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A collection of six plays by the American dramatist Lillian Hellman (1905-1984). Her plays debuted from the 1930s to the 1950s and met with much success, despite often tackling controversial themes. --- A softcover in brown wraps. --- With soiling to top edges of first few pages, somewhat tanned leaves and prior owner's signature to first page, else a sound, fully readable copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (6), 494 pages

dj is torn and in pieces , will include what I have, price unclipped.book vg, clean tight. 546 pagesListing Includes Books Image. Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping. Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches continental U.S.

Very Good- with no dust jacket; Edges curled and worn, sticker on front cover price ; Trade PB; 494 pages

minor stain to bottom spine which did not effect the interior, interior vg, clean tightListing Includes Books Image. Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping. Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches continental U.S.

Inscription written in front of book. No dust jacket. Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books.

dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; gsolid bright green w/gilt titles on spine; Rockwell kent end papers w/tiny hole at front gutter; 546 clean, unmarked pages; (#223 in series) Size: 12 vo

Modern Library 223. Lightly bumped and rubbed with an ink mark to the front end paper. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, plus a 2" tear down the upper front spine fold. Lightly foxed, price clipped, in new Brodart.

dj w/moderate chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; red Blumenthal binding w/gilt titles on black; owner's insc; 330 clean, unmarked pages+catalogue (#223 in series, lists to 306 on dj reverse) Size: 12 vo

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.95

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.95

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Dj w/moderate chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; red Blumenthal binding w/gilt titles on black; owner's insc; 330 clean, unmarked pages+catalogue (#223 in series, lists to 306 on dj reverse)

1942-60 printing of Toledano 223.1, binding style 8, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. Owner bookplate on front endpaper, spine and pages lightly toned. xiv, 330 pp. "In 1934, when The Children's Hour was first produced and published, American playgoers and readers became aware of a challenging new dramatist who could make of the most delicate of themes a play of force and ringing conviction. Since then Lillian Hellman has advanced her reputation as one of America's leading playwrights. Each new work reveals a wider sympathy and mounting power. This volume contains all her plays to date in their complete and unabridged texts: The Children's Hour, Days to Come, The Little Foxes and Watch on the Rhine. In addition, Miss Hellman contributes an introduction written especially for the Modern Library edition.

A Modern Library edition presenting four complete and unabridged plays by Lillian Hellman. Includes an introduction by Ms. Hellman. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / dark topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso advertises 291 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1943 (though 1942 date appears in book). ML #223.1. --- With general age-toning to leaves, prior owner's sticker to front paste-down, otherwise a sturdy, stable copy. Unclipped dust jacket ($0.95) with 10 cm. tear to spine, other chips, tears and creases but remaining mostly intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xiv, 330 pages

Stated first Modern Library edition, 1942 (confirmed by listing of titles on jacket verso). A Modern Library collection of four complete and unabridged plays by Lillian Hellman. Includes an introduction by Ms. Hellman. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / faded green topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style g, verso advertises 281 titles in ML catalog. ML #223.1. --- With general age-toning to leaves and a little dulling to cover gilding, otherwise a sturdy, unmarked copy. Unclipped ($.95), Fair-only dust jacket with large chips & tears to head of spine & along edges, else mostly intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xiv, 330 pages

Text is clean. Red cover, sunning to base of spine cloth. Dust jacket shows normal wear, chipping to head/base of spine. ; Toledano binding style '8', Kent endpapers in grey, dust jacket style 'h5' listing 358 titles. ; The Modern Library; Vol. 223.1; 330 pages

First Modern Library edition, Toledano binding style 8, green cloth, kent endpapers, interior of dust jacket lists 281 titles, 330 pages; crossed out name on front free endpaper, pages age toned; dust jacket edge worn, rubbed in places, now protected in mylar. Includes 'Days to Come', 'The Children's Hour', 'The Little Foxes', and 'Watch on the Rhine'.

Solid copy. Unmarked but for faint signature on front pastedown, tight and square. Red cloth boards. Price intact jacket ($1.25) listing 309 titles on verso makes this a 1946 printing. Moderate edgewear. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

With introduction by the author. -- Hardcover. Condition: very good, with very good dust jacket (creased short tear across front-panel; edgewear to spine tips.

A Modern Library reprint edition offering the complete and unabridged texts of six plays by the American playwright Lillian Hellman (1905-1984). --- In Toledano spine 11 / rust cloth / ML hex torchbearer device blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style j, verso lists Modern Library titles, but no total number. Likely published c.1964 (though 1960 date appears in book). ML #223.2. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy, though with mild tanning to textblock edges (but not to the leaves themselves). Unclipped dust jacket with two 2-inch tears to lower edge, as well as an open tear near tail of spine, other small chips and tears and a reddish dampstain to verso, otherwise bright, mostly intact and in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xiv, 546 pages

Size: 7 X 5; dj is torn and in pieces, will include what I have, price unclipped. book vg, clean tight. 546 pagesListing Includes Books Image. Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping. Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches continental U.S.

A collection of six plays by the American playwright, diarist and political activist Lillian Hellman (1905-1984). The plays are presented in a deluxe Franklin Library leatherbound edition with illustrations by Mark Bellerose. An entry in the publisher's 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series, issued in conjunction with the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. Publisher's "Notes from the Editors" booklet about this work is included. --- Bound in full green bonded leather covers with four raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Green silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- An excellent, gift-worthy copy but with light sunning to edges of moire endpapers, otherwise lacking damages.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (8), 448 pages

Modern Library number 223. This copy is from the personal library of the late Madeleine L'Engle, 1963 Newbery Award winner for her now classic young adult fantasy novel A WRINKLE IN TIME, and bears her handwritten name and New York City address on the front paste-down. Stated first Modern Library edition. Smells a bit musty, age darkened along the spine, else very good in green cloth. No dust jacket.

1962-04-01; 7 X 4.40 X 0.50 inches

Modern Library 223. Lightly bumped and rubbed with an ink mark to the front end paper. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, plus a 2" tear down the upper front spine fold. Lightly foxed, price clipped, in new Brodart.

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Dj w/moderate chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; red Blumenthal binding w/gilt titles on black; owner's insc; 330 clean, unmarked pages+catalogue (#223 in series, lists to 306 on dj reverse)

Text is clean. Red cover, sunning to base of spine cloth. Dust jacket shows normal wear, chipping to head/base of spine.; Toledano binding style '8', Kent endpapers in grey, dust jacket style 'h5' listing 358 titles.; The Modern Library; Vol. 223.1; 330 pages.

First Modern Library edition, Toledano binding style 8, green cloth, kent endpapers, interior of dust jacket lists 281 titles, 330 pages; crossed out name on front free endpaper, pages age toned; dust jacket edge worn, rubbed in places, now protected in mylar. Includes 'Days to Come', 'The Children's Hour', 'The Little Foxes', and 'Watch on the Rhine'.

VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S15.00) DUST JACKET, clean, solid, bright...BOOK DOES NOT HAVE ANY ISBN number, etc.; GOLD spine titles on BRIGHT RED cloth hard covers with author's name & TITLE in GOLD to front cover.....BLACK ENDPAPERS. GOLD & WHITE titles on bright glossy RED dust jacket....Stern 4x5" photo of author back cover with biog..; 330pg pages.

Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Edge wear and soiling. Chip to front panel's upper edge. Sticker residue to front flap. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall.

Modern Library number 223. This copy is from the personal library of the late Madeleine L'Engle, 1963 Newbery Award winner for her now classic young adult fantasy novel A WRINKLE IN TIME, and bears her handwritten name and New York City address on the front paste-down. Stated first Modern Library edition. Smells a bit musty, age darkened along the spine, else very good in green cloth. No dust jacket.

VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S15.00) DUST JACKET, clean, solid, bright...BOOK DOES NOT HAVE ANY ISBN number, etc.; GOLD spine titles on BRIGHT RED cloth hard covers with author's name & TITLE in GOLD to front cover.....BLACK ENDPAPERS. GOLD & WHITE titles on bright glossy RED dust jacket....Stern 4x5" photo of author back cover with biog..; 330pg pages.

DJ has 281 titles listed on inside; price of 95 cents on front flap; small chips and tears on corners and spine edges; worn through on the right flap seam. Book is Kelly Green Stiff Boards; Kent endpapers; green topstain; spine 8. Very nice copy of a book by a very controversial author whose work has been very durable.

First Modern Library edition. 330 pp.; 18.5 cm. With Peter Taylor's bookplate on the front free endpaper. Very good, in a very good dustwrapper with some light chipping to the spine ends and corners. Peter Taylor was one of America's best short story writers, and winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 1985 PEN/Faulkner Award.

First Modern Library edition. 330 pp.; 18.5 cm. With Peter Taylor's bookplate on the front free endpaper. Very good, in a very good dustwrapper with some light chipping to the spine ends and corners. Peter Taylor was one of America's best short story writers, and winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 1985 PEN/Faulkner Award.

First Modern Library edition. 330 pp.; 18.5 cm. With Peter Taylor's bookplate on the front free endpaper. Very good, in a very good dustwrapper with some light chipping to the spine ends and corners. Peter Taylor was one of America's best short story writers, and winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 1985 PEN/Faulkner Award.

1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed and dated by Hellman on the first free endpaper to her personal secretary Edith Lustgarten. A very good copy in the publisher's blue cloth covered boards, morocco - style label on the spine stamped gilt, lacking the dustwrapper.