Mac by Pinter Harold, First Edition (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Covers mildly bowed. Edition limited to 2000 numbered copies, of which this is one of 1000 for sale in the British Isles. Anew McMaster (né Andrew McMaster, 1891-1962), actor-manager: "His concentration was always complete in Oedipus. He was at his best in the part. He acted along the spine of the role and never deviated from it. As in his two other great roles, Othello and Lear, he understood and expressed totally the final tender clarity which is under the storm, the blindness, the anguish. For me his acting at these times embodied the idea of Yeats' line: 'They know that Hamlet and Lear are gay, Gaiety transfiguring all that dread'. Mac entered into this tragic gaiety naturally and inevitably.".

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Green and beige cloth with gilt lettering on spine. One small stain on front and rear boards. Stains on endpapers. Limited Edition. #1451/2,000 copies.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, slim octavo, green cloth backstrip lettered silver with flecked oatmeal wove cloth boards. dust jacket not called for. , Boards mildly age-toned otherwise a very good tightly bound copy, clean and unmarked, facsimile signature at page 19. Issued in an edition of 2,000 copies, of which this example is numbered 131.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Limited. Thin 8vo, linen backed in green cloth. Great Britain: Pendragon Press, 1968. Limited First Edition. A fine copy, without dust wrapper, as issued. One of 2000 numbered copies.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, slim octavo, green cloth backstrip lettered silver with flecked oatmeal wove cloth boards. dust jacket not called for. A very good tightly bound copy, clean and unmarked, facsimile signature at page 19. Issued in an edition of 2,000 copies, of which this example is numbered 130.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine. One of 2000 copies.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 21. 1/2000 copies. Beige linen with green linen spine. A nice copy. A play.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. The first and limited editions of Landscape and Mac by Harold Pinter, in lovely condition. The first and limited editions of Landscape (978 of 1000) and Mac (885 of 1000), in their original cloth bindings. Mac is inscribed to the front free end paper by Emanuel (Jimmy) Wax, dated 1982. Facsimile of author's signature to the rear of both volumes. Harold Pinter (1930-2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists and won the Nobel Prize in 2005. Landscape is a one-act play, first broadcast on radio in 1968 and first performed on stage in 1969. The play shows the difficulties of communication between two people in a marriage. The dialogue resembles two independent monologues. Landscape was first presented on radio by the BBC on 25th April 1968, directed by Guy Vaesen with Peggy Ashcroft as Beth and Eric Porter as Duff. Mac is Pinter's non-fiction memoir about his brief touring as an actor in Anew McMaster's Irish theatre repertory company, and has a biographical note to the rear of the volume. In original cloth bindings. Externally in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. UK limited edition No. 1866 of 2000 copies. This copy INSCRIBED by Pinter to actor James Grout whom he worked with. James Grout is latterly best know for his role as the boos of Inspector Morse. Near fine, no acetate wrapper. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hand-numbered First Edition, #347 of 1000. Cloth cover. Beautiful condition. Signed at the end of book on page 19. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 21. Original publisher's green cloth backed grey buckram covered boards, lettered silver at spine. Numbered 689 of an edition of 2000, the first 1000 are signed by Pinter at page 19. This has an additional inscription to John and Anne at the title page, signed "Harold". Lightly toned at front endpaper hinge, cloth has a few marks including a white blob 1/2 cm x 1/2 cm at top of the front board - may be a stain or defect in the cloth, boards slightly splayed, spine fraying and a little faded, else internally clean. Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Slim 8vo. Original cloth. 21 pages. Copy #758. SIGNED by the author at the end of the text on p.19. Additonally laid in is an autograph post card from Harold Pinter (on his stationary) to the actor Michael York presenting him with the book.

First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. 21 pages. Number 1933 of 2000 copies. A slim work on Andrew McMaster from the winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature. A fine copy in cloth boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed and warmly inscribed by Pinter on the title page to actor who was directed by Pinter in a play. Signed.

First edition. Octavo. 21 pages. One of 2000 numbered copies, this being one of the 1000 copies for sale in the U.S.A. Cloth-backed linen boards. A prose memoir of the actor-manager Anew McMaster. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed by him on the title-page: "May 10. 83. To Michael with love - Harold''.Fine. Not issued in dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, limited to 2,000 numbered copies (this being #1924). A presentation copy, fondly inscribed by the author on the title page to Trish [Montemuro] and dated 1983. Slim 8vo. 21pp. Quarter cloth. A very good copy of Pinter's celebration of Anew McMaster, the noted British Shakespearean actor-manager. No dust wrapper called for but supplied here with a fresh sheet of protective acetate. Pinter's holograph signature is printed to the base of page 19, which often appears to cause confusion, but this copy certainly does bear his penmanship, inscribed as it is to Trish Montemuro, who was assistant stage manager of the Pinter-helmed National Theatre production of Giraudoux's 'The Trojan War Will Not Take Place' which ran at the Lyttelton Theatre for 43 performances between May-October 1983 (Pinter's hand written date "May 10 83" was the press night for the show). A very nice association copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition. 8vo., original quarter green cloth, cream linen boards. Jeremy Kemp appeared in The Caretaker at The Mermaid Theatre, Chichester, in 1972. Excellent association copy. Inscribed ' The Mermaid, March 72 - To Jeremy with admiration and thanks Harold'. VG, slight foxing to the edges of the slightly sprung boards. 12024.

First edition. Octavo. 21 pages. One of 2000 numbered copies. Cloth-backed linen boards. A prose memoir of the actor-manager Anew McMaster. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed by him on the title-page: "August 69 To David from Harold''. The recipient is his close friend and fellow playwright David Mercer.Front cover a bit tanned at edge. Very good indeed. Not issued in dustwrapper.

First editions, presentation copies, sent with an autograph letter signed from the playwright to the economist Peter Jay (1937-2024) and his then girlfriend Lizzie Spender. Jay and Pinter knew each other through the playwright's wife Antonia Fraser. Spender is the daughter of the poet Stephen Spender and later the wife of Barry Humphries. The letter thanks the two for a "smashing evening" and gifts them the two books. Both works are eulogies, one of the cricketer Arthur Wellard and the other of the Shakespearean actor Andrew McMaster. Jay was well known for his eulogies, which may explain why Pinter sent him these two works; they also shared a passion for cricket. Arthur Wellard is a rare work, with only four institutional copies held. Loosely inserted as issued is a picture of the Gaieties cricket team, with Pinter seated on the second left and Wellard seated on the right. Mac is the signed limited edition, number 870 of 2,000 copies. Jay's book labels are present in each work. 2 works, octavo. Wellard: original white wrappers, front cover lettered in black; Mac: original green quarter cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream cloth side, green endpapers. A few marks to bindings, Arthur Wellard wrappers a little creased, else very good copies.

A first edition, limited edition of 2000 copies - this being number 650. A near fine book with two small ink spots to the front endpapers. Signed and inscribed by Pinter to the front endpaper, /The Caretaker/The Mermaid/March 1972/To Leonard/With admiration and thanks/Harold/. Rossiter, known from numerous classic 1970 television productions, including 'Rising Damp', starred in Pinter's 'The Caretaker' in 1972. A lovely association.