Three Dwarfs, First Edition (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Association copy. Hardcover in Good+ condition, small 8vo, pages: xxxiv,[ii],119. Gray textured paper-covered boards with spine titles in red. Spine ends worn, tips lightly worn, some soiling to boards, few pages with creases, no dust jacket. A 25 page introduction by Taylor sets the stage for this play by describing the situation in China prior to World War II. Inscribed by George Savage to playwright and novelist Edna Ferber thanking her for a steak dinner. Bookseller accession no.: 16574. From the New York Times (1 Oct 1944), ".a story of China at war; a story of what wester ideas and war have done to China's youth; a story of a dozen major conflicts - between the old social order and the new, between appeasement and resistance." ".the most penetrating analysis this reviewer has yet seen of the forces at work in rural China and the portents of these developments.". Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. First Edition. First Printing (stated). Very Good or better in dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Q14541.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Grove Press, An Evergreen Original (E-350), 1962, 110 pgs., presumed first edition, stated eighth printing. VG in wrapper, spine is still tight, light edge wear, some rubbing to wrapper with a slight hip-pocket kind of curve and small black smudge in front upper right corner. Internally NF, pages are complete, intact, unmarked and still bright, including 4 pages of B&W photos taken from original productions. THRPB202012125.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. Near fine with owner's inscription on front fly. Evergreen Original, E-350.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. Near fine. Evergreen Original, E-350.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. First "A" Printing of the First American Derrydale Edition. Glossy pictorial boards. All movables in fine working condition.

Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good + DJ. Second Printing [stated]. Xxxiv, 119 Pp. Green Cloth Lettered In Red. Stated Second Printing, Date 1945 On Title Page. Long Introduction Describing Recent Events In China, Which Are Also The Subject Of The (Fictional) Play. Inscribed By George Savage "In Appreciation" To Muriel Brown, Perhaps The Muriel Brown Associated With The Goodman School Of Drama, Now The Theatre School, In Chicago, As They Both Worked In The Federal Theatre Project. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Classics Illustrated Jr. #552: The Three Little Dwarfs. FIRST PRINT (inside the front cover, it advertises next month's title). 32 pages. Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. The interior is clean and free of tears, chips and stains; paper is moderately toned but not brittle. Binding is very secure--staples are intact with no tearing of the cover at the staples and all pages are firmly attached; there is slight wear along the fold. Pictorial front cover has virtually no general wear with several shallow creases that can be seen only by tilting the book in certain angles. Rear cover also has virtually no general wear with slight soiling. The inside of the covers have a moderate amount of toning.

First Edition. Printed in Czechoslovakia. Wonderful and uncommon Kubasta pop-up book with six ingenious three dimensional illustrations. Very Good bright copy, one pop-up with spine-wheel detached and sustaining some creases.