Paris: Gallimard, 1926. First printing. Paperback. First edition, 1926, 8vo, wraps, inscribed to Edmond Roze, a theatrical director, actor and stage manager (d. 1943 Auschwitz). Good plus copy with some wear and soil to wraps, pages unopened but a little tanned.
Paris: La Table Ronde, C. 1960. Hardcover. Published 1960, yellow cloth with pictorial onlay in acetate dust jacket, inscribed to old friends by Achard. Fine copy in near fine plain acetate dj.
Paris: La Table Ronde, 1959. Paperback. New edition, 1959, inscribed to friends of his very fondly. Very good, pages tanning. A long play in three acts.
Paris: Gallimard, 1949. Hardcover. 2 volumes, both published 1949, imitation vellum bindings with wraps bound in, each inscribed to Alvin Laidley (UNESCO) and his wife Jeanne Silvain, an actress and daughter of Eugene Silvain, doyen of the Comédie Francaise. Fine but for tanning pages.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1993. Hardcover. Cloth. 8vo. 229pp. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Rubbing to board edges, light general shelfwear to dustjacket.
Birmingham: John Baskerville for J and R Tonson, 1761. Hardcover. Complete in four volumes. 1761. Hardcover, 4to. in 3/4 leather and marbled boards, spines poorly repaired with laid on cloth, all edges marbled. Varying paginations, complete with frontis of Addison, engraved plates and diagrams of medals. Deaccessioned ex-library, with plates.....
Zurich: Inst. Orell Fussli, 1929. First printing. Hardcover. 1929 printing. Tall folio, cloth & stiff boards folding chemise housing 16 pp sewn text and 56 loose mounted plates. Text and plates VG to Fine, chemise has some cloth reinforcement to sides and some minor ex-library marks (properly withdrawn). RARE. Color.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 2012, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 247pp., not illustrated. Book good with pencil marginalia and underlining; otherwise near fine with handsome boards and tight binding. DJ VG+ with mild rubbing and edgewear.
Paris: Librairie Hachette, (1919). First printing. Paperback. First printing of this translation, 1919, wraps, very good, unopened, with an inscription by Silvain and his colleague Jaubert (hard to read the name of the recipient); probably inscribed in advance of the performance, only the anticipated recipient was a no-show, as this.....
New York: Atheneum, 1962-1980. Hardcover. Includes 'A Small Collection of Recipes for Omelets, Crepes and Complete Menues from the Personal Files of Mr. Rudolph Stanish' (wraps, 1970, with preface by Albee). 'Omelets, Crepes and Other Recipes' NY, 1970, hardcover in jacket, fine. 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' NY, 1962, 2nd.....
Washington DC: Anderson House, 1938. First printing. Hardcover. Stated first. Cloth in dust jacket, book very good plus, bookplate, light age toning, jacket VG with light wear and soil. Music was by Kurt Weill.
Chicago: Dramatic Publishing Company, C. 1954. 12mo, wraps, good plus, some soil and darkening to wraps, contents a little tanned. 93 pp.
Geneva and Paris: La Palatine, 1950. First printing. Paperback. First edition, no. 898 of 1000 on papier Roto Blanc, signed by three of the main actors in the original production: Jean-Louis Barrault, Madeleine Renaud and Pierre Bertin. Large 8vo, illustrated wraps with wax overlay, 186 pp, fine copy with minimal.....
New York: Coward-McCann, C. 1960. First printing. Hardcover. First American edition, 1960, cloth in dust jacket, book very good with extensive pencil notes to preliminary pages and last pages in pencil by Henry Hewes, longtime theater reviewer for the Saturday Review and the first national US critic to review international.....
New York: Universe Books, 1976. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1976. Quarto, cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 192 pp., illustrated (some in color), Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket, some erasable pencil-notes to the text, a bit of discoloration to the top edge, soiling/discoloration to the dust jacket.....
State College, PA: Carnation Press, 1969. Hardcover. 1969 Hardcover, edition not stated, in Near Fine condition. The dust jacket is in Very Good condition, with light edge wear, and light handling soil. Pages: 163.
London: Walter Scott, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. 1897. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. 421pp. plus publisher ads, Ex-library, with stamps and stickers entailed. Rubbing to boards, loss to spine title. Cloth of spine mellowed and separated from spine, revealing stitching. Long blue paint stain on spine. Plate of former owner on.....
Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1999. Later printing. Paperback. 1999 Softcover, in Fine condition, showing the very lightest shelf wear.
Paris: Lucien Vogel, 1921. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1921, this one unnumbered but probably one of 250 on Lafuma, INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS to theatrical producer, director and set designer Edmond Roze: 'A notre Edmond Roze, en souvenir des bonnes soirées que passa chez lui...et en temoignage de notre.....
Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1964. 8vo, hardcover, 157 pp. Illustrated in b & w. Book is Very Good+, with light stamp to front pastedown. Otherwise, contents are clean and unmarked. Mild discoloration to top edge of text block. Slight spine lean to book.....
London: Bowes and Bowes, Publishers, 1964. Reprint. Hardcover. 1964 Hardcover in Very Good+ condition, with very light edge wear and handling soil. The dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition, with light edge wear, and light handling soil. Pages: 198.
Paperback. Published 1917, 4to, string tied wraps, 18 pp, illustrated, some in color, handsome program, very good, second leaf has 3 x 2 inch triangular loss to lower outer corner, not affecting text, otherwise in very good shape. Includes two smaller programs in black and white for Chu Chin Chow.....
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1992. First printing. Hardcover. First printing, 1992, hardcover with gray cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 206pp., illustrated in b&w. Book good with handsome boards and tight binding, previous owner's stamp to front flyleaf, first 60 pages have pen marginalia and underlining, otherwise text.....
New York: Theater Arts Books, 1966. First English language edition. Hardcover. 1966 Hardcover in Very Good+ condition, with very light edge wear and handling soil, as well as a previous owner notation to the front free end paper. The dust jacket is in Good+ condition, with light edge wear, and.....
Torino: Edizioni Radio Italiani (ERI), 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 1953, First edition. Limited to 1700 copies, this one is #423. Hardcover (flexible boards), 4to., illustrated. Italian text. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket in original slipcase. 211 pp., including 53 plates. Contents are Fine; clean, bright and unmarked.....