May SALE: books in our Drama, Humor, and Russian History sections priced at $100 or less are 30% off!
This sale excludes artists' books, private press, and items sold on consignment. Additional items are available for sale in our open shop.
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[Mill Valley, California]: Illuminations Press, 1965. Paperback. First edition. Black dramatist's first book. Near fine in side-stapled paper wrappers with white title to front cover. Minor rubbing to covers, else fine. 31 pages. DRA/102616. Near Fine. More about How do you do, a nonsense drama
Novato (CA.): Presidio Press, 1990. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj with light edge and surface wear/8vo./308 pp./maps Russian History. RUS7/5132. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More about Inside Spetsnaz: Soviet Special Operations, a Critical Analysis
München: Fr. Bassermann, 1922-23. Hardcover. Most volumes are in very good condition with illustrated paper covers titled in white. Cartoon illustrations throughout text. Fipps, der Affe has complete paper loss to spine. Die Fromme has partial paper loss to spine. Maler, Plisch, Die Fromme, and Der Geburtstag all have partial paper loss to spines. Minor wear to edges, light rubbing to boards, and browning to edges of all volumes. Interiors are browned and pages are a bit brittle. Occasional closed tears and chips to interiors. In German. GER1/3222 This set may require an extra shipping fee. Very Good. More about Plisch und Plum, Der Geburtstag, Maler Kleckfel, Die Fromme Helene, Abenteuer eines Junggefellen,...
Munich: Verlag von Fr. Bassermann, 1924. Hardcover. With 1500 illustrations. Anniversary edition. Very good in light grey cloth boards with red title to spine and front cover. Minor wear to edges of boards and a few small chips to spine ends. Clean, bright interior with minor browning to margins. Filled with Busch's cartoons. In German. Size: Large quarto. 355 pages. GER/081904. Very Good. More about Wilhelm Busch Album, Humoristischer Hausschatz mit 1500 Bildern. Jubiläums Ausgabe
Boston: Walter H. Baker & Co., 1889. Pamphlet. Very good in orginal beige paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Minor browning to edge. Minor yellowing to pages. Text is clean and bright. 20 pages + ads. Drama. DRA/1313. Very Good. More about The Bat and The Ball or Negative Evidence. A Farce in One Act
New York: Random House, 1937. Hardcover. Signed by 6 members of the Irish cast including Jill Stern, John L. Kearney, Lloyd Gough, and Julia Haydon. 5th printing. Near fine in blue cloth with gilt lettering. Signed area of front endpaper discolored from laid in newsclipping about the performance. Else is clean and bright. 176 pages. Drama. DRA1/6120. Near Fine. More about Shadow and Substance
New York: Random House, 1937. Hardcover. Very good in Very good- brown and white dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Fading and dampstaining to spine. Wear to dust jacket includes browning and fading to spine panel and edges of dust jacket as well as minor chipping to edges. Minor browning to end pages. Else is clean and bright with wonderful woodcuts by Ian Flemming. 176 pages. Drama. DRA509271. Very Good / Very Good. More about Shadow and Substance: A Play in Four Acts
New York: Summit Books, 1990. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY FROM CERF. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./303 pp./contents bright, crisp, and clean Russian History. RUS5/5092. Very Good. More about Small Fires: Letters From the Soviet People to Ogonyok Magazine, 1987-1990
Boston: Rosemary Press, 1922. Paperback. 8vo. Blue wrappers with gilt title to front wrap. Minor fading to edges. Humor. HUM111101. Very Good in Wraps. More about To the Summit of Cardigan: Read Before the Chile Club, August 13, 1921
Salt Lake City: Gibbs M. Smith, 1987. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./illus./308 pp. Russian History. RUS3/5112. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More about Fall Out of Heaven: An Autobiographical Journey (1st Edition
New York: 1932. Paperback. Small 8vo. Off-white string bound paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Minor soiling and dampstaining to top edge and spine of wrappers. Minor dampstaining to inner, top, and bottom margins of pages though text remains bright. 16 pages. DRA/080917. Very Good -. More about The Blush of Shame: A Few Considerations on Verbal Obscenity in the Theater
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/many illustrations/8vo./312 pp. Russian History. RUS5/5082. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More about The Lost Fortune of the Tsars (1st American Edition
London: Richard Bentley, 1859. Hardcover. Two volumes. 3/4 red leather bound with red cloth covered boards. Gilt title and decoration as well as raised bands to spines. Minor rubbing to exteriors. Marbled endpapers. Light browning to edges of end pages. Very light foxing to first and last few pages. Inscription to front free end pages of both volumes. Else is clean and bright. Frontis engraving of Kean. Embroidered cloth bookmark laid into volume I. Vol. I: 368 pages, Vol. II: 398 pages. Drama. DRA4010201. Very Good. More about The Life & Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. Including a Summary of the English Stage...
New York: William Taylor and Company, No Date. Paperback. SCARCE. Very good-. Front wrapper and spine are missng. Rear wrapper is present. Light edgewear to title page (which acts as front wrapper. Text is clean and bright. 82 pages. Drama. DRA1/3222. Very Good. More about The Clandestine Marriage: A Comedy in Five Acts (Modern Standard Drama No. XXXVIII
Cincinnati, OH: Stuart Kidd Company Publishers, 1921. Hardcover. In three quarter dark brown leather with maroon linen covered boards with gilt borders and title stamp to spine. Minor wear to outer joints, edges, and corners. Slight soiling to page edges and gilt top edge. Marbled endpapers with a mostly clean and bright interior. Bookplate to front pastedown and owner inscription tipped in on rear flyleaf. 272 pages. DRA/040604. Very Good. More about The Provincetown Plays
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Very good in orange cloth covered boards with black and gilt title to spine. Minor browning to exterior hinges and to end pages. Minor bumping to spine ends. Else is clean and bright with photographic illustrations throughout. Illustrated price clipped dust jacket with red and black title to front panel and faded title to faded spine. Rubbing and minor chipping to dust jacket as well as browning to spine panel. Index, 371 pages. DRA/080317. Very Good / Very Good Minus. More about Present Indicative
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Very good in orange cloth covered boards with black and gilt title to spine. Minor browning to end pages. Inscription to previous owner on front free end page. Minor bumping to spine ends. Front hinge starting but binding remains tight. Newspaper clipping about the book laid in. Clipping has caused minor browning to half title page. Else is clean and bright with photographic illustrations throughout. Index, 371 pages. DRA/080917. Very Good. More about Present Indicative
New York: Hill and Wang, 1979. Paperback. 8vo. Very good in blue paper wrappers with white title to front wrapper and to spine. 90 pages. DRA/111618. Very Good. More about Billy Budd. Based on a novel by Herman Melville
New York: William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1978. Hardcover. 1st edition. Very good+ green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. In illustrated price clipped dust jacket with white title to spine. Illustrations throughout. Index, 349 pages. Russian Biography. RUS/10212. Very Good + in Very Good DJ. More about Catherine Empress of All the Russians
Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1980. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown paper covered boards with orange title to spine. Pristine interior. Illustrated cream colored dust jacketwith black title to front and spine panels. Minor fading to spine panel. 77 pages. DRA/081006. Fine / Near Fine. More about I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking it on the Road
New York: Columbia University Press, 1960. Hardcover. Vg in light grey boards/former owner presentation to front flyleaf, else contents bright, crisp and clean/8vo./318 pp. Russian History. RUS6/5112. Very Good. More about Soviet Conduct in World Affairs: A Selection of Readings
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1943. Hardcover. 2ND PRINTING Vg/Vg Dj/Few small dj edge tears, light foxing Russian History. RUS109271. Very Good. More about Soviet Russia's Foreign Policy: 1939-1942
New York: Macmillan, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Very good in navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor bumping to edges and corners and light rubbing to hinges. Previous owner's name written in pencil to front paste down. Else is clean and bright. 672 pages + ads at rear. Illustrated with 16 photographs. Augustin Daly, 1838-99, managed major theatres in New York and London, and wrote/adapted nearly 100 plays Drama. DRA9010201. Very Good. More about The Life of Augustin Daly
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Very good+ in very good black price clipped dust jacket with red title to front and spine panel. Minor edgewear to dust jacket. Interior is clean and bright. Index, 258 pages. Russian History. RUS5/5112. Very Good + in Very Good DJ. More about The Kremlin and the Cosmos (1st Edition
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (1980). First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine in very good+ illustrated black and white dust jacket with gilt title to front and spine panels. Pristine interior with illustrations included. Index, 278 pages. Russian History. RUS/1152. Fine / Very Good+. More about Fire and Water: A Life of Peter the Great