Chalk Garden, Signed (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 2nd imp, 1957. Signed, "For Madge Titcomb from the author Enid Bagnold. Mrs St Maugham in exchange for Her Grace of Monaco. December 1958." Madge Titcomb was an actress. One assumes Her Grace refers to Grace Kelly, married in 1956. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. Hardback. 8vo.pp.88. Signed presentation from the author: "To Rachel- with my deep thanks for 'Olivia.' From the author, Enid Bagnold. Rottingdean, Sussex." Probably Rachel Gurney.Play, for a cast of nine; set in Mrs St Maugham's country house in a village in Sussex. First performed in London at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 11th April 1956. Four b/w production photographs with excerpts from the script, and splendid f theatre agent Harold Freedmanrontispiece b/w photograph of a regal-looking Edith Evans, in character, descending a staircase. Original cast included Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Miss Madrigal, and Dame Edith Evans as Mrs. St. Maugham. Directed by Sir John Gielgud. Designed by Reece Pemberton (sets) and Sophie Harris (costume.) Originally premiered in the US in 1955. The plot tells the story of the imperious Mrs St Maugham and her granddaughter Laurel, a disturbed child under the care of Miss Madrigal, a governess, whose past life is a mystery. Rachel Gurney (1920Ð2001) played Olivia in this 1956 production of The Chalk Garden. She is also remembered for the rle of Lady Marjorie Bellamy in the ITV classic drama 'Upstairs, Downstairs.' Near very good. Very slight wear & slight marking of covers. Spine tanned. Signedes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 198. Original publishers green cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. An in-depth study of the garden at Highdown on the South Downs. A garden made on a pure chalk landscape. Plants were raised from seed brought from Asia and South America by the great plant collectors of the day. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper, "To Sally and Peter, with the best wishes of the author, Fred 1960." Very good indeed in slightly used, very good dust jacket with slight edgewear. Attractive calligraphic bookplate of Victoria Burbidge (and husband Brinsley) botanist, both at Edinburgh Botanic Gardens and at Kew, also Denver Botanic Garden. For many years she edited CurtisÕ Botanical Magazine. She was also Clematis registrar for the Royal Horticultural Society. She was also known as Vicky Matthews. Signedes.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo.pp.336. Signed presentation from the author: "For Mrs Andrew Harris From the Author, Enid Bagnold, Rottingdean 1970." with a note hand-written in green ink "Play are funy thing to read. Not natural.Each of these was performed against fearful odds." Dust jacket features a bust of Bagnold by Gaudier Brzeska, and short reviews of the plays on rear of dust jacket. Original publisher's binding in black with gilt lettering & gilt Heinemann windmill logo. Enid Algerine, Lady Jones, CBE, ne Bagnold (1889Ð 1981) was a British author and playwright. North End House, Rottingdean, Bagnold's home with husband Sir Roderick Jones had previously belonged to Edward Burne-Jones. Very good in very good dust jacket. Slight lean. Dust jacket protected by a clear sleeve. Signedes.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Tall octavo. Printed self-wrappers. 28pp. Faint vertical crease, very good or better. Program for the lpay, this copy Signed by three of the stars: Gladys Cooper, Percy Waram, and Betsy von Furstenberg. The play ran for 182 performances in 1955-6 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 88. Original publisher's white cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper to hear friend, Elizabeth Green, "To dear Elizabeth from with love, Edith 1956." Play, for a cast of nine; set in Mrs St Maugham's country house in a village in Sussex. First performed in London at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 11th April 1956. Four b/w production photographs with excerpts from the script, and splendid f theatre agent Harold Freedmanrontispiece b/w photograph of a regal-looking Edith Evans, in character, descending a staircase. Original cast included Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Miss Madrigal, and Dame Edith Evans as Mrs. St. Maugham. Directed by Sir John Gielgud. Designed by Reece Pemberton (sets) and Sophie Harris (costume.) Originally premiered in the US in 1955. The plot tells the story of the imperious Mrs St Maugham and her granddaughter Laurel, a disturbed child under the care of Miss Madrigal, a governess, whose past life is a mystery. Rachel Gurney (1920Ð2001) played Olivia in this 1956 production of The Chalk Garden. She is also remembered for the rle of Lady Marjorie Bellamy in the ITV classic drama 'Upstairs, Downstairs.' Slight browning and spotting to covers, otherwise very good in slightly used, near very good dust jacket, with slight tanning at spine and slight foxing. Signedes.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Bottom corners bumped, else near fine in very good or better dustwrapper with corresponding bump and a bit of soiling. Inscribed by Bagnold to fellow playwright S.N. Behrman: "To Sam - dear Sam - to stick on your shelves - With love from Enid. Rothindean, Sussex 1956." Bagnold's most successful play.

First edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 88. Illustrated with photographs of the first London production which was directed by Sir John Gielgud and starred Dames Peggy Ashcroft and Edith Evans. This was Bagnold's most successful play. A film version appeared in 1964.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed by her on the front free endpaper: ''Dearest Pan - who should have played Laurel. With my love - Mama. Edith Bagnold, Rottingdean 1956''. The recipient is the author's daughter-in-law Pandora who was part of the Bagnold household at North End House, Rottingdean, which formed the basis for the setting of The Chalk Garden. In the play the character Laurel is the granddaughter of Mrs St. Maugham who was played by Dame Edith Evans.Spine a bit darkened. Very good in near-fine dustwrapper slightly tanned at the spine.

First edition, first impression, the author's own copy, with her inscription on the front free endpaper: "My first copy. Enid Bagnold, Rottingdean. August 22 - 1956". The playwright has made extensive annotations throughout Act I, and her note under the inscription records "Also used for French translation (Louise de Vilmorin)". If Louise de Vilmorin, a renowned French writer in her own right and acquaintance of Bagnold, did indeed translate the play from this copy, as Bagnold's note suggests, it was never published. An entirely separate French adaptation was staged at the Théâtre Hébertot in Paris in 1976. Although Enid Bagnold's other plays were not particularly successful, "she enjoyed one major triumph with The Chalk Garden (1955), which ran in London for two years and was described by Kenneth Tynan as possibly the finest English comedy since those of William Congreve" (ODNB). A film adaptation of The Chalk Garden, starring Deborah Kerr and Hayley Mills, was released in 1964, proving a box-office hit, and the play still enjoys popularity in the British theatre. Octavo. With photographic frontispiece and single photographic plate. Original white boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. A very good copy, lettering a little toned, boards and book block edge faintly foxed, minor bump to head of front board, in attractive foxed dust jacket with two short closed tears to rear panel.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. Bagnold's best known novel is "National Velvet" (1935). Her most successful play is "The Chalk Garden." Both of her best known works were made into well received films. On the first free end paper of our copy of "The Chalk Garden", extending onto the inside cover as well as the inside dust jacket, Bagnold has drawn a colorful seaside sketch of her own home, Rottingdean, in Sussex, England. Her garden at Rottingdean inspired the play's setting. She dedicates her charming drawing to drama and film writer, Terrence Rattingan (1911-77) whose bookplate is affixed to the inside cover. She writes, "For Darling Terry.This is how Rottingdean should be." She signs, "Enid." She identifies her "Palace" and "Terry's House" as well as "The Sea" in her sketch. The drawing is rendered in red pen and water color. With the program for the play's 1956 production in London at the "Theatre Royal Haymarket" directed by John Gielgud. The book is in very good condition overall with a slight stain in the upper right to the dust jacket. Signed.