Inherit Wind: First Edition (21 results)

Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Six-page octavo softcover 1959 amateur playhouse theater program from Oak Ridge, Tennessee (in a nice state of preservation), which acknowledges the generosity of the officials of the town of Dayton, Tenn. for their loan of "the original Scopes trial witness chair." While it might be overstating it a bit to call it "daring" to have staged this successful dramatization of the "Scopes Monkey Trial" in Tennessee only 34 years after the actual event, the production was impressive and we remember it being well received in a town best known for its federal nuclear production facility. (The play debuted in Dallas in early 1955 after being rejected by eight Broadway producers, though it subsequently did move to Broadway, where it starred Paul Muni and Ed Begley.) H. Clyde Claiborn here played defense attorney Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy's role in the 1960 film), while Fred Johnsson here played Matthew Harrison Brady (Fredric March's role in the film.) Playwright Lawrence later defended the play's historic inaccuracies -- schoolteacher Scopes was never actually arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution, though he was convicted -- by asserting it was written as a "parable" to indict the contemporary efforts of Sen. Joseph McCarthy to expose Communists in the U.S. State Department, the playwright stating "It's not about science versus religion. It's about the right to think." "Very good" original theater program with a few very small brown spots. Reduced from $37.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. First Printing. Green, white, and purple illustrated covers with red, white, and black printing; slight wear on edges; scuffed a little. Previous owner's name in ink on front endpaper; a typed excerpt from The New York Review of 1997 entitled "Science vs. Theistic Religion" is attached to the front endpaper. 132 pp., clean, unmarked except for notations in red or black ink on pp. ix, 90, 93, 99, 105, and 109. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Reprint; First Printing. Remaindered line to base of reading block. Light reading creases to slightly sunned spine, some shelf and edge wear, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; First printing of Pan mass market edition with full number line, 2001. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Wrap around cover artwork uncredited; 352 pages; He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind. The peace and calm of Ireland's tiny villages mask a growing resentment towards the British presence. Mass Market PB. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 6th printing, fine, like new.

Paperback. first PB. 2102, very good -fine, , reading crease (MOVIE TIE-IN), paperback.

Softcover. 2 x 20 Seiten und 2 x 44 Seiten. Mit Besetzungszetteln, Abbildungen. und Inseraten. Originalhefte. 8°. Gut erhalten. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Genießen Sie den goldenen Herbst! Machen Sie es sich gemütlich , bei uns finden Sie sicher die passende Lektüre! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! K05409-6524.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Bantam, 1960 The text of the Broadway production of 1955 at the National Theater with cast list. Cover mentions tie-in to the movie. Text is clean, tight, unmarked, cover is scuffed and rubbed at edges. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket.…

softcover. Condition: nf. Buckingham, Mark (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. None. 1st Edition. A VGF or better copy of Screen Stories Magazine. Magazine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Gray cloth covers with gold lettering on spine and front cover which is clean. Black spine label and front cover label are clean. Front cover b&w photo pastedown with black borders has light wear. Moderate wear on corners, edges and spine ends. Spine is slightly sunned with moderate soiling. Light soiling and shelf wear to covers. Inside hinges re cracked but still attached. Small chips and tears on bottom page ends. Light soiling and yellowing to page ends, ffep's, bfep's and inside front and back covers. Writing in pencil throughout the book. Interesting poem written in pencil on the inside back cover. This book is the play that was later turned into a award winning movie. It details the Scopes Trial in July 1925. This play only uses a handful of phrases taken from the actual transcripts of the trial. Every book is individually described. Never ex-lib unless stated.…

Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Small dampstain at head of spine. Dust jacket has chips/tears and is price-clipped; most significant bein a 1.25" tear at head of spine. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 282 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Cash. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. **Stated first printing.** General reader wear to the corners, edges, and cover. Corners have been bumped a bit. The pages show some general reader wear as well. Several cracks in the spine throughout the book. The book is in good condition with some normal reader wear. General shelf, use, and age wear to the dust jacket. The dust jacket has chips, tears, small missing pieces, and soiling. The price has been clipped from the dust jacket as well. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Frontispiece and titlepage tipped in after having come detached, else very good lacking the dust jacket. Not marked as such but formerly the copy of Barrett H. Clark. Clark was an exceptionally important figure in modern American drama, aside from authoring many books, he served as the longtime literary editor for the publisher Samuel French.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine first edition hardcover, SIGNED and inscribed and dated by the director Herman Shumlin. No writing or marks. Slightest wear to spine ends. Lacking jacket. Lawrence and Lee won acclaim for this play, which was based on the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" trial where a Tennessee teacher was tried for teaching the theory of evolution. 162 pages. M06402. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition First Printing. SIGNED and inscribed by author/songwriter Gilbert on the free front endpaper to author Robert E. Lee (and wife) , co-author of 'Inherit the Wind'; just a hint of rubbing to the dust jacket edges else a tight bright sharp unmarked copy in clean unclipped dust jacket protected in clear archival mylar sleeve; stated first edition; the full-page inscription from Gilbert indicates that he wanted Lee to have a signed copy of the book and hopes that he and Jerry [Lee's writing partner, Jerome Lawrence] find it entertaining; photos available Signed by Author.…

Green Cloth. Condition: Nearly Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Photograph onlay front cover. "A Random House Play". Jacket has a 1" tape repair top of rear panel a joint, small closed tear a bottom of the panel without paper loss. The book is crisp and clean throughout. An inked area 1" x 1/2" top of front free endpaper. (Something was marked out. See photo). This play concerned the famous Scopes trial of July 10-21, 1925. The play was first seen at the National Theatre in New York City, on April 21, 1955. It was made into a movie in 1960 starring Spencer Tracy as Henry Drummond (patterned after Clarence Darrow) and Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady (patterned after William Jennings Bryan). It was remade for television in 1965, 1988, and 1999. The book lists the original stage play cast with a two-page photographic title-page. 161pp. Size: Small Octavo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Printing stated on verso of title page; bound in gray boards with black and gilt lettering and decoration on front cover and spine, photo inlaid on front cover; Condition nearly Fine save for the signature of Milwaukee librarian Helen Thayer on front free endpaper, and her light pencil notes internally, as if she were reviewing it for her readers; dust jacket Very Good or better, not price-clipped but with light edge rubbing.…

Condition: Very good in very good jacket. dj. First printing. First edition of among the best-known American plays of the 20th century, tackling freedom of thought with the contemporary threat of McCarthyism as underlying subtext. INHERIT THE WIND dramatizing the Scopes "Monkey" trial as fictionalized stand-ins for Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan battle for the sympathies of a jury and for the nation at large. Though criticized in some quarters for dramatizing a little too much - Lawrence and Lee make free use of composite characters, invented confrontations, and heightened passions, in a play that has shaped public perceptions of this episode in American history for decades - the playwrights acquitted themselves of any charge of misleading audiences, maintaining (truthfully) in their prefatory note that INHERIT THE WIND is not transcribed newsreel footage but a work of art: "INHERIT THE WIND does not pretend to be journalism. It is theatre. It is not 1925.It might have been yesterday. It might be tomorrow." Notably adapted to film in 1960 by Stanley Kramer, starring Spencer Tracey and Fredric March, and employing a screenwriter (Nedrick Young) who had himself been blacklisted. 8'' x 5.5''. Original grey cloth with black and white photographic paste-on to front board. Gilt-stamped publisher's device to front, gilt-lettered spine. Red topstain. In original unclipped ($2.75) dust jacket. Title and facing page illustrated with black and white photographs. [10], 162 pages. Front hinge cracking after endpaper but holding. Jacket with a couple spots of shallow chipping, the usual toning, and a bit of light staining to rear panel.…

First Edition Thus, First Printing, so stated. Signed and inscribed by the author Robert E. Lee and additionally signed by Jerome Lawrence on the front free endpaper. LeeÕs inscription reads in full: ÒFor Marion and Bill Dentzel, May your own legal cases be as famous as this - so we can turn them into better plays! With warmest good wishes, Bob Lee, Christmases 1957 & 1958!Ó. Jerome LawrenceÕs signature is just to the left of LeeÕs. Illustrated with scenes from the 1955 Broadway production starring Ed Begley, Tony Randall, Charles Thompson, and Karl Light. Very good plus copy with some minor edge wear and handling and a trace of fading to the cloth at the spine in a lightly handled dust jacket with some darkening,mostly to the spine, a few small chips and a 1 1/8Ó tear to the top of the front panel. The basis of the acclaimed motion picture produced and directed by Stanley Kramer starring Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna Anderson, and Harry Morgan.…

First edition, first printing, inscribed by Lawrence on the front free endpaper, "For Clive - with deep admiration and affection, always, Jeremy. Jerome Lawrence". Clive Hirschhorn is the long-term film and theatre critic for the Sunday Express and author of various histories of Hollywood. His ownership inscription is pencilled on the front pastedown, dated 1985. The McCarthyist-era play dramatizes the Scopes "Monkey" Trial of 1925, which saw a teacher in Tennessee accused of violating laws against the teaching of human evolution to students. The Broadway premier took place at the National Theatre on 21 April 1955. It was firstly adapted for film in 1960, and most recently in 1999. Octavo. Photographic half-tone illustration as frontispiece and title page, photographic plate after the production. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt on black ground, front cover lettered in gilt and with photographic half-tone mounted within black borders, top edge red. With dust jacket. Two Hollywood stamps on front free endpaper, partially obscured by a Hollywood label. Spine head bumped; jacket spine toned, a couple of nicks, partial split to head of rear flap fold with tape reinforcement on verso, unclipped: a very good copy in like jacket.…