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."
First edition thus, issued as part of Grove Press's Collected Works of Samuel Beckett, of the nihilist masterpiece.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Stated first edition of this multifaceted poetry collection, with topics ranging from reflections on World War II to musings about fairy tales.
First edition, first printing of this epic poem, the love story of two Black people from Palmares, a settlement founded in colonial Brazil by formerly enslaved Africans, after their separation following the Portuguese destruction of the city.
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.
First printing of the screenplay for one of Kubrick's most notorious films, adapted from Anthony Burgess's novel — innovatively laid out, with copious film stills.
First printing of the script of the beloved Tony-winning Broadway musical based on Bernard Shaw's PYGMALION.
First printing of this collection of "teleplays" for Black audiences by a Black writer, chronicling "the Black struggle to 'make it' in white America during the decade of the sixties" (Foreword).
First printing of this limited deluxe edition poetic ode to a pair of pears, illustrated in lovingly executed mezzotints – with original copper plate included in the original box.
First edition thus, a handsome edition of the two plays, with production notes about the first performance of EQUUS.
First printing of the classic existential absurdist play, a grimly humorous exploration of two minor characters from Shakespeare's HAMLET.
First edition of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning third play, adapted into the 1958 film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman.
Inscribed first edition, first printing of Tennessee Williams' semi-autobiographical memory play, his first stage success.
First printing of Williams's most enduring play, a New Directions publication in the original dust jacket (carefully restored).