Books by Albee Edward

(New York): Dramatists Plays Service. (1999). Revised edition. Wrappers. Very light edgewear else near fine. . ... more information

(New York: Signet Books. 1963). Reprint. Mass market paperback. Pages lightly age-toned, sticker on rear wrap, else very good. . ... more information

(New York: Signet Books. 1963). Reprint. Mass market paperback. Pages lightly age-toned, else very good. . ... more information

New York: Coward, McCann and Geoghegan. (1981). First. First edition. Trade paperback. Volume one only. Fine. . ... more information

TDS. 1pg. 1977. No Place. A typed document signed “Edward Albee” of the first page of his masterpiece Zoo Story, his first play. Made out to Mary-Lou Boner, the document is in fine condition.... more information

[Np]. [ca. 1980].. 22 leaves. Quarto. Clean, non-authorial fair copy typescript, typed on rectos only. Fine, in folding cloth case. A souvenir typescript of Albee's breakthrough play, signed and dated by him on the top leaf in 1980, possibly as an accommodation to a collector. ... more information

(New York): Dramatists Play Service. (1960). First. First edition, an acting edition. Some moderate soiling and a few light stains, else very good in stapled wrappers. The true first edition of Albee's first book. . ... more information

[New York]: Dramatists Play Service, [1960].. Printed wrappers. Baker's Plays label in lower corner of front wrapper, some tanning to wrapper edges and closed tear at lower edge of upper wrapper. A good copy. First edition of the author's first book. The printing status DPS imprints are notoriously difficult to determine: the example in hand lists other 1958-1960 plays as recent acquisitions in the adverts. ... more information

New York: Coward-McCann. (1960). First. First edition. Foredge foxed, in very good in smudged and age-toned good dustwrapper with the price-clipped and new publisher's price stamped at the bottom of the front flap. Some have referred to the price-clipped jacket as second state, however we have handled a number of review copies, all of which were price-clipped and with the new price added. Presumably the change would have been made very early, or even before publication. Author's first hardcover book... more information

London: Jonathan Cape, [1962]. First English edition. 8vo. 142pp. Blue cloth. Fine in slightly rubbed dust jacket ... more information

New York: Coward- McCann, Inc, [1960]. First edition. 8vo. 158 pp. Cloth boards. Fine in price clipped dust jacket, also slight spotting to spine, else Very Good ... more information

New York: Dramatists Play Service. (1960). First edition, an acting edition. Some minor soiling on the front wrap, else about fine in stapled wrappers. The true first edition of Albee's first book. . ... more information

[New York]: Dramatists Play Service, [1960]., 1960. 1st Edition. Paperback. A fine copy in pale green wrappers. Nice copy of the author's first book. ... more information

London:: Cape,, (1962).. First English edition. Blue boards, a couple of pages with little underlining, very good bright copy in lightly soiled dust jacket. Signed by Albee on the title page. This is a new edition, containing "The American Dream, as well as the three plays included in the U.S. edition of "The Zoo Story," and a preface in which Albee responds to criticism of "The American Dream". ... more information

London: French's Acting Edition. (stated 1959 - really 1960). First. First English edition. Buff wrappers printed in purple. One page edge folded from a printer's error, else fine. An acting edition, and the first English edition, preceding the hardcover by two years. The author's first book. . ... more information

New York: Coward-McCann. (1960). First. First edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper with the price intact, and a large but very faint stain. Author's first hardcover book, preceded only by a wrappered acting edition. The only copy we have seen in recent memory with the price intact. . ... more information

New York:: Coward-McCann,, 1960.. First edition of the author's first book. Hardcover. Fine in an equally fine, first state dust jacket with the $2.75 price on the inner flap. Later jackets, which are what you generally encounter, were price-clipped by the publisher and the price was raised to $3.50. 8vo. Laid into this copy is an edifying 1963 TLS from Albee in which he articulates his artistic credo: "No beginning playwright, or no playwright at all for that matter, can tell totally about his w... more information