Purrington Benjamin (11 results)

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Saul: A Grove Play. Book.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Octavo, unpaginated. In Good plus condition. Quarter bound binding with green lettering to the spine. Red/green spine with pictorial green boards. Boards have slight wear including some rubbing to the joints/edges, mild sunning and soiling. Text block has slight wear including foxing to the edges. Deckled fore edge. Slight offsetting and blue markings to the end papers. Previous owner's name to the front end paper. Frontispiece. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column O, ND-O. 1390392. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A Grove Play bound and printed on quality rag deckle-edged paper at The Grabhorn Press and issued in a limited run. In the rare dust jacket, which together with the book appear to be in as new, unread condition protected by an archival Mylar jacket cover. Together with An Advertisement for the Press of Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem, a 12-page history and prospectus/catalogue issued in 1966 featuring a full-page photo of Grabhorn in his studio. A beautiful set with which to start or add to a Grabhorn collection.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. First edition. The thirty-ninth play of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco by Benjamin Allen Purrington, with music by Charles Hart and colour plates by Albert J. Camille. The first edition of this work in a quarter cloth binding with decorative paper boards, and a paper backstrip to the cloth spine. The thirty-ninth "Grove Play", an annual theatrical production written, produced and performed by and for Bohemian Club members. These plays were staged outdoors in California at the Bohemian Grove each summer. The Bohemian Club is a private club which was founded in 1872 from a regular meeting of journalists, artists, and musicians. This play was written by Benjamin Allen Purrington, with music by Charles Hart and four colour illustrations by Albert J. Camille.Collated, complete. In a quarter cloth binding with decorative paper boards. Externally, excellent with just a little shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. Albert J. Camille (illustrator). book.…

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 88 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original decorative, colour-printed boards, and a pale-blue, slightly edge-nicked dw. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 71 pages; Description: 4 p. L. , 71, [6] p. Illus. (part col. , incl. Music) 21 cm. Subjects: Saul, King of Israel --Drama. Purrington, Benjamin Allen. 1 Kg. …

Limited edition. 8" x 5.5" The Bohemian Club, founded in 1872, is an elite, invite-only men's club of about 2,600 based in the Bay Area. Each summer, the exclusive group hosts a secretive gathering at Bohemian Grove--its private, 2,700-acre retreat center in Northern California's redwoods. Members socialize and put on a one-night, large scale theatrical production. On August 3, 1940, the members performed a three-act play of the Biblical conflict between Samuel and Saul. This play-book is one of 1,300 copies printed by the renown Grabhorn Press to commemorate the one-night performance. It includes the author's introduction, musical notes by Charles Hart as well as duplicate title page with tipped-on color illustration by Albert Camille that was previously adhered to ffep. Limited to one thousand three hundred copies privately printed for the Bohemian Club of San Francisco. [Heller & Magee, 335]. Fine in custom mylar cover. Lacking original dust jacket. Purple and blue decorative paper with red cloth boards. Lacking original dust jacket. Illustrated by Albert J. Camille (illustrator).…

First Edition. Fine copy in the original decorative, colour-printed boards, and a pale-blue, slightly edge-nicked dw. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 71 pages; Description: 4 p. L. , 71, [6] p. Illus. (part col. , incl. Music) 21 cm. Subjects: Saul, King of Israel --Drama. Purrington, Benjamin Allen. 1 Kg. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 4 pages. Prior owner's name on WWI-themed illustrated cover. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.