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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Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1918. Hardcover. Bound in grey paper covered boards with white spine. Gilt title to spine with gilt emblem to front board. Minor dampstaing to front cover and top edge of rear cover. Minor wear to edges of boards and corners. Foxing to fore-edge. Clean interior. A play in German. GER111051. Very Good. More about Die Menschenfreunde: Drama in Drei Akten
Cachan; A.E. Whily-Tell, circa 1950s. Pamphlet. Large format pamphlet for the Folies. Bright cover printed in full color and side-stapled. Mostly black and white photos of the performers and from the performances, but one central section of handcolored photos on glossy paper of the stage settings for La Traviata, Venise, La Grande Parade. Includes beautiful full color advertisements for various products such as Gordon's Gin, Coca Cola, and Vicompte de Castellane Epernay Champagne. Includes images of topless dancers in black and white. Note in blue pen to front tissue guard, else clean and bright. Oversized. Drama. DRA/7152. Very Good. More about Folies Bergere. Ce Souvenir (Souvenir Program
New York: Oxford University Press, 1967. Hardcover. G+/G+, lightly-soiled Dj/right-hand corner of front free endpaper cut-out, else Vg/8vo./115 pp. Russian History. RUS2/5112. Good +. More about The Unfinished Revolution: Russia, 1917-1967
New York: Samuel French, No date, circa late 1800s. Paperback. SCARCE. Very Good in yellow paper wraps with black title to front wrapper and to spine. Slight soiling to front wrapper. Minor foxing to margins. Text is clean and bright. 22 pages. Drama. DRA1/8211. Very Good. More about The Lady and the Devil. French's Standard Drama No. 238, The Acting Edition
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1969. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./contents bright & clean/267 pp. Russian History. RUS12/5132. Very Good. More about The Unperfect Society: Beyond the New Class
Stanford: Published for the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace by Stanford University Press, 1966. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./256 pp. Russian History. RUS2/5062. Very Good. More about The Revolutionary Internationals (1864-1943
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./353 pp./contents bright & clean/first-hand report on Soviet courts from an American point of view. Russian History. RUS6/5132. Very Good. More about Justice in Moscow (1st Edition
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Hardcover. Nf/Nf Dj/8vo./illus./305 pp. Russian History. RUS9/5082. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. More about Nicholas II: The Last of the Tsars
New York: Harper and Row, 1969. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Vg/Vg Dj/thick 8vo./499 pp./contents bright, crisp, and clean. Russian History. RUS19/5132. Very Good. More about Russia's Road from Peace to War: Soviet Foreign Relations, 1917-194
B.C, Canada: University of Victoria, 1988. Paperback. No. 41 of the ELS Monograph Series. SCARCE. Near fine in beige paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper and to spine. Minor rubbing and edgewear to exterior. Pristine interior. 244 pages. DRA/060816. Near Fine. More about Lemon, Dickens, and Mr. Nightingale's Diary: A Victorian Farce
New York: Nut Shell Publishing Co., 1901. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in brown pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and design. Wear at spine extremites and along rear hinge; corners a bit bumped. Chipping to edge of front free end page. Light foxing throughout though text remains clean and bright. Black and white illustrations throughout. Humor. HUMOUR01/012800. Very Good. More about Around the Pan with Uncle Hank. His Trip through the Pan American Exposition
London: The Society for Theatre Research, 1967. Softcover. First Edition. A comprehensive bibliography of Craig, the multi-talented theater designer, producer, actor, and writer. Included are books by and illustrated by Craig; texts of plays he produced, periodical contributions, and play programs. In stiff yellow paper wrappers with title to spine and cover. In very good condition. 117 pages. BOB/111516. Very Good. More about Edward Gordon Craig: A Bibliography
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1945. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in very good red dust jacket with yellow title to front and spine panels. Humor. HUM110311. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More about Can You Top This?
London: The Bibliographical Society, 1959. Paperback. Very good+ in grey paper wraps with black ltitle to front cover. Pristine interior. 41 pages. Drama. DRA107071. Very Good+. More about Thomas J. Wise and the Pre-Restoration Drama
Concord: Production Committee, 1935. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author and dated April 18, 1936. Bound in full red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Slight browning to margins of textblock and minor browning to endpapers, else clean and bright. 101 pages. DRA/031617. Very Good. More about The Drama of Concord: A Pageant of Three Centuries. A Part of the Tercentenary Celebration of the...
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1983. Hardcover. Ist English Edition. 8vo. Near fine in very good+ illustrated price clipped dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Minor fading to spine panel and light edgewear to dust jacket. contents bright, crisp and clean. 194 pages. Russian History. RUS21/5132. Near Fine in Very Good + DJ. More about Behind Russian Lines
London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1927. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Clean, tight interior. White dust jacket with red title to spine. Minor smudging to jacket. Brown protective cloth jacket over white jacket. Brown jacket has a maroon leather and gilt title label to spine. A few small scuff marks to title label. 190 pages. An attractive copy in excellent condition. LIT/080506. Fine / Very Good. More about Castles in Spain and Other Screeds
London: Duckworth, 1929. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Signed and numbered by Galsworthy. 571 of 1250 copies. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Clean, tight interior printed on handmade paper. Minor foxing to foredge and a few spots of foxing to rear endpages, else fine. Bookplate to front pastedown. 1150 pages. DRA/071306. Near Fine. More about The Plays of John Galsworthy
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in black cloth backed yellow paper covered boards with title label to front board and to spine. Minor edgewear to boards. Spine title label faded. Previous owner's name to front free end page. Minor browning to edges of pages. Else is clean and bright with illustrations and music throughout. 93 pages. Drama. DRA03/012100. Very Good. More about The Beggar's Opera
Yale University Press, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. "Head of the secret police from 1937 to 1938, N.I. Yezhov was a foremost Soviet leader during these years, second in power only to Stalin himself. Under Yezhov's orders, millions of arrests, imprisonments, deportations, and executions were carried out" (jacket). Fine in red paper covered boards with black title to spine. In black dust jacket with white title to spine panel. Light rubbing to jacket, else fine. Clean and bright interior. 283 pages. RUS/050919. Fine / Fine. More about Yezhov: The Rise and Fall of Stalin's "Iron Fist"
London: Chappell & Co., Ltd., No date (circa 1911). Paper Wrappers. 8vo. Side-stapled beige paper wrapper with grey title to front panel. Minor wear to edges of panels. Closed tear along spine, though binding remains secure. Clean, bright interior with minor browning to edges of some pages. 48 pages. DRA/100306. Very Good. More about Princess Ida; or Castle Adamant
Centerville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1991. Hardcover. Inscribed By Author. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Maroon cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Author's inscription to front free end page. Very clean interior with tight binding, though there is a stamp and crossed out number on the title page indicating that the book had once belonged to a historical society. The stamp has been crossed out with a black marker that has bled though to the dedication page. Else is in fine condition with photographic illustrations throughout. Maroon and black dust jacket with illustration that wraps around spine panel. Black title to front panel and Maroon title to spine panel of dust jacket. Very slight edgewear to dust jacket. DRAMA/071305. Near Fine / Near Fine. More about The James Adams Floating Theatre
Centerville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1991. Hardcover. 8vo. Maroon cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior with illustrations throughout. Illustrated maroon and black price clipped dust jacket with black title to front panel and maroon title to spine panel. Index, 288 pages. DRA/031912. Fine in Near Fine DJ. More about The James Adams Floating Theatre
New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1964. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Vg/Good Dj with small edge tears and soiling/8vo./245 pp. Russian History. RUS20/5132. Very Good. More about After the Cossacks Burned Down the Y
New York: Saxton, Torrey & Co., 1870. Paperback. Pale blue paper wraps, with illustration of Marie Seebach on front cover. Back cover is missing. Small holes to edges of pages, but mostly only to cover and and first 10 pages. Minor browning to pages but text remains bright. In both English and German. 52 pages. Drama. DRAMA01/110399. Very Good -. More about Faust. A Tragedy in Three Acts. As Performed by Mme Marie Seebach, and Her Dramatic Company, in...