Drinkwater, John

Preludes 1921-1922

Drinkwater, John · 1922 · Valley Books

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. Red cloth binding, 62pp. Printed by The Bookman's Journal. Light general wear, moderate soiling with several dark spots. Paper spine label. Additional paper spine label bound=in at back. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Limited Ed., Of 125 Copies. Lond...

William Morris. A Critical Study

Drinkwater, John · 1912 · Valley Books

$8.50 (€7.71 | £6.43 | ¥1,358)

Mitchell Kennerley 202pp. Blue cloth binding stamped in gold. Ex-library, with bookplate on front endpaper, pocket remains on back endpaper, label neatly removed from spine. Light wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall NY Good

A History of the Late Siege of Gibralter with a Description and Account of that Garrison, from the Earliest Periods

Drinkwater, John · 1989 · Valley Books

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥799)

Printed by T. Spilsbury Paperback, Octavo, 360pp., A facsimile reprint from an unknown early edition. Fine- Facsimile edition. Snowhill No illustrations or maps.

A History of the late Siege of Gibraltar with a description and account of that garrison, from the earliest periods

DRINKWATER, John. · 1785 · Michal Sawka Rare Books

£416.00 (€498.71 | $549.69 | ¥87,788)

Very Good 1st Edition Printed by T. Spilsbury and sold by J. Johnson, T. and J. Egerton, and J. Edwards London (285 x 240mm). Calf leather, rebacked with new spine and endpapers, gilt title on black label to the spine, decorated with gilt lines. Folding engraved frontispiece (...

Pawns, Oliver Cromwell and Robert E. Lee

John Drinkwater · 1917 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. 1917-23. First edition. Cloth. Three first edition historical plays by the noted poet, John Drinkwater, including his play depicting the life of Oliver Cromwell. The first editions to all, with 'Pawns' being the first one volume editi...

Mary Stuart, a Play

John Drinkwater · 1923 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. 1923. Leather. A gorgeous prize-bound later impression of John Drinkwater's historical play. A play based on the life of Mary Stuart.Written by John Drinkwater, a poet and playwright known for his plays based on historical figures.Awarded ...

Abraham Lincoln Mary Stuart Oliver Cromwell

John Drinkwater · 1921 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, LTD, 1921. First edition. Leather. A Hatchards bound collection of the three popular historical plays by John Drinkwater, on Lincoln, Mary Stuart, and Cromwell, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Bound by Hatchards.A lovely volume of thre...

The Gentle Art of Theatre-Going

John Drinkwater · 1927 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Ernest Benn Ltd; Robert Holden & Co. Ltd. 1927-1929. Cloth. A smart set of three volumes by John Drinkwater from the author's personal library, with a signed copy. Three volumes. From the author's personal collection.With a signed copy by the author. In the...

(1921) Mary Stuart; (1922) Preludes 1921-1922; (1932) Napoleon: The Hundred Days by Benito Mussolini and Giovacchino Forzano; (1935) Abraham Lincoln.

John Drinkwater; Benito Mussolini; Giovacchino Forzano · 1921 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. 1921-1935. First edition. Cloth. Author's own copies of these four historical plays by prominent poet and playwright John Drinkwater, each clad in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Handsome collection of four historical plays by promine...

The 1929 Christmas Tree Annual

Various; E. F. Benson; Algernon Blackwood; John Drinkwater et. al. · 1929 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Ernest Benn Limited , 1929. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of the first and only 'Christmas Tree Annual', containing early illustrations from Edward Ardizzone. The first and only Christmas Tree Annual, published in aid of the Children's Country Holi...

Robert E Lee

John Drinkwater · 1923 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A play by John Drinkwater. This dramatic work is based on Robert E Lee, an American and Confederate Soldier. He was a top army commander of the Confederate States of America. The first edition of this work. Held in orig...

The Outline of Literature & the World&Apos;S Library of Best Books

John Drinkwater; Wilfred Whitten · 1923 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, George Newnes, Limited, 1923-1925. Leather. A smart collection of uniformly bound volumes on the literature of the world, from George Newnes Limited. Seven volumes. This set contains: The Outline of Literature, 1923-1924. Complete in two volumes. Each volume is illustr...

Mary Stuart: A Play

John Drinkwater · 1921 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Boston , Houghton Mifflin Company , 1921 . First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of John Drinkwater's historical play surrounding Mary Stuart, inscribed to fellow author and friend, Jack Crawford. The first US edition. Inscribed 'with every fond wish' from the aut...

Poems of Love and Earth

John Drinkwater · 1912 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, David Nutt, 1912 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of this poetry collection, inscribed by Drinkwater to the Nobel Prize winning author John Galsworthy. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this work.In...

The World and the Artist

John Drinkwater · 1922 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, The Bookman's Journal, 1922. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon limited edition essay on artists by John Drinkwater, signed by the author. A limited edition of 140 copies, of which this is numbered 131, an uncommon work here first published in book form.Signed by t...

If I Could Preach Just Once

Bertrand Russell; Joseph Collins; John Drinkwater; G. K. Chesterton; Sheila Kaye-Smith; Arthur Conan Doyle; Et al. · 1929 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce anthology asking Bertrand Russell, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Conan Doyle and other eminent figures what they would preach if given only one opportunity. In the publisher's original re...

The 1929 Christmas Tree Annual

Various; E. F. Benson; Algernon Blackwood; John Drinkwater et. al. · 1929 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Ernest Benn Limited , 1929. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of the first and only 'Christmas Tree Annual', containing early illustrations from Edward Ardizzone. The first and only Christmas Tree Annual, published in aid of the Children's Country Holi...

Mr. Charles King of England Cromwell a Character Study

John Drinkwater · 1929 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Hodder and Stoughton Publishers, 1929; [1927] (Dated from author&apos. Cloth. London: Hodder and Stoughton Publishers, 1929; [1927] (Dated from author's ink inscription). Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 5". None. A very smart, very scarce signed pair of biographies of his...

The Collected Plays of John Drinkwater

John Drinkwater · 1925 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1925. First edition. Leather. John Drinkwater's own personal copies of his collected plays, complete in two volumes. With volume I present in the limited edition, and volume II in the trade edition and signed by Drinkwater. John Drinkwater&apos...

Poems of Men and Hours

John Drinkwater · 1911 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,218)

London , David Nutt , 1911. First edition. Hardback. An anthology of poetry from prolific poet John Drinkwater. First edition, with poems reprinted from periodicals such as Country Life, The English Review, The Englishwoman, The Nation, The Spectator, The Thrush, The Tramp, Th...