The Voices and Hands of Bunraku.
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1977. Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white. Slim oblong 4to, decorative yellow cloth, d.w., board slipcase. Tokyo: Kodansha, (1977). Fine. More
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1977. Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white. Slim oblong 4to, decorative yellow cloth, d.w., board slipcase. Tokyo: Kodansha, (1977). Fine. More
New York: Playbill, 1981. Thin 8vo, photographic wrappers. New York: Playbill, February, 1981. First Edition. The play, starring Donald Sutherland & Ian Richardson opened in March, 1981, to devastatingly bad reviews. More
New York: Harcourt, 1962. Lightly illustrated with a handful of b/w photos. 301 pages. 8vo, brown cloth, tattered d.w. New York: Harcourt, 1962. First edition. A very good(-) copy--cloth lightly soiled and shelfworn, previous owner inscription and bookstore stamps to endpaper; in a poor wrapper. More
New York: Random House, 1969. Illustrated sparsely in black and white. 95 pages. Slim 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. (two small tears). New York: Random House, (1969). Text block toned. Very good(+) in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Milan: Nouve Edizioni, 1969. Numerous illustrations in color & in black & white. Small folio, white boards (small wear at top and bottom of hinges), d.w. chipped. (Milano: Nouve Edizioni, 1969). First Edition. Very good. More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1938. Illustrated with b/w photos throughout. Unpaginated (XXIV plates). London: Geoffrey Bles, (1938). First edition. A very good copy--lightly shelfworn, small stain to title page; lacking dust wrapper. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960. Frontis plus 5 illustrations. vi + 280pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960. A near fine copy in a lightly edgeworn, but very good dust jacket. More
Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 1993. Beautifully illustrated, including many full color plates. Slim 4to, blue cloth, d.w. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, (1993). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Text in Hebrew and English. More
Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1975. Illustrated. 4to, stiff wrappers. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1975. Exhibition catalog, printed in French and English. Presentation copy from Arnott to Francis Steegmuller. Laid are are two typed letters signed to Steegmuller concerning his doing a radio broadcast on Craig in conjunction with the exhibition. More
New York: Doubleday, 1988. 1056pp., cloth, d.w. New York: Douleday, 1988. The dust wrapper is fine except for a small gouge on the fold of the back panel. More
New York: Knopf, 2001. Illustrated in black and white. xiii, 462 pages. 8vo, tan cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, 2001. First Edition. Very good(+) in a near fine dust wrapper. More
London: Richard Bentley, 1888. 2 volumes. Frontis portrait each volume. xi + 442 pages and xii + 457 pages, 8vo, 3/4 green polished calf over marbled boards; gilt-decorated spines with red labels and raised bands; minor scuffing and wear to covers, last page of Volume I index has repaired hole, with some loss of text, occasional and scattered light foxing. London: Richard Bentley, 1888. A very good(+) set. More
Tokyo: Shochiku, 1983. Text in English and Japanese. Full-page color and black & white photographic illustrations throughout, including several fold-out pages. Unpaginated. Narrow folio, glossy pictorial wrappers. Tokyo: Shochiku Co., (1983). A near fine copy. A photographic study and history of classical Japanese Kabuki theatre. More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1954. Frontis portrait, lightly illustrated in b/w. 402 pages. 8vo, burgundy cloth. London: Secker & Warburg, 1954. A very good(+) copy, lacking dust wrapper. More
New York: Turtle Bay, 1992. Edited by Kim Herzinger with an introduction by Thomas Pynchon. Illustrated in black and white. xxii, 355 pages. Large 8vo, black boards, yellow d.w. (some dust-soiling). Deckle edged and internally clean, a fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1947. 192pp. 8vo, green cloth, edgeworn d.w. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1947. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
New York: Chesire House, 1932. Introduction by Christopher Morley. Wood engravings by Freda Bone. viii + 147pp., tall 8vo, half green leather over marbled boards, deckled edges; spine faded, lightly rubbed. New York: Chesire House, 1932. A near fine copy. One of 1200 numbered copies. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1976. 16 pages. 12mo, pictorial paper wrappers. London: Faber and Faber, (1976). A very good(+) copy-- paper wrappers sunned, pen mark on back blacking out price, but internally clean. Written specifically for Billie Whitelaw, Footfalls is a moving and poetic distillation of the relationship of a mother and daughter evoked by two voices as a figure paces back and forth on a darkened stage. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1976. 16 pages. 12mo, pictorial paper wrappers (small stain on front). London: Faber and Faber, (1976). A very good(+) copy-- paper wrappers sunned, pen mark on back blacking out price, but internally clean. In the darkness of an empty stage an old white face is seen. Out of the darkness come to him voices - his own - which speak of the past; nostalgic, regretful, elegiac, poignant, fragmentary. More
New York: Grove Press, 1969. Illustrated profusely in black and white. 95 pages. Slim 8vo, navy cloth, d.w. (price clipped, a bit worn). New York: Grove Press, (1969). A near fine copy-- pages lightly yellowed along top edge--in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Film is Samuel Beckett's only venture into the medium of the cinema. Written in 1963, the film was made in New York in the summer of 1964, directed by Alan Schneider and starring Buster Keaton... More
London: Leadlay, 1931. 5 colored plates, plus manuscript facsimiles. 8 separate sheets of light gray cardboard, in portfolio of gray boards & white vellum spine; rubbed & dust soiled. (London, Leadlay, Ltd., 1931). First Edition. Limited to 900 numbered copies. The prints, including one of Noel Coward, are in very fine condition. More
New York: Farrar Straus & Cudahy, 1957. Lightly illustrated with b/w photos. 311 pages. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Farrar Straus & Cudahy, (1957). A very good copy, sunning to spine; in a very good(-) wrapper--sunning and staining to spine, slightly edgeworn. More
Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1987. 364 pages, 8vo, yellow cloth with gilt lettering (light smudging and remnants of a sticker on the front cover). Evanston: Northwestern University Press, (1987). A very good copy with a tight, clean interior. More
1954. 278pp. 8vo, cloth-backed bds., d.w.; (back of d.w. soiled, price clipped). N.Y.: Horizon, 1954. vg. More
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