Here is another section in the shop that after 12 years with my website I just realized I never set up a page on our website. So, here are the 58 books on plays that we have available for you on February 14, 2007. So, enjoy browsing through, and do place your order at anytime with Ray Boas, Bookseller in Walpole, New Hampshire.
1. Anderson, Maxwell, WINTERSET: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS, Anderson House, Washington, 1935 1st ed, 134pp, good+, tan cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 45947 ), $12.50
2. Aristophanes - An English Version by Dudley Fitts, ARISTOPHANES - LYSISTRATA, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, (1954) 1st ed, 132pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The Famous Greek Comedy of War Between the Sexes., (Order No: 49769 ), $7.50
3. Baker, George P., THE PILGRIM SPIRIT, Marshall Jones Company, Boston, MA, B&W illustrations, 136pp, very good+, gray cloth (hardcover) dustjacket cut down & laid in, "A Pageant in Celebrtion of the Tercentenary of the Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts, December 21, 1620." Acted and sung by the people of Plymouth, Kingston, Duxbury and Marshfield in July and August, 1921. An exceptionally nice clean and tight copy from a one owner collection., (Order No: 15153 ), $15.00
4. Beaumont, Francis and Fletcher, John (written by) (edited with introduction, notes and glossary by F. W. Moorman), THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE, J. M. Dent and Co., London, 1898, B&W frontis, 154pp, good+, olive green cloth, teg (hardcover), First published in 1613, this is a somewhat unique edition of this play., (Order No: 39333 ), $35.00
5. Beaurline, L. A. and Bowers, Fredson, JOHN DRYDEN: FOUR TRAGEDIES, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, (1967), 412pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), This edition aims to present an accurate text of representative serious plays by Dryden, with suitable commentary and other aids to understanding. Contents include: The Indian Emperour; Aureng-Zebe; All for Love; and, Don Sebastian., (Order No: 44881 ), $12.50
6. Boker, George Henry (edited by Edward Sculley Bradley), NYDIA: A TRAGIC PLAY, Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA, 1929, 102pp, good+, black cloth spine w/marbled boards (hardcover), Of the unpublished dramatic works of the poet, this is the most important., (Order No: 19171 ), $6.50
7. Bradford, Roark, JOHN HENRY: A PLAY WITH MUSIC, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1939 1st ed, ill. from the play, 91pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Play by Roark Bradford, Music by Jacques Wolfe, and sets by Albert Johnson. A very nice copy of this edition., (Order No: 12460 ), $20.00
8. Brecht, Bertolt (edited with an introduction by Eric Bentley), SEVEN PLAYS BY BERTOLT BRECHT, Grove Press, Inc., New York, (1961) 7th ptg, 587pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 49287 ), $7.50
9. Chapman, George; Jonson, Ben; and, Marston, John (edited by R. W. Van Fossen), EASTWARD HO - THE REVELS PLAYS, Manchester/Johns Hopkins, Manchester/Baltimore, MD, (1979), B&W ill., map, 238pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 08081822522 A reliable and authoritative text along with an extensive introduction that examines the relationship between the three authors and the problem of their collaboration., (Order No: 35537 ), $30.00
10. Corwin, Norman, THEY FLY THROUGH THE AIR WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE, Vrest Orton, Publisher, Weston, VT, (1939) 1st ed, ill. by Laszlo Matulay, 58pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A thrilling drama of the "Air Raiders," which was awarded first prize by the Tenth Institute for Education by Radio. The author wrote, "The inspiration for writing 'They Fly Through the Air' was threefold: to experiment further toward the development of a distinct literature for radio, to make another broadcast in a series I was producing weekly for the Columbia Broadcast System, and to express the disgust and contempt most of us feel for the fascist conception of war." Publisher, Vrest Orton, among his many credits started VERMONT LIFE Magazine, and the Vermont Country Store., (Order No: 40316 ), $25.00
11. de Moliere, Jean Baptiste Poquelin (translated into English verse and with an afterword by Richard Wilbur), AMPHITRYON, Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, (1995) 1st ed, 146pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0151001561, (Order No: 34181 ), $5.00
12. Drinkwater, John, JOHN BULL CALLING: A POLITICAL PARABLE IN ONE ACT, Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., London, 1928, 31pp, very good, wraps (softcover), First performed in London on November 12, 1928., (Order No: 40460 ), $20.00
13. Dryden, John, ALL FOR LOVE: OR, THE WORLD WELL LOFT, A TRAGEDY, The Scolar Press Limited, London, (1973), unpaginated, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 085417124X A Scolar Press Facsimile of the 1678 edition. Dryden's ALL FOR LOVE was the first play he wrote for the King's Company and was performed in December 1677 at the Theatre Royal., (Order No: 35900 ), $20.00
14. Euripides (translated by William Arrowsmith), ALCESTIS, Oxford University Press, New York, 1974, 122pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0195018613, (Order No: 18271 ), $10.00
15. Felder, Louis E. (music composed, arranged and conducted by Louis F. Bush; directed by Tom Tyrrell), EL DORADO, The Bohemian Club, n.p., (1977), frontis, 67pp, very good, tan cloth (hardcover), THE SEVENTY- SECOND GROVE PLAY OF THE BOHEMIAN CLUB PRESENTED JULY 29, 1977., (Order No: 29636 ), $12.50
16. Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, TOURISTS ACCOMMODATED: SOME SCENES FROM PRESENT-DAY SUMMER LIFE IN VERMONT, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, (1934) VT ed, B&W illustration, 90pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Portrays summer-day life in this quarter of New England and applies the old-world theme of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse., (Order No: 42036 ), $20.00
17. Galsworthy, John, LOYALTIES: A DRAMA IN THREE ACTS, Duckworth, London, 1930, ill. by S. Van Abbe, 104pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 39812 ), $14.50
18. Galsworthy, John, A FAMILY MAN IN THREE ACTS, Duckworth and Co., London, (1922), B&W illustrations, 116pp, good+, olive green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), The study of John Builder in the provincial town of Breconridge., (Order No: 46438 ), $10.00
19. Galsworthy, John, THE SKIN GAME: A TRAGI-COMEDY IN THREE ACTS, Duckworth and Co., London, (1920), B&W illustrations, 116pp, good, olive green cloth (hardcover) wear top of spine (no jacket, (Order No: 46439 ), $9.50
20. Galsworthy, John, WINDOWS: A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS FOR IDEALISTS AND OTHERS, Duckworth and Co., London, (1922), B&W illustrations, 100pp, good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) small chip on dustjcket, The action passes in Geoffrey March's House, Highgate--Spring-time., (Order No: 46440 ), $15.00
21. Gorey, Edward (from 18 stories by); Currens, Stephen (adapted for the stage by); Aldrich, David (music by), GOREY STORIES: A MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT - FRENCH'S MUSICAL LIBRARY, Samuel French, Inc., New York, (1983), 56pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) signed by Gorey is his typical way, ISBN 0573681368 An uncommon SIGNED Edward Gorey item., (Order No: 49244 ), $200.00
22. Greer, James Neal [Lope de Vega], LOPE DE VEGA'S "EL PIADOSO ARAGONES" - A CRITICAL EDITION, University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 1951, 166pp, fine, brown cloth spine (hardcover), Hispanic Studies: Volume III. Text is that of a copy of the autograph manuscript of Lope de Vega's EL PIADOSO ARAGONES, dated August 17, 1626 at Madrid, now in the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid. Probably issued in wraps, this copy was purchased from the estate of a binder who did a superb job in binding this volume., (Order No: 40565 ), $125.00
23. Housman, Laurence, VICTORIA REGINA: A DRAMATIC BIOGRAPHY, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, c1935, ill. by Ernest H. Shepard, 470pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), A series of plays about Queen Victoria with the dialogue constructed on theatrical lines rather than literary lines. Most of the material is drawn from side-incidents which have not yet found their way into history., (Order No: 17591 ), $3.00
24. Hovey, Richard (edited with introduction and notes by Mrs. Richard Hovey; and a preface by Bliss Carman), THE HOLY GRAAL AND OTHER FRAGMENTS - BEING THE UNCOMPLETED PARTS OF THE ARTHURIAN DRAMAS, Duffield & Company, New York, 1907 1st ed, 128pp, ads, very good, green cloth (hardcover), BAL 9395 LAUNCELOT AND GUENEVERE: A POEM IN DRAMAS - Part V. It had been Mr. Hovey's intention to complete his notable Arthurian Series in nine dramas, of which only four had been published at the time of his death. He left fragmentary portions in manuscript of all the remaining five, and these fragments have been edited and arranged, with notes, by his widow, as the only possible attempt toward completion of this matchless monument of American verse., (Order No: 28282 ), $45.00
25. Hovey, Richard, THE MARRIAGE OF GUENEVERE: LAUNCELOT AND GUENEVERE - A POEM IN DRAMAS - PART II, Duffield and Company, New York, 1909, 171pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover) faint stain top corner, BAL 9382 First published in 1891 in "Launcelot and Guenevere" and revised in 1885 and reissued in 1899., (Order No: 40129 ), $30.00
26. Hovey, Richard, THE BIRTH OF GALAHAD: LAUNCELOT AND GUENEVERE - A POEM IN DRAMAS - PART III, Duffield and Company, New York, 1909, 124pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover) minute stain top corner, BAL 9387 First published in 1898., (Order No: 40130 ), $30.00
27. Lawrence, Robert G. (edited with an introduction by), JACOBEAN AND CAROLINE TRAGEDIES, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, (1975), 265pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0460101471 These three plays--Women Beware Women, The Cardinal, and Perkin Warbeck--are comments on politics and society, dramatic mirrors for magistrates, and each of them has in totality a relevance to the present century., (Order No: 18345 ), $15.00
28. Lincoln, Joseph C., THE MANAGERS: A COMEDY OF CAPE COD -- APPLETON SHORT PLAYS NO. 13, D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1925 1st ed, 35pp, good, wraps (softcover) EX-LIB - SEE NOTE for faults, First edition of this scarce Joseph C. Lincoln pamphlet/play. CONDITION NOTE - an EX-LIB copy with Discard stamp inside front cover, library name/place punched on title page, date due slip removed from rear cover, in small slipcase (handmade). Original blue and white cover torn 2/3 along spine, and detached, some edgewear, stain on lower corner rear, ad signature loose from main text block, some separation lower 1/3 of some pages on fold. Overall a clean copy of this scarce ephemeral Joseph C. Lincoln work., (Order No: 23581 ), $375.00
29. Lincoln, Joseph C. -- Dramatized by Pauline Phelps and Marion Short, SHAVINGS: A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS, Samuel French, Inc., New York, 1930, 102pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), "French's Standard Library Edition." Adapted from Joseph C. Lincoln's SHAVINGS, first published in novel form in 1918. Successfully produced on Broadway opening February 16, 1920, starring Harry Beresford as "Shavings," and presented by Henry W. Savage. The play ran for 122 performances. Three photographs of the play, and stage plans. An exceptionally nice copy of this elusive play., (Order No: 35630 ), $250.00
30. MacLeish, Archibald, AIR RAID - A VERSE PLAY FOR RADIO, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, (1939) 3rd ptg, 36pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 40938 ), $14.50
31. Mann, David D. (compiled and edited by), A CONCORDANCE TO THE PLAYS AND POEMS OF SIR GEORGE ETHEREGE, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, (1985) 1st ptg, 445pp, very good++, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket as issued), ISBN 0313209766 One of the central shapers of Restoration drama was Sir George Etherege (1636?-1691?), whose first play, THE COMICAL REVENGE; OR, LOVE IN A TUB (1664), popularized a new kind of comedy that both ennobled and satirized heroic action through its several plots., (Order No: 14188 ), $30.00
32. Masefield, John, THE LOCKED CHEST AND THE SWEEPS OF NINETY-EIGHT: TWO ONE ACT PLAYS, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1916, B&W frontis, 114pp, good, vellum spine, brown paper covered boards (hardcover), Limited Edition., (Order No: 27568 ), $10.00
33. Millay, Edna St. Vincent, THE KING'S HENCHMAN: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1927 13th ptg, 132pp, very good+, black cloth spine (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 12419 ), $5.00
34. Milne, A. A., TOAD OF TOAD HALL - A PLAY FROM KENNETH GRAHAME'S "THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS", Methuen & Co., Ltd, London, (1929) 1st ed, 166pp, ads, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Exceptionally nice clean, tight and bright copy. TEG, slight darkening to spine of dustjacket, as usual for this type of paper. Signed by autho, A. A. MILNE, on the title page., (Order No: 118 ), $750.00
35. Moeller, Philip (prologue by Carl van Vechten), SOPHIE - A COMEDY, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, (1919), 246pp, good+, paper covered boards (hardcover), inscribed by author, Nice clean and tight copy inscribed by the author in 1920. Front and rear panels of dustjacket cut and laid in along with two associated newspaper clippings., (Order No: 41712 ), $45.00
36. Newton, A. Edward, DOCTOR JOHNSON: A PLAY, The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston, MA, 1923, color frontis, B&W ill., 120pp, very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The play gives a vivid and authentic presentation of four scenes from the actual life of Doctor Johnson., (Order No: 30030 ), $12.00
37. Noziere, Fernand (translated by Clarence Stratton), THREE GALLANT PLAYS: A BYZANTINE AFTERNOON; BEAUTY AND THE BEAST; AND THE SLIPPERS OF APHRODITE, William Edwin Rudge, New York, 1929, 266pp, very good, maroon cloth spine, paper covered boards (hardcover), Limited to 1000 copies, dustjacket panels cut and laid in., (Order No: 36428 ), $15.00
38. Payne, John Howard (edited by Codman Hislop and W. R. Richardson), THE LAST DUEL IN SPAIN & OTHER PLAYS, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1940, 265pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover) library bookplate, Contents include: Preface; The Last Duel in Spain; Woman's Revenge; The Italian Bride; Romulus, the Shepherd King; The Black Man--or, The Spleen., (Order No: 40265 ), $20.00
39. Payne, John Howard (edited by Codman Hisloop and W. R. Richardson), TRIAL WITHOUT JURY & OTHER PLAYS, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1940, 264pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover) library bookplate, Contents include: Acknowledgments; Preface; John Howard Payne; Trial without Jury--or, The Magpie and the Maid; Mount Savage; The Boarding Schools--or, Life among the Little Folks; The Two Sons-in-Law; Mazeppa--or, The Wild Horse of Tartary; The Spanish Husband--or, First and Last Love., (Order No: 40266 ), $17.50
40. Perelman, S. J., THE BEAUTY PART - A PLAY, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1963 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 142pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) light edgewear to jacket, A Perelman's-eye view of the way of the world in the 1960's., (Order No: 46406 ), $20.00
41. Pound, Ezra; Fleming, Rudd & Reid, Richard (edited and annotated by), ELEKTRA: A PLAY BY EZRA POUND AND RUDD FLEMING, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1989) 1st ptg, 103pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0691067783 Composed in the early months of 1949, while Pound was under indictment for treason and hospitalized by court order in Washington, D.C., this unpublished version of Sophocles' play documents a critical stage in the poet's writing career: with his subsequent rendition of Sophocles' Trachiniae and his ongoing translations from the Chinese classics, it signaled his return to sustained composition and his eventual decision to resume his life work, the Cantos., (Order No: 13050 ), $5.00
42. Racine, Jean (translated into English verse by Richard Wilbur), ANDROMACHE: TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS, 1667, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, CA, (1982) 1st ed, ill. by Igor Tulipanov, 104pp, fine w/fine dustjacket, review slip laid in (hardcover), ISBN 0151070520 In 1667, Jean Racine produced ANDROMACHE, his initial masterpiece., (Order No: 22281 ), $7.50
43. Robles, Emmanuel (translated with an introduction by James A. Kilker), THREE PLAYS: PLAIDOYER POUR UN REBELLE (CASE FOR A REBEL), L'HORLOGE (THE CLOCK), AND PORFIRIO, Southern Illinois Univ. Pr., Carbondale, IL, (1977), 11 B&W illustrations, 200pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0809308223 This anthology, consisting of a tragedy, a dramatic comedy, and a farce, presents the first selection in English of the plays of Emmanuel Robles., (Order No: 15358 ), $10.00
44. Scott, Allan and Haight, George, GOODBYE AGAIN: A NEW PLAY, Samuel French, New York, 1933, 128pp, good, black cloth spine, green cloth boards (hardcover), (Order No: 36537 ), $14.50
45. Shafer, Robert E., THE REDEMPTIONER: A DRAMA OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN 4 ACTS, Robert E. Shafer, n.p., (1964), 62pp, very good, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, Scenes, action and dialogue of this Revolutionary War drama are based on historic fact., (Order No: 44661 ), $15.00
46. Shakespeare, William (design by Martin Solomon), THE HISTORY OF TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, Horowitz/Rae Book Manu., Inc, New York, (1988), ill. by Isadore Seltzer, unpaginated, very good+, orange cloth (hardcover) in very good slipcase, (Order No: 16886 ), $12.50
47. Shaw, Bernard, THREE PLAYS FOR PURITANS: BEING THE THIRD VOLUME OF HIS COLLECTED PLAYS, Herbert S. Stone and Company, Chicago, IL, 1904, 315pp, good, dark blue cloth (hardcover) small tear bottom of spine, Contents include: The Devil's Disciple; Caesar and Cleopatra; Captain Brasshound's Conversion., (Order No: 39272 ), $15.00
48. Shepard, Sam, SIMPATICO: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS, Vintage Books, New York, (1996), 135pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) - BCE-no price on dustjacket, ISBN 0679763171, (Order No: 8914 ), $15.00
49. Slavitt, David R. and Bovie, Palmer (edited by), EURIPIDES, 1: MEDEA, HECUBA, ANDROMACHE, THE BACCHAE, Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA, (1998) 1st ptg, 298pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0812234154 This book contains four of Euripides plays largely about women, in translations that reveal the complexities of these strong figures--even the towering, murderous Medea can be seen in a sympathetic light., (Order No: 25797 ), $20.00
50. Slavitt, David R. and Bovie, Palmer (edited by), EURIPIDES, 2: HIPPOLYTUS, SUPPLIANT WOMEN, HELEN, ELECTRA, CYCLOPS, Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA, (1998) 1st ptg, 360pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0812234219 This volume, the third in the Penn Greek Drama Series, contains three tragedies plus HELEN, which can be seen as a romantic comedy, and CYCLOPS, the so-called satyr play of disputed authorship., (Order No: 25798 ), $20.00
51. Slavitt, David R. (edited and translated by), AESCHYLUS, 1: THE ORESTEIA - AGAMEMNON, THE LIBATION BEARERS, THE EUMENIDES, Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA, (1998) 1st ptg, 161pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0812234162 The first in the Penn Greek Drama Series, this volume offers translations of the great trilogy of the House of Atreus., (Order No: 29638 ), $22.50
52. Stoppard, Tom (adapted from Arthur Schnitzler), DALLIANCE AND UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, Faber and Faber, London, (1986) 1st ed, 147pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 057114750X Two works which explore in contrasting ways the workings of Viennese society in the 1890s, setting the upper-class stylized codes of behavior against their effects in practice on human relationships., (Order No: 30430 ), $35.00
53. Strommer, Diane Weltner (edited by), TIME'S DISTRACTIONS: A PLAY FROM THE TIME OF CHARLES I, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX, (1976) 1st ed, 119pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0890960089 This play is set in the mythical land of Arcadia, a pastoral land of innocent, contented simplicity in a golden age. There live peacefully the virtues--Fortune, Virtue, Honor, Judgment, and others--as well as Time, Age, and Love, all ruled by thier queen, Juno., (Order No: 19820 ), $10.00
54. Sukhovo-Kobylin, Alexander (translated by Robert Magidoff), KRECHINSKY'S WEDDING - A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI, (1961), 105pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 49357 ), $7.50
55. Talfourd, T. N., TRAGEDIES: TO WHICH ARE ADDED A FEW SONNETS AND VERSES, C. S. Francis & Co., New York, 1846, 268pp, good+, full brown leather, raised bands (hardcover), Nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 49479 ), $20.00
56. Taylor, Katharine and Greene, Henry Copley, THE SHADY HILL PLAY BOOK, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1928 1st ed, ill. by Harold R. Shurtleff, 168pp, good+, dark yellow cloth, (hardcover) dj panels cut and laid in, One of the most interesting of the progressive schools, the Shady Hill School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has made an unusual experiment in play writing and producing. The plays in this volume and careful notes on production represent the combined work of history, French and English teachers, music department, studio, shop, and volunteer lighting expert., (Order No: 27522 ), $20.00
57. Usigli, Rodolfo (translated by Thomas Bledsoe; introduction by Willis Knapp Jones; foreword by J. Cary Davis), TWO PLAYS: CROWN OF LIGHT AND ONE OF THESE DAYS ..., Southern Illinois Univ. Pr., Carbondale, IL, (1971), 234pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0809304945 A renowned Latin American dramatist turns political and historical events inside out to show that the true miracles of life happen when men expose and rise above the false ones., (Order No: 38247 ), $14.50
58. Wilde, Oscar (translated from the French by Alfred Bruce Douglas), SALOME: A TRAGEDY IN ONE ACT, Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, ME, 1911, B&W illustration in rear, 76pp, very good++ with original paper dustjacket (hardcover) slipcase, One of five hundred copies on Van Gelder Hand-Made Paper. With original slipcase which has some wear/chipping., (Order No: 39019 ), $200.00