Colman, George

The Iron Chest: A Play in Three Acts

George Colman the Younger · 1796 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Cadell and Davies, 1796. Leather. A scarce second edition of this play in three acts from British writer George Colman the Younger. Second edition. Scarce work. A play composed after the novel Things as They Are by William Godwin. A melodrama, following the villain is ...

Broad Grins My Nightgown & Slippers and Other Humorous Works Prose and Poetical of George Colman the Younger. Now First Collected. With Life and Anecdotes of the Author Edited by George B. Buckstone.

George Colman the Younger; George B. Buckstone [editor] · 1762 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, John Camden Hotten, c1871. Cloth. A scarce work of humorous poetry and prose of Colman the Younger, with a memoir by George Buckstone. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A collection of humorous prose and poetry written by George Colman (1762-1836), known ...

Broad Grins; Eccentricities for Edinburgh

George Colman the Younger · 1839 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, H. G. Bohn, 1839. Leather. Two humorous collections of verse by the witty British dramatist, bound in one attractive quarter calf volume. The eighth edition of Broad Grins, with New Additional Tales in Verse, and the first edition of Eccentricities for Edinburgh, with ...

The Clandestine Marriage, a Comedy

George Colman; David Garrick · 1766 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, T. Becket, P.A. De Hondt; R. Baldwin; R. Davis; T. Davies, 1766. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the scarce first edition of Colman and Garrick"s comedy of secret marriage, manners, and social ambition, first performed at Drury Lane in 1766. Rebound in a modern r...

3 Vols in 1 John Bull; Love in a Village; the Poor Gentleman

George Colman, The Younger; Isaac Bickerstaff; Elizabeth Inchbald · 1806 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, [1806]. Leather. Three popular stage works from Mrs Inchbald"s influential "British Theatre," each illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and accompanied by her critical remarks. In a contemporary full calf binding.  Three separately...

Broad Grins

George Colman (the Younger) · 1811 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,594)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811. Leather. A scarce fifth edition of this humorous poetry from Colman (the Younger) with illustrations throughout. Fifth edition. Scarce edition. Illustrated with vignette and engravings throughout. A collection of witty poetry, popular at ...

John Bull: Or the Englishman&Apos;S Fireside: A Comedy

George Colman · 1808 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1808. Paperback. A scarce edition of this comedy from George Colman, as performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden. Scarce work. As performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. With an illustrated frontispiece. A comedic work ...

The West Indian a Comedy [with] the English Merchant, a Comedy [with] the Widow&Apos;D Wife a Comedy [with] Man and Wife or the Shakespeare Jubilee [with] the Brothers a Comedy

Richard Cumberland; George Colman; William Kenrick · 1767 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.66 | ¥51,684)

London, Various Publishers, 1767-71. Leather. A selection of rare eighteenth century comedies by three of the period's best known playwrights. Bound together in one volume. 'The West Indian A Comedy' Richard Cumberland, A New Edition, 1771 'The English Merc...

The Iron Chest: A Play; in Three Acts.

George Colman · 1796 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, W. Woodfall for Messrs. Cadell and Davies, 1796 . Leather. A signed presentation copy of the second edition of George Colman's scarce melodrama, in a handsome quarter calf binding. The second edition of this scarce work. Inscribed by the author to the half title, ...

Broad Grins: My Nightgown and Slippers and Other Humorous Works, Prose and Poetical, with Life and Anecdotes of the Author

George Colman the Younger [ed. by George B. Buckstone] · 1881 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1881. Cloth. A collection of the humorous poetry and stories of English dramatist George Colman the Younger, with a short biography to the beginning. Broad Grins: My Nightgown and Slippers and other Humorous Works, Prose and Poetical, a collection of t...

Poetical Vagaries

George Colman · 1812 · Rooke Books

£47.99 (€57.52 | $63.40 | ¥10,124)

London, Printed for the Author, 1812. Leather. A First Edition of Colman's Poetical Vagaries Bound in leather with gilt embellished spine George Colman (1762– 1836), known as "the Younger," was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer. He was the son of George Colma...

The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher

Ben Jonson; Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher; Peter Whalley; George Colman · 1811 · Rooke Books

£570.00 (€683.23 | $753.00 | ¥120,245)

London, John Stockdale, 1811. Leather. The collected dramatic works of three eminent Renaissance playwrights, Jonson, Beaumont, and Fletcher, a nice set illustrated with portraits of the three men. Complete in four volumes.The collected dramatic works of Ben Jonson, Francis Be...

The Dramatick Works of George Colman

George Colman · 1777 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London , T. Becket, 1777. First edition. Leather. A complete four volume set of The Dramatick Works of George Colman. A complete four volume set in a beautiful original eighteenth century binding. Rather uncommon in the first edition. George Colman was an English dramatist, b...

The Iron Chest a Play in Three Acts As Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane Printed Under the Authority of the Managers from the Prompt-Book with Remarks by Mrs Inchbald

George Colman, The Younger · 1821 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Longman, Hurst et al. 1821. Leather. A charming copy of this play. Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Leatherbound volume with engraved frontispiece. George Colman (October 21, 1762–October 17, 1836), known as "the Younger," English dramatist and misc...

Broad Grins

George Colman (the Younger) · 1815 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1815. Hardback. A sixth edition of this collection of humorous poetry from English writer George Colman the Younger. Sixth edition. A collection of witty and humorous poetry, mostly coarse, including title such as: The Newcastle Apothecary, Lod...

The Jew Speed the Plough Mahomet the Imposter John Bull

Richard Cumberland; Thomas Morton; Mr. Miller; George Colman · 1782 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.09 | ¥21,094)

London; Edinburgh, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; Bell; P. Byrne, 1782-1803. Leather. A collection of four Georgian plays, performed at theatres across the UK. A lovely example of the popular theatre of Britain at the turn of the nineteenth century. This volume contains: The J...

The Art of Poetry an Epistle to the Pisos Translated from Horace with Notes

Horace; George Colman · 1783 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, T Cadell , 1783. Leather. An English translation of Horace"s epistles and pisos. A bright copy of this work. ESTC reference no: T46142. Front board is detached but present. Parallel Latin and English texts, with parallel pagination sequences. Collated, complete, with t...

4 Vols in 1 the Iron Chest; Airs, Duets, Choruses &C. ; Education: A Comedy; the Generous Attachment

George Colman the Younger; George Smythe; Thomas Morton; · 1796 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, E. Hodson; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; T. Macleish; W. Woodfall; Cadell and Davies. 1796-[1818] . Cloth. An interesting sammelband of four scarce theatrical works, including the scarce first edition of Smythe"s "The Generous Attachment" Morton"s first editio...

The Connoisseur

Mr Town [George Colman the Elder; Bonnell Thornton] · 1774 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,893)

Oxford, J. Rivington, 1774. Leather. A handsomely bound copy of volume four of this short lived eighteenth century newspaper. The sixth edition of the work. Volume four only.Rebound in full morocco, with slipcase. Front blanks, rear endpapers and title page laid down. Front en...

Broad Grins

George Colman (the Younger) · 1809 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809. Hardback. A bright copy of this anthology of humorous tales in verses by George Colman the Younger, the fourth edition. The fourth edition of this work. Featuring tales previously published under the title 'My Night-Gown ...