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The Plays of William Shakspeare [sic] accurately printed from the Text of the corrected Copy left...

Blake, William.

The Plays of William Shakspeare [sic] accurately printed from the Text of the corrected Copy left by the late George Steevens [sic], Esq. With a Series of Engravings, from Original Designs of Henry Fuseli… and a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes, From the most eminent Commentators; a History of the Stage, a Life of Shakespeare, &c. by Alexander Chambers…

1805. London: C. and J. Rivington, 1805. 10 volumes, royal 8vo, with a portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare and 37 separate engravings after drawings by Fuseli by Neagle, Cromek, Rhodes, Dodsley, and two by William Blake. Original calf, rather worn with some hinges cracked. Gilt on raised backstrip, also rather worn..... More

Price: $2,750.00

Boydell’s Graphic Illustrations of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare; Consisting of a Series of...

Boydell, John. (Shakespeare, William).

Boydell’s Graphic Illustrations of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare; Consisting of a Series of Prints Forming an Elegant and useful Companion to the Various Editions of his Works, Engraved from Pictures purposely painted By the very first Artists and lately exhibited at the Shakespeare Gallery.

1803. London: Mess. Boydell & Co., London, Cheapside, [1803]. Large 4to (12.75 x 16.75 inches), [7] ff., + engraved title page, frontispiece, 2 portraits and 97 plates illustrating the most-famous scenes from Shakespeare. In the de luxe binding of publisher’s straight-grain red morocco gilt, gilt-extra backstrip, gilt design on both..... More

Price: $9,500.00

Paracelsus. Robert Browning

Browning, Robert.

Paracelsus.

1835. London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, MDCCCXXXV [1835]. 8vo, (xii), (1)-216 pp. Uncut in the original drab paper boards, white paper label. 1.5cm chip from head of backstrip and a small section rubbed white at foot, label soiled but just legible, boards clean, a few light spots to the first..... More

Price: $500.00

An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian and Patentee of the Theatre Royal. Written...

Cibber, Colley.

An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian and Patentee of the Theatre Royal. Written by Himself; and Interspersed with Characters and Anecdotes of his Theatrical Contemporaries; The Whole Forming a Complete History of the Stage for the Space of Forty Years.

1822. London: Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1822. 8vo, xxiii, 514, vii (index) pp. Half pebbled maroon morocco with blue marbled boards and endpapers, gilt decorated backstrip with 5 raised bands. Binding lightly worn, scattered foxing, faint remains of former owner’s name on recto of frontispiece, very good..... More

Price: $125.00

The First of May, A Fairy Masque; Presented in a Series of 52 Designs. Walter Crane

Crane, Walter.

The First of May, A Fairy Masque; Presented in a Series of 52 Designs.

1881. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1881. Oblong huge folio, images measure 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches on mounts measuring 17 x 24 inches. Some wear and darkening to the edges and margins of the mounts; foxing in the margins of some mounts, prints are clean and bright. Library..... More

Price: $875.00

Les Fantaisies de Bruscambille, contenant plusieurs Discours, Paradoxes, Harangues & Prologues...

[Deslauriers; Gracieux, Jean].

Les Fantaisies de Bruscambille, contenant plusieurs Discours, Paradoxes, Harangues & Prologues facecieux.

1615. Paris: Jean Millot, 1615. Sm. 8vo, vi, 325, (3) pp. Engraved title page followed by typographic title-page with woodcut vignette; headpieces and initials. Full polished calf gilt c.1900 with ribbon marker and earlier marbled endpapers. Calf a little rubbed, some scattered foxing but generally very good. Ownership inscription of..... More

Price: $1,450.00

Bouquet des Grenadiers du Regiment du Roi. A La Fête de Leur Colonel; Dialogue en un Acte,...

[French literature]. Tessier, Dorvigny and Dubreuil.

Bouquet des Grenadiers du Regiment du Roi. A La Fête de Leur Colonel; Dialogue en un Acte, Mêlé de Chansons et de Vaudevilles. Représenté a Versailles, a l'occafion de la Fête de Saint Louis, le 25 Août 1775 [with two other works].

1775. [Paris]: 1775; 1780; 1776. 8vo, 3 vols. in 1: 63; 59; x, 202 pp. Each with title page; La Pucelle de Paris with the half title and the engraved frontispiece by Claude-Louis Desrais. Green boards richly gilt leather backstrip with red label and five raised bands, edges stained red..... More

Price: $275.00

American Buffalo. Wood Engravings by Michael McCurdy. David. Arion Press Mamet

Mamet, David. Arion Press.

American Buffalo. Wood Engravings by Michael McCurdy.

1992. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1992. 4to, 117pp. With 5 woodcuts by McCurdy. Original green silk over boards, circular silver title on upper cover with a buffalo nickel set into the binding. Prospectus loosely inserted. § Limited to 400 copies signed by Mamet and McCurdy. Probably Mamet’s best known work..... More

Price: $300.00

The Plays and Poems... with the Corrections and Illustrations of various Commentators:...

Shakespeare, William.

The Plays and Poems... with the Corrections and Illustrations of various Commentators: comprehending a Life of the Poet and an enlarged History of the Stage, by the late Edmund Malone. With a new glossarial Index.

1821. London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington [etc.], 1821 21 vols., 8vo, early mottled calf, skillfully rebacked in tan calf with red and black labels lettered in gilt. A very good set. § Only printing of the so-called ‘Boswell’s Malone’, upon which Colin Franklin comments in “Shakespeare Domesticated”..... More

Price: $4,500.00

The Merry Wives of Windsor. William. Thomson Shakespeare, Hugh

Shakespeare, William. Thomson, Hugh (illustrator).

The Merry Wives of Windsor.

1910. London: William Heinemann, 1910. 4to, viii, 170, (2) pp. With a frontispiece and 40 color-plates tipped in, captioned tissue guards. Bound by Frost and Co. of Bath in three quarters blue morocco with cloth boards, ruled in gilt, backstrip ruled and lettered in gilt and with lyre and trumpet..... More

Price: $750.00

The Regicide: Or, James the First of Scotland, A Tragedy. Tobias George Smollett

Smollett, Tobias George.

The Regicide: Or, James the First of Scotland, A Tragedy.

1749. London: Printed for J. Osborn, in Pater-noster-Row, and A. Millar, in the Strand, 1749. 8vo, 80pp. plus numerous blank leaves at end. Later quarter calf binding with gilt edging to covers. Last page of text (p. 80) heavily restored, a working copy only. § First trade edition, preceded by..... More

Price: $150.00

Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae. Terence

Terence.

Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae.

1772. Birmingham: Baskerville, 1772. 4to, 364pp. Modern marbled boards in quarter calf with morocco label and gilt on backstrip. Marbled edges, brief ink inscription on title page, slight foxing at front and back. § First Baskerville quarto edition of the six surviving comedies of Terence, Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi, Phormio..... More

Price: $250.00

Two Boston Theatre Playbills. Theatre

[Theatre].

Two Boston Theatre Playbills.

1854. Boston: 1854. Broadsides, 7 1/2 x 19” wood and lead letterpress printing, in protective sleeve; very good. § Two playbills from 1854 featuring “Mr. Forrest,” in “Damon and Pythias or The Test of Friendship,” and “Gladiator!” Edwin Forrest (1806-1872) was the first American-born star of the U.S. stage. His..... More

Price: $50.00

Doctor Faustus. Vale Press, Christopher Marlowe

[Vale Press]. Marlowe, Christopher.

Doctor Faustus.

1903. London: Ballantyne Press [for The Vale Press], 1903. Slim 8vo, li, [1] pp. Full crushed green morocco by G.P. Putnam's Sons at the Knickerbocker Press; gilt-tooled turn-ins, green linen pastedowns, ribbon marker, backstrip with raised bands and title in gilt. Binding worn, joints cracking, internally fine. § One of..... More

Price: $750.00

Romer, King of Norway and Other Dramas. Adair Welcker

Welcker, Adair.

Romer, King of Norway and Other Dramas.

1885. Sacramento: Lewis and Johnston, 1885. 12mo, 245pp. Original dark maroon pebbled cloth, with gilt lettering to upper board. Spine sunned. Review pasted to front pastedown. Inner hinge cracked and splitting between front free endpaper and front pastedown. § First edition. Contains four plays by Welcker: The Bitter End, Flavia..... More

Price: $50.00

An Ideal Husband. Oscar Wilde

Wilde, Oscar.

An Ideal Husband.

1899. London: Leonard Smithers, 1899. 8vo, 213, (1, imprint)pp. Original salmon cloth stamped in gold, one corner creased, slightest of soiling to covers, ink signature at front “Winifred M.F. Carritt Christmas 1900”. Blue quarter morocco slipcase. § First edition, one of 1000 copies. “Although Wilde's third play opened in 1895..... More

Price: $3,500.00

An Ideal Husband. Oscar Wilde

Wilde, Oscar.

An Ideal Husband.

1899. London: Leonard Smithers, 1899. 8vo, 213, (1, imprint)pp. Original salmon cloth stamped in gold, backstrip dull, internally very good. Wilmerding bookpate upside down in back. § First edition, one of 1000 copies. “Although Wilde's third play opened in 1895, it was not published until four years later and after..... More

Price: $2,000.00

A Woman of No Importance. Oscar Wilde

Wilde, Oscar.

A Woman of No Importance.

1894. London: John Lane at the Bodley Head, 1894. Small 4to, [xiv], 154, [1] pp. Original salmon buckram, covers with gilt-stamped decorations, gilt top, backstrip lettered and stamped in gilt, scattered foxing, a lovely copy enclosed in a quarter blue morocco slipcase. § First edition (though there were 15 copies..... More

Price: $3,750.00

A Woman of No Importance. Oscar Wilde

Wilde, Oscar.

A Woman of No Importance.

1894. London: John Lane at the Bodley Head, 1894. Small 4to, [xiv], 154, [1] pp. Original salmon buckram, covers with gilt-stamped decorations, gilt top, backstrip lettered and stamped in gilt, some browning throughout as usual, binding a bit soiled but good. § First edition (though there were 15 copies printed..... More

Price: $1,750.00

Printing For Theater. Adrian Wilson

Wilson, Adrian.

Printing For Theater.

1957. San Francisco: 1957. Folio (10 x 15 inch), 57 pp. with dozens of original playbills from the stage productions of the San Francisco-based Interplayers bound in, tipped in, or laid into a rear pocket. The endpapers are from a production of Hamlet. Handmade Tovil paper with deckle edges. Chapter..... More

Price: $1,000.00

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