August Strindberg Playwright (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. A CURIOUS BOOK, Hand Bound Limp Cloth BOOK; Monk Logo on spine binding make this Spine #3; covered in dark green leatherette (most of it is not visible because the RARE light green and red trim dust jacket is glued onto the Brodzky Endpapers (see scans) and also glued on the front and back of book. STORY: From a man who had three failed marriages: Strindberg's artistic sense reliably guided him to the heart of the deeply human matter at hand: that of the meeting of the two sexes, and of their pairing into that shaky arrangement which is considered the bedrock of society.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, over 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. RARE SURVIVING 1917 COPY. BOOK: Butterscotch Brown Leatherette; BL gold logo on front with gold title and author on spine; Brown Marble EP; C1 Catalog with only 12 titles listed is at front across from title page; brown top-stain. SUMMARY: For Stockholm-born August Strindberg, marriage never proved an easy matter. Of his three ventures into the life of matrimony, the first ended in divorce -- as did the acrimonious second . . . while the third fared barely better, brought to an end by an amicable parting of ways. Strindberg's artistic sense reliably guided him to the heart of the deeply human matter at hand: that of the meeting of the two sexes, and of their pairing into that shaky arrangement which is considered the bedrock of society.

Vintage borderless satin finish double weight photograph of actors Laurence Olivier, Geraldine McEwan, and Robert Stephens in the 1967 "National Theatre" staging of the 1900 Swedish play. PIX agency label and stamps of photographer Dominic on the verso. Basis for the 1969 film directed by David Giles. Olivier and McEwan would reprise their roles in the film, while Stephens would be replaced by actor Robert Lang. From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. Approximately 8.5 x 8 inches, trimmed irregularly. About Near Fine.