New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1985. Hardcover. Three volumes (complete) in publisher's slipcase, octavo size size, 1604 pp. While everyone knows the name "Ludwig von Beethoven" (1770-1827) and many of us have favourites amongst his musical compositions, very few of us can claim to know the man behind the..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. Grabhorn, Jane Bissell and Parker, Arvilla. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 550 copies (unnumbered), octavo size, 100 pp. This edition of "The Duke of Sacramento", one of the earliest plays printed in California, set from the only known copy then in Ed Grabhorn's possession..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. First publication of the play, duodecimo size, 194 pp. Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) wrote numerous novels and plays for both children and adults, but he is best known for "Peter Pan", a hugely successful play set in the magical world..... More
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San Francisco / New York: The Arion Press / Grove Press, 2006. Wiley, William T. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Artist book: Number 68 of 300, elephant folio size, [67] pp., signed by William T. Wiley, with prospectus and invitation to the publication party. Trade book: octavo size, 365 pp. Samuel Beckett..... More
Boston: James Loring, 1833. Hardcover. Sixteenmo size, 109 pp. Lowell Mason (1792-1872) was an influential figure in music education and church music in the United States during the nineteenth century. He composed many hymnal arrangements including those of "Joy to the World" and "Nearer, My God, to Thee", and wrote..... More
Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press, [1939]. Angelo, Valenti. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 200 copies, sixteenmo size, 23 unnumbered pp., signed by Valenti Angelo. American author Stephen Crane (1871-1900), best known for his Civil War novel "The Red Badge of Courage", wrote in the Realist and Naturalist styles;..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 79 pp. Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970) remains highly regarded today for his novels A Passage to India, Howard's End, and A Room with a View; in fact, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 13 different years..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), quarto size, 1617 total pp. From the website of the publisher: "The Encyclopedia's inclusive approach encompasses opera and film, dance and radio, and para-theatrical, non-dramatic performances including circuses and carnivals, and parades and public executions--providing truly extensive coverage from..... More
[New York]: The Limited Editions Club [printed at the Press of A. Colish], (1967). Kredel, Fritz. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 351 of 1500 copies, quarto size, 240 pp., signed by Fritz Kredel, with LEC Monthly letter and announcement. Ballads - or, "the singing of story" - have a long history..... More
[Oakland, California]: The Oakland Museum Art Department, 1973. Soft cover. Octavo size, 105 pp. A documentation, through interviews taken with leading Bay Area artists, of the pioneering era of San Francisco Abstract Expressionism. Artists interviewed for the book include Adolph ("Ad") Reinhardt (1913-1967), abstract painter active in New York beginning..... More
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, (2007). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, almost 3200 pp. for both volumes. Thomas Middleton (1580-1627), a contemporary of William Shakespeare, is often referred to as "our other Shakepeare", being the only other playwright to create acknowledged masterpieces in comedy, tragedy, and history. One of his plays, "A..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1999. Washburn, Stan. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 196 of 300 copies, quarto size, 111 pp., signed by Arthur Miller and Stan Washburn, with original publisher's white paper wrapping. Arthur Asher Miller (1915-2005) was seminal figure in twentieth-century American Theatre. A prolific writer of over thirty..... More
San Francisco: (Printed by the Grabhorn Press), 1954. Berman, Eugene. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 1100 copies, octavo size, 102 pp. "A Gest of Robin Hood" is one of the oldest surviving tales of Robin Hood, printed between 1492 and 1534. This edition was printed by the Grabhorn Press for..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club [printed at The Stinehour Press], (1982). Baskin, Leonard. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 2000, quarto size, 176 pp., signed by Leonard Baskin, with LEC Monthly Letter. One of the early purveyors of realism in American theatre, Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) created deeply moving characters..... More
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London: Printed for W. Feales...| Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1735. Leather bound. Duodecimo size, 455 total pp. This collection of dramatic works includes five tragedies by different authors, bound into one volume, each with its own title page; perhaps the best-remembered is "All for Love, Or, the World Well Lost"..... More
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Glasgow: Hugh Hopkins, 1869. Second Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), octavo size, 587 pp. Joseph Ritson (1752-1803) was an interesting and, even for his day, unusual man. Described by the DNB as an "antiquarian"; at the age of 20, upon reading the "Fable of the Bees" he decided to "forswear..... More
[New York]: Keynote Recordings, Inc., 1940. Pamphlet. Duodecimo size, 16 pp. The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) roused deep passions in many authors and artists of the day (i.e., George Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" and Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls"). This scarce pamphlet contains the lyrics to six songs..... More
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Catchmays Court, Llandogo, Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, (2009). Hicks-Jenkins, Clive. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number I of X special edition copies (total edition 210), folio size, 124 pp., one original print, one maquette, both signed by Clive Hicks-Jenkins; laid in signature of Sir Peter Shaffer, with Christmas greeting card. Like..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press (1996), 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 240 pp, inscribed by Aaron Spelling. Aaron Spelling (1923-2006) was the most prolific writer and producer in television history; as one of the review blurbs on the back of the dust jacket for this book states, "There hasn't..... More
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San Francisco: San Francisco Opera, 1976. Casey, Lawrence. Wraps. Program: octavo size, [24] pp., signed by Wallace Stegner. Poster: 25" high. In order to help celebrate the 200th anniversaries of both the nation and the City of San Francisco (which took place on June 29, 1776, when colonists from Spain..... More
Kentfield, California: The Allen Press, 1968. Durer, Albrecht. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 140 copies, folio size, [34] leaves unnumbered, with original prospectus folded in original hand-addresed mailing envelope. The thirty-second limited edition from The Allen Press, and the first printed on their 1846 Columbian handpress. Terence (circa 195 -..... More
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1909. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 350 copies (unnumbered), octavo size, 72 pp. Esther Brown Tiffany (1858-1918), a resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was both a writer of prose and a playwright, with her plays having been performed by the Cambridge Dramatic Club and the..... More
New York: The Sunwise Turn, Inc., 1919. Gill, Eric. Limited Edition. Softcover. One of 500 copies, octavo size, 39 pp. This volume is a nativity play, telling of the birth of Jesus Christ, illustrated with woodcuts by the inimitable Eric Gill (1882-1940), including "Madonna and Child, with Crucifix" (P113), "Three..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2015. Kentridge, William. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 126 of 400 copies, folio size, 171 pp., signed by William Kentridge, with prospectus. The text is the original telling of the Lulu tale by Wedekind; as the inimitable Andrew Hoyem writes in the book's prospectus, "these works..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by The Grabhorn Press], 1923. Lange, Dorothea; H. Von Schmidt. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 136 of 400, quarto size, 140 pp. A tribute to Oscar Weil (1839-1921), born in New York and educated as a musician. When the Civil War started he..... More