ALBEE, Edward. A group of 13 works, all in original cloth or printed wrappers, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, MOST SIGNED BY ALBEE, several with ALBEE'S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in.
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$300 -
$400
Sold for $531
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
ALBEE, Edward (1928-2016). A group of 20 works, including:
The American Dream. NY, 1961. -- The Play The Ballad of Sad Cafe. Boston et al, 1963. -- Tiny Alice a Play. 1965. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ALBEE. -- Malcolm… From the Novel by James Purdy. 1966. SIGNED BY ALBEE. -- Everything in the Garden. 1968. SIGNED BY ALBEE. -- Box and Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung. 1969. -- All Over. 1971. SIGNED BY ALBEE. -- Another copy. NY: Pocket books, 1974. SIGNED BY ALBEE. -- Seascape. 1975. SIGNED BY ALBEE. -- Counting the Ways and Listening Two Plays. 1977. UNREVISED PROOF. -- Two other copies, one SIGNED BY ALBEE. -- The Lady from Dubuque. 1980. Photograph of Albee by Elizabeth Hausmann, SIGNED BY ALBEE, 1981 lain in. -- The Wounding: An Essay on Education. Charleston, WV, 1981. SPECIAL AUTOGRAPHED EDITION, 32 of 50 copies bound in boards. SIGNED BY ALBEE. -- Another copy. SIGNED BY ALBEE. -- And 2 others. Together, 20 works, most published in NY by Atheneum, various 8vo sizes, all in original cloth or printed wrappers, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, MOST SIGNED BY ALBEE, several with ALBEE'S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.
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