San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2011. Holland, Tom. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 148 of 300, octavo size, 171 pp., signed by Edward Albee and Tom Holland, with prospectus. Edward Albee (1928-2016) was an illustrious playwright whose works often examine "the modern condition", often as psychological examinations and interactions between characters... More about A Delicate Balance
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. Grabhorn, Jane Bissell and Parker, Arvilla. Limited Edition. Hardcover. unnumbered, one of 550 copies, 8vo - over 7.75” - 9.75” tall, 100 p. This edition of "The Duke of Sacramento", one of the earliest plays printed in California, set from the only known copy... More about The Duke of Sacramento, A Comedy in Four Acts; Reprinted from the rare edition of 1856, to which...
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 about Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up
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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 about Godot: An Imaginary Staging by William T. Wiley of Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett [with] En...
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 about First Steps to Thorough Base; In Twelve Familiar Lessons Between a Teacher and Pupil
(New York): The Macmillan Company (1970), 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. First U.S. edition, octavo size, 221 pp., inscribed by Maurice Chevalier. Perhaps one of the best-known French actors of the first half of the twentieth century, Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972) was nominated for the Academy Award in 1930 for Best Actor... More about I Remember It Well (INSCRIBED TO MERV GRIFFIN
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 about The Blood of the Martyr
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 about England's Pleasant Land
[Hammersmith]: The Doves Press, [1906]. Limited Edition. Vellum. One of 300 copies, octavo size, 261 pp., in German. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a German statesman and a prolific writer whose work includes novels, poetry, dramas, and literary criticism; he was an early participant of the Sturm und Drang... More about Faust, Eine Tragoedie von Goethe
[Hammersmith]: [Doves Press], 1913. Limited Edition. Leather. One of 200 copies on paper, octavo size, 164 pp., in a Doves binding, in German. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a German statesman and a prolific writer whose work includes novels, poetry, dramas, and literary criticism; he was an early participant... More about Torquato Tasso; ein Schauspiel von Goethe
[New York] (Munich): The Limited Editions Club (printed by Typostudio Schumacher-Gebler), (1987). Ionesco, Eugene. Limited Edition. Cardboard. Number 425 of 1000, folio size, 145 pp., signed by Eugene Ionesco. Eugene Ionesco (1909-1994), one of the formost figures of the French Avant-garde theatre, wrote this work later in his career. In... More about Journeys Among the Dead, A Play With Lithographs
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 about The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
[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 about A Period of Exploration, San Francisco 1945-1950
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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 about Thomas Middleton, The Collected Works [with] Thomas Middleton and Early Modern Textual Culture, A...
New York: The Limited Editions Club [printed by the Wild Carrot Letterpress], (1984). Baskin, Leonard. Limited Edition. Leather. no. 351 of 1500, quarto size, 167 pp., signed by both Arthur Miller and Leonard Baskin, with LEC Newsletter and invitation to publication party. Arthur Asher Miller (1915-2005) was seminal figure in... More about Death of a Salesman, Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem
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 about The Price
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 about A Gest of Robin Hood; Revived as the Forty-ninth Grove Play of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco...
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 about The Iceman Cometh
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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 about The Orphan: or, The Unhappy Marriage. A Tragedy [bound with] The Fair Penitent. A Tragedy. ...
[New York]: Keynote Recordings, Inc., 1940. Pamphlet. Duodecimo, 16p. 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 written during... More about Six Songs for Democracy
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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 about Equus [Number I of X special edition
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New York: Virtue & Yorston, ca. 1870. Leather bound. Two volumes (complete), folio size, 1800 total pp. The works of Shakespeare (1564-1616) have resonated with readers throughout the centuries since they were published in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries; numerous editions of his collected works have been published, often... More about The Works of Shakspere, Imperial Edition [The Works of Shakespeare
London: Ganymed Original Editions Limited, 1963. Kokoschka, Oskar. Limited Edition. Folio. No. 265 of 275 (plus four additional lettered copies), Elephant Folio - over 15" tall to 23" tall, signed by artist. King Lear is regarded by many as one of Shakespeare's supreme acheivements, noted for "its probing observations on... More about King Lear
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London: David Bogue, 1848. Leather bound. Quarto size, approx. 107 pp. This volume collects portraits of the myriad women featured in Shakespeare's plays; following the engravings are excerpts from the plays, focusing on each woman's dialogue, providing not only an interesting character study but also a look at the diversity... More about The Heroines of Shakspeare [Shakespeare]:; Comprising The Principal Female Characters in the...
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1993. Washburn, Stan. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 221 of 300 copies, folio size, 143 pp., signed by Sam Shepard and Stan Washburn, with original publisher's white paper wrapping. The world of theatre has seen ever-evolving forms of language used to capture the human experience, and... More about A Lie of the Mind