51. The Dark Star. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1940.
First Edition. Salter dustjacket art. Theatre novel of the stage's actors and actresses. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few edge nicks. Item #7844
First Edition. Salter dustjacket art. Theatre novel of the stage's actors and actresses. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few edge nicks. Item #7844
First Edition. Comedy play by this Hollywood actor who appeared in 38 films, including Son of Dracula, Penrod and Sam, and State Fair. Craven also directed two films including the 1934 film production of That's Gratitude starring Frank Craven and Arthur Byron. Near Fine in Very Good-Near Fine dustjacket. Item #6454
First Edition. Comedy play by this Hollywood actor who appeared in 38 films, including Son of Dracula, Penrod and Sam, and State Fair. Craven also directed two films including the 1934 film production of That's Gratitude starring Frank Craven and Arthur Byron. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, darkening to spine, few tiny nicks at spine ends. Item #14888
First Edition. Signed and inscribed warmly by the Hollywood actor, playwright and novelist, also with three printed holiday greeting cards from the author. Craven appeared in 38 films, including Son of Dracula, Penrod and Sam, and State Fair. Craven also directed two films including the 1934 film production of this title starring himself and Arthur Byron. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with soiling and spine mildly darkened. Item #14733
First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Cushing at front endpaper. Three act play and fantastic comedy of Greek Bandits who capture an American family and a magical piece of cheese that allows the eater to see into other people's minds. The play opened at the Charles Hopkins Theatre in New York City starring Frederick March and Bela Lugosi. Illustrated with photographic scenes from the play including Lugosi, who would become a star for his performance in Dracula a year later. Very Good, some rubbing to cloth at spine ends, lacking dustjacket. Item #17609
First Edition. A Tragedy play set on the Devon coast of a man who earns his keep by farming the poor soil, gathering items that wash ashore and of his wife who falls into the arms of his half brother. Broadway Play featuring Roland Coombs. Near Fine with small ink initials and date at front free endpaper in Very Good plus dustjacket with age toning to edges and spine, shallow chipping to spine ends, and very minor foxing to rear panel. Item #15162
First Edition. A Ballad Opera "of both lyric beauty and delightful social satire is this cynical fairy tale in which Miss Dane has used the old story of the sleeping beauty to illustrate the sad fate of the idealist in this materialistic" post First World War nation. Set to music by Addinsell. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, tiny chip at front panel, few nicks along front flap edge, rear flap edge chipped. . Item #6740
First Edition. A Play. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with spine faded, shallow chipping to lower spine end, and chip to mid spine. Item #16565
First Edition. Politically charged play exposing the alliance of criminals and politicians in America's cities. Davis had 59 screenwriting credits including his play The Great Gatsby which served as the basis for the 1949 Alan Ladd film. Near Fine, in Very Good or Near Fine dustjacket. Item #6633
First Edition. Politically charged play exposing the alliance of criminals and politicians in America's cities. Davis had 59 screenwriting credits including his play The Great Gatsby which served as the basis for the 1949 Alan Ladd film. Near Fine, in Very Good dustjacket, perhaps lightly darkened at panels, shallow chipping at top spine end. Item #17411
First Edition. Early Samuel French hardcover printing of a Christmas play. Near Fine, royalty notice sticker at copyright page, in Very Good plus printed dustjacket, nicks to spine ends and flap corners. Item #6181
First Edition. Limited to 950 copies. Comedy play of a New York City family that goes through a transformation when threatened by tragedy. Originally produced at The Henry Miller Theatre, New York City, starring Laura Hope Crewes, Blanche Bates and Henry Miller. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, with fairly shallow chipping at top spine end and top front panel. Item #6460
First Edition. "Modernized adaptation of Aristophanes' famous play". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few tiny chips at lower spine end. Item #22801
First Edition. A play. Very Good plus in publisher's stiff paper wraps with minor paper loss to lower spine end and general shelf wear. Item #15826
First Edition, second issue. Tragic theatrical play by the author of Sister Carrie set in the Jewish Upper East Side of New York City and a character who rapes and murders an eleven year old girl. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, split along front spine edge, small chip at mid spine, shallow loss at spine ends and flap corners. Item #25333
Presumed First Edition. Original printed wrappers. Extremely rare early work by this author who would later become known for her mystery novels. Her first published short story, "Thursday and the King and Queen," was published in Women's Home Companion in 1920. This may very well be the her first separately published work. Only five copies listed on WorldCat. In Yonkers, DuBois attended the Halsted School and began writing and saving her compositions when she was thirteen. In 1911, she was diagnosed with tuberculosis and spent several months in a sanatorium. She wrote a great deal of poetry during her illness, but dedicated herself to prose thereafter. She produced several plays with the help of friends. The first of these, The Forty Thieves, was produced for the Halsted School Alumnae Association with good results. After this, Dubois and her friends organized The Workshop Players, one of the first small community theaters for children. Many of the children's plays produced during this period, including The Sleeping Beauty, The King of Caramand and Aladdin were later produced in New York by the Clare Tree Major Theater Company. Very Good in wrappers. Item #25615
First Edition. Play in two acts. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, spine ends rubbed, tiny chip top spine end, few scotch tape pieces at verso. Item #7298
Early Printing, no publisher's colophon. Baskerville dustjacket art. A play that served as the basis for the Universal Picture starring Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent and Merna Kennedy of a naive young dancer in a Broadway show who innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, some shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners. Item #23714
Early Edition. Baskerville dustjacket art. A play that served as the basis for the Universal Picture starring Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent and Merna Kennedy of a naive young dancer in a Broadway show who innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with spine faded, shallow chipping to top spine end, and general shelf wear. Item #14715
First Edition. A play in four acts concerning the effects of a magic crystal on a man's life. Blieler title. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with general shelf wear. Item #15809
First American Edition. Popular Russian play first published in the United States as part of Knopf Borzoi Plays series. Dustjacket copy states that the play has been performed in 400 Russian cities, France, Germany and the United States. Near Fine in Very Good plus printed dustjacket. Item #11745
First American Edition. Popular Russian play first published in the United States as part of Knopf Borzoi Plays series. Dustjacket copy states that the play has been performed in 400 Russian cities, France, Germany and the United States. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket with mild fading to edges. Item #13064
First Edition. A play that is set around the love of two women for man. One is the mother of his child the other is his wife. Very Good in Good plus dustjacket with tiny chips along flap edges, spine edges and mid front panel, tape repair to verso of spine and lower edges, spine edge wear, spine ends chipped, wear to spine, flap edge wear, and fading. Item #11953
First Edition. A. Barrato dustjacket art. A theatrical play concerning the love of two women for the same man. One is the mother of his child and the other is his wife. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow edge chips, small abrasion at top rear panel. Item #23589
First Edition. Play in four acts about the Spanish Inquisition and the infanta Juana, the Daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket with centimeter-deep closed tears to top back panel and lower front panel edge, centimeter round spot to top front flap corner, very shallow chipping to spine ends. Item #17869