New York: American Folk Theatre, 1987. Pamphlet [3.5x4]; unpaginated; G+/paperback; dark beige covers with slight shelf wear to exterior; black title to front; intact exterior; text block unmarked; illustrated NOTE: Shelved in 15's ephemera box 10, in Netdesk office. More

New York: The German Publication Society, 1913-1914. Patrons' edition. Octavo; 20 volumes; Patrons' edition; G; Ex-library; Hardcover; Octavo; 20 volumes; G; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print, raised bands; Boards half bound with brown leather to spine and corners and pink cloth to boards, mild wear to spine caps, hinges and corners, else clean and tight; Text blocks have gilt top edge, library stamp on front flyleaf and title page, name in ink on front pastedown, uncut pages, may have library date stamps on rear flyleaf, clean and tight unless otherwise noted below; Frontispiece (color) in each volume and illustrated (b&w and sepia plates); CONTENTS: Vol. I. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (cracked front hinge; 497 pages) — Vol. II. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (505 pages) — Vol. III. Friedrich von Schiller (frayed top fore corners; 517 pages) — Vol. IV. Jean Paul … et al. (long tear to rear hinge; 498 pages) — Vol. V. Friedrich Schleiermacher … et al. (502 pages) — Vol. VI. Heinrich Heine, Franz Grillparzer, Ludwig van Beethoven (488 pages) — Vol. VII. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel … et al. (528 pages) — Vol. VIII. Berthold Auerbach … et al. (477 pages) — Vol. IX. Friedrich Hebbel, Otto Ludwig (528 pages) — Vol. X. Prince Otto von Bismarck, Count Helmuth von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle (tear at top of front hinge; 520 pages) — Vol. XI. Friedrich Spielhagen, Theodor Storm, Wilhelm Raabe (540 pages) — Vol. XII. Gustav Freytag, Theodor Fontane (503 pages) — Vol. XIII. Paul Heyse, Joseph Victor von Scheffel, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Heinrich Seidel (490 pages) — Vol. XIV. Gottfried Keller, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Joseph Victor Widmann, Carl Spitteler (515 pages) — Vol. XV. Arthur Schopenhauer, Richard Wagner, Friedrich Nietzsche, Emperor William II (524 pages) — Vol. XVI. Adolf Wilbrandt, Ludwig Anzengruber, Peter Rosegger, Karl Schönherr (479 pages) — Vol. XVII. Ernst von Wildenbruch … et al. (scuffing to spine; 527 pages) — Vol. XVIII. Gerhart Hauptmann … et al. (485 pages) — Vol. XIX. Helene Böhlau … et al. (tearing to rear hinge; 492 pages) — Vol. XX. Jakob Wassermann … et al. (498 pages). SHELVED IN AISLE 10 [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More

Paris: 1912-1919. Large Octavo; Fair/no-DJ; Dark brown spine with gold text on red bar; Boards are fragile with moderately rubbed spine and cracking along spine at gutters, rubbed & slightly fraying edges & corners, slightly sunned exterior with some tears along fore edges; Text block has darkened along edges due to age with slight foxing on first few pages, otherwise unmarked pages throughout. French language. Aisle 7. More

Paris: 1920. Large Octavo; Fair/no-DJ; Dark brown spine with gold text on red bar; Boards are fragile with taped toward head edge across spine and cracking along spine at gutters, rubbed & slightly fraying edges & corners, slightly sunned exterior with some tears along fore edges; Text block has darkened along edges due to age with otherwise unmarked pages throughout. French language. Aisle 7. More

Lyon: Thomas Amaulry, 1693. Sixth edition. 16mo; G-/no-DJ; Brown spine with gilt text; Boards are slightly sunned with some fraying & rubbing at edges, but otherwise strong & intact; Text block has age toned slightly with light moisture staining on head edge near front of text, and pastedowns are missing covering papers, also slight cracking at hinges from binding, but otherwise pages are fully bound; pp 587. French text. eb/nd. More

Greenwich CT: The Literary Collection Press, 1905. Reprinted. Thin 10mo; VG-; gray spine with black text to paper label to spine; reprinted from reprint of 1822; no jacket; stuff board binding; exterior shows mild wear; paper label to front; intact binding; edges to textblock shows slight age toning; offsetting to endpapers; some uncut pages; interior unmarked; pp 8 NOTE: Shelved in 15's ephemera box 15, in Netdesk office. More

London: Edward Moxon, 1851. New Edition. Set of two thick octavosin 3/4 red leather and marble hardcovers; VG; some soiling on boards and shelf wear on bottom edges; large stains on first pages of vol. II caused by water damage; paper faded; text clean; pp. 645 and 720; shelved in drama; please contact us for shipping costs. More

London: J. Rivington and sons, 1777. Octavo hardcover in good condition. Good copy. Ex libris in pencil on first front free end paper. Bumping and shelf wear. Text age toned and foxed. Leather or leatherette cover chipped at extremities, worn to boards at corners and hinges. Boards rubbed. Spine head chipped down to binding head. Binding sturdy, but open in places. Spine is brown with five raised bands. GP consign. Privately bound collection of plays originally printed in Thomas Lowndes' [1719-1784] 10-volume "The New English Theatre" [1776/1777]. 1. "The Siege of Damascus" by John Hughes [1677-1720]. Originally written in 1720, the pages included in this collection appeared in Volume 10 [1777] of The New English Theatre. 2. "Venice Preserv'd" (1682) by Thomas Otway [1652-1685]. Extracted from Volume 6 of TNET (1776). 3. "Cato, A Tragedy" (1712) by Joseph Addison [1672 - 1719]. Extracted from Volume 10 of TNET. 4. "The Drummer; or, The Haunted House" (1716) by Addison. Extracted from Volume 7 of TNET (1776). 5. "The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery" (1681) by John Dryden [1631 - 1700]. Extracted from Volume 3 of TNET (1776). More

New York: Atheneum, 1966. First Edition. Octavo; VG-/G+ Hardcover w/ dustjacket; Black spine with White and Red text; Dustjacket has moderate edgewear, some shelfwear, small closed tear along head edge of front cover, fraying along spine edges, small open tears along top corners of both covers, bent corner on front interior flap, sunning to spine; Boards strong, clean save some shelfwear; Textblock has some age toning, small faint mark on rear endpaper, foxing on some pages, otherwise clean; 170 pp [Stock Image]. More

1968/1974/1987. Three typescripts by American playwright Edward Albee. The first is a signed typescript of Albee’s 1987 Marriage Play. Commissioned by, and first performed at, Vienna’s English Theatre in Vienna, Austria, Marriage Play is a mid-career piece by the author of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. It engages with similar themes of domestic dispute and marital discord, with the unnamed husband and wife as the sole characters of this two-act play. New York: Michael Harvey Company, Inc. 1987. Small Quarto, 75 pages. Very good condition. Red paper wraps bound with brads, and gilt lettering. The embossed label of the duplication service appears at the bottom left of the front cover (“Studio duplicating service, inc.” with address and identification number “L0 3-1225”). Head and tail of spine are bumped, and there is some wear to the bottom edge of the covers. Text is clean, with Albee’s inscription on the titlepage: “For my Noel Clainevitch / who will find here a bit of / Chekov, a bit of Thurber, & a large / dose of his / Edward. / NYC 1991”. The second typescript (unsigned) is an original three-act version of Albee's Pulitzer Prize winning play Seascape. Albee cut substantial portions of the play for its 1975 Broadway release, trimming it from a three- to a two-act play. This is the original, pre-1974 three-act edition not staged until decades laters. Quarto, 144 pages. In teal leatherette wrap bound with brads, and title in faded gilt lettering. In good condition. The covers show moerate soiling, and shipping to the leatherette along the bottom edge of the covers / head of the spine. The top-most brad has separated from the back cover. The textblock has light foxing to edges, and very slight interiorly on last page. The third item is a mimeographed typescript for Albee's 1968 Box and Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung. The plays were performed for the first-time on March 6,1968 at Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo. It premiered in New York in September of that year. Quarto, 62 pages. In dark green leatherette wrap bound with brads, and title in faded gilt lettering. In fair condition. Front cover is lightly soiled, has moderate chipping and creases along edges / tail of spine, and a 1/4-inch puncture near bottom right corner. Textblock has faint water-stain to bottom edge, and mild age-toning along edges. Shelved Off Sales Floor Room A {S's Office}. CX Consignment. More

Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1907. Thick Octavo; Fair/paperback; dark tan spine with black text; covers have noticeable soiling to exterior; rubbing wear to joints; partially detached front; some chipping to edges; light pencil to front; creases to spine; intact panels; text block exterior edges age toned; deckled edges; intact binding; some interior pages have foxing; deckled edges; some uncut pages; pp 1047; text in Italian. More

Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of Berkeley Press, 1978. First Printing. Octavo; pp 406; VG-/G; sunned beige spine with red and black text; dust jacket has slightly sun darkened front and rear; few minor chips to edges; cloth has mild wear to exterior; small smudge to spine; strong boards; slight edge wear; text block has modest age toning to exterior edges; deckled fore edge; very light pencil; tight binding. More

Washington, D.C. Anderson House, 1938. First Edition. Octavo; pp 109; G/Fair; dark tan spine with green text; dust jacket shows sunned spine and edges; mildly soiled exterior; some chips to edges; mylar wraps; cloth has some sun darkening to spine; rubbed spine edges and fore corners; mildly splayed boards; text block shows slight age tone to exterior edges; deckled fore edge; interior clean; illustrated;. More

Los Angeles: Semiotext(e), 2009. Octavo; pp 196; VG-; white spine with red and black text; no jacket; cloth has mild smudges to exterior; strong boards; text block clean; frontispiece; illustrated; signed by author;. More

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 424 pages; VG/VG; spine gray, with brown lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; mild wear to crown and tail of jacket spine; price uncut '$5.95'; pages clean; shelved Classics. More

Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Editeurs, 1869. Octavo; pp 719; G- condition hardcover; dark green spine with gilt text; original publisher's cloth has some rubbing to exterior; raised bands to spine; gilt decorations to spine; blind stamped borders to panels; text block show all edges gilt; interior clean; previous owner's name to front endpaper; front board detached but present; some soiling to endpapers; frontispiece with tissue guard; illustrated; French text; NOTE: Shelved on the FS shelf in the Netdesk office, behind the desk. More

New York: Greenberg, Publisher, Inc., 1925. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 199 pages; G; full contemporary black cloth binding; spine with gilt lettering; marked shelf wear and mild scuffing; corners bumped; crown and tail of spine missing; lower left corner of back board chewed; contains blue, gold, and black illustrations; pages clean; shelved Case 14. More

New York: AMS Press, Inc., 1966. Octavo; VG; hardcover; bound in navy blue cloth, gilt lettering; all volumes' boards strong, some shelfwear, some edgewear, very minor rubbing on fore corners and spine edges, minor bumping on spine head edges, protected by mylar; all text block very slightly age toned; volume 1 boards have light tearing on front end paper head edge, erased penciling on front end paper, folding on rear end paper head edge fore corner; 3 volumes [Oversized book. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to weight restrictions. For international expedited please inquire for rates] shelved in room x. More

Washington, D.C. Unpublished, 1999. Quarto; G/paperback; pp 492; white spine without text; draft of a novel; blue covers; covers have screw bound binding; exterior has mild shelf wear; intact binding; text block exterior edges show slight wear; interior clean; light pencil inside. More

Lewiston: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011. Octavo; G-; Paperback; Spine, grey with black print; Cover has slight edgewear, slight blemishes on rear, creased hinges, else clean and bright; Text block has inscription in ink on half-title page, light amount of marginal notation in ink, else clean and tight; Signed in ink by the editor on the title page; v,150 pages. NOTE: Shelved in 15's ephemera box 3, in Netdesk office. More

1711. Octavo; Poor; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print; Extracted from a larger volume, portion of spine present but chipped and without spine caps, lacks cover/boards; Text block has foxing to front endpaper, mild age-toning to paper, intermittent spine breaks; Paged 234-305, frontispiece. NOTE: Shelved in 15's ephemera box 15, in Netdesk office. More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954. Reprinted. Octavo; pp 583; VG/G; pink/white pictorial spine with dark blue text; dust jacket has overall sunned exterior; price clipped front flap; mylar wrap; cloth shows slight sun fading to exterior; strong panels; text block edges lightly toned; frontispiece; interior clean; tight binding;. More

Philadelphia: Chilton Company, 1958. Octavo; G-/G- Hardcover w/ Dustjacket; Blue and Off White spine with Black and Off White text; Dustjacket protected by mylar covering, some edgewear, some shelfwear, small open and closed tears along edges of both covers, fraying and small open tears along spine edges and at corners; Boards shaken, some edgewear, some shelfwear, fraying along tail edge of spine and both covers, rubbing to corners; Textblock has water staining to endpapers and pastedowns, foxing on some forward and rear pages, light age toning; 256 pp. More

Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, S.A., 1955. 10mo; G/paperback; gray spine with black text; covers show some soiling smudges; minor chips to edges and joints; faux flaps; intact panels; text block edges have slight age toning; deckled edges; ex-library stamp to ffep and half title page; minor defects to hinges, but not detached; interior good; pp 137; text in Spanish. More

Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1978. First Edition. Thick Octavo; pp 1003; G/G; red spine with black text; dust jacket shows slight wear to exterior; mild wear to edges; slight shelf wear inside dj; cloth has lightly sun faded exterior; strong boards; light bumping to front head edge; text block has some small stains to exterior edges; interior clean; text in German;. More