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
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
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
Pp. xxii+266, patterned endpapers; cr. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; top edges orange; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, verso browned; bookplate on upper pastedown; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, 1956. First edition thus. Everyman's Library No. 381. More
translated from the Anglo-Norman. Pp. 78 (last blank), frontispiece (music); pictorial papered boards, lightly worn; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn; publisher's review slip laid on upper free endpaper; Shakespeare Head, Sydney, 1948. First edition thus. *New translation of a medieval vernacular play, including the first modern reproduction of the..... 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. 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
Pp. 356; demy 8vo; blue/green cloth, the spine blocked in red and lettered & ruled in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and browned, edges chipped and split; name in ink at head of upper free endpaper, the free endpapers faintly offset, occasional minor..... 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
Pp. xvi+224, frontispiece portrait; light brown cloth, spine and upper board lettered in darker brown, corners slightly bruised; text block faintly browned, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, 1946. First edition. Miller & Macartney p. 166. *From the library of Australian historian and author Hugh Anderson..... 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
The story of Hassan of Bagdad and how he came to make the Golden Journey to Samarkand. A Play in Five Acts. Pp. [vi]+170(last blank), the title page printed in navy & black; qr. cloth, with printed paper title label (lightly soiled and worn) on spine, patterned papered boards, edges..... 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
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