near Fine and rather scarce. Quarto (9" x 11-1/2") in rust-colored leatherette wraps bound with two brads, the title printed on the front cover and publisher's information in the upper left corner. A mimeographed typescript of the prequel to her 1939 drama THE LITTLE FOXES. Patricia Neal, making her Broadway debut, won a Tony Award for her performance in this play. Made into a film in 1948 starring Fredric March. A few occasional marks in the text. It's not clear to whom this belonged, but certainly someone involved in the original production.

New York: Dutton, 1969. First Edition. Wraps. Covers a bit soiled and worn. Very Good. Paperback original containing Shepard's "Forensic and the Navigators."

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Small adhesive remnant from removed bookplate on front pastedown. About Fine in Fine chemise and slipcase. Marian Parry. Quarto (7-7/8" x 11") bound in classic parchment with decorations in ochre and blue with a polished black calf spine; 72 double-folded pages. Translated from the Greek and with an introduction by Dudley Fitts. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Marian Prry. Copy #355 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a Fine chemise and lightly soiled slipcase. Marian Parry. Quarto (7-7/8" x 11") bound in classic parchment with decorations in ochre and blue with a polished black calf spine; 72 double-folded pages. Translated from the Greek and with an introduction by Dudley Fitts. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Marian Parry. Copy #39 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

New York: Brentano's, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, partly unopened. First American Edition, preceding the British and unauthorized. Laurence A75a.

New York: Dial Press, 1971. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Adapted by Ingmar Bergman. Introduced and translated from the Swedish by Michael Meyer. Strindberg's own favorite play.

London: Boriswood, (1937). First British Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Lovely copy. Foreword by the author. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, (1950). First Edition. Hardcover. Owner name in ink on front endpaper which is a little foxed. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. Sixth Impression, but INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the poet on the title page where Eliot has crossed out his printed name: "Inscribed for/Mrs. Ann Cooper/by T. S. Eliot/4. ii. 64."

(New York): New Directions, (2001). First Edition. softcover. Fine. Pictorial wraps. A paperback original, not published in hardcover. Edited with an introduction by Allean Hale.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. INSCRIBED "For J & Lee/with love" and SIGNED "Archie/Lenox, October 14, 1967" by the poet on the half-title page. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper and clamshell box. INSCRIBED "For Jerry Moody" and SIGNED "Archibald MacLeish/August, 1979" by the poet on the half-title page. Housed in a cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

New York: Random House, (1968). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper and difficult to find in this condition. A lovely copy of this musical collaboration first produced in 1954 but not published until its Off-Broadway revival in 1968. Probably Capote's scarcest book.

(New York): New Directions, (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. Small owner blindstamp to top of front free endpaper. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Crandell A47.I.a. One of 2006 hardbound copies.

(New York): Signet, (1964). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Two small chips to rear cover. Very Good. Pictorial Wraps. First Printing of the First Paperback Edition. With eight pages of scenes from the movie with Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, and Sue Lyons.

(New York): New Directions, (1998). hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. A paperback original, this is the Book Club hardcover publication. Edited with an introduction by Allean Hale. Foreword by Vanessa Redgrave.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1961. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some rubbing and sunning. Michael Ayrton. Tall quarto (10" x 13") bound in a brown natural finish cloth, backed in crimson cowhide leather. Includes Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers, and The Furies. Designed by Adrian Wilson and printed by A. Colish. Translated from the Greek by E. D. A. Morshead with an introduction by Rex Warner. Illustrated with plates after oil paintings by Michael Ayrton. Copy #1165 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1961. Hardcover. Some wear to the spine tips and along the spine edges. Very Good in a Near Fine slipcase. Michael Ayrton. Tall quarto (10" x 13") bound in a brown natural finish cloth, backed in crimson cowhide leather. Includes Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers, and The Furies. Designed by Adrian Wilson and printed by A. Colish. Translated from the Greek by E. D. A. Morshead with an introduction by Rex Warner. Illustrated with plates after oil paintings by Michael Ayrton. Copy #473 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., (1938). First Edition. Hardcover. Just a touch of sunning to the spine; slight foxing to the fore-edge of the bulked text which is slightly cocked; owner name on verso of front endpaper. Near Fine in a just about Fine dustwrapper. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a touchstone of American theater. After reading this play, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to Wilder comparing OUR TOWN to Homer's ODYSSEY and Shakespeare's HAMLET, stating: "That an American of the present day can create with such delicacy and detachment touches the soul like a miracle."

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., (1938). First Edition. Hardcover. A tight, crisp copy in a beautiful dustwrapper with minor wear to the spine tips and a superficial scratch and tiny closed tear on the rear panel. The cloth is mildly sunned at the spine and to the very top edges of both covers with no effect on either the front cover or spine blue paper label. Lovely copy in a brilliant dustwrapper. Hard to improve on this. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a touchstone of American theater. After reading this play, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to Wilder comparing OUR TOWN to Homer's ODYSSEY and Shakespeare's HAMLET, stating: "That an American of the present day can create with such delicacy and detachment touches the soul like a miracle."