WAITING FOR GODOT
First edition in English of Beckett's influential and enigmatic "tragicomedy in two acts."
First edition in English of Beckett's influential and enigmatic "tragicomedy in two acts."
Ephemeral program for the Boston Theatre's April 9-10 showings of THE FEMALE DETECTIVE, played by American "Golden Girl" Lotta Crabtree.
Signed first edition, first printing of this "candid, sexy and wonderfully mood-strewn collection" (Penguin Random House) of poetry by Cisneros.
Signed first edition, first printing of this collection of poems composed during the same period as THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET, with the controversially suggestive photo of Cisneros on the front cover.
First edition thus of this pair of comedies by 18th-century playwright William Congreve, with stylish Beardsley-esque illustrations.
First edition of one of Eliot's most beloved works, a collection of nonsense rhymes that became the basis for the multiple Tony-award-winning Broadway musical CATS.
Luxurious re-issue of the original 1958 livre d'artiste — housed in the original shipping carton.
First printing of this examination of the Moscow Revolutionary Theater, established in 1922 to stage productions that promoted Soviet ideology – with signed woodcut print by Vladimir Favorsky.
First printing of this tragedy-farce by Soviet playwright, poet, and translator, with attractive cover and frontispiece art by multifaceted artist Vladimir Favorski.
Signed limited first edition thus, illustrated by Favorsky, of this Pushkin comic poem with a striking modern design.
First printing of this collection of four short plays by Pushkin, with atmospheric woodcut illustrations by multifaceted artist Vladimir Favorski – one of Favorski's final works.
Inscribed first edition of this collection from Movement poet Donald Davie, written while he was working as a professor at the University of Essex – with hauntingly stark illustrations by Michael Foreman.
Previously unknown original carbon typescript of the most important postwar American poem: Allen Ginsberg's "Howl." Almost certainly the only surviving draft version of this iconic poem remaining in private hands, and the only one to ever be separately offered for sale.
First printing of this second collection of verse from Giovanni, followup from the same year to her debut, BLACK FEELING BLACK TALK.
Inscribed first edition of this collection by "one of America's foremost poets" (POETRY FOUNDATION).
Signed limited first edition thus, an out of sequence copy not signed or numbered on the limitation page, but instead signed by Gorey on the title page.
Handsome limited first edition of Theroux's poetry, signed by both Gorey and Theroux.
First edition of this anthology of three centuries of Black American poets, edited by the first Black Poet Laureate of America.
First edition, a very nice copy of this collection of writings by the Polish author, translated by John and Bogdana Carpenter.
Beautiful book edition of Housman's play about Queen Victoria, illustrated in black and white by famed Pooh illustrator E.H. Shepard.
Stated first edition of this multifaceted poetry collection, with topics ranging from reflections on World War II to musings about fairy tales.
First printing of this triangular accordion book of an amorous poem by John Keats, this copy previously owned by the founder of the Miniature Book Society.
Early printing of this poetry collection by early-20th century US American writer Joyce Kilmer, uncommon in dust jacket.
Association copy first printing of the famous play, inscribed by both authors to Bryna Untermeyer and Louis Untermeyer, the poet, editor, and critic who was an early supporter of the playwrighting duo.
First printing of one of the best-known American plays of the 20th century, tackling freedom of thought with the contemporary threat of McCarthyism as underlying subtext.