Plays
Murderer a Play in Two Acts
Marion Boyars, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Good condition in Good dust jacket with protective mylar cover. Scuffing and shelfwear to jacket. 89 pp. More
Sleuth: A Play (Playscripts S)
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, July 2000. Trade Paperback. A Very Good copy. Book has shelfwear, edgewear, creases to covers, soiling to covers and edges of text block, and a former owner's name on the front endpaper. Interior is tight, clean, and unmarked. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾' in..... More
Equus: A Play
Avon Books, November 1977. Trade Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Good used copy (pen mark to cover, some wear). More
The Private Ear: The Public Eye: Two Plays
Stein and Day, 0000. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG/VG in jacket (slight rubbing to jacket; slight internal browning). 8vo with DJ 12 0pp. ca 1964 Book Club edition first thus. More
The Life and Death of King John (The World's Classics)
Oxford University Press, August 1989. Reprint. Trade Paperback. From the library of noted American poet William Matchett with his signature and date on front free end paper. In Very Good condition, light edgewear, creasing to wraps, and tanning throughout. More
Six Tragedies
Franklin Library, 1975. First Thus. Leather Binding. A near fine copy, bound in full red leather decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers (very slight wear). Series: The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. More
Troilus and Cressida (The Pelican Shakespeare)
Penguin Classics, December 2000. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A Good cheap reading copy with some minor shelfwear and ink markings to a few pages. More
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare Volume VII King Lear; Roomeo and Juliet; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; Othello, the Moor of Venice.
Phillips, Sampson and Co., 1852. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Volume VII only - includes King Lear; Roomeo and Juliet; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; Othello, the Moor of Venice. Old brown leather (front cover detached but resent, rubbing). Ownership inscription of Oscar Deutsch, Braunfels, Texas, 1879.... More
Arms and the Man: a Pleasant Play
Penguin, 1963. Unknown. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Light edgewear to wraps. Pencil markings to inside covers. More
Bernard Shaw's Plays: Major Barbara, Heartbreak House, Saint Joan, Too True to Be Good; (Norton Critical Editions)
W W Norton & Co Inc, December 1970. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good condition. 494 pp. Norton Critical Edition. Clean, tight copy. Creased spine. Minor wear and creasing and curling of corners to covers. More
Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue
Constable & Co., 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Original light green cloth stamped in gilt (minor wear; neat small period ink inscription on endpaper, some foxing). First edition, 7th printing. More
Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue, Definitive Text
Penguin Books, January 1946. Unknown. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very Good condition. Light wear. Clean, tight, unmarked. 158 pp. More
The shewing-up of Blanco Posnet: a sermon in crude melodrama
Constable, January 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A very good copy in very good- dust jacket with sunning to jacket spine; rubbing, scuffing and fading to jacket; bumping, creasing and some tearing to jacket edges; slight rubbing to cloth; previous owner's ink name on front..... More
Man and Superman: a Comedy and a Philosophy
Constable & Co., 1926. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Original light green cloth stamped in gilt (minor wear; neat small period ink inscription on endpaper, some foxing). More
The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza / By Bernard Shaw
Constable and Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (small). Original light green cloth (minor wear; spine slightly cocked; ink inscription; minor foxing). xxix, [1], 78 pages. Complete 2-act socio-political play, plus Shaw's 24-page preface. More
The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza / By Bernard Shaw
Constable and Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Small chips, short tears, holes, few small nicks, slight stains, creases, rubbing and browning to jacket (chiefly at edges); slight internal browning to edges and endpapers. xxix, [1], 78 pages. Complete 2-act socio-political play, plus Shaw's 24-page preface. More
Caesar and Cleopatra : A History
Viking Pr, June 1950. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clean, tight copy. Light shelf wear to cover. More
Major Barbara (Penguin Plays)
Penguin Books, June 1981. Unknown. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very Good condition. Light shelfwear. Clean, tight, unmarked. 152 pp. More
Misalliance, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, and Fanny's First Play: With a Treatise on Parents and Children / By Bernard Shaw
Brentano's, 1914. Hardcover. cxxvi, 245 pages. Spine and spine label sunned; spine label worn, spine cocked; covers browned; previous owner's pencil signature on front free endpaper; slight internal browning to edges. More
Shaw: An Autobiography, 1898-1950: The Playwright Years
Weybright and Talley, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. ix, [3], 335 pages + plates. Selection of autobiographical writings, with an introduction and notes, by Stanley Weintraub. Slight rubbing and minor nicks to jacket; slight internal browning to edges.18 b/w Illustrations / Plates. More
Bernard Shaw: His Life, Work and Friends
William Morrow, 1956. Hardcover. ix, [3], 628 pages + plates. '... this is GBS as he appeared to an admiring friend of forty years' standing' (jacket front flyleaf). Short tears, slight creases, rubbing and browning to jacket; previous owner's ink signature and date on front free endpaper; slight internal browning..... More
Frank Harris on Bernard Shaw : An Unauthorised Biography Based on Firsthand Information, with a Postscript By Mr Shaw
Victor Gollancz, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 408 pages. Spine title and half-title: Bernard Shaw. Notable particularly for the introductory select correspondence between the biographer and his subject (under the rubric 'Credentials'), plus Shaw's own postscript. Slight stains and rubbing to covers; slight bumping to corners; slight internal browning to edges..... More
Bernard's Brethren
Henry Holt and Company, 0000. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" [12], 161 pages + plates. Memoir of the playwright by his Australian cousin. Ca. 1930s, printed in Great Britain. Slight sunning and rubbing to spine and covers; slight internal browning to edges and endpapers.2 b/w Photographs..... More
Aunt Dan and Lemon
Dramatists Play Service, 1986. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A VG copy. A clean, tight copy. More