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
![The Duke of Sacramento, A Comedy in Four Acts; Reprinted from the rare edition of 1856, to which is added a sketch [essay] of the Early San Francisco Stage by Jane Bissell Grabhorn. Warren Baer, Jane Bissell Grabhorn, Arvilla Parker, Essay.](/pictures/thumb/SB1352_1.JPG?v=1496157992)
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
London: Pavilion Books Limited, (1999). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 96 pp., signed by all three photographers on a tipped-in plate. One of the greatest musicians of all time and a major figure in the folk music revival of the 1960s, Bob Dylan (b. 1941) has been a significant influence... More
![Godot: An Imaginary Staging by William T. Wiley of Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett [with] En Attendant / Waiting for Godot. Samuel Beckett, William T. Wiley, David Littlejohn, Andrew Hoyem, Program Note and Synopsis, Artist, Introduction.](/pictures/thumb/18052111_1.JPG?v=1530840466)
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
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1966. Szalay, Lajos. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 351 of 1500, quarto size, 172 pp., signed by the illustrator. Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a literary artist of laconic precision who probed below the surface of life, laying bare the secret motives of his characters. Chekhov’s... More
(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
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
New York: Croscup & Sterling [ca. 1900]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. 8560 p. 18 Vol. Cambridge Edition, no. 14 of 26 numbered and registered copies for America; per WorldCat, it appears as though the set is held by eight institutions, leaving 18 in private... 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
[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
[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
[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
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9.75" to 12" tall. 1617 pgs. From the web site 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... 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
![Thomas Middleton, The Collected Works [with] Thomas Middleton and Early Modern Textual Culture, A Companion to The Collected Works. Thomas Middleton, John LaVagnino Gary Taylor, General.](/pictures/thumb/CNJL524_1.JPG?v=1504119524)
Oxford: Clarendon Press, (2007). 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9.75" to 12" tall, 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... More
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall. 55 p. First edition in book form, preceded by publication in London as No. 14 of The Chapbook. This edition includes the first appearance of the "author's suggestions for the production of the play". ***... More
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
Berwick: R. Taylor, 1771. Leather. Duodecimo size, 1773 pp. Jean-Baptist Poquelin (1622-1673), known by his stage name of Moliere, was a playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Thirteen years as an itinerant actor helped him polish his comic... 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
![The Orphan: or, The Unhappy Marriage. A Tragedy [bound with] The Fair Penitent. A Tragedy. [and with] Mariamne. A Tragedy. [and also with] The Royal Convert. A Tragedy. [and also with] All for Love: Or, the World Well Lost. A Tragedy. Thomas Otway, Nicholas Rowe, Fenton, Dryden, Elihjah, John.](/pictures/thumb/19021303_1.JPG?v=1550532433)
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
The Bronte Press, (2006). Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 30 of 35, miniature book, [30] pp., signed by Suzanne Smith Pruchnicki. Ballet experienced serious development as an art form in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Russia, and art critic and ballet patron Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) had a defining influence on... More
[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
![Equus [Number I of X special edition]. Peter Shaffer, Clive Hicks-Jenkins, Artist.](/pictures/thumb/CNJL1289_1.JPG?v=1515011667)
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. Like a Phoenix arising from... More
New York: Virtue & Yorston, ca. 1870. Leather bound. Two volumes (complete), folio size, 1800 total pp. The works of Shakespeare (1564-1616) have resounded 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