Search Results: Theater from Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

Jackson, Miss: New Stage Theatre, 1980. Tall 8vo. 20, [3] pp. Title printed in red and black. Original marbled boards, printed paper label on front cover; original plain paper wrapper (somewhat frayed). A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 400 copies signed by Welty from an edition of 476. Printed by the Palaemon Press. This skit was first produced at the Phoenix Theatre in New York City, 22 May 1956.

Seal Harbor, ME: High Loft, 1983. A fine copy. Tall narrow 8vo. 45, [4] pages. Woodcuts by Karen MacDonald. Original canvas backed blue boards, printed paper spine label. Number 33 of 50 copies for sale, from an edition of 150. Designed, illustrated, and put through the press by Karen MacDonald.

North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. 8vo. 154, [1] pp. Original quarter morocco, patterned paper boards; acetate. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, number 324 of 350 copies. Printed on mouldmade Bugrabutten paper and bound by Gray Parrot.

New York and Washington: Anderson House, 1936. 8vo. 141pp. Original cloth; dust jacket. A very good copy with slight toning to jacket and light wear at extremities. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY EIGHTEEN MEMBERS OF THE CAST next to their characters' names, including Dudley Digges, Pauline Frederick, Henry Hull, Edward Broadley, Charles Holden, and Glenn Anders.

London: Faber and Faber, 1934. Light toning to spine and edges, but generally a very good copy. 8vo. 86 pages. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. One of 1,000 copies in wrappers from an edition of 2,000 (the remaining copies were issued in boards). Gallup A26a.

From the Bart Auerbach Collection. The group comprises: 1 . a n uncorrected carbon typescript of "David Harum. A Comedy in Four Acts from David Harum A Story of American Life by Edward Noyes Westcott," approximately 100pp. [including cast list, descriptions of "Characters in the Play," and stage directions], 4to, n.p., n.d. [but with the copyright notice dated "1899 by Ripley Hitchcock"], bound in four separate sections (by Acts) in plain gray wrappers (defective) with brass fasteners. With three leaves of holograph inserts (in an unidentified hand) laid-in at the beginning of Act. Ill . 2 . an uncorrected carbon typescript of "David Harum. A Comedy in Three Acts Dramatized from 'David Harum' A Story of American Life by Edward Noyes Westcott. .." , approximately 139pp. [including cast of characters and stage directions], 4to, n.p., n.d., bound in three separate sections (by Acts) in (tattered) gray wrappers imprinted with the seal of "Rosenfield Stenography and Typewriting, 49 West 28th Street .… Read More

New York: New Directions, 1947. 8vo. Original boards; dust jacket designed by Alvin Lustig. A near-fine copy with slightest wear at extremities; fresh price-clipped jacket with some toning and pale shadow. Overall a very handsome copy of a jacket so susceptible to fading. FIRST EDITION, first printing. This classic play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The 1951 film adaptation won four Academy Awards.

London: Faber and Faber, 1932. Light toning to spine of boards; jacket lightly soiled and toned at edges, but a nice, fresh copy.. 8vo. 31 pages. Original blue boards; yellow dust jacket printed in blue. FIRST EDITION, first binding (blue). Gallup A23.

Comprising: Autograph quotation signed. One page, 4to. Titled in the margin "Liberty Tree." - ALS, n.y. One page, 8vo to Miss Eldridge, enclosing a contribution for the Philomena Festival. - ALS, 12 December 1886. 2 pages, 8vo. Discussing performances. -ALS, 5 January 1909. Two pages, 8vo. - Christmas card with autograph note. - Portrait photograph signed, 5.5 x 4 inches. - Portrait photograph signed, 6.5 x 4.25 inches. - Program signed for Allen's lead performance in Clyde Fitch's 'The Toast of the Town,' New York, Daly's theatre, 1905. Viola Allen starred in over two dozen Broadway productions from 1885 to 1916, as well as three silent films.