A Play in Two Acts. Pp. [vi]+130(last blank), boards a trifle canted, edges slightly rubbed, the fore-corners of lower board lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, foxed and slightly soiled, edges rubbed and chipped, the front panel lightly creased; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, corners of a few leaves..... 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
A play. Pp. 128(last blank); demy 8vo; purple cloth, spine blocked in grey and lettered & ruled in gilt, top fore-corners of boards bruised, bottom fore-corner of lower board fractured; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and split, with small tape repair on reverse at foot of back..... 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 discoloured, edges a trifle chipped), patterned papered..... 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
Milestones [by] Arnold Bennett & Edward Knoblock; The Dover Road [by] A. A. Milne; Hay Fever [by] Noel Coward; Journey's End [by] R. C. Sherriff; For Services Rendered [by] W. Somerset Maugham. Pp. xii+354+16(advertisements), patterned endpapers; f'cap. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind; top..... 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 study of Contemporary American Drama, 1959-1966. Pp. xx+188(last blank), bibliography, index; top edges grey; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; MacGibbon & Kee, London, 1967. First edition. *Examines the thematic concern of writers like Gelber, Brown, Bellow and Miller, and the rise of a new, socially committed theatre as represented..... 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
A New Judgement. 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
[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
A Play in Three Acts. With music by Stephen McNeff and illustrations by Yvonne Gilbert. Introduction by Richard Williams. Pp. 118, frontispiece, text illustrations (some full page), printed music; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, bookseller's sticker a t foot of front flap; Kestrel Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1981. First edition. *'Translation and..... More
Edited by Montague Summers. In four volumes, totalling over 1,000 pages, with textual and explanatory notes each volume, appendices in Volume IV; cr. 4to; qr. navy buckram with printed paper title labels on spines, light blue papered boards, slightly soiled and scuffed, fore-corners lightly worn, spine cloth faded, the title..... More
translated from the Anglo-Norman. Pp. 78 (last blank), frontispiece, plus 4 full page facsimiles; pictorial papered boards, top fore-corners a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; Shakespeare Head, Sydney, 1948. First edition thus. *New translation of a medieval vernacular play, including the first modern reproduction of the accompanying music. More
or The World Well Lost. A tragedy, written in imitation of Shakespeare's stile [sic]. 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..... More
A play in three acts. Engravings by Robert Gibbings. Pp. [iv]+74+[2](blank, colophon), title page vignette, plus 6 pictorial tailpieces; med. 8vo; qr. red morocco, spine lettered in gilt, patterned blue cloth boards, edges lightly rubbed, the spine slightly faded and with a few small surface grazes; t.e.g., others uncut; free..... 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
In two volumes. Edited by Charles Stonehill. Pp. xxxvi+402(last colophon)+[vi]+444(last colophon), chronological table, textual and explanatory notes; tall cr. 4to; qr. navy buckram with printed paper title labels on spines, light blue/grey papered boards, fore-corners lightly worn, the spines faded, title labels a trifle chipped at edges; uncut and partly..... More
Pp. [viii]+104; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges a trifle split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, free endpapers a trifle offset, a little light foxing; Oxford University Press, 1954. First edition. More
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