Search Results: Drama from Callaghan Books South

Le Livre De Poche, 1967. Mass-market paperback, very tiny crease at top front tip. Near Very Fine.. Mass Market Paperback. Near Very Fine. Illus. by Huis Clos et Les Mouches.

Cloth. Fine/Near Very Good. Heavy book, black cloth, shiny black design at bottom half, bright blue lettering on spine, light white spot at top front middle edge, 493 lightly browned pages. DJ white background very slightly brown, dark blue and black design to most of front, ad for other books on back. DJ has microtear at spine top edge, very tiny tears at spine bottom edge, 1/4" tear at bottom back edge. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. Cloth. Fine/Near Good. Foreword by Carl Sandburg. (Originally published, 1937) Smaller book, brown cloth, gilt embossed title fine on front and spine, 250 pages. Includes first performance cast of October 15, 1938 including Raymond Massey, Howard daSilva, Kevin McCarthy and others. DJ beneath mylar has illustration of Raymond Massey as Lincoln on front by Norman Rockwell. DJ has light wear at top front bookfold edge, very slight wear to top front edge, very tiny tear and light crease at bottom front edge, 1 1/4" tear at spine top right with light creases and slight wear along edge, very slight wear at spine bottom, several very tiny tears and microtear along top back edge, two at bottom, praise on back from Heywood Broun, Brooks Atkinson, Richard Watts of the N.Y. Herald Tribune. Near Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Playwrights Canada Press, 2001. First Edition . Soft cover. As New. Large, thinner, sturdy softcover, glossy black wrappers with photograph of woman surveyor on front wrapper, praise on back wrapper, 108 pages plus a photo with biographical note. Titles by dramatist on final page. Mint.

Theatre Arts, 1969. Cloth. Very Good/Near Good. Introduction by Sir John Gielgud. (23d ptg.) Slightly smaller book, gray cloth with black lettering, small brown spots at spine bottom, 295 stiff lightly browned pages. DJ dark gray background, small abstract illustration of gull on front right, list of Stanislavski books on back, white back very slightly browned and very slightly soiled. DJ has slight wear to top front tip, 3/8" tear at top front edge with very slight wear, two thin scratches at bottom front, tiny tear and tiny nick with very slight wear at spine top edge, tiny tear at spine bottom right edge. Near Good DJ/Very Good book.

Viking, 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. (1st) Larger, thinner book, red cloth spine and sides, striped boards, bright gilt lettering and borders on spine, ink initials and short note at top of first front end paper, 129 pages plus cast: Jason Robards Jr., Faye Dunaway, Hal Holbrook and more. DJ beneath mylar. DJ has light image of small brown stain circle near bottom front left, micronick at spine top and top back edge, light crease near bottom back, very tiny tear at bottom back tip. Very Good+ DJ/Very Fine book.

The Viking Press, 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. (2d ptg.) Slightly smaller, thinner book, red cloth spine and sides, thin-stripped boards in cream, yellow and blue, bright gilt lettering and line design on spine, ink note at top of first front end paper, 114 lightly browned heavy pages. First appearance directed by Elia Kazan, starring Jason Robards Jr., Faye Dunaway, Hal Holbrook among others, on January 23, 1964. DJ heavy paper beneath mylar with same striped pattern as boards, red and black lettering with initials in design at bottom front, praise on back from Howard Taubman in New York Times, William Hogan in San Francisco Chronicle and others. DJ has light crease at bottom front and spine top, tiny tear at bottom back edge near tip. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Nelson Doubleday, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. (Book Club edition) Photos by Ken Howard. Light gray boards, smaller, thin book, 110 pages. First performed July 26, 1979--on same page showing cast is neat ink note showing film cast near bottom tip. DJ has photo of young nun on front, lettering in red and purple, praise on back from critics. DJ has light wear at spine edges. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1999. 1st US . Hardcover. As New/As New. (1st US) Slightly smaller, thinner book, dark gray boards with embossed title and design n front, very bright silver lettering on spine, 103 pages. DJ beneath mylar, glossy and colorfully designed. DJ and book, both As New.

New Mermaids, 1991. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade paperback, illustration of Renaissance building on front wrapper, 114 pages, red and blue underlining throughout with a few notes. Light wear to bottom front tip. Near Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Books, 1981. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Edited by Jonas A. Barish. Mass-market paperback, 136 lightly browned pages. Two tiny creases at top front edge, colorful illustration by Kredel on front wrapper, list of Pelican titles on back wrapper, back wrapper lightly browned with crease at top back tip. Good.

Harper & Row, 1981. 1st US . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. (1st U.S edition, 1st printing) Thinner book, quality black cloth with embossed title and ornate border at top front, red ink name at top of first front end paper, 97 pages plus musical scores and brief biographical note. DJ glossy with ominous illustration of dark figure with piercing eyes and arms spread on front, praise at black center back. DJ has very tiny pinch at spine top left edge, very tiny scratch at middle of front spine indentation, very tiny scratches at top front. Very Good DJ/Fine book.

Citadel Press/Carol Publishing, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Fine. Larger book, green cloth spine, light blue boards,black lettering very fine on spine, pink inside covers and adjacent end papers, 240 pages. White scratch at top front left of book. DJ glossy and colorfully designed in pink, white and shades of blue, b/w photo of cast on back.

Doubleday, 1976. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good. (1st) Slightly smaller book, black cloth spine, yellow cloth boards soiled but treated, gilt lettering bright on spine. Plays on Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, FDR, Scopes Trial, Andersonville and more. DJ dark yellow with plays and playwrights on front, yellow on spine, list of contributors on back again, white back lightly smudged in places. DJ has very slight wear to front tips, light wear to bookfold edges between, 939 pages, photo of Richards inside back flap, three tiny tears and slight wear to spine top edge, two very tiny tears and micronick at spine bottom edge. Good DJ/Very Good book.

Dodd, Mead, 1929. Cloth. Good. Smaller book, thick, light green cloth, spine faded, gilt bright, 324 pages. Dozens of writers, famous and not-so-famous: Eugene O'Neill, Maxwell Anderson, George Kaufman, George M. Cohan, Booth Tarkington and Edna Ferber's works made into plays. Good+.

London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus, 1974. 2nd Ed. . Soft cover. Good. (2d) Trade paperback, heavier illustrated wrappers, white very lightly browned, 143 lightly browned pages, crease at bottom tip on p. 27, illustrated section. Small surface wear spot at top front right, creases on spine, tiny light brown stain at top back tip. Good+.

Dodd, Mead, 1930. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (Originally published, 1914) Smaller book, blue cloth with tiny slight wear spots over all covers, 224 pages, light red pencil underlining throughout. Ink note on first front end paper. Very slight surface wear to tips. Near Good.

Penguin Books, 1951. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Mass-market paperback, heavy wrappers, dark red at top and bottom of front and spine as well as back wrapper borders, small Karsh photo of Shaw on back wrapper, 159 browned pages plus list of Shaw's works. Penguin logo at bottom front wrapper, spine slightly browned with slight wear spots along long spine left edge, light wear to top back edge, very slight wear at bottom bck edge next to spine. Near Very Good.

Penguin Books, 1951. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Mass-market paperback, 159 pages. Wrappers and pages are both lightly browned, light wear to bottom back tip and spine bottom left edge. Good+ copy.

Metheun, 1981. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Edited by M.R. Ridley. Trade paperback, colorful front wrapper with three women in royal Egyptian garb, red background on front, spine and back wrapper, 278 pages. (The Arden Shakespeare) Very light wear to tips, light wear to spine top edge, some ink x's and lines on several pages. Near Very Good.