Introduction by Tony Evans. Pp. [viii]+iv+106(last blank), author portraits, glossary; f'cap. 4to; white glazed paper wrappers printed in yellow & black, edges a trifle rubbed, with the recommended retail price blacked out on lower wrapper; Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, W.A., 1980. First edition. *Four plays first broadcast by the..... More
A melodrama in three acts. Pp. 124(last blank); fore and bottom edges uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly silverfished, the backstrip lightly soiled, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the upper free endpaper lightly creased, top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Faber & Faber, London, 1938. First edition. *With..... More
Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Pp. [ii]+viii+198+[2](colophon, blank), 22 hand-tipped coloured plates within tinted borders and with lettered pictorial guards, black & white pictorial title page and text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; tall post 4to; purple cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly flecked, the spine lightly faded, edges a trifle rubbed;..... More
Edited, with an introduction and notes by J. St. Loe Strachey. In two volumes. Pp. xl+472+viii+520, frontispiece portraits, text decorations; f'cap. 8vo; orange/red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind; dust wrappers, slightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split, with oval price-clips to backstrips, piece torn from head..... More
Edited with a memoir by Sir Edmund Gosse and decorated by The Dance of Death of Hans Holbein. In two volumes. Pp. [ii]+xxxvi+258(last blank)+590, frontispiece portrait (lightly offset), decorated title pages & headpieces; roy. 8vo; qr. black buckram, printed label on spines (slightly soiled, edges of label to Volume I...... More
Pp. 78(last blank), 5 full page illustrations; boards a trifle marked; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges split; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1974. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Australian writer Thomas Shapcott), dated 1980, on upper free endpaper. More
Pp. 108; dust wrapper, a trifle rubbed; free endpapers offset, top edges of leaves a trifle foxed, a few pencilled annotations; Angus & Robertson, London, 1960. First edition. More
A comedy in three acts. Pp. 80; printed stiff paper wrappers with flap folds, a trifle marked, corners faintly bruised; outer leaves and edges foxed, the free endpapers faintly offset, a few leaves lightly creased; Constable, London, 1945. First edition. *The poet Gordon Bottomley (1874-1948) was best known for his..... More
Edited by John Willett and Raph Manheim. [Translation by John Willett]. Pp. xx+156(last blank); demy 8vo; grey cloth, lettered in silver, the spine blocked in red; dust wrapper, edges slightly creased, edges and backstrip lightly faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the text block browned, top..... More
Edited by John Willett Translated by Ralph Manheim. Pp. xx+124(last blank); demy 8vo; grey cloth, lettered in silver, spine blocked in red; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Eyre Methuen, London, 1981. *Includes introduction and commentary, plus Brecht's own notes to the play. More
[Two volumes in one, the second volume titled OUR FIRST LIEUTENANT AND FUGITIVE PIECES IN PROSE]. Pp. [vi]+272(last blank)+[vi]+[273]-434+[2](errata, blank); demy 8vo; qr. black leather, spine lettered and ruled in brown, black cloth boards, a trifle scuffed, the leather quite faded and rubbed; hinges starting, piece torn from top edge..... More
Preface by Ken Horler. Pp. 74+[6](last colophon), 1 full page illustration; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, slightly soiled and rubbed; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Currency Press, Sydney, 1974. Currency Methuen Play Series III, No. 2. *From the collection of Australian journalist and critic Neil Jillett, with his signature..... More
Edited by Dennis Davison. Pp. [iv]+96(misnumbered, last blank); wide demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; Monash University English Department, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. Monash Nineteenth-Century Drama Series No. 5. *Probably written in the mid-1870s, Marcus Clarke's play Reverses was not performed until 1979. More
With designs for the stage by Feliks Topolski. Pp. 108(last blank), 4 folding plates, title page vignette, numerous text illustrations (some full page); roy. 8vo; orange cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, the spine blocked in lilac, bottom fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; top edges lilac; dust wrapper, lightly..... More
Pp. 100(last blank), frontispiece; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the lower board slightly marked, spine a trifle faded and slightly soiled at head; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Faber & Faber, London, 1945. First edition. *The Ingleton copy, with the bookplate of G. & N. Ingleton..... More
Pp. xxiv+98, printed in red & black, pictorial headpieces, the colophon decoration printed in green & black; demy 4to; full vellum, lettered and decorated in gilt, the bottom edges a trifle rubbed; uncut; the free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; The Stourton Press, London, 1931. Edition limited to..... More
Pp. viii+382+[2](advertisements); post 12mo; contemporary calf, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, edges of boards lightly worn, joints tender, the spine with slight signs of oval shelf label near head; early inked signature at head of title page and different (also early) signature on lower pastedown, a few leaves slightly..... More
A play in three acts. Qr. white cloth, spine lettered in purple, a trifle soiled, black papered boards; within card slipcase, slightly soiled; Thomas Yoseloff, New York, 1960. Edition limited to 1000 copies signed by the author. More
Composer, Frank R. Denke; Orchestrations by Eral O. Zindars; Director, James Robert Minser. Pp. [xii]+42+[10], frontispiece, decorated title page printed in red, pale ochre & black, headings printed in red; med. 8vo; brown textured papered boards, the upper board decorated in darker brown; uncut; top edges of leaves a trifle..... More
Edited by Philip Parsons. Pp. xxiv+98(last advertisement), the colophon printed on recto of upper free endpaper, frontispiece portrait plus 3 full page illustrations; edges of boards rubbed, the top fore-corners bruised; dust wrapper, backstrip and top edge of back panel faded, short split to top edge of back panel; Currency..... More
A comedy. With seven engravings on copper by J. E. Laboureur and an Introduction by Bonamy Dobree. Pp. xxviii+128, plates with tissue guards, title page vignette; roy. l2mo; qr. green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pale grey/green papered boards, the spine faintly faded; t.e.g.; Douglas Cleverdon, Bristol, 1929. Edition limited..... More
Pp. 80(last blank); small cr. 8vo; orange cloth, spine lettered in green, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, sightly soiled and a trifle foxed, edges lightly rubbed and sith a couple of tiny chips; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the free endpapers offset, some..... More
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A play. Pp. [viii]+52(last colophon); corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; free endpapers lightly offset; Oxford University Press, London, 1951. First edition. *The dust wrapper illustration is by Ronald Searle. More
In three acts. Pp. 116, 3 full page stage plans; printed stiff paper wrappers, edges and backstrip faded and lightly rubbed; a few leaves slightly creased, edges faintly soiled; Duckworth & Co., London, 1922. First edition, paperback. More
