Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmond Rostand - 1898: A Heroic Comedy

Chicago, Illinois:: Theodora Press,, 1991.. Edition of 10. 7.5 x 13.25"; 28 pages. Accordion fold. 15 hand-colored etchings. Letterpress titling, ornaments, and colophon. Printed on Rives lightweight. Bound in a top-fold accordion with gatefold opening. Signed and numbered by the artist. Teresa Pankratz: "'Pas de Deux' is a visual narrative depicting a couple's frustrated attempt at intimacy. Bound by self-imposed constrictions, they reach out - but never quite touch. "This tale was inspired by a performance piece entitled 'Nothing Up Your Sleeve' performed by Nan Shineflug and Jeff Abell of the Chicago Moving Company (one of the first modern dance troupes in the Midwest)." The French pun - pas de deux as dance duet for two, and pas meaning not - underscores the point. The beauty of the etchings and the delicacy of the construction turn what might have been a vaudeville skit into a poignant story.

København [Copenhagen]: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag (F. Hegel & Son), 1890. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Fine. First Printing of perhaps Ibsen's "most frequently performed play in the modern theatre." (PMM) In Danish (then the literary language of both Denmark and Norway). Foolscap 8vo: [4],236pp. Publisher's green cloth (copies were also identically bound in red, brown, and grey, no known priority), front cover elaborately blocked in gilt and black, back board with blind-stamped borders and central publisher's logo, floral patterned endpapers, gilt edges. A brilliant copy, barely rubbed to spine ends. PMM 375. First trade edition, preceded by twelve copies printed in London, in Norwegian, "under a well-intentioned illusion that this was necessary for copyright protection." (PMM) Published on December 16, 1890, although the play only premiered on January 31, 1891, at the Königliches Residenz-Theater, in Munich. Together with The Lady from the Sea and Rosmersholm, Hedda Gabler forms the… Read More

New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931. Hardcover in slipcase. Good/No Jacket, as issued. SIGNED Presentation Copy in Slipcase, #524 of the special limited edition (501-550 were for presentation). Signed by O'Neill in black ink. Though not indicated, this volume is from the library of T. R. Smith, chief editor and adviser at Liveright throughout its heyday in the 1920s and responsible for publishing some of O'Neill's works (including an early volume of one-act plays and Strange Interlude in 1928). Trilogy of plays containing Homecoming, The Hunted, and The Haunted. Includes Working Notes and Extracts from a fragmentary work diary, facsimile pages inserted in rear pocket. Stained & spotted white vellum with beveled edges, gilt-stamping and black spine label. Scarce slipcase in fair condition with fragile & cracked edges and old tape repairs. Binding solid and untrimmed/uncut, but covers are rather spotted & darkened. O'Neill was a Puitzer and Nobel Prize winning American playwright, considered one of… Read More

Copy of the the original playbill of the first performance of "Seven Keys to Baldpate." The play premiered on Broadway on September 22, 1913 at the Astor Theatre and ran for 320 performances. This 1913-14 play by George Cohan is based on a novel by Earl Derr Biggers. The dramatization was one of Cohan's most innovative plays. It became a hit, running for nearly a year in New York, another year in Chicago and receiving later revivals; Cohan starred in the 1935 revival. Cohan adapted it as a film in 1917, and it was adapted for film six more times, and later for TV and radio. Bound in full leather. NF condition. Rare.

London: Methuen, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. A wonderful copy of this first full biography of the 1997 Nobel Prize-winner and his wife and life-long collaborator, the actress & writer Franca Rame. A Fine unread copy in Fine unclipped dustjacket. SIGNED TWICE by Dario Fo - at the front endpaper alongside the signature of Franca Rame - and for a second time at the title page below the signature of the author. Possibly a unique copy, thus. Signed for the seller in person at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

London: Edward Bull, 1831. First Edition. Octavo. In two volumes, extra-illustrated with 36 extra-plates and portrait of which one is in color and one is folding of with protective oversheets (paper not tissue) Handsomely bound in 3/4 brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gilt. all edges gilt. A fine fresh set with frontispiece to volume I nearly detached. Dorothy Jordan (1761-1816), Actress; mistress of William IV Dorothy Jordan (Mrs. Jordan) (Dorothea Phillips) made her theatrical debut in England and was quickly hailed as London's leading comic actress. In 1790 she became mistress to the Duke of Clarence, afterwards King William IV. Despite the high-society scandal of their relationship, the actress and the Duke lived together for twenty contented years in which she bore him ten illegitimate children. She continued to act, often supporting the profligate Duke from her impressive income. Their life together ended cruelly in 1811… Read More

New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931. Hardcover in slipcase. Good/No Jacket, as issued. SIGNED Presentation Copy in Slipcase, #524 of the special limited edition (501-550 were for presentation). Signed by O'Neill in black ink. Though not indicated, this volume is from the library of T. R. Smith, chief editor and adviser at Liveright throughout its heyday in the 1920s and responsible for publishing some of O'Neill's works (including an early volume of one-act plays and Strange Interlude in 1928). Trilogy of plays containing Homecoming, The Hunted, and The Haunted. Includes Working Notes and Extracts from a fragmentary work diary, facsimile pages inserted in rear pocket. Stained & spotted white vellum with beveled edges, gilt-stamping and black spine label. Scarce slipcase in fair condition with fragile & cracked edges and old tape repairs. Binding solid and untrimmed/uncut, but covers are rather spotted & darkened. O'Neill was a Puitzer and Nobel Prize winning American playwright, considered one of… Read More

1679 Works of MOLIERE French Plays Theater School for Wives Misanthrope 4v LOT
"It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable."
― Molière
A rare lot of 17th-century printings of works of Moliere. This lot of 4 volumes from various printings includes some of Moliere's most famous works such as:
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"Le Festin de Pierre, ou l'Athée foudroyé"
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"School for Wives"
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"Pleasures of the Enchanted Island"
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"The Imposter" or "Tartuffe"
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"Misanthrope"
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"The Forced Marriage"
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"Medicine of Love" or "Dr. Cupid"
Item number: #20364
Price: $750
MOLIERE
[Les oeuvres de Moliere].
Amsterdam, Paris: 1679-1693.

Details:

· Collation: Each volume complete; 4 tomes
o Vol. II (1679) – [2], 84; 60; 84; 43; 108
o Vol. III (1684) – [2], 36; 62 (i.e. 96); 60; 36; 84; 36; 60
o Vol. IV (1693) – [2], 108; 60; 96; 108
o Vol. VI (1684) – [2], 72; 32; 34, [2]; 71, [1]; 32
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1692 Plays of Pierre Corneille French Theatre Le Cid Nicomede Drama 5v SET Paris
Pierre Corneille was a famous 17th-century French playwright often thought to be outdone only by Moliere. Corneille wrote some of the best plays in French literature including Le Cid and Nicomede, all of which are included in this five-volume 1692 set of the works of Corneille.
Item number: #20622
Price: $950
CORNEILLE, Thomas

Le Theatre
Paris: Chez Pierre Traboüillet, 1692.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages; 5 volumes
o Vol. I – lx, [6], 560, [4]
o Vol. II – lviii, [2], 363 (i.e. 563), [1]
o Vol. III – xxxvi, 504
o Vol. IV – 504
o Vol. V – 473, [1]
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.5in X 3.75in (16.5cm x 9.5cm)
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1644 FAMED Joost den Vondel DUTCH Theater Lucifer War Revolt Amsterdam Bible

Joost van den Vondel was the considered the most important and prominent 17th-century Dutch poet and playwright. His plays were published throughout his lifetime, including these printings of his tragedies. Published from 1644 to 1654 in Amsterdam, this book contains five of his plays in Dutch including:
• "Lucifer" – considered his best and most important play; anti-Calvinist, against the English Civil War, and against the Dutch Revolt
• "Palamedes" – a fictionalized version of the trial of Johan Oldenbarnevelt given through the lens of Palamedes in the Trojan War
• "Joseph in Dothan"
• "Joseph in Egypt"
• "Solomon"

Item number: #21455
Price: $750

VONDEL, Joost van den

J.v. Vondels [Works; Tragedies] … Treurspelen: Lucifer. Palamedes. Joseph in Dothan. Joseph in Egypten. Salomon.

T'Amsterdam: Voor Abraham de Wees, 1644-1654.

Details:
• Collation: Complete with all pages; 5 works in 1 tome
o… Read More