Drammaturgia e teatro

Palicio Return of Ulysses Achilles in Scyros Humours of the Court

Robert Bridges · 1890 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)

London, E Bumpus and George Bell, 1890-3. First edition. Paperback. Four plays by Robert Bridges from the Bumpus series of plays. Volumes ii, iii, v and vi of the Robert Bridges play series. First editions from this series. Printed on Van Gelder paper, watermarks most visible ...

Six Short Plays

John Galsworthy · 1921 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

London, Duckworth and Co. 1921. First edition. Leather. A clean first UK edition of Six Short Plays by John Galsworthy. Bound in leather with gilt lettering and border decoration. First UK Edition. Bound by Hatchards. John Galsworthy OM, 1867 – 1933, was an English novelist a...

The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan with a Biographical and Critical Sketch

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Leigh Hunt · 1840 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Edward Moxon, 1840. Leather. A collected edition of the works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. With a biographical and critical sketch by Leigh Hunt. Richard Brinsley Sheridan was an satirist, playwright and poet, and long time owner of the London Theatre Royal. He is kno...

The Theatre of the Empire of Great-Britain, Kingdom of England, Scotland, Ireland and the Isles Adjoyning

John Speed · 1676 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.90 | $2,378.45 | ¥379,853)

London, Thomas Bassett; Richard Chiswell, 1676. Leather. A collection of leaves from the highly sought after geographical work; The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain. Complete with the maps this is around £100,000. Containing; the original title page in both red and blac...

The Plays of John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy · 1929 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Duckworth, 1929. Leather. A theatrical anthology comprising of the works of playwright John Galsworthy. Featuring a cast list from the original production of The Silver Box at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on September 25th 1906. As well as the cast of the original ...

The Minstrel; or, the Progress of Genius: A Poem

James Beatie · 1771 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, E. & C. Dilly, 1771-4. First edition. Leather. A handsome edition of Beattie's poem, containing both volumes bound as one. Rebound in quarter-leather with gilt lettering and marbled paper-covered boards. The first book is the First Edition; the second book is the ...

The Dramatic Works of George Farquhar

George Farquhar [edited by Alex Charles Ewald] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , John C. Nimmo, 1892. Cloth. A limited edition, two-volume set of The Dramatic Works of George Farquhar. Including a biography of Farquhar by Alex Charles Ewald, the volumes contain some of the Irish dramatist's best known work, including The Recruiting Officer an...

Plays from Moliere by English Dramatists

Moliere · 1885 · Rooke Books

£26.99 (€32.36 | $35.66 | ¥5,696)

London, George Routledge and Sons , 1885. Cloth. This scarce anthology of theatrical scripts were written by English dramatists and collected by French play write Moliere. Plays are compiled of "Sir Martin Marr-all" by John Dryden, "The Mistake" by Sir John Vanbrugh, "The Plai...

Three Plays and a Pantomime

George Calderon · 1922 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

London , Grant Richards Ltd , 1922 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this theatrical work. Featuring front and rear panel of original scarce dustwrapper slipped in. Plays include "Revolt" by Sybil Thorndike, "The Fountain" by Mary Jerrold, and "Cromwell: Mall O&a...

Les Precieuses Ridicules

Moliere · 1760 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Paris, Bauche, c1760. Leather. A very scarce collection of Moliere's satirical plays, published in approximately 1760. A collection of Moliere's plays. The comedy of manners was received so well, Moliere and his company received the patronage of Louis XIV. Les Precio...

Ouevres de P Corneille Theatre Complet Ouevres de Scarron Ouevres de Rotrou

Pierre Corneille; Paul Scarron; Jean Rotrou · 0 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

Paris, Garnier Freres, c1877. Leather. Five volumes of theatrical works from notable French playwrights. In the original French. With four plates to Corneille volume I, four plates to Corneille volume II, four plates to Corneille volume III, three plates to Scarron and three p...

Le Jeu de L&Apos;Amour Et Du Hasard la Surprise de L&Apos;Amour le Legs

Pierre de Marivaux · 1939 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

Paris, Librairie Grund, 1939. Leather. A collection of three plays by Pierre de Marivaux bound in leather. The first edition thus. Printed in French. Marivaux was a French novelist and dramatist, considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century.This ...

Boabdil, or "the Twilight of Granada" and Other Poems

Robert Gordon-Canning · 1928 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, C. F. Hodgson, 1928 . First edition. Vellum. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of this volume of poems and drama by British fascist and anti-Semite, Robert Gordon-Canning, inscribed to scientific racist Carleton S. Coon. A scarce first edition.Insc...

Good Old Gaiety" an Historiette and Remembrance

John Hollingshead · 1903 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, The Gaiety Theatre Company, Ltd. 1903 . First edition. Leather. Red morocco illustrated first edition of Hollingshead's significant remembrance of the 1868 Gaiety Theatre. Uncommon first edition.In publisher's original red morocco.With a colour frontispiece a...

The Masque of War and Peace

Louis N. Parker · 1915 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Bickers & Son, Ltd. 1915 . First edition. Leather. Important 20th-century dramatist Louis N. Parker comments on the nature of war in this scarce first edition play. Scarce first edition, first printing.In publisher's original vellum-wrap binding.Presentation copy....

The Family Reunion Poems of Dedication What Is a Classic? an Address Delivered Before the Virgil Society on the 16th of October 1944

T.S. Eliot; Stephen Spender · 1939 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London , Faber and Faber, 1939-1947. First edition. Cloth. - The first editions of the works. In publisher's original cloth bindings. A three volume collection of poetical works published by Faber and Faber including:1939 The Family Reunion by T.S. Eliot, a modern verse p...

Showmen and Suckers: An Excursion on the Crazy Fringe of the Entertainment World

Maurice Gorham · 1951 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Percival Marshall , 1951. First edition. Cloth. An excellent volume on the world of entertainment from Irish journalist Maurice Gorham, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. The first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with in-...

A Collection of Works by Hermann Sudermann

Hermann Sudermann · 1897 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.73 | $303.91 | ¥48,537)

Stuttgart, J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1897-1898. Leather. An attractive set of works by German dramatist Hermann Sudermann, uniformly bound in quarter crushed morocco. A set of five volumes, uniformly bound in quarter crushed morocco.Hermann Sudermann was o...

Shakspeare&Apos;S Himself Again: Or the Language of the Poet Asserted

Andrew Becket · 1815 · Rooke Books

£248.00 (€297.31 | $327.70 | ¥52,335)

London, A. J. Valpy, by Messrs. Law and Whittaker, 1815 . First edition. Leather. The scarce two volume first edition of Andrew Becket's detailed study of William Shakespeare's language. A scarce first edition, complete in two volumes.In his two volumes, Andrew Becke...

Five Plays

John O'Hara · 1961 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

New York, Random House, 1961 . First edition. Paperback. An advanced uncorrected proof of this collection of five plays from celebrated American literary figure John O'Hara. A very scarce 'Uncorrected Proof from Random House, for Advance Readers' of the uncommon...