Pinter, Harold.

[Plays:] The Birthday Party. Encore Publishing, 1959, original paperback, signed by pinter; The Birthday Party and other plays. Methuen, 1960, first hardback edition;  The Homecoming. Karnac, 1968, no.177 of 200 copies designed and illustrated by harold cohen, signed by pinter and cohen, presentation copy inscribed by pinter to david gillard ("All the best Harold Pinter"); The Dwarfs and Eight Revue Sketches. New York: Dramatists Play Service Inc., 1965, paperback, first American acting edition; Tea Party and other Plays. Methuen, 1967, first hardback edition, 1967; Landscape. Emmanuel Wax for Pendragon Press, 1968, no.367 of 1,000 copies for sale in the uk, presentation copy inscribed by Peggy Ashcroft (who starred in the original radio broadcast of the play in April 1968) to the artist Trekkie Parsons, original patterned boards; another copy; Landscape and Silence. Methuen, 1969, first hardback edition; another copy, presentation copy inscribed by pinter to his french translator eric kahane ("To Eric from Harold!"), dust-jacket; Old Times. Methuen, 1971; another edition, one of 150 copies, of which this is one of 28 copies hors de commerce signed by pinter; and  20 others, including two signed by pinter; [Screenplays:] Five Screenplays. H. Karnac, 1971, no.26 of 150 copies signed by pinter, glassine jacket; and seven others; [Other books:] Mac. Emanuel Wax for Pendragon Press, 1968, no.223 of 1,000 copies signed by pinter; The Dwarfs. Faber and Faber, 1990, first hardback edition, signed by pinter, dust-jacket; another edition, London Limited Editions, 1990, no.104 of 150 specially bound copies; Various Voices. Faber and Faber, 1998, first hardback edition, dust-jacket; [Poetry:] Poems. Enitharmon Press, 1968, no.130 of 200 specially bound copies; Poems. Enitharmon Press, 1971, second edition, no.51 of 100 copies signed by pinter; I Know the Place. Warwick: the Greville Press, 1977, no.309 of 500 copies signed by pinter, drawings by Michael Kenny; Poems and Prose 1949--1977. Eyre Methuen, 1978, first hardback edition, dust-jacket;  together with a collection of programmes for The Caretaker, Landscape and Silence, The Birthday Party and other works; various sizes



a fine collection of the late playwright's works.

The critic and arts writer David Gillard MBE

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[Full listing:] [Plays:] The Birthday Party. Encore Publishing, 1959, original paperback, signed by pinter; The Birthday Party and other plays. Methuen, 1960, first hardback edition; The Room. Samuel French, 1960, acting edition, original paperback; The Dumb Waiter. Samuel French, 1960, acting edition, original paperback; The Caretaker. Methuen, 1960, first hardback edition; A Slight Ache and other Plays. Methuen, 1960, first hardback edition, dust-jacket; The Collection and the Lover. Methuen, 1963, first hardback edition, dust-jacket; The Homecoming. Methuenm 1965, first hardback edition, dust-jacket, review from "What's On in London" pasted in; The Homecoming. Karnac, 1968, no.177 of 200 copies designed and illustrated by harold cohen, signed by pinter and cohen, presentation copy inscribed by pinter to david gillard ("All the best Harold Pinter"); The Dwarfs and Eight Revue Sketches. New York: Dramatists Play Service Inc., 1965, paperback, first American acting edition; Tea Party and other Plays. Methuen, 1967, first hardback edition, 1967; Landscape. Emmanuel Wax for Pendragon Press, 1968, no.367 of 1,000 copies for sale in the uk, presentation copy inscribed by Peggy Ashcroft (who starred in the original radio broadcast of the play in April 1968) to the artist Trekkie Parsons, original patterned boards; another copy; Landscape and Silence. Methuen, 1969, first hardback edition; another copy, presentation copy inscribed by pinter to his french translator eric kahane ("To Eric from Harold!"), dust-jacket; Old Times. Methuen, 1971; another edition, one of 150 copies, of which this is one of 28 copies hors de commerce signed by pinter; and 14 others, including two signed by pinter; [Screenplays:] Five Screenplays. H. Karnac, 1971, no.26 of 150 copies signed by pinter, glassine jacket; The Heat of the Day. Faber and Faber, 1989, dust-jacket; The Comfort of Strangers. Faber and Faber, 1990, first paperback edition; The Trial. Faber and Faber, 1993, first paperback edition; and 4 others; [Other books:] Mac. Emanuel Wax for Pendragon Press, 1968, no.223 of 1,000 copies signed by pinter; The Dwarfs. Faber and Faber, 1990, first hardback edition, signed by pinter, dust-jacket; another edition, London Limited Editions, 1990, no.104 of 150 specially bound copies; Various Voices. Faber and Faber, 1998, first hardback edition, dust-jacket; [Poetry:] Poems. Enitharmon Press, 1968, no.130 of 200 specially bound copies; Poems. Enitharmon Press, 1971, second edition, no.51 of 100 copies signed by pinter; I Know the Place. Warwick: the Greville Press, 1977, no.309 of 500 copies signed by pinter, drawings by Michael Kenny; Poems and Prose 1949--1977. Eyre Methuen, 1978, first hardback edition, dust-jacket;  together with a collection of programmes for The Caretaker, Landscape and Silence, The Birthday Party and other works; various sizes

David Gillard MBE, collector of Pinter's works for forty years, first reviewed Pinter--both as playwright and director--when he was appointed theatre critic of the Daily Sketch in 1970 at the age of 23, the youngest Fleet Street theatre critic since Kenneth Tynan. He was ballet critic of the Daily Mail (1971-88) and has been the Mail's opera critic for the past 38 years,