Eighteenth Century Plays
Random House, June 1966. First Edition. Unknown. Mass Market Paperback. A VG copy. Very light wear to wraps. Very light staining to page edges. Pages clean and tight. More
Random House, June 1966. First Edition. Unknown. Mass Market Paperback. A VG copy. Very light wear to wraps. Very light staining to page edges. Pages clean and tight. More
University of Georgia Press, July 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A fine hardcover first edition in jacket. More
Basilike, 1976. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Nice copy. One-act play, set in Italy in the 14th century, involving intrigue and murder between 4 characters. One of 175 copies (the entire edition), printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press; published by Paul..... More
Anderson House, January 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of noted American poet William H. Matchett, with his name and the date on the ffep. 138 pp., gray boards with red titles on spine. A New Yorker clipping laid in loose. A nice copy in Very Good condition with..... More
Random House, Inc. 1946. January 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of noted American poet William H. Matchett, with his name and the date on the ffep. 8 vo. - measuring over 5 1/2 in. x 8 in. Red boards with black and gilt titles on spine in a...... More
Grove Press, Inc., 1966. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Good condition. Solid and unmarked interior, wear and light tanning to spine and covers. 271 pp. More
The Centennial Low Jinks, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition. Clean, tight copy. Printed boards and cloth binding. Gilt title along spine. 171 pp. More
NP [R. Athayde?], 2000. First Edition. Unknown. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 105pp. (rectos only). 8.5 x 11' typed sheets, spiral bound with blue plastic covers. Moderate handling wear. 2-act play. Previous owner's ink annotation (author's?) in upper right corner of title page; else a nearly clean copy..... More
NP [R. Athayde?], 1998. Trade Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 99pp. (rectos only). 8.5 x 11' laser printed sheets spiral bound in translucent plastic covers. Moderate handling wear. 2-act play, notable for the quotation from Alfred de Musset on title page (8 lines, in the original French..... More
Faber and Faber, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Nice copy in jacket (minor darkening and wear; ink name). 180 pages. Later issue of the 3-act play (plus opening chorus and epilogue); originally published in 1935 (see Bloomfield & Mendelson A9a). 'Second impression March MCMXXXVI'..... More
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Good in gilt-stamped green cloth. Rubbing and light wear to boards, light soiling to front pastedown, ink name on front free endpaper. Program laid in for Walla Walla Highschool's 1921 production of the play, clipped newspaper review of..... More
Charles Scrbner's Sons, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very Good condition in Good dust jacket, olive paper-covered boards (minor wear to extremities; Act II title page appears to have been autographed in pencil by several people, perhaps the actors, along with their thumbprints; otherwise..... More
Stage and Screen, January 1999. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. NF/NF Book Club (BCE/BOMC) First thus edition. More
Grove Press, January 1958. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. A Good copy. Book has shelfwear, edgewear, toning to pages and covers, a couple of scattered cracks to the text block, & notes & marginalia throughout. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾' in. More
Grove Press, January 1958. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. From the personal library of American poet and critic William Matchett, with his name on the half title. A Very Good copy. Book has sheflwear, edgewear, toning to pages, soiling to covers and edges of text block, and aforementioned name. Interior is..... More
EVERGREEN, GROVE E226, January 1960. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. Second printing. Previous owner's name inscribed on half-title page. Contains loose newspaper clipping. In Very Good condition. More
Random House, 1952. Book Club. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Fireside Theatre Book Club edition. Very good in jacket (jacket and text somewhat age-toned).B/w Illustrations. More
Ugly Duckling Presse, December 2013. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Translated from the Spanish by Emily Toder. First Printing. Near Fine condition. Clean, tight, unmarked. 64 pp. More
Ugly Duckling Presse, December 2013. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Translated from the Spanish by Emily Toder. First Printing. Near Fine condition. Clean, tight, unmarked. 64 pp. More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, April 2006. Trade Paperback. A Very Good copy. Book has sheflwear, edgewear, creases to covers, toning to pages, and a former owner's name on the front endpaper. Interior is otherwise clean, unmarked, and tight. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾' in. More
Simon and Schuster, January 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing. From the library of poet/academic William Matchett with his bookplate and date to the ffep. Spotting along the top, light shelfwear to boards, else a Very Good copy in a Very Good jacket that has spotting to the flaps, and..... More
Farrar Straus & Giroux, February 1999. Hardcover. Light shelfwear, else a Very Good copy; dust jacket has some mild rubbing but, is Very Good. More
University of Illinois Press, July 1973. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author. From the library of poet/academic William H. Matchett. Some wear/tearing on jacket, shelf wear on spine, otherwise both book and jacket are in Very Good condition. More
The Poet Lore Co., 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Corners rubbed, overall browning and wear to binding. More
The Poet Lore Co., 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Corners heavily rubbed and nicked, overall browning to binding. More