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Play Dead and Miracle Cure
Harlan Coben · 1991 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
London, Piatkus , 1991-1992. First edition. Cloth. A smart two volume set of the first UK editions of American mystery writer Harlan Coben's first two novels. A two volume set. The first UK editions. In the publisher's original maroon cloth bindings. In the original …
Awake and Sing a Play in Three Acts
Clifford Odets · 1935 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
New York, Random House Publishers, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this domestic class commentary, once owned by critic Clive Hirschhorn. From the theatrical collection of Clive Hirschhorn, theatre critic for the Sunday Express from 1966 to 1993. Known for …
Foul Play in Three Volumes
Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault · 1868 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London , Bradbury , 1868. First edition. Cloth. A scarce set of fictional works from prolific Victorian writer, Charles Reade. First edition. With volumes two and three featuring the original half titles. Featuring a folding facsimile of a forged note, and the genuine handwritin…
Actors of the Century a Play-Lover&Apos;S Gleanings from Theatrical Annals
Frederic Whyte · 1898 · Rooke Books
£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)
London, George Bell and Sons, 1898. Cloth. A collection of biographies of eminent actor-directors of the 1800s. Illustrated throughout with many photographic plates. Including chaptes on the Kembles, Macready, Irving and many others. In a blue cloth binding with gilt detailing. …
Airmen or Noahs; Fair Play for Our Airmen: The Great "Neon" Air Myth Exposed
Rear-Admiral Murray F. Sueter · 1928 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)
London, Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd. 1928 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this smart illustrated work on naval aviation by Rear-Admiral Sir Murray Fraser Sueter. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original blue decorative cloth binding.A detaile…
London Life: Its Works and Its Play and London Town: Ancient and Modern
Various [ed. George R. Sims]; W.W. Hutchings · 1910 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, Cassell and Company, c.1910-1913. Cloth. Scarce abridged editions of London Life and London Town, informative works on the iconic city. The scarce editions of London Life and London Town: Ancient and Modern, edited by George R. Sims and written by W.W. Hutchings respecti…
Those Were the Days: Panorama with Figures; a Place of One"S Own; Gentle Caesar: A Play in Three Acts; Sing High! Sing Low!; Wrack at Tidesend: A Book of Balnearics; Collected Stories; on the Continent: A Book of Inquilinics; Fee Fi Fo Fum! a Book of Fairy Stories; Tales My Father Taught Me
Osbert Sitwell · 1938 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)
London, Macmillan; Hutchinson; Gerald Duckworth , 1938-1963. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing selection of plays, short stories and essays from Osbert Sitwell, the majority of which are first impressions. Offering a set of nine works from English writer Osbert Sitwell, varying f…
The Making of an Immortal: A Play in One Act
George Moore · 1927 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
New York, The Bowling Green Press, 1927. First edition. Hardback. A smart first US edition of this short play from Irish novelist George Moore, limited to 1240 copies signed by the author. First US edition. Limited to twelve hundred and forty copies signed by the author, of whic…
J.B. A Play in Verse
Archibald Macleish · 1958 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, eleventh printing, of this play written in free verse from American writer Archibald MacLeish. First edition, eleventh printing. A modern-day retelling of the story of the biblical fig…
The Confidential Clerk a Play
T. S. Eliot · 1954 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Faber and Faber Ltd, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of T. S. Eliot's comic verse play in the original dust wrapper. First edition of The Confidential Clerk A Play by T. S. Eliot in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrappe…
Croquet and How to Play It
Arthur G. F. Ross · 1933 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)
Wanganui, Richard Wedderspoon & Co. 1933. Cloth. An illustrated second edition of this guide to croquet, signed by the author. Second edition. Revised and enlarged. Signed by the author. Highly illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams. A complete guide to croquet, in…
The Modern Hoyle or, How to Play Whist, Euchre, Chess, Cribbage, Dominoes, Draughts, Backgammon, Napoleon, Poker, Bezique, Solo Whist, Ecarte, and Cuckoo
[Edmond Hoyle]; Professor Hoffmann [Angelo John Louis] · 0 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, Frederick Warne & Co. c1910. Hardback. An uncommon guide to board and card games by Edmond Hoyle, a new modern edition. A new, revised edition of this game guide by Edmond Hoyle, dated from a copy held at the British Library catalogued on Copac. An uncommon copy.A rule b…
The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall at Tintagel in Lyonesse a New Version of an Old Story Arranged As a Play for Mummers in One Act Requiring No Theatre or Scenery
Thomas Hardy · 1923 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1923. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition of this play in one act by Thomas Hardy, enclosed in its uncommon dust wrapper. A one-act play by Thomas Hardy, one of the only two pieces of drama written by this author. This play was designed to be per…
The Painted Picture Play-Book
James Bishop · 0 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London , Dean and Son, c1858. Hardback. A charming children's play-book, with hand coloured illustrations. Illustrated with 'upwards of three hundred coloured pictures by various eminent artists&apos. The verses within this volume are by James Bishop. The volume contai…
The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall at Tintagel in Lyonesse a New Version of an Old Story Arranged As a Play for Mummers in One Act Requiring No Theatre or Scenery.
Thomas Hardy · 1923 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Macmillan & Co. LTD, 1923. Cloth. A handsome early edition of Thomas Hardy's play, The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall. A one-act play by Thomas Hardy, one of the only two pieces of drama written by this author. This play was designed to be performed by amat…
The Secret Woman a Play in Five Acts
Eden Phillpotts · 1912 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, Duckworth and Co, 1912. Paperback. A scarce private copy of this play by Eden Phillpotts. With a letter loosely inserted relating to the proposed censorship of the play. This letter was sent out to oppose the censorship by the Lord Chamberlain, who planned to prevent the…
The Man Born to Be King: A Play-Cycle on the Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
Dorothy L. Sayers · 1949 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1949. Cloth. A smart new impression of Dorothy L. Sayer's WWII radio drama on the life of Jesus. Complete with the original dust wrapper. Fourteenth impression, published March 1949. "First cheap edition". First impression published in May 1943.…
Play Dead
Harlan Coben · 1991 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, Piatkus, 1991. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of this thrilling novel from Harlan Coben. "A nonstop, closely-knit thriller from start to finish, Play Dead takes us careening through suspense, intrigue, and mistaken identity." With original photographic d…
Absalom, a Chronicle Play in Three Acts
T. Sturge Moore [Thomas Sturge Moore] · 1903 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Sign of the Unicorn, 1903. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Thomas Sturge Moore's epic play concerning the famous biblical tale of Absalom's betrayal of his father, King David of Jerusalem. The first edition of Thomas Sturge Moore's play Absalom,…
Voices at Play
Muriel Spark · 1961 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories by Scottish author Muriel Spark. First edition. A lovely collection of short stories and plays, with titles including: The Danger Zone, The Curtain Blown by T…