[SIGNED] True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor by Mamet, David - 1997

New York, Viking, 1986, hardcover, First Edition, First Printing, Signed and Inscribed by the Author on the front endpaper, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight tight and clean with no markings, slight corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, slight corner and edge bumps, two tiny spots to front panel, light rubs to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. Essays and opinions on various, wide-ranging subjects, from the actor's craft to old-time pool halls, and a lovely tribute to his favorite bitches. ISBN 9780670811403

Constable, London, 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 114pp + [ii] publisher's advertisements at the rear. Green cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Edges lightly spotted and fly-leaves a little browned. A very bright copy in chipped, chafed, dust-marked and slightly ragged dust wrapper in two parts (cleanly torn at the rear panel-spine panel joint)..

London: William Miller. Very Good. 1810. Hardcover. Complete in three volumes. Vol's 2 & 3 only. Clean full leather with gilt ruled border. Spine with gilt Lettering. Texts tight, clean & intact. Both volumes with a pictorial title page. Marbled endpapers. Prior owners book plate. Chipped spine heads and lightly rubbed corners. Theatre; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1212 pages .

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.

Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1954, hardcover, xvi-95 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Good dustjacket Signed by the Author simply "Gene" and inscribed "To Diana" on the front endpaper. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end bumps, small stain to top edge of textblock. Dustjacket, unclipped bearing original price, rubs, edge nicks, small chips, stain to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. In the five plays studied here: Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Antigone, Corneille's Polyeucte, Maeterlinck's Aglavaine and Selysette, and Samain's Polypheme the tragic experience of man's defeat in an unequal struggle against destiny is examined in the light of the conflict between his worldly and his spiritual aspirations. Introduction by Norman J. DeWitt. ISBN 9780816660001

Clifton, New Jersey: James T. White and Co., 1974. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on front endpage-"To Leslie, with my best wishes and lasting love, Mark Medoff". Winner of the Drama desk, Obie, and Outer Critics' Circle Awards. Basis for the film of the same name. Book Club Edition, book is Fine, Very Good dj that is rubbed at the edges. Scarce signed. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Book Club Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

London: George Bell and Sons, 1903. RARE, 29 pages in string-tied wrappers, Henry Irving color cover plate of bust of Dante. Very Good, small corner chip and light rubbing to cover plate, wraps a bit rubbed. . First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Random House, 1940. First Prinitng stated. Near Fine, slight spine lean, in a Very Good dust jacket, small chips top edge front panel and spine tips, 1" closed tear bottom edge rear flap, spine faded yet still legible. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Channing Pollock, 1906. RARE. 34 pp in stapled pictorial wrappers, cover lithograph by W.H. Mathews, Jr., 8 articles, 5 illustrations, advertisements. Near Fine, small tear wrappers bottom edge at spine. Publisher and editor Channing Pollock was a popular Broadway playwright at the turn of the century, best known for his 1922-1931 plays "The Fool", "The Enemy", "Mr. Moneypenny", and "The House Beautiful". . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4" x 6 1/4".

London: Victor Gollancz, 1957. First British Edition/ Very Good, small bumps to corners, prior owner name and small spot of soiling at half-title page. In a Very Good dust jacket, 1/8" of paper loss at spine ends, top corner front flap crease, spine a shade darkened. Basis for the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical and for the 1961 movie, starring Nancy Kwan. Dust jacket art by Shirley Hughes.. First British Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.