Drama And The Theatre from Duck Cottage Books

Milano: Rizzoli, 1939. Hardback. Fair/No Jacket. 927 4to. With 159 illustrations, mostly photographs of open air productions of plays and opera in Italy during the 1920s and 1930s. Condition notes: The book has not aged well; the covers are soiled and prelims foxed, as are the fore-edges. However with only one or two exceptions the pages with… Read more about this item

London: Edward Moxon, 1838. Hardback. Fair/No Jacket. 1702 4to. Cloth-covered boards of indeterminate colour. Engraved title page with portrait opposite, followed by plain title page (both dated 1838). Condition notes: Boards very worn, spine strip curling away from boards and boards in danger of becoming detached, foxing to replims. Rear end paper missing. Notes in pencil… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge and Sons Ltd, 1900. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. 2679 8vo. Complete works of Shakespeare in 3 volumes. Half leather and red cloth-covered boards, all edges gilt, marbled end papers. Condition notes: Binding firm, sound and very attractive, although leather is somewhat worn at corners and edges. Some foxing to prelims and title page of… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1902. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 318 12mo. An early edition (printed only a year after the play's first performance) in sound condition. Condition notes: Boards rather grubby and worn, but sound and internally clean.

London: Heinemann, 1898. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 318 12mo. An early edition in sound condition. Condition notes: Label with gift inscription to front paste down (dated 1902). Book plate of Mabel H. Spielman to front free end paper. Boards rather grubby and worn, but sound and internally clean.

London: G.P. Putnam's Sons Ltd. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 38 8vo. Grey paper covers with illustration- a ram and billy-goat engaged in dispute (my best guess) by moonlight. 33 pages. Condition Notes: Covers rubbed and faded, otherwise very good.

1896. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. 584 . Dark green cloth-covered boards, elaborate gilt decoration to front board, gilt titles, all edges gilt. Preface by Augustine Birrell, illustrations by Edmund J. Sullivan. An attractive copy. Condition Notes: Boards a little bumped at corners, bumping to rear board, some foxing, binding sound.

London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1938. Hardback. Very Good. 1298 4to. Maroon boards, gilt titles. 363 pages plus Appendix, Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with line drawings, which include diagrams showing individual parts of the costume. Condition Notes: Ex-library, in library's protective and much reinforced wrapper. The front end paper has suffered from the attachment of… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1905. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 290 12mo. An early edition (printed only a year after the play's first performance) in sound condition. Condition notes: Boards rather grubby and worn, but sound and internally clean.

London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1938. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 1298 4to. Maroon boards, gilt titles. 363 pages plus Appendix, Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with line drawings, which include diagrams showing individual parts of the costume. Condition Notes: Ex-library with usual stamps. Some damp-induced smearing of type to part of last few pages, otherwise… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1910. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 296 12mo. An early edition (printed in the same year as the play's first performance) in sound condition. Condition Notes: Gift inscription to front free end paper. Boards rather grubby and worn, but sound and internally clean.

London: Heinemann, 1909. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 318 12mo. An early edition (printed only a year after the play's first performance) in sound condition. Condition Notes: Gift inscription to front free end paper. Boards rather grubby and worn, but sound and internally clean.

London: Heinemann, 1907. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 354 12mo. An early edition in sound condition. Condition Notes: Gift inscription to front end papers. Boards rather grubby and worn, but sound and internally clean; a good working copy.

Leipzig. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 176 12mo. Half leather on marbled boards. Dated 1788, but actual date of printing difficult to ascertain. Condition notes: Front board detached, leather very rubbed, loss of about one inch to top of spine. Tanning to pages.

London: Heinemann, 1891. First Edition. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 238 12mo. Red boards, 16 cm by 11 cm. An early, hardback edition in sound condition. Note that this edition is not uniform with the other copies of Pinero's plays that I have listed. Condition Notes: Gift inscription to front free end paper. Boards rather grubby and worn,… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1899. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 268 12mo. An early edition in sound condition. Condition Notes: Gift inscription to front free end paper. Boards rather grubby and worn, but sound and internally clean.