Na arene i vokrug nee by Bugromova Irina - 1986

London: Duckworth, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. Green buckram. Top edge gilt; other edges untrimmed (many unopened). Hand-made paper. Pp. (viii), 1152. Limited to 1275 copies signed by the author. This is copy number 1024.

MODERN LIBRARY, 1937 HBDJ , Copyright page States "First Modern Library Edition 1937., Inside the dust jacket 246 titles are listed, which is correct for the first edition. VG/VG, PREZIP CODE COUPON ON BACK OF DJ mentionbs 95 Cents,, Bound in blue balloon cloth (spine #7) the book is in Near Very Good condition with minor wear and fading at the top and bottom edges of the spine. Tiny spot on front free endpaper. Solid binding but well read, bright gilt, mildly faded blue topstain. Contents are clean with no owner's signature or other writing in text, The dust jacket is Near Very Good with shallow chipping at the top and bottom of the spine. Tiny chips at corners and a larger chip at top left corner of rear panel. Small closed tear at top right corner of rear panel. Mild soiling on front panel near author's name. Rub & Slight Fade Spine DJ , Inside the dust jacket 246 titles are listed, which is correct for the first edition. EUGENE O?NEILL WAS NOBLE PRIZE WINNER FOR 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover.… Read More

New York, Grove Press Inc, 1985, hardcover, 86 pp, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight bump to heel of spine. Dustjacket shows light edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. Two short plays written immediately following the Pulitzer-Prize winning Glengarry Glen Ross. In The Shawl a small time mystic attempts to bilk a bereaved woman of her inheritance while Prairie Du Chein takes place on a train speeding through the Wisconsin night where a friendly card game explodes into a moment of menace. ISBN 9780394550510

Near Very Good condition with a brief note in pen to the corner of the front cover "Visited with EGB Saturday, 17 November 1923". No other inscriptions. Includes cast list and period advertisements.The play introduced the word "robot" to the English language and to science fiction as a whole. It premiered in Prague in 1921 and was translated from Czech into English by Paul Selver in 1922. The American première was at the Garrick Theatre in New York City on October 9th, 1922, where it ran for 184 performances, a production in which Spencer Tracy and Pat O'Brien played robots in their Broadway debuts. London first saw the play at St. Martin's Theatre on April 24th, 1923, a production that included Basil Rathbone as "Harry Domain". Capek first utilised the word 'robot' (from the Czech robota) to refer to a mechanical humanoid machine, displacing older words such as "automaton" or "android" in languages around the world. Karel Čapek named his brother Josef as the true inventor of the word. Isaac Asimov,… Read More

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1929. FIRST EDITION, DOUBLE SIGNED by both THORNDIKES. Large 8vo, pp. 320 + b/w frontis and plates. Original orange and yellow patterned cloth, spine and upper board lettered in black and blind ruled, Sybil Thorndike's facsimile signature black-stamped to upper board. Spine sunned, pushing and wear to spine ends and corners. Signed in black pen to tanned half-title by both subject and author, dated (in the latter's hand?) "June 6th 1929", ink offsetting from Russell's signature, page separating at heel, but holding firm. Blue Westminster Abbey service sheet (24,10.1982; incl. details about a short ceremony for the centenary of Sybil's birth) tipped in to rear fep gutter, newspaper clipping 'On This Day: March 27 1924' pasted to rear pastedown. Else, clean and tidy. A rare signed familial two-hander, marking the arrival of the doyenne of the twentieth century Shakespearean stage. Good+ The Thorndike siblings began their theatrical training and careers together,… Read More

Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1990, hardcover, 400 pp, Edition not stated, No previous English-language editions or printings noted, Very Good+ in Good dustjacket, Signed and dated by the Author in the year of publication on the front endpaper, three tiny spots to front endpaper as well, small ink stamp and light dampstain to rear pastedown. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge bumps, dampstain to rear panel and flap, in new Brodart sleeve. Five plays by the Russian dramatist focused on Lenin's role in organizing the Communist Party network, leading the Russian Revolution, and the formation of the Soviet Union. Shatrov's plays about Lenin became the most frequently staged plays in all of the USSR during the reign of Leonid Brezhnev. Contents include five plays: Bolsheviks, The Brest Peace, Blue Horses on Red Grass, Thus Shall We Conquer!, and Onwards...Onwards...Onwards!, as well as an interview with the author 'History is a Factual Drama' and an afterword by Dr. Yuri Sharapov:… Read More

VARIETY, 1998. MAGAZINE NEWSPAPERS LIGHT RUB WEAR, 1ST EDITION ,1998 , VG+, 10 1/2 IN X 14 1/4 . , Musical Show, which also launched career of Sarah Brightman, Female lead Christine, who was married to Andrew Lloyd Webber, Phantom based on a Gaston Leroux novel , various articles & color pictures other shows etc, Born 1942 & is British, who was married to Andrew Lloyd Webber, Phantom based on a Gaston Leroux novel . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

A very good paperback with only fault on cover as in image & former owners signature back end paper. 1st ed.

A very good+ paperback, ex-library with stamps, stickers & markings, cover as in image, text near fine.Vous avez la phobie des dictées? Vous écrivez en langage sms? Vous êtes arrivés récemment en France? Ou au contraire vous êtes le prince de l'orthographe? Ce spectacle est pour vous. Il est dédié à tous les zilétré,analfabèt, conpleksé, étranjé, imigré que nous sommes un jour face au français : cette langue que nous mettons parfois toute une vie à maîtriser. Une conférencière Hongroise a décidé d'en finir avec la vieille grammaire, celle du vieux lion qui mordait le nez de l'éléphant. Vous connaissez l'histoire? L'éléphant, c'est nous face au français : un gros lard dans un magasin de porcelaine. Tout ça c'est fini, Katalin Molnàr - la conférencière Hongroise - a décidé de s'immoler avec la vieille grammaire, le dictionnaire et toutes les exceptions après avoir enfin proposé une méthode de français simplifié. Elle ne reculera devant aucun sacrifice, aidée d'une… Read More

New York, Grove Press, 1987, hardcover, xv-91 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the half-title page. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price, in protective glassine cover. The award-winning American playwright, essayist and novelist presents a unique adaptation of the Chekhov classic with his own impeccable eye for character and ear for dialogue. Adapted from a literal translation by Peter Nelles. ISBN 9780802130020