Play Days, Signed (24 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Paperback. Signed by Lansfield Wilson on the half title page. 1st edition. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good(+). f. 152 pages. Thin 8vo, brown cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Hill and Wang, 1959. First edition. Light discoloration on endpaper, else near fine in a very good(+) dust wrapper, inscribed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Inscribed by Lindsay and also signed by Crouse. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback copyright 1942 SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS; first edition third printing; well preserved withdrawal from college library with usual stamps and stickers; tight, square text block in blue cloth boards (no dj); two corners gently bumped; 208 pages NWDR-4. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with black lettering, dust jacket. 152pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket spine faintly sunned. Just the "Fireside Theatre Book Club Edition," but tight and handsome -- and with choice autograph addition from Van Doren: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a buff heavy stock 5ĵ" X 3ĵ" postal card, n.p., n.y. [postal cancellation from New York, NY, 1956 May 22. Preprinted return address of Arnold Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln scholar). Fine. Preprinted form from the New York Civil War Round Table (Gates was an officer) for noting attendance at some unidentified meeting: Van Doren checks the "Not coming" line, adding "[Sorry -- and thanks]" and signing boldly in full at the close. Van Doren (1894-1972) was a critic, author, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and all-around man of letters.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth. Edges very slightly toned and dust-dulled. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 187 pages; Description: 187, [1] p. Front. (port. ) 21 cm. Signed by author with a lengthy inscription. Complete with portrait frontispiece. Subjects: A play. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover with DJ. INSCRIBED TO PREVIOUS OWNER (Anderson's literary agent Audrey Wood) AND SIGNED BY ANDERSON. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers like new. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear. Presented with clear book jacket cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Signed by Author.

wrappers. Condition: Very Good. "Author's Edition". (x), 56 pages. Wraps browning on spine and edges. Inscribed by author at top of front wrap to F.H. Sexton, Principal of Nova Scotia Technical College, his bookplate to inside front wrap. This edition is the adaptation of the work for stage by Daisy Foster and Bernard W. Russell. The Cast of Characters from the first production at the Majestic Theatre in Halifax, March 10, 1927 is included. The Foreword has a note on "The 'Tucking' Frolic". Rhodenizer (p.726) states that the play was later (1930) put in the form of a novel. 7.5 x 5 inches. Inscribed by Author(s).

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth. Edges very slightly toned and dust-dulled. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 187 pages; Description: 187, [1] p. Front. (port. ) 21 cm. Signed by author with a lengthy inscription. Complete with portrait frontispiece. Subjects: A play. 1 Kg.

BLAKE, Eugene H. TANGLED TRAILS: A PLAY OF SOUTHERN INDIAN DAYS. Columbia, SC: The State Company, 1936. 8vo., blue printed wraps; 73 pages. First Edition. A drama based principally on the life and customs of the early Cherokees. Signed presentation from Blake on the front endpaper: "To Louise Hodges (Merry-Toes) from Eugene Blake." Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight). $85.00.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED First Edition very good condition hard cover in a good dust jacket gently read clean pages wear to jacket corners, fold starting to separate, with nice inscription from Howard and Dorothy . ( Howard Lindsay was married to Dorothy Stickney,the noted writer ) Photograph of Dorothy Stickney as Vinnie opposite title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp.208. Signed presentation from the author:"To Barrett H. Clark. Affectionately Hoard Lindsay." Theatre play, for a cast of sixteen; set in the late 1880s in the Morning Room of the Day's house on Madison Avenue. First performed at the Empire Theatre, New York City, on 8th November, 1939. Original cast included Katherine Bard, Dorothy Stickney, John Drew Devereaux, and Ruth Hammond. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Designed by Stewart Chaney. Introduction by Brooks Atkinson. Good b/w production photographs illustrate the script. Original publisher's binding in Royal Blue with bright lettering at spine. Theatrical dust jacket design in black,white, and red on a metallic gold ground features a b/w production photograph. / Writer, editor, and actor, Barrett Harper Clark (1890-1953) was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. / Howard Lindsay, born Herman Nelke, (1889-1968) was an American theatrical producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor. He is best known as part of the collaboration of Lindsay and Crouse, and for his performance, with his wife Dorothy Stickney, in the long-running play Life With Father. Very good indeed in near very good dust jacket. Dust jacket slightly used but protected by a clear sleeve. Decent copy. Signedes.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Authors Presentation Copy; X + [2] + 114pp + [2] bound in original card covers, very darken and marked, spine very chipped, page corners turned over, odd water stain. PRESENTATION COPY inscribed as being presented on visitng the Theatre Royal Dublin. ; Octavo; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A Fine copy in dark blue cloth, in a Fine gold, black and orange dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with a couple of tiny blemishes to the lower extremities of the jacket. SIGNED by co-author Russel Crouse in the middle of the front free endpaper. 208pp. The play is based on the book of stories of the same title by Clarence Day [Knopf, 1935], which was later adapted to the cinema, and later still, to television. Q05512.

First Vanguard edition hard back binding in publisher's original black and beige tonic cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back over burgundy ground. 12mo. 7'' x 4½''. Contains 245 pp. Tanning to the page edges. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with chips to the spine ends, priced 3/6. SIGNED by the cast members to the front free end paper and reverse 'Jennifer Beaumont' (Annie) 'Louise Clarke' (Nora) 'Gladys Goring' (Margaret) 'Mary Goring' (Mother) 'Michael Heath' 'Colin Crake' 'Iris Appleton' 'Erich Heath' and others. From the private library of Woodrow Wyatt with his coat of arms bookplate to the front paste down. Member of the P.B.F.A. PLAYS (Theatre Performance).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, This LIMITED Edition on India paper, published in 1929,1ST UK EDITION, VG+/VG+, is Limited to 250 numbered and signed copies of which this is No. 21." Lite yellow cloth with Titles on top front cvr, red cloth with gold gilt and a.a. milne on front cvr, VG/VG, LITE WEAR 1929, 887 pages (many of which are still untrimmed). the red clothbound hardback is in very good condition, with no real wear and with the gold stamping still crisp. The dust jacket has some darkening to the spine and a small bit of edge wear but is in very good condition, as well. SOME pgs Uncut. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. First edition, a paperback original preceding the UK and French editions. Not issued simultaneously in hardcover, as often seen with these Grove Press productions. INSCRIBED BY BECKETT, "For/ Goddard & Brigitta/ Lieberson/ from their friend/ Sam Beckett/ Paris Oct. 1961." Goddard Lieberson headed up Columbia Records "Masterworks" series and served as President of the company from 1955 to 1975; his wife "Vera Zorina," nee Eva Brigitta Hartwig, was a ballerina and movie star. Near fine with lightly rubbed crease to front cover. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Signed and inscribed for Jack Benny by both authors--visible in photo. No dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Most are Fine; a few Near Fine: all First Editions, first impressions with full number line, including 1 where applicable; signed by the author to the title page without dedication; very clean and bright original cloth bindings with gilt letters to the spines and hard spine tips and boards with sharp corners; no previous owner's marks or gift dedications throughout; very clean and tight text blocks with no sunning or spotting. Dust jacket condition: Most Fine, some Near Fine: no losses, tears or nicks; not price clipped throughout. Additional postage and insurance will be needed for 29 large and heavy books (rather than the shipping amount quoted, which is for an average-sized single book). Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fair. SIGNED! New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. 1st edition. 8vo hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering in pictorial dust jacket. xii+208pp. Illustrations. Signed by Crouse on title page and all cast members. Fair book. Fair dust jacket. Dampstaining on lower third of jacket and book, affecting only the boards and endpapers. Dust jacket has 1 inch tear. In protective mylar cover. (Drama, Plays) Inquire if you need further information.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Paperback original, preceding both the French and British editions. Octavo. 64pp. Stiff glossy wrappers as issued, not published in clothbound issue in the first edition. A near fine copy with faint bump and crease on rear wrap and last few leaves. Inscribed by Beckett: "for Dan Pope from Samuel Beckett 4.2.82". Scarce thus.

London : Methuen & Co., 1929. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth (one corner slightly bumped), small tape marks to endpapers, edges slightly foxed, pp. xx; 887, printed on thin onionskin paper, limited to 250 copies signed by A. A. Milne, this is copy number 5.

First U.K. edition. Octavo. 48 pages. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed by him on the title-page: ''for Rosemary Goad with all good wishes - Sam. Beckett - London Jan. 1973''. The recipient was the first female director of Faber and Faber and the book was presumably inscribed for her in their offices in Russell Square.Fine in very good dustwrapper a bit rubbed at the edges.

First Edition. Play based on Clarence Day's sketches of his despotic parent. This copy signed and inscribed by both Lindsay and Crouse as well as Mrs. Clarence Day [Katherine Briggs Dodge Day] and Wendy Day [Clarence's daughter] at front endpaper. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, 1 and 1/2 inch chip at top spine end, smaller edge chips and wear to edges.