Subject Roses, Signed (6 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Random House Book Club Edition Full title: "About Those Roses or How Not to Do A Play and Succeed: and the Text of The Sugject Was Roses". SIGNED by FRANK D. GILROY on a card affixed to front end page (signature only). DJ has some soiling; and light edge wear; mylar protected. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Stapled pictorial card covers. Inscribed to the title page by Martin Sheen. Trace scuffing to covers else fine condition. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 24 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing (stated). Rubbed wear to the spine ends, dripped coffee stain along the edge of the rear endpaper and a small portion of the corner of the lower pages edges, else a very good copy; lacking the dust jacket. The front endpaper bears a dated inscription to "Jim"--SIGNED by Gilroy, with two short inscriptions SIGNED by Edgar Lansbury (producer and set designer), and by Joe Beruh (financial backer). The play was a major critical and commercial success, with 832 performances. Gilroy won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play won the Tony Award for Best Play and Best Featured Actor (Jack Albertson) and The New York Drama Circle's Critics Award. Gilroy also wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film that garnered Albertson an Oscar for his performance. Inscribed by Author(s).

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 210. Signed on flyleaf by Irene Dailey, who played Nettie Cleary in the 1964 production. VG in little worn dj. A journal about putting together the production, plus the text of the play.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Full title: "About Those Roses or How Not to Do A Play and Succeed: and the Text of The Sugject Was Roses". SIGNED by FRANK D. GILROY on a bookplate affixed to front end page (signature only). DJ lightly soiled on rear panel and has edge wear and chip on lower front. $4.95 price present on DJ flap; mylar protected. Attached to half-tilte page is a bookplate SIGNED by PATRICIA NEAL (played 'Nettie Cleary' in 1968 movie version of play). Also attached to half-title is a cut signature card SIGNED by MARTIN SHEEN (played 'Timmy Cleary'). Also liad-in is a color image of movie poster SIGNED by TERRENCE DONNELLY (Assistant Director on film). Laid-in is a card SIGNED by ULU GOSBARD (the films director). Also laid-in is original ad-sheet for the original 1964 Broadway production at the Royale Theatre in NY. Pulitzer winning play. Also includes aldi-in the original New York Times obituary for Gilroy. Unique copy for the Gilroy--Subject Was Roses fan or collector Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Great Investment! SIGNED collection of 5 Playbills, each signed by principal stars in the play, including Ingrid Bergman, Gloria Swanson, Ginger Rogers, Claudette Colbert, Ellen Burstyn, Charles Grodin, Mercedes McCambridge, Chester Morris, and Cyril Ritchard. A certicate of Auithenticity fro One of a Kind Collectibles accompanies the magazines. Fine condition. Bok #P2116. $498. We specialize in rare Ayn Rand, history, and science. Signed by Author(s).