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
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
in honour of the nativity of Our Lord. Pp. xiv+102(last blank), frontispiece with tissue guard, text illustrations (2 full page), appendices; cloth backed pictorial papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, boards lightly soiled and worn, bottom fore-corners slightly chipped; lacking upper free endpaper, the endpapers faintly offset, initials and date..... 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
Prefatory Note by John Drinkwater. Pp. viii+38+[2](blank); small cr. 4to; yellow paper wrappers, lettered in black, lightly soiled and a trifle foxed, edges slightly rubbed and creased, with short split at foot of backstrip; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper (offset onto half-title page), some..... 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
Pp. 188(last blank); demy 8vo; grey cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased and rubbed, the backstrip faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper, top edges of leaves faintly foxed; Faber and Faber, London, 1950..... 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