Brooks Atkinson, Signed (36 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Signed by Author(s) Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No dust jacket. Inscription on front board reads, "For my Harvard Man, Love, Mom." No names written. ISigned by Author(s).

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Good dust jacket. Signed/Inscribed by author on front endpage. Dust jacket price clipped.

Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth, dust jacket. xii, 274pp. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket wear. A tight, handsome first edition of this (to cite front jacket panel) "collection of over one hundred stimulating essays by the New York Times' critic-at-large, on such diverse subjects as bluebirds, Brendan Behan, Thoreau and the National Purpose.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed & signed by the author. Octavo. B&W illustrations. Condition: 2" tear & minor crease at bottom of front panel of price-clipped DJ; else very good in good DJ. Pages: xviii, 267. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: vg+. Dust Jacket Condition: vg+. 1st ed. stated. Story of the theater that became a legend. signed by Marian Spitzer with no dedication on half title page; 268pp including index + 16pp b/w photos & ils; purple paper over boards with pink linen backstrip; dust jacket is in new clear protective mylar. Signed by author. Hardcover (dj).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. Signed by Brooks Atkinson on the title page. 1st edition. Minor creasing & wear to dust jacket edges, otherwise very good. Signed by Author(s).

The only New York theatre critic well-liked enough to have a theatre named after him. Atkinson signs a special heavy stock 5" X 3" card, dating it 1970 July 12, n.p. [Durham, NY]. Fine. With original envelope.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. AUTOGRAPHED COPY. Second Printing. Dust jacket has some tattering; Fair condition. A few dog-ears. Near Fine condition. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, First Impression. 1963 first edition, first impression. Inscribed by Author. Size octavo, 274 pages. Green cloth covered boards with blue vignette to the front cover and gilt titles and blue vignettes to the spine, top page edge dyed orange, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, corners and edges a little rubbed, contents very clean. Dust jacket condition good-very good, corners folds and edges rubbed, a little shelf-wear and age toning, spine sunned, not price clipped. Inscribed by Brooks Atkinson to S. J. Perelman on the front end-paper; "Sid - With sentiments better expressed on page 224. Brooks. March 19, 1963" From the collection of Jonathan Gili (1943-2004), film-maker, director and collector of various items, especially signed books. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. First Printing. 274 pages. Index, newspaper obituaries taped ins boards, DJ soiled: small tears, sm chips missing. Presentation copy signed by the author. A collection of 102 of the author's essays from the New York Times. Before his retirement, he had been drama critic of the Times.

First printing. 8vo, pp. 274. Author's presentation on flyleaf. VG.

8vo. pp312. Illustrated by Hirschfeld. Signed by the author on the front endpaper:" For dear Purvis, in hope that he has a contented life near the Meruwac river, Brooks Atkinson, March 7, 1951." Spine slightly faded o/w sound VG . First Edition. Hardback.

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Fine. Original letter typed and signed in black ink on off-white paper. Signed, "Brooks Atkinson." Letter on New York Times stationery. Stationery includes a New York Times watermark and a printed header with the newspaper's iconic title in stylized font and address. Original New York Times envelope included. The letter and envelope are addressed to "Mr. Norman Unger" of Bronx, New York. Letter datelined May 29, 1962 in New York. 8 1/2" x 7." One page. Letter has one holograph correction by Atkinson (slash through two words). Letter is virtually pristine and intact except for a horizontal fold line at center (likely original). Envelope is very clean and intact except for a few small wrinkles, light age toning, and a few small stains on back. Letter is Fine. Envelope is Near Fine. Letter and envelope are Fine as a set. Brooks Atkinson (1894-1984), born Justin Brooks Atkinson, was an American drama critic. Atkinson worked for the New York Times from 1922-1960. He gained the reputation for writing reviews that could make or break a production in terms of commercial success, but he was nevertheless an ardent supporter of theater in general and supported experimental theater. Atkinson was also a war correspondent in China and the Soviet Union during the World War II era. In 1947, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence for his coverage of Moscow during the war. In this letter, Atkinson writes to Norman Unger and expresses his regrets for not being able to review his play. The letter reads, "Dear Mr. Unger: I wish I were in a position to accept the many invitations I have to read and comment on manuscripts. But I am sure you will realize that in the normal course of my affairs, I can't do any reading aside from that which bears on my particular job. I am never able to keep abreast of the books and magazines that are sent to me in the hope that I will write about them. Since you have been writing for many years, I suspect you must enjoy it. It has compensations quite apart from being published. Please accept my regrets at not being able to read your play. Even if I liked it, I would not be able to do anything about it since I have to keep entirely apart from the business of the stage. Best wishes, Brooks Atkinson.". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Illustrated by Earl Thollander (illustrator). First Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. ; Signed and inscribed by author; 201 pages; Signed by Author.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. A review copy with slip laid in which has notes on the verso side of it. Includes drawings by Earl Thollander. A very near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket that has some minor wear. Signed and very warmly inscribed by Atkinson to author and critic Claudia Cassidy on the front free endpaper in the year of publication. A nice association copy of a book that is seldom found signed. Signed.

, 484 pages, numerous plates in black and white, with DEDICATION on front free endpaper to Donald Pickering (English actor) from Diana & Estelle Sherwood (Broadway actors) First Edition , cloth slightly faded along top edge, internally clean, book in very good condition , dust jacket is tanned at spine and edges, few small edge tears, in good+ condition , red cloth with gilt titles to spine 24x17 cm approx Hardback SIGNED by Diana and Estelle Sherwood ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Albert Hirschfeld (illustrator). Signed by Author. SIGNED and inscribed to previous owner by both Atkinson and Hirschfeld. Some short (closed) tears to spine, small nicks and slight dusting. No AMA 312 pages. Text unmarked. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Jacket in new Brodart protector. Illustrator: Albert Hirschfeld. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 Pounds. Category: Comics, Graphic Novels::General; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0809618567. ISBN/EAN: 9780809618569. Inventory No: 030102.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, metallic red lettering to the spine. 4to. 11'' x 9''. Contains viii, 312 printed pages of text with monochrome photographic illustrations throughout. From the library of Kitty [Dorothy] Black [1914-2006], successful theatre administrator, internationally acclaimed and distinguished translator of continental plays who eventually became a leading play agent. Near Fine condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small repaired tears to the spine ends and bottom front corner, not price clipped. SIGNED presentation copy by the author to the half-title page 'To Kitty, With gratitude and affection, Norman.' Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Freeman, Don (illustrator). First Edition. New York: Harcourt, 1951. First edition, later printing. Decorative blue cloth binding with illustration stamped in black by Freeman. SIGNED BY FREEMAN on free front endpaper. 376 pp. Includes 12 illustrations by Freeman, one for a month (wood-carved darwings). Jacket also illustrated by Freeman, including cartoon of Atkinson. Light fading to board edges, note to rear in pencil. Spine sunned, large chip at top of spine, worn at extremities. Near fine in good dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover. Rare signature of Freeman on this title. Signed by Illustrator.

ATKINSON, J. Brooks. EAST OF THE HUDSON. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Small 8vo., green cloth stamped in gilt. Limited Edition of 1,200 numbered copies. Signed presentation by Atkinson on front endpaper, to a New York Times editor: "Lester Markel, Sincerely, Brooks Atkinson. Christmas, 1930." Good (sunned spine). $85.00.

Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. LIMITED EDITION. 4to. Limited SIGNED edition 417/1500. SIGNED by Benton. Slight edgewear to cloth binding with light fraying to forecorners. Stain to front cover at upper foredge. Fading and rubbing to cloth binding. Slight toning to cloth binding. Light darkening and rubbing to spine. VG. Illustrator.

Hirschfeld (illustrator). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 312. Illustrated with cartoons by Hirschfeld. Author's presentation to Burns Mantle on flyeaf. Mantle's bookplate on pastedown.Cover little yellowed and worn, o/w a VG tight copy. Articles that first appeared in the drama section of the Sunday New York Times.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, stated. Price intact. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to the playwright, Louis Verneiul who wrote 'Affairs of State' and many other plays. He escaped from Nazi Germany and landed first in California then on to New York. The inscription reads: 'To Louis Verneiul, with best wishes from a ? and a well-fed critic.'. (Q). Inscribed by Author(s).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Illustrated by Don Freeman. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed: "For David Joseph better Known as "Joe" to an old friend for more than a quarter century in the Times' genial shop. Brooks Atkinson May 29, 1951." Cloth. About Fine in chipped, price-clipped dust jacket Illustrated by Don Freeman. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp viii, 312, illustrations. Signed presentation from the illustrator with drawing of hands around the inscription and the classic capitalized HIRSCHFELD signature, 'For Jane and Win/Hirschfeld/December 1973'. Very good indeed in slightly rubbed and slightly creased VG dust wrapper. Signedes.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Signed by Thomas Hart Benton on the limitation page; FDF/1500. Quarto in publisher slipcase; B&W illustrations. This play was the basis the musical "Oklahoma". Condition: minor soiling, fading & wear to slipcase; else fine in very good slipcase. Pages: xiv, 147. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Binding tight; pages clean; gilt spine lettering slightly faded. Autographed on front endpaper by four of the six Broadway critics whose work appears within: Brooks Atkinson, Richard Lockridge, Burns Mantle, and Sidney B. Whipple. A compilation of weekly issues of Critics' Theatre Reviews, with reviews of 112 plays that opened in 1939 and 1940: "the complete reviews as they originally appeared in these New York papers: New York Sun, New York Times, New York Herald Tribune, New York Post, New York Daily News, New York World-Telegram." An uncommon title, and genuinely scarce signed by the critics. With rounded corners. Cover bears engraved p/o name. 345 pages. 8-3/4 x 12". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo, textured cloth lettered in brown; unclipped pictorial dust jacket. First edition. A presentation copy, inscribed by Atkinson to Rosamond Gilder: "For Rozzie, Merry Christmas, Brooks, 1940," on the front endpaper. The daughter of Richard Watson Gilder, the iconic editor of "Century Magazine," Rosamond was president of the International Theater Institute, a worldwide organization with 65 national centers, whose co-founders included J. B. Priestley, Julian Huxley, Tyrone Guthrie, Jean-Louis Barrault and Lillian Hellman. A gorgeous copy with a distinguished provenance. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "The Lively Years 1920-1973" by Brooks Atkinson and Albert Hirschfeld. Association Press, 1973 first edition first printing. Book in very good condition, with original dustwrapper with minor wear to edges in mylar cover. Inscribed to Herb Whittiker by author Brooks Atkinson and Albert Hirschfeld with his name and a drawing of himself dated 11/73. A wonderful Hirschfeld association copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, 208 pages; VG/G+; spine gold with black and red titling; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.50 net,' chipping to head of spine, corners, some shelfwear and rubbing, flaps beginning to crack along hinges; Inscribed on the ffep by Howard Linsay to actor Hans Jaray, additionally signed below by Russel Crouse; shelved case 13. Life with Father is a 1939 play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, adapted from a book of stories Clarence Day. The Broadway production still holds the longest-running non-musical play on Broadway. Lindsay and Crouse are also known for rewriting the book for the Cole Porter's Anything Goes and working on the book for Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music.; Hans Jaray was an Austrian actor and playwright. 1357487. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.