DRAMA from Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. . Large 8vo, tan cloth, front cover highly printed in gold, black and brown, corners bumped; t.e.g. Ellen Terry's copy with her signature on the title page and with Gordon Craig's bookplate on the front pastedown.

London: Saunders and Otley, 1840. . 8vo, early 20th century marbled boards, maroon spine FIRST EDITION, first performed at the Theatre Royal, in the Haymarket, November 1, 1841 with Helena Faucit in the lead . Stratman "Bibliography English Printed Drama" 6435.Harriet Martineau in an undated letter to Lady Walsham writes "For the chance of your not having seen… Read more about this item

London: Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1903. . 4to, gray wrappers, front printed chipped, spine largely lacking Bienecke 1376.INSCRIBED on the front wrappper by Pinero to Lady Elizabeth Lewis the wife of the lawyer George Lewis, who represented many artists and writers, including Whistler and Oscar Wilde. Elizabeth was one of the leading hostesses of the day… Read more about this item

London: Edward Moxon; Edingurgh: A. & C. Black, 1838. . 8vo, dark green pebbled leather, expertly rebacked; a.e.g. Irish-born playwright and diplomat, was in the service of the Earl of Durham, to whom the present work is dedicated, when Durham was Governor General of Canadaa, then went to Texas in 1839 and was sent in 1842 by the Republic… Read more about this item

London: Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1794. . 8vo, disbound, evidence of previous pamphlet binding in the gutter. A reissue of the first edition of the same year; p. 35 misnumbered 55

London: Printed by A. Strahan...for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1802. . 67 [68-72 advertisements]. 8vo, modern marbled boards, maroon leather spine, gilt lettering, Lilly Library duplicate with label on back pastedown First Edition. Originally performed on Thursday, October 29, 1801. See Nicholl, Vol. IV, p. 391

Bordeaux: Pierre Phillipott, 1785. . 8vo, disbound, spine showing evidence of previous pamphlet binding; first 9 ll. have small waterstain at top right; pp. 17/18 paper defect in margin, not affecting text The first edition is 1773. OCLC lists one holding library for this Bordeaux imprintÑWayne State, Missouri.The music was by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny.The first edition was apparently 1773, although… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Cushing & Company, 1899. . Small 4to, white cloth, titled on front in gilt, slightly soiled Copyrighted by the author

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1939. . 8vo, dull red cloth; dust jacket spine faded to gray, lacking 1/4 inch at head. First American edition

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1924. . Large 8vo, maroon linen sides, cream linen spine (slightly soiled); top edge gilt, others uncut, some minor foxing, Ownership signature of Virginia Moore, the poetess and one of Louis Untermeyer's wives, who has underlined some passages in pencil throughout the work First English Edition, originally published in the United States by Little, Brown.… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1925. . 8vo, gray paper-covered boards, brown cloth spine, corners bumped; ownership signature on front free endpaper. Memoir of this actor and theater manager/owner. Third printing

London: For L. Hawes and Co....and A. and C Corbett, 1767. . 12mo, modern cream boards; shows evidence of previous pamphlet bindingÑstab holes in the gutter A very late edition, original published in 1682

London: For William Owen, 1749. . 8vo, 19th century pamphlet binding. First and last pages browned by offset from an old binding, otherwise in excellent condition and uncut; there is evidence of a previous binding, stab-holes in the gutter, but has been resewn FIRST EDITION. Nicholl gives no indication of when this was first performed, nor does he give… Read more about this item