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: 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.....
Connecticut: New Directions, 1941. Kent, Rockwell. First Trade Edition. Hard Cover.
First trade edition thus (there was a limited edition of 100 copies). Jacket rubbed with some chips and some tears, jacket spine faded, rear jacket panel stained, jacket price-clipped. Bottom edge of rear board stained, edges of last few.....
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.
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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.....
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.....
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: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1968. First Thus. Large Hardcover.
First thus. A bit musty. Jacket lightly soiled, surface tears to jacket spine.
xxvii, 928 pp. Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies is the 1623 published collection of William Shakespeare's plays. Modern scholars commonly refer to it.....
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1875. Hard Cover.
No date, circa 1875. Pencil gift note dated Christmas 1889 on front endpaper.
ix, 828 pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth, black stamped decorations, gilt titles with portrait of Shakespeare in gilt on front board. An attractive and complete collection of William Shakespeare's writings.....
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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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.....
. 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.....