Metro by Robert, Signed (4 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very good. A QuasiBook Edition. Unpaginated. Pages printed one side only. Spiral bound. Discolouration to covers near spine. Inscribed by compiler Colombo on front page. Includes brief bio.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. 135pp;129pp; 153pp; 147pp. All volumes signed by author. Science fiction for teenagers, by acclaimed novelist who was also Books Editor at the Morning Star. Signed by Author(s).

unbound. 1 page, 10.75 x 8.25 inches, Culver City, California, December 12, 1944 -- a frantic letter informing Ida Ostro that he has lost Jean Cocteau's script, in full: "I haven't got the script of "Les Parents Terribles" by Cocteau. I must have returned it! I always do return scripts. And I have looked high and low among all my books and scripts and not a sign of it! I feel awful about this, as I am usually so careful about things like that - I have no memory of giving it to anyone, either. I will keep racking my brains for further clues. I have always loved the play and would certainly like to direct it, if anyone produces it." Note: in 1948 Jean Cocteau directed the film version of his play "Les Parents Terribles: and came to regard it as his best film ever. Natural folds; very good(+) condition. Iconic American actor, director, teacher, and founder of the influential Actors Studio in New York City in 1947. He was an early proponent of the Stanislavski System of acting technique and a founding member of New York's revolutionary Group Theatre in the 1930s.

Radierung (Kaltnadel) v. Robert Liebknecht, um 1950, 15,6 x 21 Blattgr. 22 x 28,5 Schöne Kaltnadelradierung mit viel Plattenton. Auf weißem Velin mit gerissener Kante oben. Rechts unten signiert: R. Liebknecht. - Sauber und sehr gut erhalten. Robert Liebknecht (1903 Berlin - 1994 Paris). Sohn von Karl Liebknecht. 1933 Emigration nach Paris. Das zurückgelassene Werk wurde später bei Bombenangriffen zerstört. 1936 gemeinsam mit Max Ernst, Otto Freundlich und Paul Westheim Mitbegründer des Kollektivs deutscher Künstler in Paris, aus dem 1938 der Freie Künstlerbund hervorging. Nach der deutschen Ausbürgerung 1937 und einer Internierung in Les Milles flüchtete er mit Frau und Tochter 1943 in die Schweiz. 1946 Rückkehr nach Frankreich und Arbeit in einem Heim für jüdische Waisen in Moissac. 1947 Umzug nach Paris. Sein Grab befindet sich auf dem Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde in Berlin (sog. Sozialistenfriedhof).