PLAYS AND THEATER from Old New York Book Shop

New York: Metropolitan Job Printing and Engraving Establishment , 1869. wraps. fair. 19p, octavo. A fair copy in original tan printed wraps. Moisture stain in lower right corner of pages throughout, light soiling, wear and tear throughout margins. This is Offenbach's first full length opera, and is a lampoon of the ancient myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. … Read more about this item

Northbridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1980. First Edition, Limited. Hardcover. fine /near fine. 47p octavo. First Edition limited to 150 signed and number copies, this copy is #127. A fine copy in a near fine jacket. Jacket is sunned, nicked at spine head.

Hardcover. Very good/very good. Seven volumes from the Arden Shakespeare. An incomplete set, all very good in very good dust jackets. Printed in 1950s at Harvard with the eception of King Henry VI, published in the UK in 1965.

Germany: Heliopolis Verlag, 1988. Hardcover. fine/near fine. 332p, square quarto. Illustrated, Lotte Reiner. Text entirely in German. Fine in a near fine jacket, touch of wear to extremities, else fine. This is an oversized/overweight item and may require additional shipping charges if ordered outside the United States.

New York: Scribner's, 1956. Hardcover. fine/very good +. 367p, octavo. A fine copy in a very good + jacket. Jacket is darkened along spine, scuffed at spine head, tape ghost and light rubbing on back of jacket.

Raleigh, NC: Wolf's Head Press. wraps. fine. 26p small octavo. A fine copy in stiff yellow wraps.

New York: Back Stage Books , 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. fine/fine. 288p, quarto. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed on title page by Raabe to ---. Additional gift inscription penned on half title page.

New York: Tomorrow Publishers, 1935. First Edition. Original wraps. Very good. 64p octavo, a very good copy in blue/gray printed wraps. with remnants of a wrap-around band issued with the pamphlet

New York: Julie Styne. Original wraps. Fine. 94p quarto, bound in original plin blue wraps with a yellow label on the front cover, yellow cloth spine with title hand written.Playscript clearly originating from Styne's office, with his statement on the first leaf "Property of: Julie Styne 200 West 57th st New York, 19, N.Y. JU 6-0028. … Read more about this item

New York: Samuel French, (1931). Second Printing. Original wraps. Very good. 166p octavo, Buff wrappers printed in red. Some Toning on the wrappers, few small, faint splash marks on front wrap, very good. The Dedication copy Inscribed by Riggs to Barrett H Clark: "Dear Barrett - Here you are - your book again! Regards Lynn" The… Read more about this item

New York: Coward-McCann , (1933). First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. 253p octavo, A very good copy in a good dust jacket , lightly chipped on the spine heads. Inscribed by Rice to author, playwrite George Fred Hummel and his wife in 1933. Fred Hummel was known as the 'King of Long Island' who wrote plays, novels… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, (1971). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 111p octavo, A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Some oxing on the foredge, name on the front fly leaf. Laid in is a program from the Winter Garden a ticket advertisement and 2 ticket stubs from the theatre enclosed in a winter garden envelope

New York: Random House, (1970). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 118p octavo, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Name on the front fly leaf

(Paris): Plain Edition, (1932). First Edition. Original wraps. Very good. 400p small octavo, 1/500 copies printed. Inscribed by Stein "? and plays for Laura B.. ? it is a pleasure in more than this willingness? a sentence for you, but which is it it's always a sentence for you Gertrude Stein" A very good copy in… Read more about this item

London: Hurst and Blackett Ltd, 1889. First Edition. Full calf. Very good. 295p,305p octavo. illustrated A very good set rebound in later full calf circa 1920s-30s. Extra illustrated with 65 letters, portraits, signatures etc including Toole, A W Pinero,Henry Neville, T. de Banville, Nellie Farren, Moncrieff, Sq. Bancroft, Paul Bedford, Charles Reade, Fanny Brough, Frederick Robson, Landseer all… Read more about this item

New York: Coward McCann Inc, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 301p octavo, a very good copy in dark blue cloth, spine dull, top edge spotted, and faint spot on back panel. Inscribed warmly to Fred and Lillie. Fred Hummel was a novelist and playwright from Long island New York known as the King of East… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Publishing, (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 165p octavo, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., (1984). First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 280p octavo, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket, signed by Jed Harris

New York: Vincent Astor Gallery, 1984. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. 109p octavo, illustrated. A fine copy in blue printed wraps., spine synned. Laid in is a "Legitimate Broadway Theatres Under Consideration for Landmarks Designation"

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1975). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1454p octavo, a fine set in lime green cloth enclosed in publisher's very good green cloth slipcase. Laid in is a hand written letter from Stark Young to "Zuloaga" (Ignazio Zuloga painter 1870-1945) which was a nickname for Lewis M Isaacs Jr a student at Harvard who… Read more about this item