London: Taylor and Hessey, 1824. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover.
First English translation. Binder's copy. Front board loosening but still holding, half of backstrip missing.
xxxvi, 179 pp. Translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, A.M., with notes. The Birds (Greek: Ὄρνιθες, translit. Órnithes) is a comedy by the.....
New York: Barse & Co. / National Broadcasting Co., Inc., 1931. Politzer, Irving (jacket art). First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss from corners, two closed 1 inch jacket tears, one with several associated creases (top edge of rear panel), edges faintly foxed.
250 pp.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Held, John. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition, one of 7650 copies (Bruccoli A10.I.a). Lacks scarce jacket. Middle portion of spine faded, minimal diminishment of gilt titles on spine - a common problem with this edition (this copy is better than we usually see).....
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company / J.J. Little & Ives Company, 1928. Darcy, [Lyse]. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First English translation. Boards faintly foxed, 1 inch closed tear to front jacket corner with tiny associated chip, jacket spine faded.
xvi, [4], 16-147, [1] pp. 8vo. An English translation.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition in original jacket. Owner bookplate on front endpaper.
131, [3] pp. 8vo. The play inspired by Helen Keller's memoir The Story of My Life, originally aired as a TV drama on CBS in 1957; the Broadway production won.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket spine stained, jacket edges rubbed with one inch by one inch chip to spine head.
654 pp. "Ben Hecht (/hɛkt/; February 28, 1894[1] – April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist.....
Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton & J. Balfour, W. Gray & W. Peter. 1757. Soft Cover.
First Edinburgh edition (ESTC N388), published simultaneously with the London edition. Engraved illustrated mounted inside front wrapper. First two pages and last page lightly spotted and creased, small internal tear to epilogue page.
74.....
New York / Cambridge: Dodd, Mead and Company / University Press: John Wilson and Son, 1899. [Creifelds, Richard]. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1899 reprint. Owner bookplate with initials M.A.S. on front endpaper, front hinge just beginning to weaken.
199 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles and elaborate gilt floral borders around blue.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. First American Edition. Hard Cover.
First American editions, both volumes printed in editions of 550 copies from the sheets of the English edition (Phillips pp. 46-7; Edel & Laurence A42b and A44b; BAL 10608 and 10611). Spines and edges toned, front hinge of each.....
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London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green. 1863. First Edition. Half-Leather.
First edition. Professionally rebound in half leather by McNamee Binder, Cambridge. Spine toned, top corner lightly discolored, edges rubbed, ink name on front free endpaper verso.
582, [6] pp. 8vo. Green leather spine and corners, marbled boards and endpapers.....
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Paris: Librairie Fischbacher, 1890. Full-Leather.
bookplate of Rowland Hazard, a member of a prominent Rhode Island family (there were five Rowlands, three of whom were alive when this book was printed) on front paste-down endpaper, pencil note on front free endpaper verso, some pages very lightly foxed.
288 pp. French.....
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1927. Limited Edition. Hard Cover.
Limited Artists' Edition, #389 of 500 copies. Includes publisher's slipcase. Signed by author on limitation page, signed by Deems Taylor on fold-out score facsimile. Near fine book in good slipcase with split along bottom slipcase seams and some.....
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1980. Storey, Barron. Limited Edition. Full-Leather.
Signed by author without inscription on front flyleaf. An exceptional copy.
437 pp. 8vo. Dark grey full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. A collection of plays by the American playwright.....
London: Macmillan London Limited, 1981. First UK Edition. Hard Cover.
First UK edition. Lacks slipcase. Both volumes: Jacket edges bumped, page ridges lightly foxed.
vi, 666; vi, 680 pp. Two volume set. Sean O'Casey, original name John Casey, (born March 30, 1880, Dublin, Ire.—died Sept. 18, 1964, Torquay, Devon, Eng.).....
London: William Mackenzie, 1888. Paton, J. Noel. Facsimile. Large Hardcover.
Hinges weakening, rear board and end matter of Histories volume stained, rear flyleaf of Histories volume removed, some loss from corners, front and end matter foxed. Overall a good set, but Histories is fair. A good candidate for restoration.
Complete.....
New York: The Heritage Press, 1958. Ardizzone, Edward; Farleigh, John; Parker, Agnes Miller. Reissue. Hard Cover.
All volumes include publisher's slipcase. Sandglass inserts Numbers I:23, VIII:23, XIV:23 laid in. A few scuffs to slipcases, spines a bit toned.
Complete in three volumes, with individual publisher's slipcases. Woodcut illustrations by Edward.....
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1892. Gregory, Frank M. Limited Edition. Hard Cover.
Limited large paper edition, #135 of 250 copies, hand-numbered in ink on colophon. Lacks one watercolor plate. Binding a bit shaken, spine toned, ink name & date on front endpaper, two contemporary handmade bookmarks laid in
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1974. First UK Edition. Hard Cover.
First UK edition. Signed by author with inscription, "John, best wishes." Edges foxed, jacket reverse lighlty foxed, jacket price clipped.
ix, 262 pp. "In a play meant to be read, James Buchanan, 15th President of the U.S., relives his political and.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Two small tears along bottom edge of jacket rear, jacket edges very lightly rubbed. Page ridges lightly foxed.
344 pp. A novel by the well-known playwright, whose play I am a Camera became Bob Fosse's famous musical film.....
Leykam, Graz: S.N., 1921. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition - a paperback original. First gathering loose but included, 1/2 inch tear and a few light creases to back corner, minor loss from front corner.
143, [1] pp. Printed wrappers, photograph mounted on front wrapper. A play describing the fall.....
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1931. 4th Printing. Hard Cover.
First thus. 4th printing, following three printings under a different title. Includes scarce jacket with colorful headshot of the protagonist Babe Gordon (jacket art by 'Polly'). 1 inch tear to jacket base with minor loss from corners, rear jacket panel.....
Boston / New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1910. Yohn, F.C. [Frederick Coffey]. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First printing of the Illustrated Holiday Edition. Front hinge just beginning to weaken, edges rubbed and lightly foxed, pencil name and address on front endpaper.
327 pp. Original green cloth, gilt titles and.....
. S.N., 1973. Spiral-Bound Softcover.
Signed 'To Ginny McConnell, the best Mrs Fitzgerald there ever was or ever shall be. Alec Wilder' on inner margin of first page. McConnell's Pittsford NY address in blue ink on card taped to inside of front board. Boards a bit rubbed, minor notes on.....