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Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD CONDITION. BORZOI POCKET BOOK EDITION. 303 +(1) PPS. BLUE STAMPED COVERS. SHELF DUST TOP EDGES OTHERWISE A NICE TIGHT COPY. OWNER'S BOOKPLATE ON INNER FRONT COVER. AN UNCOMMON VERSION OF WILLA CATHER'S WORK. Size: 4 5/8" X 7".

Hardcover. Condition: FINE CONDITION. Dust Jacket Condition: FAIR CONDITION. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 510 + (7) PAGES. CHIPPING OF THE DUST JACKET EDGES. $3.50 PRICE ON THE DUST JACKET. CONTAINS A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GERMAN EDITIONS OF THOMAS MANN'S WORKS. Size: 5 7/8" X 8 1/2".

Hardcover. Condition: FINE CONDITION. Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD CONDITION. 52 PAGES. ORIGINAL PUBLICATION IN "SATURDAY EVENING POST" MAGAZINE APRIL 3, 1943. $1.25 PRICE ON LABEL OVER DUST JACKET PRICE OF $1.00. LABEL ON INNER FRONT COVER "BENEDICT BOGEOUS PRODUCTIONS." HOLLYWOOD, CA. PINK PAPER BOARDS. DUST JACKET IS IN A PROTECTIVE MYLAR WRAPPER. Size: 4 3/4" X 7 1/2".

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD CONDITION. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD CONDITION. FIRST EDITION SO STATED. 52 + 1 PAGES. WARTIME STORY BY BEN HECHT FIRST PUBLISHED IN "THE SATURDAY EVENING POST" APRIL 3, 1943. MINOR WEAR ON THE EDGES OF THE DUST JACKET THAT IS IN A MYLAR PROTECTIVE WRAPPER. $1.00 PRICE ON THE FRONT FLAP OF THE DUST JACKET. Size: 4 3/4" x 7 1/2".

STIFF PAPER ILLUSTRATED WRAPS. Condition: FINE CONDITION. Dust Jacket Condition: NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. FIRST EDITION, SO STATED. 175 PAGES + (7) PAGES OF "NOTES." ILLUSTRATED GREEN BACKGROUND WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANTON CHEKHOV ON THE FRONT COVER. TITLES ARE IN ORANGE AND WHITE ON THE FRONT COVER AND SPINE. PERSONAL PRESENTATION OF DAVID MAMET WITH HIS CHICAGO COMET STAMP ON THE PRETITLE PAGE "TO ALBERT- WITH THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUING INTEREST IN MY WORK" - WITH THE MAMET SIGNATURE INITIALS AND THE CHICAGO COMET STAMP. THERE IS ALSO A BOLDLY WRITTEN PRESENTATION NOTE AND SIGNATURE BY ANOTHER AUTHOR "SPAULDING GRAY" WHO WROTE THE PLAY "RIVKALA'S RING" ON PAGE 157. " TO ALBERT, THIS WAS THE ONLY PIECE I HAVE WRITEN AS SOMEONE ELSE. SPAULDING" DAVID MAMET'S PLAY THAT IS TITLED "VINT" IS ABOUT A VERY UNUSUAL POKER GAME IS ON PAGES 39 -48. EACH OF THE PLAYS ARE PRECEDED BY THE ANTON CHEKHOV STORY THAT THE PLAY ATTEMPTS TO IMITATE. THE PLAYS HAD THEIR WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES BY "THE ACTING COMPANY" AT "THE KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PREFORMING ARTS" IN CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, ILLINOIS, ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1985. TISE IS A CLEAN COPY THAT APPEARS UNUSED WITH TWO OF THE AUTHOR'S PERSONAL PRESENTATION INSCRIPTIONS. THE "NOTES" SECTION CONTAINS BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF THE PLAYWRIGHTS. OTHER AUTHORS INCLUDE MARIA IRENE FORNES, JOHN GUARE, WENDY WASSERSTEIN, MICHAEL WELLER, SAMM-ART WILLIAMS IN ADDITION TO ANTON CHEKHOV. THERE IS A SMALL CORNER CREASE AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT COVER. THIS IS AN UNCOMMON DAVID MAMET ISSUE. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 3/8".