Drama/Theater from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Grammercy Publishing Co., 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. Freedley was an actor, writer and best-known as curator of the New York Public Library's theater collection. He was also a cat lover and, in 1943, met Mr. Cat in a Manhattan pet shop, beginning the 16-year relationship described in this short, but delightful memoir. First edition, later printing.… Read more about this item

New York: The Heritage Press, 1942. Hardcover. Fine/Issued Without Jacket. This classic of Victorian era romantic literature was Hardy's sixth novel (his seventh counting his unpublished first work). There was some difficulty at first finding a publisher since social and sexual conflict was not openly discussed in late 19th century England. The title refers to Clym Yeobright, a… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. Marion Davies, a New York girl, met publisher Willaim Randolph Hearst while she was playing in the Ziegfeld Follies about 1915. It was the beginning of a relationship lasting more than 30 years and during which, with Hearst's help, Davies became a major Hollywood star and multi-millionaire. This book, edited… Read more about this item

London: Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, 1943. Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Shelley was, arguably, the finest and most philosophically influential poet and playwright of the English Romantic period. Among his enduring works are "Prometheus Unbound," "The Cenci," "Ozmandyias," Ode To The West Wind," and "Queen Mab," all included in this volume, edited by Thomas Hutchinson. First edition thus,… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2003. Hardcover. Good Plus/Fine. The work of Sendak as a children's book artist has been known around the world since his Caldecott winning "Where The Wild Things Are" in 1963. Less well-known is Sendak's work for adults, a kind of second career, in set and costume design for opera and other… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. Today, American Gertrude Stein is a large part of the literary legend of "Paris between the wars," known for her art collection and her Paris salon, where leading modernist artists and writers such as Picasso, Matisse, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Lewis, Anderson and Pound often gathered. Stein's own writing -- novels, plays,… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins, 1996. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Issued Without Jacket. An advance review copy from uncorrected proofs of this late work of Nobel Prize-winner Lessing. It is the story of a 65-year-old Englishwoman who falls in love, one after another, with two much younger men. It is an exploration of romantic love, sexuality and, as well,… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1901. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good Plus to Very Good/No Jacket. Largely forgotton now, Mathews was a novelist and playwright at the beginning of the 20th century, with much of her work in the historical romance genre. "My Lady Peggy," issued in 1901, was a bestseller and Mathews adapted it for Broadway in 1903… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First Edition. . Hardcover. About Very Good. Francis Hopkinson Smith was an accomplished artist and successful engineer before he turned to writing fiction in his 50's. Colonel George Fairfax Carter, an ex-officer of the Confederate Army, a gentleman of the old South, left in poverty at the end of the war, was… Read more about this item

New York: White, Stokes, & Allen, 1887. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. A late collection of fantasy short stories and a three-act play by the 19th century lawyer and poet. First Edition; 211 pages with one-page ad of other books by the author; small 16 mo (4 x 6 inches), dark brown cloth boards with beveled edges,… Read more about this item

New York: Summit Books, 1988. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Fine. The second mystery in Stacey's classic English mystery series featuring the kind and thoughtful Superintendent Peter Bone, who finds murder even on a night off. Bone is attending a performance of "The Beggar's Opera" at his daughter's school when the pretty and ambitious Miss Fairlie is stabbed… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1960. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. An omnibus edition containing three of Marsh's mysteries featuring her famous Scotland Yard character, Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn. All three novels --"A Wreath For Rivera," "Spinsters In Jeopardy," and "Night At The Vulcan" -- focus on theatrical performances ranging from a strange private ritual to… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday & Co., 1972. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus to Very Good. Perhaps best known for his police procedural crime novels written under his Ed McBain pseudonymn, Hunter was one of the most popular and prolific 20th century American writers. This collection of short fiction is unusual in that it features one… Read more about this item

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A compendium of facts and information about William Shakespeare and his work that will allow you to answer questions such as: Why is there a curse on one of Shakespeare's plays? Or, Why did 'Romeo and Juliet' nearly have a happy ending? Or,… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good Plus. O'Hara's twelfth novel, a late work by this underappreciated writer, features Yank Lucas, a playwright, who after years of deprivation and dogged hard work, conquers Broadway, only to find success not truly fulfilling with still a need to find himself; boards and text are… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow & Co., 2006. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The award-winning Lehane's eighth book is a collection of five gritty, inter-related short stories and the two act play, "Coronado," which gives the book its title. It follows such bestselling mystery-thrillers as "Mystic River" and "Shutter Island.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sontag's final novel, which won the National Book Award in 2000, features Marina Zalenska, a Polish actress who came to American in 1876 to found a commune in California. When the commune failed Marina returned to the stage to become a star to… Read more about this item

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Trade Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. A representative selection of the thought and literature of the English Restoration of the mid-to-late 17th Century, including excerpts from Hobbes' "Leviathan;" Charleton's "The Ephesian Matron;" Etherege's "The Man of Mode;" Wycherly's "The Plain Dealer;" and poetry from Dryden, Sackville,… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. the eighth book from the award-winning author of "Mystic River" and "Shutter Island" is a collection of grim, inter-related short stories and a two-act play, "Until Gwen;" This unread Limited Edition is Signed by Lehane on a specially bound-in title page. A Fine Collectable. … Read more about this item

New York: Washington Square Press, 1964. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage Paperback; the Folger Library General Reader's Shakespeare, W-106. "As You Like It" is a romantic fantasy that became, and has remained, one of Shakespeare's most popular plays; mass market paperback; Fifth Printing of the First Edition Thus;… Read more about this item