Modern Drama from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. First printing. Deluxe issue, one of fifty copies in coarse-weave linen, signed by the author on colophon. Octavo (25cm); cloth hardcover with gilt-stamped paper spine label; 124pp. Tight, clean, Near Fine copy in original acetate (unprinted) dustwrapper, lightly rubbed and with a small (1/4") loss at crown of spine; Very Good.… Read more about this item

New York: Library of America, 1988. First Thus. First printings. Three octavo volumes. Green cloth hardcovers; dustjackets; 1104+1091+1007pp. Very fine, apparently unread copies, in original, unclipped dustwrappers (each priced $35 at base of front flap). Texts selected, with notes, by Travis Bogard. Complete edition O'Neill's dramatic works - the only American playwright to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.… Read more about this item

North Haven, CT: Catbird Press, 2002. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 224p. Fine. In original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $24 on front flap), Fine.

New York: Liberation, 1970. First Edition. First printing; issued as "Liberation" v.15, no. 3. Signed by Bentley on front cover. Mild smudge to autograph, else fine. First printing of this experimental political theater piece, described as "a stage show for a rock group of 4 musicians and about 10 singing actors." Written by the renowned critic and… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1945. First edition. First printing. Limited issue; no. 100 of 751 signed copies. Blue linen spine over paper-covered boards; gilt spine and cover labels; 46pp. A crisp, fine copy, lacking both the (unprinted) glassine wrapper and the slipcase. Printed at Joseph Blumenthal's Spiral Press. CRANE A31.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1925. First Edition. First printing. Regular issue, of 1000 numbered copies (this is no.853). There was a simultaneous deluxe issue of 25 signed copies. Small octavo; paper-covered boards, with printed spine and cover labels; 72pp. Mild toning and soil to covers, else a tight, Near Fine copy, lacking the dustwrapper. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright's… Read more about this item

1957. First Edition. Second issue, for the Sausalito Little Theatre (150 copies printed). Quarto. Staple-bound sheets with silkscreen cover; [18pp], printed recto-only. Covers heavily chipped, with no loss to printed areas; rear cover detached but present; internally clean and complete. A Good example, condition typical for this extremely fragile production. This is the second of three variant… Read more about this item

New York: Dutton, 1970. First edition. First printing. Inscribed to Howard Moss, and signed in full by the poet. Small octavo; cloth-backed boards; 95 pp. Very Good or better in unclipped original dust jacket, also very good with minor wear at the corners. Housed in custom cloth clamshell case with leather label. A nice association copy and a… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; beige linen over boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 312pp. Fine copy in original dustjacket, unclipped (priced $22.50), unfaded, Fine. "The three plays in this collection form a triptych - the central play, a farce, is flanked by two dramas. Together… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1935. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm); blue cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and in blind to front cover; blue topstain; dustjacket; xx,163,[1]pp. Gentle sunning to spine ends and upper board edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), gently sunned, lightly shelfworn and dust-soiled, with… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1979-1983. First U.K. Editions. First Impressions. Five octavo volumes (22.5cm); blue paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; pale gray/blue topstain; dustjackets; 365; 245; 288; 145; 179pp. All are Near Fine or better with topstain faded on most volumes. The dustjackets are uniform, designed by David Prout; unclipped (priced £5.95 - £7.95 net), the third… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Seltzer, Inc, 1920. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); salmon colored boards, decorated and titled in black on the front cover and spine; 103pp. Spine ends lightly pushed; two minor bumps to upper board edge; Near Fine. The dustjacket is price-clipped at the lower flap; light chipping and minor tears to the extremities; clean, tight… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1943. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Original beige cloth, stamped in red and blue, in original beige and blue dust jacket; plain endpapers; [x],146pp; with black and white stills from the 1943 production directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Straight and tight, lightly rubbed and browned at edges, endpapers discolored: Very Good. Jacket trimmed at corners… Read more about this item

Wellesley Hills: The Sans Souci Press, 1978. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by publisher William Young, this being copy 'S'. Octavo (22.5cm); beige buckram, with title label mounted to upper spine; dustjacket; publisher's original slipcase; [8],9-138,[6]pp. Fine in a Fine dustjacket and slipcase. Handsome edition of this early dramatic work, co-written… Read more about this item

Weston, MA: M & S [M&S] Press, 1970. First Edition. First printing of the Collected Works. Twelve volumes; v.1 quarto, remainder octavo; uniform blue cloth with gilt spine titles. A fresh, unread set. Collected edition of works by the iconoclastic essayist, poet, dramatist and progressive reformer John Jay Chapman (1862-1933). Includes all twenty-seven of Chapman's published works, running… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1953. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 230,(2)pp. Tight, Near Fine copy, very clean excepting some dustjacket offsetting to the front and rear free endpapers. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.50 on front flap), lightly soiled and toned on spine panel and flap folds; Very Good or better.

New York: Samuel French, 1935. First Edition. First Printing, publisher's folded and gathered sheets for the cloth issue. Octavo (19.5cm); eight disbound quires (as issued); x,[2],107pp. Modest external wear, subtle toning and a touch of dust-soil to first and last leaves, with a few faint creases and tiny chips to same; contents clean; Very Good+. A symphonic drama based… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1959. First Edition. 8vo. 22.5cm x 15cm. Publisher's red cloth boards. Dustjacket. Titled in gilt to spine, a little light wear to the extremities, strong and handsome, in a clean, bright example with a couple of spots of soiling to the front panel, some shallow marginal chipping mostly confined to the upper edge of the… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1950. First Edition. Earliest state with "Here" for "Her" on page 29. 8vo. 22cm x 14.5cm. Publsiher's green cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in gilt to spine, some very minor edgewear and marginal sunning, in a clean, bright and strong example of the dustjacket with a little marginal wear and shallow chipping to the spine ends just… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1970. First Edition. First printing, of 1,366 copies. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 177pp. Fine copy, apparently unread, in crisp and unworn dustwrapper. First publication of these two playscripts, the first written while still an undergraduate at Chapel Hill, the second, expanded version written at Harvard during Wolfe's playwriting apprenticeship with George Pierce… Read more about this item