Search Results: Theatre & Plays from Ariel Books

Auckland, New Zealand: Heinemann Educational, 1971. 2 books of plays. Both in New Zealand Playwrights Series each contain 2 Baxter Plays. CONDITION Both are Ex Teacher College Library copies with usual markings otherwise crisp copies. Pp xii 66; Pp xii 83.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

London, United Kingdom: Collins & Harvill, 1969. Blue bds with crisp Gilt title (not bumped or worn) pp 128 tight and clean with portrait frontis (inscribed to ffep). Original White wrapper is not price clipped, very faintly rubbed.. First English. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: P. Milburn with Victoria University Press, 1981. Mason skilfully combines Maori and Pakeha cultural traditions in a story which reverses Mason’s typical protagonists to make the parental generation the self-made rebels, and the child Victoria, the force of conservatism. In a New Zealand setting, focuses on a lesbian couple whose feminism cuts across all macho cultures, both European and Maori. CONDITION Stapled wraps (rubbed to edges) 97 pages with music, bright and crisp with name inside front. #New Zealand Literature#. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: George G Harrap, 1949. Revised. Blue bds with Gilt title (Dulled, else bds fresh not worn with faded spine) pp 532 with 15 iilus. Copy is very tight with clean interior (not inscribed, eps browned). 4th Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hastings, New Zealand: Self Published, 1965. Not Dated [1965 Hastings NL]. Teal bds with gilt title, 92 pages. Bright and crisp as new, unwor. Only fault is slight gum bleed at spine caused at time of binding.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hastings, New Zealand: Self Published, 1965. Not Dated [1965 Hastings NL]. Teal bds with gilt title, 92 pages. Bright and crisp as new, unworn. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Philip Allan & Co , 1920. Bryan Ricco Cooper (1884 - 1930) was an Irish politician, writer and landowner from Markree Castle, County Sligo. He was prominent in Dáil Éireann. Contains 7 short plays on current and or Irish subjects The Collar of Gold; A War Office Jacket; The First Reading; The Chief Secretary; On the Struma Front; Comrade Thompson; & The Assize of Honour. CONDITION Green cloth with blind ruled borders, spine a little faded mark along bottom front (residue from brodart cover?) book plate to front paste down, PP viii 174, 1 page list at rear, untrimmed pages are bright, crisp copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Oxford University Press, 1983. Pp xvi 386, appears unread. Copy has only faintest shelf wear to DJ, small split to bottom rear tip o/w very bright DJ. Overweight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Macmillan, 1950. Burgundy bds with crisp gilt title (not bumped or worn, faded patches to bds) faint partial browning to eps (not inscribed) pp 577 bright interior with tight binding. Original wrapper is age discoloured with damp stain to front top cnr and short tear to front bottom leading edge.. 3rd Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Zealand: School Supplies Ltd , 1978. 6 plays aimed at 7 years plus. Nice illus by George Eades. Contents - The Sun and Maui; How the Kaka got his red feathers; Chief Nopera’s Musket; The Kauri Tree and the Whale; Rona and the Moon; Rua and the Water Fairies. CONDITION Stapled card wraps with screen print cover illus, 24 pages. Name inside front, a little toned to edges. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Robert Mackie, 1841. Revised and Corrected with the translator's notes arranged under the pages to which they refer. Originally published in 1765 this is recognised as the best translation of Terence. Green bds with paste on paper ttle to spine, Lemon eps, pp 432. CONDITION Bds age darkened, cloth very sl chipped and spine ends, cnrs canted, title label chipped, name to ep. Tight and clean copy with odd light foxing. Very bright for age.. First Edition Thus. Cloth. Near Fine/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Maunsel & Co., 1913. Green cloth bds with gilt titles, minor rubbing to head and foot of spine, bottom rear cnr bumped, very odd fox spot near ends. Book block tight and text bright.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston, USA: D C Heath & Co, 1930. Thomas Shadwell (1642 - 1692) was an English poet and playwright who was appointed poet laureate in 1689. Epsm Wells, prose comedy originally published 1672. The Volunteers, or Stockjobbers, published posthumously (1693) Contains biographical notes to front CONDITION Grey papered bds and Red cloth spine, bright gilt title (wear at 3 cnrs) frontis illus, pp lxi 387. Glossary of terms to rear. Very bright and crisp copy.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1946. Dated to DJ. Green bds with Black title (faded to edges, not worn) 73 pages named to ffep with foxing to pages near ends.Ooriginal Burgundy DJ is fresh with chips to spine ends and tips.. First Edition. Buckram. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: The Griffen Press, 1939. One of the 1930s agit-prop-style dramas from a left-wing perspective, this by Concientious Objector Ian Hamilton who was gaoled during WW2 for his beliefs. Only ever played over the radio. CONDITION Grey Buckram cloth spine with papered bds and paste on paper spine title, Hand set by Ron Holloway at the Griffen Press, pp [vi] 113. Very bright and crisp copy (unread) toned to eps.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston, USA: John W Luce & Co, 1904. A Drama in Four Acts. Brown bds with Arts & Crafts style evening landscape with gilt title, cnrs bumped, spine darkened with sl frays to head and foot, lightly soiled, gilt tep, eps with prev owners names inked, prelims browned with small damp stain to bottom cnr of frontis and title page only, pictoral frontis of leading actress Nance O'Neil, pp 139 with odd fox spot. Classical decoration throughout. A Very Good copy in tight condition, odd mark but generally clean and tidy.. First American. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, U.S.A.: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1924. Blue cloth bds with bright Gilt titles, pp 112 in unread state, not worn or inscribed. Original DJ is fresh with tanned spine which has tear to foot.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: T Fisher Unwin, 1895. Mermaid Series. The best plays of old dramatists with a biography. Tan bds with Brown title and decorative border to front, andbright Gilt spine title and brown decoration (fresh with bruise spine head) Brown eps, portait frontis and nicely decorated title page with tissue guard, pp 479 with nice vignettes through out. A tight clean copy not inscribed.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Archibald Constable & Co, 1907. Mary Johnston (1870 - 1936) American novelist and women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels. This play is based on the French revolution with the themes are logic, reasoning, learning and the conscious mind. CONDITION Blue illus bds papered with a blue cloth spine, pp viii 235 with nice woodblock head and tail pieces. Mild wear to spine, cnrs buffed covers and eps a little toned. Original Book sellers label to rear pastedown partially removed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: George Bell & Sons, 1888. Bohn's Select Library. Green bds with Black titles and Red decoration (fresh and unworn, cnrs sharp,sl tanned spine) pp 300 tight and clean interior, light foxing to end pages (not inscribed). Re-Issue. Cloth. Fine/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.