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[Akron, OH]: [Saalfield Publishing Co.], [1922]. Hardcover. Pictorial boards (7-1/2" x 9-3/4") printed on cheap paper, illustrated, housed in cloth chemise and 1/2 brown morocco leather slipcase which is signed "A. B. M." for the childhood owner, Alastair Bradley Martin, whose small leather bookplate is on the front pastedown of.....
Boston: David R. Godine, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. His finest stories, grouped together in one volume, including "Killings," the basis for the critically acclaimed film IN THE BEDROOM, "Voices From the Moon," and "A Father's Story."
Boston: David R. Godine, (1991). First Edition. Hardcover. His first book of essays, with an introduction by Tobias Wolff.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., (1966). First Edition. Hardcover. Contains Pulitzer Prize-winner Sam Shephard's first play in book format, CHICAGO, which won an Obie award the same year for Best Distinguished Play. Other playwrights included are Frank O'Hara (THE GENERAL RETURNS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER); Landford Wilson (THE MADNESS.....
New York: W. A. Townsend & Company, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Blindstamped and gilt-decorated and lettered blue cloth; 376 pages. Illustrated throughout with engravings.
New York: Oxford University Press, (1955). First Edition. Hardcover. Translated into English by Christopher Fry. This play by Giraudoux, written in 1935, is a criticism of the national leaders and intellectuals who brought about World War I and the lead-up to World War II. SIGNED by actor Michael Redgrave, who.....
New York: The Viking Press, [1962]. First Edition. wraps. Printed wraps; 11 pages. One of 3,200 copies printed for presentation by the publisher.
1940s. Manuscript. Included are 23 pages of a handwritten ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT in pencil on unlined 8-1/2" x 11" and lined 6" x 9" paper, along with a 15-page carbon typescript draft of most of the article that appeared in LIFE on 18 September 1950. A fair amount of the content.....
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. Softcover. Mimeographed copy, approximately 440 pages, bound with two brass screws in black leatherette covers, the title lettered in gilt, and labeled “Studio Duplicating Service” with the firm's address. An early, unexpurgated version of his MEMOIRS, with substantial differences between the present draft.....
Charleston, SC: 28 December 1850. Letter. A four-page letter on all panels of a 15" x 9-3/4" sheet folded in half to General Morris SIGNED as "P. T. Barnum" with a postscript SIGNED "B" and marked "Confidential" by Barnum at the top front. Barnum writes Morris to clarify that a......
Hollywood: [1963]. Hardcover. Two large (12" x 14-1/4") volumes bound by the California Book Binding Company in maroon leatherette with gilt lettering and decorations created as a posthumous tribute to DeMille containing the important elements of the 1963 television documentary that highlighted the life and cinematic career of the legendary.....
New York: Stockbridge Productions Inc., 4 April 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Vintage original film script, light blue wraps, brad bound, mimeographed. Along with the date on the front cover is the statement "Final Draft" as well as "Cinema Center Films" and the number 5041. The title page states "Production Draft.".....
[New York]: [Irving Berlin Music Co.], [1937]. First Edition. flexible leather. Small folio (9" x 12") privately printed by Berlin for friends and bound in flexible dark brown leather with gilt lettering on the front cover; 31 pages. Includes sheet music for Berlin's songs from the musical film starring Dick.....
1973-2021. Letter. Collection of 13 Typed Letters on personal letterhead, all but two SIGNED "Steve" with one SIGNED "Steve Sondheim" addressed to Daniel Coyle and spanning 40 years. Another letter dated 22 September 2021 and SIGNED "Stephen Sondheim" is addressed to Brian Campbell thanking him for the news of Coyle's.....
1963-1968. Letter. A collection of letters, mostly typed but some handwritten, all SIGNED by their authors to noted NEW YOR TIMES theater reporter and columnist, Sam Zolotow, on a variety of matters. Correspondents include Audrey Wood, Claire Booth Luce, Iphrigini Ochs Sulzberger, David Susskind, Ray Stark (2), Vincent Sardi Jr......
Hollywood: 23 January 1958. Letter. A letter on 8" x 10" Paramount Pictures Corporation Office of DEMILLE, Cecil B stationery to Arthur S. Wenzel, in response to his expressions of sympathy after the death on 16 January of Jesse L. Lasky, associate with DeMille and Sam Goldwyn in the founding.....
Hollywood: 31 October 1958. Framed Letter. A letter on 8" x 10" Paramount Pictures Corporation Office of DEMILLE, Cecil B stationery matted and framed to an overall size of 12" x 15" from the famous director to his six-year old granddaughter, Valentina Quinn, daughter of Anthony Quinn. A charming letter.....
New York: Walker and Company, (1970). First Edition. Hardcover. Edited by Ivan Morris. Presented to the playwright John Guare by the cast of his play THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES before the play's opening and INSCRIBED on the half-title page "To John, February 5, 1971/From the residents of/The House of.....
1940s. Manuscript. A 21-page handwritten UNPUBLISHED ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT in pencil on unlined 8-1/2" x 11" paper, most pages about one-third to one-half full, and none numbered. There is no title, and it appears to be a collection of beginnings rather than a completed essay. At the very top of one.....
New York: Anne Meyerson Typing & Mimeographing, March 1958. Softcover. Bound with one of two brads (the bottom is missing) in light gray paper covers (8-1/2" x 11"), untitled on the front, this is the working copy belonging to actress Margaret Phillips (who played the lead, Alma Winemiller, a young.....
New York: Hart Stenographic Bureau, [1956?]. Softcover. Bound with two screws in burgundy leatherette covers (8-1/2" x 11"), the title lettered in gold, the number "14" written in ink at the top right corner of the title page. Original mimeographed rehearsal script of approximately 120 pages. This script shows substantial.....
(1947). Document. Carbon copy typescript, approximately 40 pages, on onionskin, stapled at the top left corner (8-1/2" x 11"). An agreement between Tennessee Williams and Edwina D. Williams with Chas. K. Feldman Group Productions for the film rights to THE GLASS MENAGERIE.
Dayton, OH: 9 April 1956. Document. Carbon copy typescript on onionskin paper (8-1/2" x 11"), two pages, naming Walter Dakin Williams and Rose I. Williams as beneficiaries, and concluding: “My other son, Thomas Lanier Williams, has more than enough money to take care of himself....”.
New York: Anne Meyerson Typing & Mimeographing, [1957]. Softcover. Bound with two brass screws in dark green leatherette covers (8-3/4" x 11"), the title lettered in gold. Original mimeographed rehearsal script of 130 pages from the first production, produced by Robert Whitehead at the Producer's Theatre in the spring of.....
New York: Random House, (1953). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth with pictorial inset on the front cover. Illustrated with photographs. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. A Tony Award-winning musical about two sisters.
