New York: Cameron & Buckley, 1916. 4to, 12 leaves (7 photo-engraved), self wrappers, ribbon-tied; fine. Portrait of Crane on the front, 10 illustrations of Crane in character (John Falstaff and David Harum among them). William H. Crane (b. 1845-1928) a prominent American actor who worked in opera, comedy, farce and..... More
New York: Barse & Hopkins, n.d., [ca. 1910-15]. Second impression, small 4to, pp. 53, [1]; pictorial title page, 12 plates after designs by Dudley, one full-page illustration and other smaller illustrations in the text; original green cloth-backed boards, gilt stamped on spine and upper cover; very good. Attractive edition of..... More
[New York: publisher not identified], 1852. Tall narrow broadside approx. 22" x 5½". Display type; some toning and wrinkling, else very good. Not found in OCLC. More
[Providence? 1824.]. Folio broadside (approx. 14" x 10"), previous folds, slight wrinkling; near fine. William Augustus Conway (1789-1828) was an English tragedian, and himself a tragic figure. Conway went to America after his performances were panned in the U.K. Nor did America warm to his acting. Conway then purportedly secluded..... More
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1972. 8vo, pp. [8], 101, [1]; 14 color illustrations from the performance (1 double page) on rectos and versos of 6 plates; fine in original white card wrappers with pictorial dust jacket. Shajiabang, first produced under the title Sparks Amid the Reeds, is a Chinese revolutionary..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. Edition limited to 1500 copies signed by Picasso (this, no. 912); 4to, pp. 117, [1]; 6 original etchings and numerous drawings in the text by Picasso; a fine copy in original pictorial paper-covered boards after a design by Picasso; without the original glassine..... More
Kjøbenhavn: Møller & Birck, 1831. 12mo, pp. [2], 128; text in Danish; contemporary marbled wrappers, removed from binding; good and sound. Arnesen (1808-1860) was an official in the ministry of finance in the Danish government. He was interested in theatre and wrote a number of comedies. More
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[n.p.]: [ca. 1939]. Stab-stitched book, 10.25 x 6 in; 2 juan in one volume; text in Traditional Chinese; 1, 1, 8, 9 leaves; original blue paper wrappers, title label on upper wrapper; creasing to top and bottom edges, scattered foxing, institutional stamps on final leaf, very good. A romantic drama..... More
London: published by the proprietor, J. Cole, Lincoln; and sold by J. Barker, Dramatic Repository, Great Russell Street; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; and Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster Row, 1818. First edition, 8vo, pp. iv, 37, [1] inserted engraved frontispiece and vignette title page, 12 engraved plates drawn and engraved..... More
London: John Murray, 1821. First edition, first issue (with speech on p. 151 beginning: "What crimes?"), 8vo, pp. [2], xxi, [1], 261, [1], [2], 6, [2] (10pp. ads); uncut and partially unopened; original drab paper-covered boards, paper label on spine; both spine and label partially perished, upper board starting, textblock..... More
London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street [printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars], 1821. First edition, first issue (with speech on p. 151 beginning: "What crimes?"), 8vo, pp. [2], xxi, [1], 261, [1], [2] ads; uncut and partially unopened; original blue paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfback, printed paper label on spine; spine with short..... More
Paris: Librairie théatrale, 1912. Edition limited to 30 copies on hollande paper, small 4to, but with duodecimo, octavo, and quarto-size gatherings, pp. [6], 236; original printed green wrappers and spine bound in at the back; contemporary quarter red goat over marbled boards, spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered in 2, t.e.g.;..... More
Dharma Publishing, [1987]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, [4], 155, [3]; color frontispiece; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. "The fifth century master Candragomin is regarded as one of the great teachers of the Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition. His plays were widely performed throughout the Indian subcontinent, and he was..... More
New York: Laurence J. Gomme, 1916. First edition, 12mo, pp. [10], 3-92; original green printed wrappers; wrapper edges chipped; otherwise very good. John Jay Chapman (1862-1933) was an American author and playwright. The publisher, Laurence Gomme, was the first president of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Assn. of America (ABAA). More
[New York]: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1910. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 7-76, [4]; original blue paper-covered boards; printed paper labels on cover and spine; t.e.g.; minor blemishes on cover; otherwise about fine. More
[New York]: University Settlement, 1908. Broadside advertisement, approx. 10" x 6"; listing the actors for two separate performances on Nov. 5th and 9th; near fine. The University Settlement was established in New York in 1886 to provide an all-around social resource for incoming immigrants, and was the first settlement house..... More
London: printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, Stationers’-Hall Court, Ludgate Street, 1822. 8vo, pp. xxiii, [1], 514, vii, [1]; tipped in at the front are 16 pages of Longman ads, paged 2, 2, 2, 10, the last dated July 1822; engraved frontispiece portrait; original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper..... More
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1939. 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 200; 14 plates; full blue cloth; boards sunned, hinges starting, owner's signature on half title, good. Four-page prospectus laid in. " 'Oriental England' is a careful and scholarly study of oriental influences in eighteenth-century England with special..... More
London: printed for James Asperne, at the Bible, Crown, and Constitution, Cornhill, 1804. First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], 444; stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait, large engraved tailpiece on p. [8], woodcut tailpiece at the end; original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, printed paper label on spine; overall soiling, label darkened; all..... More
London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row, 1805. First edition, 8vo, pp.64, [2]; removed from binding, wrappers wanting, title page separated; very good. More
London: Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1852. 8vo, pp. [1] frontispiece; xxxi, [1], 328; 12 engravings by George Cruikshank, frontispiece included; original blind-stamped purple cloth, gilt-decorated spine; binder's ticket of J. Cathers & Bro.; some ink stains along the spine; otherwise very good. Bookseller's ticket of J. Cathers..... More
London: William Harrison Ainsworth, Old Bond-Street, 1828. 8vo, pp. xxviii, 395, [1]; lithograph portrait frontispiece and 5 plates; contemporary (original?) blue-green paper-covered boards, tan paper shelfback, printed paper label on spine; spine darkened and scratched, boards lightly soiled and toned, upper hinge starting, lightly foxed, good or better. On the..... More
Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1966. First edition, British issue; 8vo, pp. x, [4], 217, [1]; pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings; a near fine copy in a dust jacket showing a few small chips. More
New York: H. Grau, reprinted from the English libretto published and sold by Chappell & Co., London, [1885?]. Early American edition (other editions appeared in Cincinnati, Toronto, Chicago, and Buffalo, among others), 8vo, pp. 40; original pink pictorial wrappers a little chipped, but generally good or better. More
[Iowa City: 1973]. 11" 8½ letterpress broadside on yellow paper; pinholes at the top, else fine. Designed and printed by Allan Kornblum. Not in OCLC. More
