Russia: Broken Idols, Solemn Dreams
New York: Times Books, 1983. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./404 pp. Russian History. RUS29/5082. Very Good. More about Russia: Broken Idols, Solemn Dreams
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The First
1981. Paperback. Unpublished musical script. Act I only with dialog, songs, and stage directions, but no musical scores. Blue edgeworn wrappers with gilt title to front wrapper and punch binding. A few words written in marker and pencil to title page. Else is clean and bright. Unpaginated. Drama. DRA/082108. Near Fine. More about The First
The Victors' Dilemma: Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War 1917-1920
New York: Weybright and Talley, 1970. Hardcover. 1st American Edition; VG+ red linen boards in VG Dj; illus endpapers; frontispiece; index; 392 pp. Russian History. RUS/10212. Very Good. More about The Victors' Dilemma: Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War 1917-1920
Simon's Directory of Theatrical Materials, Services, and Information. Fourth Edition
New York: Package Publicity Service, 1970. Paperback. 8vo. Red and white paper wrappers with white title to front wrapper and to spine.. Minor edgewear to wrappers. Interior is clean and bright. 320 pages. DRA/090716. Very Good. More about Simon's Directory of Theatrical Materials, Services, and Information. Fourth Edition
The Russian Intelligentsia.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./98 pp. Russian History. RUS27/5082. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More about The Russian Intelligentsia
Our Changing Theatre.
New York: Dial Press, 1931. Hardcover. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. 8vo. Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with very faded gilt title to spine. Author's inscription to front free end page. Else is clean and bright with several illustrations including frontis of O'Neill. 327 pages. DRA/112241. Very Good. More about Our Changing Theatre
Stalin's Guerrillas: Soviet Partisans in World War II
Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, (2006). Hardcover. SCARCE. 8vo. Maroon cloth covered boards with white title to the spine. Pristine interior with illustrations throughout. Red illustrated dust jacket with yellow title to front panel and to spine. Bibliography, index, 409 pages. RUS/122707. Fine in Fine DJ. More about Stalin's Guerrillas: Soviet Partisans in World War II
The "Russian" Civil Wars 1916 - 1926: Ten Years that Shook the World
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Hardcover. "This volume offers a comprehensive and original analysis and reconceptualization of the compedium of struggles that wracked the collapsing Tsarist empire and the emergent USSR, profoundly affecting the history of the twentieth century" (jacket). Fine in grey cloth boards with silver title to spine. Clean and bright. In green illustrated dust jacket with whtie title to front and spine panels. 423 pages. RUS/050919. Fine / Fine. More about The "Russian" Civil Wars 1916 - 1926: Ten Years that Shook the World
The Cricket on the Hearth: A Drama in Three Acts
New York: Samuel French & Son, No date. Circa 1859. Paperback. Very good in original yellow paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Minor edgewear to exterior inclused creasing, chipping, and a few small closed tears. Previous owner's address written in 19th-century scrawl to front wrapper and to title page. occasional markings in pencil to text. Text is bright. The play was dramatized by Smith with the express permission of Dickens. Drama. DRA8/4042. Very Good. More about The Cricket on the Hearth: A Drama in Three Acts
Which is Which? A Comedietta, in One Act. French's Acting Edition.
London and New York: Samuel French, No date, Circa late 1800s. Paperback. Very good in original pink wrappers with black title to front wrapper and to spine. French's Acting Edition Minor edgewear includes small open tear to bottom right corner of front wrapper and chipping to foot of spine. 28 pages. Drama. DRA2/3202. Very Good. More about Which is Which? A Comedietta, in One Act. French's Acting Edition
The Pattern of Soviet Power
New York: Random House, 1945. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj in mylar/8vo./illus./219 pp. Russian History. RUS30/5082. Very Good. More about The Pattern of Soviet Power
Two Slatterns and a King
Cincinnati, 1921. Paperback. NF in original wraps. First edition; pp. 18, plus ads in the rear; dimensions: 7 1/2 x 5 1/4. Filed in poetry. Drama, Poetry. POE06070. Near Fine. More about Two Slatterns and a King
Aria da Capo. A Play in One Act. The Chapbook, No.14, August 1920.
London: The Chapbook, 1920. Paperback. First English edition. Very good in original blue paper wrappers with black decorative advertisement to front wrapper. Minor fading to edges. Interior very clean, no foxing and only lightly yellowed. 24 pages. In wraps. Drama DRA/3113. Very Good. More about Aria da Capo. A Play in One Act. The Chapbook, No.14, August 1920
Two Slatterns and a King.
Cincinnati: Stewar Kidd Company, 1921. Paperback. First edition, Near Fine in original green & white paper wrappers, side-stapled. Light yellowing to edges of wrappers. Clean, bright interior. Tightly bound. 18 pages plus ads in the rear. dimensions: 7 1/2 x 5 1/4. Part of the Stewart Kidd Modern Plays Series, Edited by Frank Shay. In wraps. Drama. DRA/12103. Near Fine. More about Two Slatterns and a King
Three Letters form Stalin: Message on the First Anniversary of Lenin's Death, Letter to Pravda, Entry in the Visitors' Book of the Dynamo Works
Paper Wrappers. 8vo. Beige paper wrappers with red and brown title to front panel. Interior is unbound. Three cardstock pages with tipped-in letter in Russian and an accompanying page in English; presumably a translation. 6 pages. RUS/101804 World history in wraps. Very Good. More about Three Letters form Stalin: Message on the First Anniversary of Lenin's Death, Letter to Pravda,...
Plain and Fancy
New York: Random House, 1955. Hardcover. 8vo. In tan cloth covered boards with green stamping to spine and front cover with b/w illustrated paste-down to front board. In green and white price-clipped DJ. DJ in mylar sleeve. Interior is marked in pencil with production marks. 176pp. DRA/080906. Very Good in Very Good dj. More about Plain and Fancy
Cauldron of Hell: Tunguska
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1977). Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very good gray paper covered boards with white title to spine. Interior is clean and bright with photographic illustrations throughout. In very good- yellow dust jacket with black and red title to front and spine panels. Minor edge wear to dust jacket and 1 closed tear to the front panel. Index, 216 pages. Russian History. RUS/10212. Very Good in Very Good- DJ. More about Cauldron of Hell: Tunguska
Famous Actors of the Day in America
Boston: L. C. Page and Company, 1900. Hardcover. 8vo. Maroon cloth covered boards with gilt title and lovely illustrations to front board. Darkening to gilt title and illustrations on spine. Minor chipping to cloth at head of spine and minor bumping to corners and foot of spine. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste down and inscription to front free end page. Minor foxing to end pages. Pages are slight brittle. Else is clean and bright with wonderful photographic illustrations of every actor. Index, 354 pages. DRA/091317. Very Good. More about Famous Actors of the Day in America
Broccoli and Old Lace
New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., [1931]. Hardcover. First edition. Satirical pieces by a humorist associated with the Algonquin Round Table and longtime contributor to The New Yorker. Black cloth titled in white on the spine and front cover. Lettering on the spine partially flaked, otherwise uncommonly bright without dust jacket. 285 pages. HUM/101916. Near Fine. More about Broccoli and Old Lace
Inside the Soviet Army
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc., 1982. Hardcover. Very Good+ hardcover in very good+ black and silver dust jacket with red title to front panel and to black spine panels. Interior is clean and bright with several maps throughout. Index, 296 pages. Russian History. RUS/10252. Very Good + in Very Good + DJ. More about Inside the Soviet Army
Inside the Soviet Army.
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1982. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Vg/Vg Dj/owner name to front free endpaper/otherwise clean and bright/8vo./296 pp. Russian History. RUS25/5082. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More about Inside the Soviet Army
The Liberators: My Life in the Soviet Army
New York: Norton, 1981. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./202 pp. Russian History. RUS26/5082. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More about The Liberators: My Life in the Soviet Army
Longitude 49
New York: New Playwrights, Inc, (1952). Hardcover. Cloth Boards. 8vo. Grey paper covered boards with maroon title to spine and front board. Minor wear to corners and spine ends. Interior is very clean. Illustrated endpages. Brown and white illustrated dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Minor chipping and several small open tears to edges of dust jacket. Minor fading to spine panel. 88 pages. DRA/032304. Very Good / Very Good Minus. More about Longitude 49
Moscow Spring.
New York: Summit Books, 1989. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./301 pp. Russian History. RUS13/5082. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More about Moscow Spring
Philip van Artevelde; A Dramatic Romance, in two parts. Volume I only
Cambridge: James Munroe and Company, 1835. Hardcover. Original embossed dark green cloth with tan title label to spine. Heavy rubbing and chipping to title label, although the black title remains legible. Wear to spine ends and corners. Minor foxing throughout. Signed by previous owner in pen to front end pages. 259 pages. DRA/080808. Very Good. More about Philip van Artevelde; A Dramatic Romance, in two parts. Volume I only