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London: Vision, 1959. Third impression. Small 8vo, pp. 141. Owner's name on flyleaf, o/w VG. A play.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 199948. Hardcover. First American edition. P/P. Tears and foxing on dustwrapper. Pages yellowing. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

London: Vision, 1948. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good. 141pp. 19 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover. Book Condition: lettering dulled, cloth of outer joint split along spine at lower cover, corners pushed, spine ends frazzled. end papers foxed; text block unmarked otherwise, binding sound. Dust Jacket Condition: Lacking. Translation of L'aigle à deux têtes. Adapted by Ronald Duncan. On copyright page: "Made and printed in Great Britain by F W Dimpleby and Sons MCMXLVIII". We hold with the first contingent of those who consider the correct dating of the first English edition is 1948 (not 1947).

Vision Press Limited. Hardcover. VG/Very Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Vision Press, London., 1958. First U.K. edition. Adapted by Ronald Duncan. Octavo. 141 pages. Short Adaptor's Note. Four page Preface by the author. A three act play. Cast lists for the first New York and London productions are given.Gilt lettering on spine oxidised. Near fine in very good, nicked and very slightly chipped dustwrapper darkened at the spine.

London: Vision, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Type: Book N.B. Book very good, d/j poor. Previous owners inscription to ffep. Small label to front paste down. Several tears to edges of D/J which have been repaired with sellotape. Rubbing and chipping to edges of D/J and head and tail of D/J spine. (LITERARY CRITICISM)

Vision Press, London, 1948. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. Octavo size (8vo) in black cloth, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, 141pp __CONDITION : VERY GOOD+, a well preserved, very clean and tight copy (name on fly-leaf, faint slight spine lean) in a slightly dusty VERY GOOD complete Dust Jacket (small chips to flap fold corners and bottom edge of spine panel, slightly larger chip to head of spine panel, looks very presentable in its removable transparent protector). ... __To see more of our Plays and scripts type DbbPLAYS in the Keywords search box __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS

New York: The Gotham Book Mart, [ca. 1948].. Invitation to a reception and book signing for the famous French poet, playwright and filmmaker. Typewritten on Funk & Wagnalls stationery. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches. No year given, but Funk & Wagnalls brought out Cocteau's play in 1948. Letter is chipped and creased top and bottom, with a small hole at lower right. Has been folded once; there is an arrowhead-shaped piece missing from the right edge at the fold. OverallVery Good.

London,, 1967. Fourth Impression. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Very good+ in slightly rubbed, else very good dust jacket.. 8vo. pp 141. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt on spine. From the working library of the actor Peter O�Toole (1932 - 2013) with his posthumous bookplate. This small typographic bookplate reads 'From the Library of Peter O�Toole� and was designed by Michael Mitchell of Libanus Press and was authorised by the executors of his estate. A typed signed letter from the actor and agent, Perry Soblosky to Peter O�Toole, loosely inserted. He is asking if OTolle would star in a revival of Cocteau's play, he says that it is a difficult part and the writing is wooden but he has organised for a rewrite. Perry Soblosky was as an actor, known for Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974), On the Buses (1969) and The Adventurer (1972) his ownership signature, phone number and London address are on the front endpaper.

1948. Vision, London. 1948. First Edition, UK. Hardback. DW. Slim 8vo. Small bookseller label to front pastedown o/w a lovely clean copy in bright but slightly worn wrapper that lacks small portion from tail of sunned spine and has small closed tears at head of spine joints.