Boston: Little Brown and Co., 1861. Hardcover. Volume 12 only. [2], 487 p.; 21 cm. Dark brown bead-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Pages are unopened. Armorial bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Wm. Curtis Noyes. William Curtis Noyes (1805-1864) was an important jurist in New York State. This is..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1931. Hardcover. xlii, [2], 118 p.; 19 cm. Dark green cloth with paper spine label printed in green. No dust jacket. A satirical comedy about politics, written by Shaw shortly after finishing his nonfiction The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism. Former owner's inscription at lower..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1921. Hardcover. ciii, [3], 300 p.; 20 cm. Dark green cloth with printed paper spine label. No dust jacket. First edition (issued simultaneously with the English edition). Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Ellen Lewinhaupt. June 1921." Ellen Bayard (1869-1932), a member of the prominent Bayard family of..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1911. Hardcover. [6], xcii, 443, [1] p.; 20 cm. Dark green cloth with printed paper spine label. No dust jacket (as issued). Publisher's advertisement for the author's works on half title verso. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Ellen Lewenhaupt. March 1911." A few pencilled marginal marks in..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1907. Hardcover. lxii, [2], 311 p.; 20 cm. Dark green cloth with paper spine label with title in black and red. Contents: Preface for Politicians -- John Bull's Other Island -- How He Lied to Her Husband -- Major Barbara. Front free endpaper inscribed: "Ellen Lewenhaupt ?odd..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1905. Hardcover. xxxvii, [5], 244 p.; 20 cm. Dark green cloth with printed paper spine label. No dust jacket (as issued). "Reprinted twice November, 1905." Contents: Man and Superman -- The Revolutionist's Handbook -- Maxims for Revolutionists. With: two clippings about Leo Tolstoy's comments to Shaw about..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1904. Hardcover. First printing: "Published May, 1904." xxxvii, [5], 244 p.; 20 cm. Very dark blue-green cloth with printed paper spine label. No dust jacket (as issued). Contents: Man and Superman -- The Revolutionist's Handbook -- Maxims for Revolutionists. Former owner's inscription at front free endpaper: "Pierce..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1914. Hardcover. xliicxxvi, 245 p.; 20 cm. Dark green cloth with paper spine label with title: Fanny's First Play and The Dark Lady of the Sonnets. No dust jacket. Very small label on back fixed endpaper: Hochschild, Kohn & Co. Hochschild, Kohn & Co. was a department..... More
Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone and Co., 1904. Hardcover. xxxi, [3], 244, [2] p.; 20 cm. Dark blue-green cloth; paper spine label with title in red and black. No dust jacket. Copyright 1898. Inscribed on front free endpaper by former owner: "Pierce Reynolds, Apr. 25, 1904." Possibly Pierce..... More
Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone and Co., 1901. Hardcover. xxxviii, 315, [3] p.; 20 cm. Dark green cloth; paper spine with title in red and black. One page of publisher's advertisements for other works by Shaw follows text. Copyright 1900. Contents: The Devil's Disciple -- Caesar and Cleopatra..... More
Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone and Co., 1904. Hardcover. [2], xxxviii, 315, [5] p.; 20 cm. Dark green cloth; paper spine with title in red and black. One page of publisher's advertisements for other works by Shaw follows text. Copyright 1900. Contents: The Devil's Disciple -- Caesar and..... More
London: Constable and Co., 1927. Hardcover. This is the Aug. 1927 reprinting of the Pocket Edition 1926. v, [1], 246 p.; 18 cm. Full brown calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled author and title on leather labels in first and third compartments. Top page edges gilt. Marbled..... More
Dublin: William Jones, 1793. "Printed by William Porter." [9], 126-190 p.; 18 cm. Disbound. Not in ESTC. Includes the Prologue by Richard Fitzpatrick. Scarce. In Good Condition: disbound; tear along gutter in title page, archivally repaired; faint dampstain along edges of final leaves; occasional soiling... More
Dublin: William Jones, 1793. "Printed by William Porter." [11], 202-317, [1] p.; 18 cm. Disbound. Not in ESTC. Includes two Prologues and one Epilogue by the author. Scarce. In Good Condition: disbound; first two leaves detached but present; occasional soiling. More
Dublin: William Jones, 1792. "Printed by William Porter." 113, [3] p.; 18 cm. Signatures: A-E12 -E11, E12 (12mo). Disbound. Lacking portrait. ESTC, N21602. Includes the Prologue by Mr. Garrick, spoken by Mr. King, and the Epilogue by George Colman, spoken by Mrs. Abington as Lady Teazle. In Good Condition: disbound;..... More
Dublin: William Jones, 1793. "Printed by William Porter." [7], 326-408 p.; 18 cm. Disbound. Not in ESTC. Includes the Prologue by David Garrick, spoken by Mr. King. Scarce. In Good Condition: disbound; pp. 407-8 detached but present; faint dampstain along lower edges of first leaves; occasional soiling... More
New York: Stage Publishing Co., 1936. Paperback. 88 p.: illustrations; 36 cm. Color photograph on front cover of Lynn Fontanne in Idot's Delight. Contents include: Beasts in the Woods by Laurence Stallings -- The Lunts by Robert E. Sherwood -- Scenes You Never See by Richard Lockridge -- Hollywood Helmsmen..... More
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Paperback. xxv, [1], 244 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contains articles by Warren I. Susman, David Culbert, Marica Landy, Susan Courtney, Robert Sklar, David Eldridge, Mark W. Roche, Vittorio Hosle, Nicholas J. Cull, J. E. Smyth, Robert Rosenstone, Ian Scott, and Vera..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1989. Paperback. [6], 250 p., [16] p. of illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Stated First Edition. Soderbergh's "in-depth account of the film's origins and meanings, and how he brought to the screen the most widely acclaimed movie of the year. Includes the original..... More
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New York: G. Schirmer, 1957. Paperback. Libretto by Antonio Somma, adapted from Eugene Scribe's 'Gustave ou Le Bal Masque'; English translation by Peter Paul Fuchs. vii, 20, 20, [1] p.; 27 cm. Brown paper covers. At head of front cover: Metropolitan Opera. Contains Italian text on left-hand pages and English..... More
New York: Random House, 1936. Hardcover. [4], 215 p.; 21 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Red and white dust jacket. Publisher's advertisement of Random House plays on back section of dust jacket. Contains two plays, Boy Meets Girl, which opened at the Cort Theatre in New York City..... More
Washington, D.C. University Press of America, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. vi, 425 p.; 22 cm. Paperback. Includes indices. First Edition. "Both the media and the Presidency are analyzed as institutions; then the relationship between them is examined in depth, with emphasis on the actual linkage between the two which focuses..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1973. Paperback. Approx. 350 pages: illustrations; 25 cm. Paperback. Erich von Stroheim wrote and directed the silent film Greed in 1924, based on the novel McTeague by Frank Norris. The original film, one of the first films to be shot entirely on location..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. Hardcover. x, [2], 384 p.: illustrations, music; 24 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title; brown paper over boards. Dust jacket designed by David Gatti. First Edition. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Near Fine- Condition: upper edge..... More
Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Français, 1924. Paperback. 44, [2] p.; 16 cm. Plain wrappers printed in black. Front wrapper reproduces title page; back wrapper bears series list for Répertoire du Vieux-Colombier, of which this title is no. 22. "Acheve d'imprimer le 7 Juin 1924 par F. Paillart a...... More