Play Tiger Three Acts by Lessing (7 results)

HC/DJ. First Edition. Good with a clean tight interior.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good, somewhat edge-torn (with loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Provenance: Jack Clayton and Romulus Films. Remains well-preserved overall. Jack Clayton was a British film director and producer, born in Brighton in 1921, who was famous for adapting popular books into acclaimed movies. He began his career in the film industry in 1935 and rose to prominence with his 1959 film, Room at the Top, which earned him and Academy Award nomination for Best Director. His notable works include The Innocents (1961), The Pumpkin Eater (1964), The Great Gatsby (1974), and Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983). Physical description; 80 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Lessing, Doris (1919-2013) Play with a tiger. English drama 20th century. A play in three acts. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good, somewhat edge-torn (with loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Provenance: Jack Clayton and Romulus Films. Remains well-preserved overall. Jack Clayton was a British film director and producer, born in Brighton in 1921, who was famous for adapting popular books into acclaimed movies. He began his career in the film industry in 1935 and rose to prominence with his 1959 film, Room at the Top, which earned him and Academy Award nomination for Best Director. His notable works include The Innocents (1961), The Pumpkin Eater (1964), The Great Gatsby (1974), and Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983). Physical description; 80 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Lessing, Doris (1919-2013) Play with a tiger. English drama 20th century. A play in three acts. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 80. Original publisher's light orange cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. With good short signed handwritten letter from Lessing concerning 'Play with a Tiger' to the American journalist and author Sally Belfrage (1936-1994) laid in, no date but envelope postmarked 7th January 1961. First edition of the second of Lessing's plays to be published. In the accompanying letter, Lessing thanks Belfrage for her positive opinion of the play, and tells her that 'Oscar Lewenstein still says he'll get it on', which, in fact he did: produced by Lewenstein, 'Play with a Tiger' had its first performance at London's Comedy Theatre on March 22nd 1962. Very good indeed in slightly used, very good dust jacket. Signedes.…

First Edition. One end-paper very slightly darkened, otherwise a very nice copy indeed in bright dust-wrapper which has just a touch of wear to the extremities.

FIRST EDITION, pp. 80, crown 8vo, original tan boards, backstrip lettered in gilt and slightly knocked at head, edges lightly spotted, dustjacket slightly rubbed and nicked, very good. Signed by the author on the title-page. Lessing's dramatic output is a neglected part of her oeuvre; this, which opened at the Comedy Theatre in the year of publication, is probably her most highly-regarded.…

First Edition. Small rust-mark on fly-leaf, otherwise a very nice copy in slightly worn and marked dust-wrapper.