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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State College, PA: The Carnation Press, 1969. Hardcover. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author. 8vo. Fine in a very good+, price-clipped white illustrated dust jacket with brown title to front and spine panels. Dust jacket slightly browned at spine, as well as minor edgewear. Author's inscription to title page. Else is clean and bright.163 pages. Drama. DRA1/02121. Fine / Very Good+. More about Esther
Frederick Fell Inc., 1946. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Very good in brick red cloth with gilt title to front baorda nd gilt and black title to spine. Slight bumping to spine ends. Author's inscription to front free end page. Light browning to end pages. Pages yellowed. Illustrations throughout. 336 pages. Humor. HUM1/5250. Very Good. More about From Gags to Riches
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1917. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor fading to gilt on spine and minor bumping to spine ends. Presentation copy from editor to publisher. Inscription to front free end page. Else is clean and bright with illustrations. Tight binding. 206 pages. Drama. DRA1/6270. Very Good. More about Comedia Famosa de las Burlas Veras
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1971). Hardcover. SIGNED BY PEARL BAILEY. 8vo. Very good in very good white illustrated dust jacket with white title to front panel and orange title to spine. Minor edgewear to dust jacket. Minor foxing to end pages and minor musty smell throughout. Author's signature to front free end page. 233 pages. DRA/032219. Very Good / Very Good. More about Talking to Myself
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
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984. Hardcover. Fine in very good white dust jacket with red title to front and spine panels. 8vo. First edition, signed by the author. With original drawing signed by Baltimore painter Reuben Kramer. 268 pages. Humor. HUM1/4252. Fine in Very Good DJ. More about Wits and Sages 1ST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY WITH ORIGINAL NEAR FULL-PAGE SKETCH BY ARTIST...
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1940. Hardcover. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "Inscribed to Audrey Long / with best wishes and love, / Bernice Kelly Harris". Audrey Long was a movie actress of the 40s and 50s. This is Harris' second book, following her novel Purslane. North Carolina author. Bound in tan cloth boards with dark green title to spine and front cover. Browning of the half-title and title-page from acid migration from the frontispiece, otherwise fine. In brown and blue illustrated dust jacket with blue title to spine panel. The jacket is rubbed and chipped with silverfish markings on the rear panel and fading to spine panel. 294 pages. DRA/102516. Very Good / Very Good. More about Folk plays of Eastern Carolina
Ireland: Gallery Press, (1993). Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. An adaption of Chekhov's masterpiece in which Kilroy has transported the story from Russia to West Ireland. Kilroy's first novel "The Big Chapel" was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won both the Guardian Fiction Prize and the Heinemann Award. Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior with tight binding. Grey dust jacket with white title to spine. 87 pages. DRA/012908. Fine / Fine. More about The Seagull
Newark, DE: Proscenium Press, 1978. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 1 of 100 copies. Magee (1939 - ) received the Rooney Prize in Irish literature in 1976. Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior with tight binding. Pink dust jacket with black title to spine and front panel. Minor fading to spine of jacket. 75 pages. DRA/012908. Near Fine / Near Fine. More about Hatchet
Ireland: Gallery Press, 1994. Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. McGuinness (1953 - ), an accomplished Irish playwright, began his career as a poet. This collection marks his return to poetry. Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior with tight binding. Purple dust jacket with grey title to spine. 85 pages. POE/012908. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. More about Booterstown
Ireland: Gallery Books, 1992. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior with tight binding. Tan dust jacket with white title to spine and illustration to front panel. 85 pages. DRA/011608. Fine in Fine DJ. More about Moonshine
New York: Random House, 1992. Hardcover. First edition signed by author. Mint in fine price-clipped d.j.; author formerly worked on Soviet State Television; 220 pp. Russian History. RUS/1313. Fine. More about Eyewitness. A Personal Account of the Unraveling of the Soviet Union
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1956. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY. Vg/Vg Dj with moderate edgewear/8vo./222 pp. China. CHINA10/5092. Very Good. More about Four Years in a Red Hell: The Story of Father Rigney
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