11. Jonson, Ben / Cain, Tom (Editor).

Poetaster. The Revels Plays.

Manchester / New York, Manchester University Press, 1995. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XV, 304 pages. Three black and white plates Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Plate No.1 entitled “Heroic Virtue (Hercules) treads down Envy. Christoffel Jegher, woodcut after Peter Paul Rubens, Modello for Banqueting House ceiling”. Plate No.2 of the title page of the first edition of poetaster (1602). Plate No.3 “From Q, sig. FIV and F, sig 2c2v”.

12. Kindermann, Heinz.

Das Theater und sein Publikum. [The Theatre and its Audience] Referate der internationalen theaterwissenschaftlichen Dozentenkonferenzen in Venedig 1975 und Wien 1976.

Wien, Verlag der Österreichischen Wissenschaften, 1977. 8°. 421 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand. (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 327 – Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Publikumsforschung, 5).

13. O’Casey, Sean.

Three Volumes of Sean O’Casey’s famous Autobiography: I. I Knock at the Door – Swift Glances Back at Things That Made Me (Rare Second Edition, Printed in the year of the First Edition, 1939) / III. Drums under the Windows (First Edition 1945) / VI. Sunset and Evening Star (First Edition, 1954).

Three Volumes (of Six). London, MacMillan & Co., 1939 – 1954. Octavo (15 cm x 22 cm). Volume I (″I Knock at the Door”): includes a fine Frontispiece-Photograph of “Mrs.Susan Casside in a Gala Dress”, VII, 268, [3] pages / Volume III (″Drums under My Window”): includes a Frontispiece-Photograph of “The Rev.E.M.Griffin”, 339, [2] pages / Volume VI (″Sunset and Evening Star”: includes a very fine Frontispiece-Photograph of “The O’Casey’s” [Niall O’Casey, Breon O’Casey, Sean O’Casey, Shivawn [Shivaun] O’Casey, Eileen O’Casey], VII, 311, [1] pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjackets. All three Volumes in their original state with the original dustjackets frayed but still very good. Volume I and III with two excellent Bookplates / Giftnote to dustjacket of Volume I; Giftnote to endpaper of Volume VI. Exlibris to pastedown “The Vernons” with artwork from artist H. Cutler” .

14. Reeve, Franklin D.

Contemporary Russian Drama. Selected and translated by Franklin D. Reeve, with preface by Victor Rozov.

First Edition. New York, Pegasus, 1968. 20.3cm x 13.2cm. XV, 303 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear on the cover.

15. Shaw, [George] Bernard.

The Complete Plays of Bernard Shaw.

London, Odhams Press, 1934. Large Octavo. VIII, 1219 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Besides some minor foxxing to the edges this monumental publication is in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Private giftinscription to Naturalist Norman Hickin on the pastedown.

16. Sheridan, Richard Brinsley.

The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsed. A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts.

London / Edinburgh, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., No Date (c.1931). 11.5 cm x 16.5 cm. VIII, 72 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight discolouration and foxing to endpapers and covers. Crease marks evident on several pages. Crack to the bonding evident on title page but book block and cover very much intact. [The Nelson Playbooks Edited by John Hampdon, M.A. (No.105)]

17. Vanbrugh, Sir John.

Sir John Vanbrugh, In Two Volumes. Volume I. Edited by W.C. Ward.

142 of an edition of 750 copies printed for England and America. Volume one of two volumes. London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1893. 16 cm x 23 cm. LXXVIII, 397 pages. Illustrated on frontispiece with engraving by J. Faber, 1727 after a portrait by J. Richardson, 1725. Modern Hardcover (Recent, modern Maroon cloth, label from original binding on spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Gilt top, deckled edges.

18. Williams, Tennessee.

Sweet Bird of Youth.

First UK Edition. London, Secker & Warburg, 1959. 22.2cm x 14.5cm. 93, (4) pages. Original Hardcover with original, unclipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Good condition with minor signs of external wear. Some mild foxing and small stain to endpaper only. Dustjacket slightly faded.