Five Rare Books for Collectors: From Michael Feingold's Personal Library

Highlights from Swann Galleries' April 11 Fine Books auction featuring a special section of books from New York theater critic and dramaturge Michael Feingold’s estate including: * 

* Michael Feingold, After

First, limited edition (New York: Vincent FitzGerald Company, 1993), the author's personal copy, number 19 of 50 copies signed by Feingold and photographer Judith Turner; illustrated with numerous etchings and photogravures; bound in the accordion style by Zahra Partovi. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500.

* August Wilson, two works inscribed to Michael Feingold

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. New York: New American Library, 1985.  First edition, inscribed and dated by Wilson to Feingold on the inside front wrapper, "To Michael Feingold my first and favorite dramaturg". Three Plays. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991. Inscribed and dated, in publisher's black cloth with original dust jacket. Estimate: $400 - $600.

* Edward Albee, a pair of inscribed first editions

The Zoo Story. The Death of Bessie Smith. The Sandbox. Three Plays. New York: Coward-McCann, 1960. First edition, inscribed by Albee to his longtime friend, composer Noel Farrand: "For Noel - who was with me In The Beginning, and is now kind enough to accompany me into my crotchety middle-age" dated 1960.

Together with The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? New York: The Overlook Press, 2003. First edition, inscribed by Albee to Michael Feingold: "For Michael - Who understands far more often than most people," dated 2010, with original green pictorial dust jacket. Estimate: $400 - $600.