[A small collection of nine works, in various forms, some inscribed by the author].

Robert ANDERSON (1917 – 2009, writer & producer).

[A small collection of nine works, in various forms, some inscribed by the author]. [Circa 1953-1983].

Comprised of:

Copy typescript of a screenplay ‘The Tiger / By / Robert Anderson’ [Los Angeles : Writers Service for] Ashley-Steiner Inc. label with typed instruction to ‘Please return to Audrey Wood’, [1950-1962, but probably c. 1956-1958]. Quarto (11 ¼ x 8 5/8in; 286 x 219mm). Pp. [1-2; 1-]101; [1] recto only of 104 leaves. Hole-punched, held between blue thin card wrappers (light soiling to wrappers).

Despite the interest of Audrey Wood, this screenplay does not appear to have ever been made.

[with:]

Copy typescript of a collection of four one-act plays, unrelated but issued under the collective title ‘You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running’ New York: Jack Farren and Gilbert Cates, [No date, but 1967?]. Quarto ( ). Pp. [101] recto only of 101 leaves. Hole-punched, held within blue card wrappers.

[and:]

Tea and Sympathy The Playbill for the Ethel Barrymore Theatre [New York: 1953] Octavo. Original wrappers, signed by the author, in pen, ‘Robert Anderson’ on the upper cover; Tea and Sympathy a drama in three acts. London, etc.: Samuel French, Inc., [copyright 1983]. Small octavo. Original wrappers. Title inscribed by the author ‘for Ann & Joel’; Tea and Sympathy. New York: Random House, 1953. Octavo. Plates. Original cloth, dust-jacket. Second printing.

[and:]

Solitaire & Double Solitaire. New York: Random House, 1972. Octavo. Original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket. First edition thus. Extensive inscription by the author, ‘For Ann & Joel’, on the front free endpaper.

[and:]

Silent Night, Lonely Night. New Yrok: Random House, 1960. Octavo. Plates. Original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket. First edition. Extensive inscription by the author, ‘For Ann & Joel’, on the front free endpaper.

[and:]

You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running. [New York:] Dramatist’s Play Service Inc., [copyright 1967]. Small octavo. Frontispiece. Original wrappers. Extensive inscription by the author, ‘For Ann & Joel’, on the back of the frontispiece.

[and:]

I Never Sang for My Father. [New York:] Dramatist’s Play Service Inc., [copyright 1968]. Small octavo. Frontispiece. Original wrappers. Extensive inscription by the author, ‘For Ann & Joel’, on the title page.