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French Drama:

Guitry, Sacha. PASTEUR PIECE EN CINQ ACTES
Paris 1919 Fasquelle. In French. 8vo., 140pp., wraps. Fair, cover chipped on edges and spin, leaves browned. (a2739)
$30.00Delavigne, M. Casimir; Martin, Henri. LES ENFANS D'EDOUARD, TRAGEDIE EN TROIS ACTES EN VERS; MINUIT ET MIDI
Philadelphia 1834 Carey, Lea and Blanchard. Hardcover. original binding: cloth spine, mounted printed paper spine label (label is toned and worn and hard to read). Paper-covered boards (boards worn at edges and rounded at tips). Octavo. Two works bound in one. Delavigne 120p.; Martin 131pp. Good. Binding secure; hinges not cracked; text somewhat worn with occasional stains or foxing but legible and complete with no tears and no chips. (a2905)
$110.00 Billard, Claude . GASTON DE FOIX TRAGEDIE
NY 1931 Institute of French Studies. Introduction in English by Elliot H. Polinger. Drama in French. Octavo, 70pp., wraps. VG. (a30528)
$44.00 Calderon, Pedro . L'ALCADE DE ZALAMEA
1961. Texte francaise de George Pillement. 12mo., 61pp., monochrome photo illus., wraps. VG. (a40379)
$39.00(beardsley). LA DRAMTURGIE DE AUBREY BEARDSLEY
Paris 1973. In French. In Cahiers Renaud Barrault, 83, Premier Trimetre 1973 at pp.24-126. Whole issue has several articles on Beardsley . Small octavo, 126pp., illustrations, wraps. VG, light wear and soiling. (a40868b)
$29.00 Duran, Leo . TOKIYORI NO SHITSUREN (SACRIFICE D'AMOUR) PIECE HISTORIQUE JAPONAISE EN 5 TABLEAUX
Paris no date (c. 1940) La Renaissance Artistique. Limited to 250 copies. Historical drama of tenth century Kyoto. In French. 12mo., 42pp., color frontis, decorated boards. Signed presentation copy from Duran. VG, light wear. (a42145)
$65.00 Frank, Grace . THE MEDIEVAL FRENCH DRAMA
Oxford 1967 Clarendon. 8vo., 296pp., index, hardcover. Owner bookplate. VG, light cover soiling, no DJ. (a49750)
$24.00 Elsmith, Berta . WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR SONG-PLAY IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH
NY 1931 Witmark. Tunes harmonized by Charles Repper. Music for voice with piano accompaniment. A song play for Children. Sm.4to., 47pp., pictorial wraps. A few small ink numbers on front. Near Fine. Scarce. (a49999)
$70.00 Choinski, Krzysztof . OUVRE LA PORTE
In Informations. 1979 Publiees par Le Centre Hongrois de L'I.I.T.Traduit du Polonais par Nadi Brittel. In French. 4to., 71pp., wraps. VG. (a51093)
$65.00Genet, Jean. LES BONNES COMMENT JOUER LES BONNES
Paris 1963 L'Arbalete. Drama in French. 12mo., 93pp., wraps. VG plus. (a54634)
$25.00 Atlan, Liliane . MODERN LITERATURES ANNUAL VOLUME 1, 1984: THEATRE PIECES: AN ANTHOLOGY. ISBN 0-913283-03-7
Greenwooda 1985 Penkevill. ISBN 0-913283-03-7. Translated by Marguerite Feitlowitz. Liliane Atlan is a French Jewish playwright. Octavo, 229pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a66156)
$35.00Brewster, F. Carroll. MOLIERE IN OUTLINE
Philadelphia 1885 1st J. M. Goldy. Being a translation of all important parts of Moliere's works, with introductions and notes, historical and critical, abridged from Van Laun and others to which are added the arguments of the plays. In English. Octavo. 280pp., later wraps. VG. (a69811)
$65.00 Eliac, George . UN APRES-MIDI CHEZ JULIE DE LESPINASSE
Paris 1925 dixieme edition, Emile-Paul Freres. Preface du Marquis de Segur. In French. Square 12mo., 186pp., original printed wraps. A few tiny ink notes in margins of text. Good, a few pages a bit crudely opened. (a74637)
$45.00 Guibert, A. J. . BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES OEUVRES DE MOLIER PUBLIEES AU XVIIe SIECLEE VOLUME 2
Paris 1961 1st Du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. In French. Octavo, pp. 450-830, illustrations, gilt decorated red cloth. Near Fine. Volume 2 (of 2) (a74638)
$75.00 France, Anatole . CRAINQUEBILLE PIECE EN TROIS TABLEAUX
Paris n.d. c.1913. Calmann-Levy. Copy No. 29 of 100 printed "sur papier du Hollande". 70pp., original glossy orange wrapper bound in later hardcover.Text pages many different sizes. Bookplate of Osmond Kessler Fraenkel. Binding looks to be c. 1913 with attractive circular swirl pattern, orange and green, with mounted spine label (label almost illegible). Good, spine faded to tan, a bit of wear along corners and outer hinges. (a83663)
$95.00 Anseaume, Louis . LE PEINTRE AMOUREUX DE SON MODELE, PIECE EN DEUX ACTES (1759)
Paris 1759 Duchesne. Brunet 16554. In French. Octavo, 42pp., later wraps. Monastery name stamped on titlepage. Good, final leaf has bottom blank margin cut off, no loss of text. Original printing, not reprint. (mu10)
$70.00 Dubois, J. B. . LA RUCHE CELESTE, OU LE SECRET DE L'HYMEN
Paris 1811 Barba. Pour Celebrere la Naissance du Roi de Rome. In French. Hardcover. Small octavo, 32pp., rebound in 3/4 vellum and gilt printed marbled boards and mounted leather and gilt spine label. Good, light wear. No ownership marks. Rare. (mu105)
$350.00 Aumont, Jean-Pierre. . LA POMME DE SON OEIL
Julliard 1969 1st Julliard. Stories in French by this well-known screenwriter and dramatist (Lac aux Dames, Hotel du Nord, etc. ) Hardcover. Small octavo, 277pp., cloth. Owner signed. VG in Good plus DJ. (mu15)
$24.00 Gresset, Jean Baptiste Louis. . SIDNEI, COMEDIE EN TROIS ACTES
Vienne en Autriche 1753 Jean Pierre van Ghelen. In French. Octavo, 54pp., handsewn binding rebound in later wraps. "Merton Huuse" stamp on title page. Top margin lightly cropped but not into text. Good, browned and lightly stained throughout. Original imprint. (mu188)
$200.00Dejaure, Jean Elie Bedene (1761-1799). L'INCERTITUDE MATERNELLE, OU LE CHOIS IMPOSSIBLE, COMEDIE.
Paris 1790 1st Cailleau. Representee pour la premier fois, a Paris, par les Comediens Italiens Ordinaire du Roi, le 5 Juin 1790. In French. 8vo., 29pp., later (19th century ?) 3/4 vellum with colorful marbled boards. Near VG, some light water staining on a few pages. Very scarce. (mu92)
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