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The Rock. A Pageant Play Written for Performance at Sadler&Apos;S Wells Theatre

T. S. Eliot · 1934 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.47 | $328.96 | ¥52,531)

London, Faber & Faber Limited, 1934 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of T. S. Eliot's pageant play, exploring the enduring strength of the Church in a secularising world. The first edition, first impression.One of 2,000 copies of the first edition, as this work …

The Elder Statesman: A Play

T. S. Eliot · 1959 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Faber and Faber, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this play in verse from American writer T. S. Eliot. First UK edition. A play in verse, exploring the late life of Lord Claverton, a retired Cabinet minister who idly fingers the empty pages of his …

Tennis As I Play It

Maurice E. McLoughlin; [Sinclair Lewis] · 1915 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York, George H. Doran, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this early twentieth century guide to tennis, illustrated throughout. Ghost written by Sinclair Lewis. The first edition of this autobiographical guide to tennis from American tennis player Maurice McLo…

The Money Game and How to Play It

Norman Angell · 1928 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London , J. M. Dent , 1928. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this educational money game with the original cards. This was published in 1928, when the patent for this game was applied for in America edition. This volume contains the money game and instructions for …

Play Power

Richard Neville · 1970 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The interesting essays of the prominent counterculture figure Richard Neville, in a decorative and colourful dust wrapper designed by Martin Sharp. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Lacki…

Platform, Press, Politics & Play

T. H. S. Escott · 1895 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of stories and sketches of contemporary celebrities. First edition. Scarce work. A collection of sketches on contemporary celebrities around the south of England, including: Bat…

Play Hours with Pegasus

A.P. Herbert · 1912 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)

Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1912. First edition. Paperback. A signed, first edition copy of an early collection of poetry by A.P. Herbert, the personal copy of British novelist Dennis Wheatley. The first edition of this collection of poetry, Play Hours with Pegasus, written by twent…

Water Gipsies, Script from the Musical Play Adaptation

A.P. Herbert; Vivian Ellis · 1955 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Not Stated, c1955. Leather. The original script from the 1955 stage adaptation of 'Water Gipsies', a novel by A.P. Herbert, handsomely bound and with the initials of the director, Charles Hickman', to the front board. The original script from the 1955 stag…

The Fall of Mortimer. An Historical Play. Reviv"D from Mountfort, with Alterations. As It Is Now Acted at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market.

[William Hatchett] · 1732 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.20 | $792.68 | ¥126,581)

London, Printed for J. Millan, 1732. Leather. A very scarce early eighteenth century historical play, from a prominent figure in the London theatrical scene of the day. A scarce work in all editions, very scarce in this fourth edition, which is actually a re-impression of the th…

To Play the Fool the Moor

Laurie R. King · 1995 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, HarperCollins, 1995-8. First edition. Cloth. Fine first editions, first impressions, of two of Laurie R. King's thrilling detective mystery novels. The first edition, first impression, of this works.In the original unclipped dustwrappers.Two mystery novels by Laurie…

A New Life: A Play in Nine Scenes

Elmer Rice · 1945 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Victor Gollangz Ltd, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. A smart archive copy of the first edition of this vivid play of human characterization by American playwright Elmer Rice, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition.  An archive copy, with a stamp to title…

The Iron Chest: A Play; in Three Acts.

George Colman · 1796 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

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, &a…

Arachne: A Play

Adelaide Eden Phillpotts · 1920 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Cecil Palmer , 1920. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated mythological play from Adelaide Phillpotts. First edition. Very scarce.   In the publisher's original paper wraps.   Delightfully illustrated throughout by Dorothy M. Pa…

Buchanan Dying a Play

John Updike · 1974 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of John Updike's 'Buchanan Dying.' A dramatised version of Updike's own play concerning James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States. In a cloth binding with original dustwrapper…

The Spanish Libertines: Or the Lives of Justina, the Country Jilt; Celestina, the Bawd of Madrid; and Estevanillo Gonzales, the Most Comical of Scoundrels. To Which Is Added a Play Call&Apos;D an Evening&Apos;S Adventure All Four Written by Eminent Spanish Authors, and Now First Made English by Captain John Stevens

Captain John Stevens · 1707 · Rooke Books

£1,133.99 (€1,359.27 | $1,498.16 | ¥239,237)

London, Samuel Bunchley, 1707. First edition. Leather. Contains 3 Spanish stories and a play translated into English by John Stevens. The Spanish works are attributed to Francesco Lopez de Ubeda and Andres Perez de Leon, Fernanso Rojas, Gonzales and Juan de Avila. Full calf leat…

Speed the Plough a Comedy in Five Acts Cure for the Heart Ache a Comedy in Five Acts a New Way to Pay Old Debts, a Comedy the Iron Chest, a Play in Three Acts Know Your Own Mind a Comedy in Five Acts the Heir at Law Lover&Apos;S Vows a Play in Five Acts

Mrs Inchbald; Philip Massinger; George Coleman · 1818 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Longman et al, 1818-1819. Leather. Seven eighteenth century plays, mostly comedies, bound in two volumes. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly. Elizabeth Greenly, born at Titley Court, Herefordshire, was a noted and va…

The Game of Billiards and How to Play It with 141 Diagrams

John Roberts · 1933 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , C Arthur Pearson, 1933. Cloth. A practical guide on Billiards. Illustrated throughout, with numerous instructional diagrams throughout. The seventh impression of this work. Written by John Roberts Jr. a dominant Welsh professional player of English billiards. He was a g…

Emma a Play Founded on Jane Austen&Apos;S Novel

Marion Morse MacKaye · 1941 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this play by Marion MacKaye, based upon the novel by Jane Austen. With a preface by Percy MacKaye. With a portrait frontispiece and three illustrated plates. Inscribed by Percy MacKaye to a fr…

The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall at Tintagel in Lyonnesse; a New Version of an Old Story Arranged As a Play for Mummers

Thomas Hardy · 1923 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this this play for amateurs in one act by Thomas Hardy. A one-act play by Thomas Hardy, one of the only two pieces of drama written by this author.The first edition.In the original green clot…

The Old Play-Goer

William Robson · 1846 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Joseph Masters, 1846 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating series of letters describing the British stage at the beginning of the nineteenth-century, in the publisher's original cloth. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth.…