koch frederick h editor (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. First appearance of Thomas Wolfe (Look Homeward Angels fame). Includes the return of Buck Gavin by Thomas Clayton Wolfe, with a picture of him in the leading role. 1st time in hardcover print collection for Thomas Wolfe. ix, 173 pp plus publisher's ads. Tan green lettered covers. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good pages yellowed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Tops spine fraying. Shaken, some pencil notes,; Signed letter from the editor pasted into front endpaper. ; 8vo; 311 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. 12mo. Red cloth cover. Dampstain on front board, and leaving faint red tidemarks at the edges of the pages, thus a presentable but good only copy. Anthology of Carolina plays, including *Companion-Mate Maggie: A Negro Comedy* by Helen Dortch. Inscribed by the editor Frederick H. Koch to the publisher: "To my good friend, Comrade! ad Fellow Playmaker! Barrett H. Clark with appreciation Frederick H. Koch. 18 Dec. 1931." Clark was a very influential editor and publisher at Samuel French publisher and director of the Drama League of America. He helped guide playwrights, such as Eugene O'Neill and Maxwell Anderson, and encouraged American dramatists to tell real stories of working-class people, using language derived from everyday life.

First Edition. Volume XI, Number 3. Quarto (26.5cm); pictorial stapled paper wrappers; [2],65-88pp; black and white photographs (halftones); illus. Mild external wear and dampstains, internally clean and tight; Very Good. Cover design and tailpiece woodcuts by Julius John Lankes. Frontispiece and photographs by Wootten-Moulten. Founded by Frederick Koch, the Carolina Playmakers focused on North Carolina life from students' perspectives; Thomas Wolfe was one of many to begin his publishing career with them. Contributions include Thomas Wolfe's "The Third Night", Albert Shaw's "A Folk Theatre", Betty Smith's "The Merry Wives of Windsor", and Samuel Selden's "Forest Theatre Scenery". [82401].