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illustration by Tom Bloom A conversation between Tom and Ashley:

A: [holds skulls] To list or not to list…that is the question. T: This doesn’t look like work… A: I’m honing my thespian skills for my new drama e-list. T: Less honing, more working. A: The common people never understand real artists. T: [points to desk] “Act” like a bookseller. A: OK. Cocktail, please. T: [walks away] A: Alas, poor Thomas, I knew him well.

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eCatalog 41: Drama 1. (Anthology) The Best Plays 1936-1937 and the Year Book of the Drama in America New York: Dodd, Mead & Company 1937 $85 First edition. Edited by Burns Mantle, and Inscribed by Mantle: "To Shannon – Stout fella – Affectionately, Burns Mantle. 1937."

2. Edward ALBEE Three Tall Women New York: Dutton (1995) $100 First edition. Slip of paper laid in with an Inscription by Albee.

3. Michael BENTHALL and Ralph Nelson William Shakespeare Hamlet: A Television Script [No place]: CBS Television Network, (1959): CBS Television Network (1959) $45 First edition thus. Profusely illustrated in black and white by Ben Shahn.

Read More 4. Lawrence FERLINGHETTI Unfair Arguments with Existence: Seven Plays for a New Theatre (New York): New Directions (1963) $40 First edition. Paperback original.

5. Graham GREENE British Dramatists London: William Collins 1942 $100 First edition. Read More

6. Oscar HAMMERSTEIN II Program for: Carmen Jones New York: Program Publishing Co. (1943) $65 Program for the Billy Rose production starring Muriel Smith and the comedy/vaudeville act Buck and Bubbles.

Read More 7. Lillian HELLMAN The Searching Wind New York: The Viking Press 1944 $275 First edition. Laid in is a typed postcard Signed by Hellman.

8. Edna St. Vincent MILLAY Aria Da Capo: A Play in One Act New York: Mitchell Kennerley 1921 $225 First edition. Early ownership record of noted Pittsburgh-area artist Russell Gould Twiggs.

Read More 9. Arthur MILLER The Misfits New York: The Viking Press (1961) $50 First edition.

10. Eugene O'NEILL Lost Plays of Eugene O'Neill New York: Citadel (1958) $85 First edition of this title by this publisher, published originally in 1950 by New Fathoms.

11. Eugene O'NEILL All God's Chillun Got Wings and Welded New York: Boni & Liveright (1924) $100 First edition. Near fine with a very faint dampstain on the front board lacking the dustwrapper.

Read More 12. Richard RODGERS and Samuel Taylor Program for: No Strings New York: Morris Jacobs (1962) $65 Program from the Broadway musical, Inscribed by lead actress Diahann Carroll, in the role for which she won a Tony Award.

13. Jean-Paul SARTRE Two Plays: The Flies (Les Mouches) and In Camera (Huis Clos) London: Hamish Hamilton (1946) $200 First English edition. The author's first plays published in English.

14. William SHAKESPEARE The Plays and Sonnets of William Shakespeare: Volumes I and II Chicago: William Benton/Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. (1952) $30 Later edition, two volumes.

Read More 15. Ntozake SHANGE Nappy Edges New York: St. Martins (nd-1978) $100 First edition. Uncorrected Proof.

16. Gertrude STEIN In Savoy or 'Yes' Is for Yes for a Very Young Man: A Play of the Resistance in France London: Pushkin Press (1946) $125 First edition.

17. John STEINBECK Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts New York: Covici-Friede (1937) $600 First edition. An uncommon play, adapted by Steinbeck from his own novel.

Read More 18. Tennessee WILLIAMS The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore London: Secker and Warburg (1964) $150 First English edition.

19. Tennessee WILLIAMS A Streetcar Named Desire New York: New Directions (1947) $150 Fifth printing. Read More

20. Virginia WOOLF Freshwater: A Comedy New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1976) $50 First edition.

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