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
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Lee Strasberg; The Imperfect Genius of the Actors Studio
Garden City: Doubleday, 1980. Illustrated (b/w). 398 pages. 8vo, cloth backed boards, dust wrapper; wrapper chipped at edges. Garden City: Doubleday, 1980. First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) wrapper. Inscribed by Adams on flyleaf: "To Sylvia Whom I love even though she got this free! Cindy" More
Playbill for Albee's Adaptation of "Lolita"
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
The Tempering of Eugene O'Neill
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
The Girls on the 10th Floor and Other Stories
New York: Holt, 1958. 188 pages, small 8vo, light blue cloth, dust wrapper (worn). New York: Holt, (1958). Third printing. Spotted top edge, but still a very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. Inscribed on the front free endpaper to Jose Ferrer: "To Jose, All good wishes! Steve." More
I Teatri di Parma "dal Farnese al Regio".
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
Autographed Letter Signed on "The Playwrights' Company" letterhead
New York: 1946. 1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches, New York, July 30, 1946. Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, requesting details regarding a proposed project, in part: "...Could you be a little more definite about the 'writing assignment' you have in mind that might interest me? I don't want to waste your time and mine discussing a project to which I am certain to say no as soon as I know its nature..." Two horizontal folds; very good condition..... More
John Gielgud: Camera Studies by Gordon Anthony
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
Charles Macklin: An Actor's Life
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
Chagall: Dreams and Drama. Early Russian Works and Murals for the Jewish Theatre
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
Towards a New Theatre: Edward Gordon Craig & Hamlet
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
Asimov's Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan
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
Typed Letter Signed
Durham, NY: 1966. T.L.S with a holograph postscript, 4to., 1 page, personal letterhead, Durham, New York, July 1st 1966, to literary agent and physician William Amburn concerning promotional appearances for his book, in part: "...Mrs. Prashker tells me that you have inherited me as a patient and a client, and I hope you don't regret it before we are through. If you have not already sent me a copy of the printed book to this address I would be greatly..... More
Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart
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
Anna Cora: the Life and the Theatre of Anna Cora Mowatt.
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
Framed Signed Photo-postcard
1905. Vintage 5.25 x 3.25-inch postcard featuring a three-quarters bust-portrait of the actress with an intense look, no place, no date, circa 1905. Boldly signed in full across the bottom of the photo. Small crease in the upper right corner, but still in very good condition. Float-mounted on a dark gray background, matted in white, and set in a white wooden frame measuring 9.25 x 7 inches. More
The Teachings of Don B.: Satires, Parodies, Fables, Illustrated Stories, and Plays
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
Autograph Letter Signed
A.L.S. 8vo. 1 page, mourning stationary, c. 1880's, providing a letter of condolence, in full: "I must send you a line today how very deeply we all feel for you and with you - I am more sorry for you. Please be assured your fullest sympathy & believe me - Your's most truly." Two minor sport - otherwise in fine condition. American actress who became successful in Great Britain, especially with lead parts under the direction of Henry Irving... More
The Satiric and the Didactic in Ben Jonson's Comedy
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
The Maides Tragedy
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
Footfalls
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
That Time
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
Film: Complete Scenario, Illustrations, Production Shots
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
Heroes and Heroines of Bitter Sweet.
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
Jacobowsky and the Colonel
New York: Random House, 1944. Original Play by Franz Werfel; American Play based on same by S.N. Behrman. Frontispiece and other black-and-white photographs. 177 pages, 12mo, light grayish-green cloth (bottom right corner bumped), dust wrapper (heavily worn and chipped; spine faded). New York: Random House, (1944). Second printing. A very good(-) copy in a good dust wrapper. Inscribed by Behrman to Goddard Lieberson (1911 - 1977), the president of Columbia Records, on the front free endpaper: "For Goddard -- If..... More