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[LITERATURE - BOOKS INTO THEATRE]. A group of 21 FIRST EDITIONS, MANY SIGNED, comprising:
Estimate: $300-$400
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$2,500
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Location
Chicago
Description

[LITERATURE - BOOKS INTO THEATRE]. A group of 21 FIRST EDITIONS, MANY SIGNED, comprising:


1) MENCKEN, H.L. The Artist. Boston: John W. Luce, 1912. INSCRIBED BY MENCKEN. Original boards; presumably not issued in a dust jacket.

2) HAMMERSTEIN, Oscar and Richard RODGERS. Oklahoma! New York: Random House, 1943.

3) JEFFERS, Robinson. Medea. New York: Random House, 1946. INSCRIBED BY THE DEDICATEE, Judith Anderson.

4) BRECHT, Bertolt; Eric and Maja BENTLEY. Parables for the Theatre. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1948.

5) HAMMERSTEIN, Oscar and Richard RODGERS. The King and I. New York: Random House, 1951.

6) THOMAS, Dylan. Under Milk Wood. London: J.M. Dent, 1954.

7) LERNER, Alan Jay. My Fair Lady. New York: Coward-McCann, 1956.

8) BECKETT, Samuel. Endgame. London: Faber and Faber, 1958. SIGNED BY BECKETT.

9) McCULLERS, Carson. The Square Root of Wonderful. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958.

10) LERNER, Alan Jay. Camelot. New York: Random House, 1961.

11) SHEVELOVE, Burt and Lary GELBART. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1963.

12) LORCA, Federico Garcia. Collected Plays. London: Secker & Warburg, 1963.

13) WASSERMAN, Dale, et al. Man of La Mancha. New York: Random House, 1966. INSCRIBED BY WASSERMAN.

14) STOPPARD, Tom. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. New York: Gnome Press, 1967. SIGNED BY STOPPARD.

15) MAMET, David. American Buffalo. New York: Grove Press, 1976.

16) SHAFFER, Peter. Amadeus. London: Andre Deutsch, 1980.

17) SONDHEIM, Stephen and James LAPINE. Sunday in the Park with George. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1986. 

18) CHAIKIN, Joseph and Sam SHEPARD. Letters and Texts, 1972-1984. New York: New American Library, 1989. UNCORRECTED PROOF.

19) GUARE, John. Six Degrees of Separation. New York: Random House, 1990.

20) MAGUIRE, Gregory. Wicked. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. INSCRIBED BY MAGUIRE.

21) KUSHNER, Tony. Lincoln. The Screenplay. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 2012. SIGNED BY KUSHNER. 

Together, 21 works in 21 volumes, all 8vo, all in original cloth and dust jackets (unless otherwise noted), ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally near fine.

This lot is located in Chicago.

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