THE HARLEQUIN SHUFFLE.
Pp. [viii]+44(last blank), text in two columns, illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled; Currency Press, Sydney, 1985. Current Theatre series. More
Pp. [viii]+44(last blank), text in two columns, illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled; Currency Press, Sydney, 1985. Current Theatre series. More
Pp. [viii]+44, text illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled; Currency Press,Sydney, 1989. Currency Plays series. More
A comedy in two acts. Pp. [viii]+50+[8](advertisements); qr. tan cloth, spine lettered in brown, dark brown cloth boards, a trifle scuffed, edges lightly rubbed; all edges uncut; bookplate (R.L.W.F. Newmarch) on upper pastedown, another owner's inked initials on upper free endpaper, lower hinge starting, the outer leaves faintly offset, a...... More
Edited with an Introduction by Douglas Cleverdon. Lithographs by Ceri Richards. Pp. 94(last blank), printed in red & black, frontispiece and 8 plates printed in two colours, printed pastedowns; med. 8vo; two-tone red & green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the upper board decorated in black; top edges green; within..... More
Edited with an Introduction by Douglas Cleverdon. Lithographs by Ceri Richards. Pp. 94(last blank), printed in purple & black, frontispiece and 8 plates printed in two colours; med. 8vo; two-tone purple & grey pictorial boards, spine lettered n gilt; within grey card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 1997. Reprinted. See..... More
Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Pp. [ii]+198(last blank), hand-tipped coloured frontispiece and 24 plates, all within black & white decorative border, pictorial title page and numerous black & white text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; tall post 4to; lavender cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges lightly silverfished, with 2 tiny chips to..... More
In two volumes, comprising: 1. Pre-Shakespearean Tragedies. Pp. xvi+322+4(Everyman's Library, by Ernest Rhys)+8(list of volumes), patterned endpapers, glossary; 2. Pre-Shakespearean Comedies. Pp. xvi+312+6(list of volumes), patterned endpapers, glossary; both f'cap. 8vo; green cloth, spines lettered in gilt, publisher's device in blind at centre of upper boards, a couple of tiny..... More
A fragment of the social revolution of the Twentieth Century. Translated from the German by Vera Mendel. Note on the production of "Masses and Ma' by Jurgen Fehling. Pp. [xii]+58, hand-tipped photogravure frontispiece and three plates; cr. 8vo; black batik patterned papered boards, printed title label on spine (spare title..... More
Edited by Allardyce Nicoll. With decorations by Frederick Carter. Pp. x+344+[2](colophon, verso blank), head & tailpiece decorations; cr. 4to; grey/green buckram, lettered and decorated in gilt, upper board faintly scuffed; t.e.g., others uncut; free endpapers lightly offset; Fanfrolico Press, London, 1929. One of 750 numbered copies, printed on Pannekoek mould-made..... More
A play by Stephen Lowe based on the book by Robert Tressell. Pp. 48, printed double column; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, edges lightly rubbed, bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper slightly creased, small faded patch (from removal of sticker?) near bottom fore-corner of lower wrapper; Methuen, London, 1983. Revised edition..... More
Adapted for the stage by Bill Rowbotham. Pp. [iv]+60, processed; post 4to; pink paper wrappers with no backstrip, as issued, stapled, slightly foxed and soiled, edges lightly faded and rubbed; corners of a few leaves faintly creased, scattered light foxing and soiling; Unity Theatre, London, n.d.[c. 1949?]. *William John Owen..... More
Pp. [278](all but the first six pages printed on rectos only, and numbered to 136); pictorial paper wrappers, slightly creased; corners of a few leaves lightly creased; Davis-Poynter, London, 1971. First edition thus. *Play version. Originally published as a novel in 1964. More
Pp. [iv]+24(last colophon); printed paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Oxford University Press, London, 1946. First edition. *A short one-act play, featuring Trollope as one of the characters, originally broadcast by the BBC on 4 May, 1945. More
A comedy in three acts. Edited with introduction and notes by Colin Roderick. Pp. [x]+110(last colophon, blank), frontispiece, 1 plate, notes, bibliography, appendices; med. 8vo; two-tone cloth, corners bruised; dust wrapper, creased and a trifle soiled; upper hinge starting, the free endpapers faintly offset, small stain to top edge of..... More
With a Preface by Ruby Cohn. Pp. xvi+926; narrow cr. 4to; gilt lettered black cloth, lightly flecked and rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, the laminate lifting at a couple of points, edges lightly rubbed and split; top fore-corner torn from upper free endpaper, the half-title page creased, outer leaves..... More
A play. Pp. [vi]+58(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, title page vignette; qr. vellum, brown cloth over bevelled boards, spine and upper board lettered in gilt, the upper board faintly marked; t.e.g., others uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly browned; scattered light foxing; Constable..... More
Text illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; occasional slight soiling; Currency Press, Sydney, 1988. More
English translations of The Dramas of Lajos Walder by Agnes Walder. Pp. 304, full page ilustrations; med. v8o; black boards, spine lettered and decorated in silver; dust wrappper; Macmillan, Melbourne, 2007. First edition. *Translations of three plays by the author's daughter. 'Lajos Walder (1913-1945), poet, playwright and lawyer, whose Hungarian..... More
Illustrations by M. Napier Waller. Pp. 50(including the upper pastedown, last colophon)+[2](blank), 2 plates; f'cap. 4to; pictorial stiff beige paper wrappers, illustrated by Napier Waller, with printed upper flap, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed; uncut; upper hinge starting, tiny chip to fore-edge pp. 19/20, a couple of faint water stains..... More
Pp. 222, appendices, bibliography; dust wrapper, slightly rubbed; outer leaves and edges very faintly foxed; Golden Head Press, London, 1971. First edition. More
Pp. 356, 8 plates; post 8vo; black boards, spine lettered and ruled in silver; price-clipped dust wrapper (reproducing a painting by Desmond Digby); upper free endpaper faintly soiled; Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1965. First edition. Hubber & Smith J1.*The plays are: The Ham Funeral; The Season at Sarsaparilla; A Cheery..... More
A Play in One Act. Revised edition with full stage directions by Alexander Dean . . . As directed at its first production on any stage in a joint performance by The Yale Dramatic Association and The Vassar Philaletheis. Pp. 24(last blank); printed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and worn..... More
A play in three acts. Pp. [viii]+106(last blank); light vertical crease in spine; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly marked and worn; small closed tear to fore-edge of pages 29/30; Heinemann, London, 1954. First edition. More
A comedy in three acts. Pp. [viii]+100(last blank); price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges chipped and torn; small name stamp on upper free endpaper and dedication page; Heinemann, London, 1946.First edition. *A play about plays, set in 1600 at the Globe Theatre, London, where a company is performing..... More
Edited by Montague Summers. Four volumes, totalling approximately 1200 pages, textual and explanatory notes, list of poems; tall cr. 4to; qr. brown buckram with printed paper title labels on spines, brown papered boards, edges a trifle faded, a couple of fore-corners faintly bruised, the cloth occasionally a trifle marked; uncut..... More