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Crossings: A Fairy Play
Walter De La Mare · 1923 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing in the publisher's original blue cloth with decorative gilt, with sheet music by C. Armstrong Gibbs, and twelve full-page plates and further illustrations by Dorothy P. Lathrop. The …
A Christmas Miracle Play: Together with an Introductory Note on the Miracle Play, and Some Suggestions for Staging
F. A. Hibbert; A. Rawlinson Wood · 1919 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, The Faith Press , 1919. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce copy of this Christmas "miracle play" performed at Denstone College during the War. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce play. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with illustrative gi…
The Making of an Immortal: A Play in One
George Moore · 1927 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
New York , The Bowling Green Press, 1927. First edition. Hardback. A lovely signed limited edition of this one-act play from influential Irish writer and art critic George Moore. First edition, limited to 1,240 copies signed by the author, this copy being number 659. Author&apo…
The Rock: A Pageant Play
T. S. Eliot; E. Martin Browne · 1934 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Faber & Faber, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, second impression of T. S. Eliot's pageant play, written in collaboration with director E. Martin Browne and R. Webb-Odell. The first edition, second impression of this work in the original boards, with the…
A Dictionary of the Isle of Wight Dialect, and of Provincialisms Used in the Island; with Illustrative Anecdotes and Tales; to Which Is Appended the Christmas Boys&Apos; Play, an Isle of Wight "Hooam Harvest," and Songs Sung by the Peasantry; Forming a Treasury of Insular Manners and Customs of Fifty Years Ago
W. H. Long · 1886 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, Reeves and Turner, 1886. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this charming Isle of Wight dialect study, accompanied with a traditional Christmas play and songs. The first edition of this work. In the original green cloth.This insightful work offers a dictionar…
A Book of Ghosts: A Child&Apos;S Play Imagination Book
1974 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
England , Child's Play (International) Ltd , 1974. First edition. Hardback. A delightful children's book comprising clever cut-outs of various "ghosts" that are revealed with humorous alternatives. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original laminat…
Mary Stuart: A Play
John Drinkwater · 1921 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
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 autho…
A Child&Apos;S Play Imagination Book: I Thought I Saw & Day Dreams
Pam Adams; Ceri Jones · 1978 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Swindon, Child's Play International, Ltd. 1978-1992. First edition. Paperback. Two bright and attractive children's die-cut books about the power of imagination, in lovely condition. The first edition of 'Day Dreams' and a later impression of 'I Thought …
Puppy Play House
Anonymoys · 1951 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
New York, Polygraphic Company of America, 1951 . Hardback. A charming children's book, aiding the young in identifying dog breeds. Initially published in 1946 under the title 'Catch the Dogs', this is a delightful, brightly illustrated work for children.Illustrate…
The Country Girl: A Play in Three Acts
Clifford Odets · 1951 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
New York, The Viking Press, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this dramatic play from American playwright Clifford Odets, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. A dramatic play which was adapted into a film staring Bing Crosby and Grace …
The Nineteenth Hole of Europe: A Play in Three Acts
Vivian Connell · 1943 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Martin Secker and Warburg Ltd, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Vivian Connell's play about the horrors of war, with loosely inserted letter from a friend of the author, regarding Connell's own view of the work. The first edition, first …
Airmen or Noahs, Fair Play for Our Airmen: The Great "Neon" Air Myth Exposed
Rear-Admiral Murray F. Sueter · 1928 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)
London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work on naval aviation, inscribed by the author to William Joynson-Hicks. First edition. In presentation to Sir William Joynson-Hicks, an English solicitor and Conservativ…
The Buller System of Contract Bridge (the Way to Play)
Walter Buller · 1936 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, The Star" Publications Dept , [1936]. Paperback. A very scarce handbook to the Buller system of contract bridge. A very scarce book, rarely seen in commerce and found institutionally only at the British Library and the University of Oxford libraries. A complete guide to…
Arsene Lupin: From the Play by Maurice Leblanc and Francis de Croisset
Maurice Leblanc; Francis De Croisset; Edgar Jepson · 1909 · Rooke Books
£590.00 (€707.21 | $779.47 | ¥124,472)
London, Mills & Boon, Limited, 1909. Paperback. A scarce paperback edition of this novel of the play by Maurice Leblanc. A very scarce copy of the book of the play. Novelisation of the 1907 play, this 1909 seventh thousandth published in the same year as the first. A rare surviv…
Voices at Play
Muriel Spark · 1961 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of short stories by Scottish author Muriel Spark. First edition of Voices at Play by Muriel Spark in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. A lovely c…
Play, a Picture Book of Boys, Girls & Babies
Samuel K. Cowan · 0 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London , Marcus Ward & Co, c1880. Cloth. A charming children's book all about play, with colour illustrations. A charming copy of this children's book. With pictures in colour by Edith Scannell and verses by Samuel K. Cowan. This volume explores a variety of ways for c…
The River Line, a Play
Charles Morgan · 1952 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)
London, Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1952. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of Charles Morgan's play set in occupied France, complete with a clipped dust wrapper. This work follows a group of officers as they flee their enemy, aided by Marie Chassaigne, member of es…
Easter: A Play for Singers
John Masefield · 1929 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, William Heinemann, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this short lyrical play from a former Poet Laureate, signed by the author. The signed first edition of this work, a Limited Edition, no. 257 of 375 copies signed by the author. In the publisher's o…
Jack at Sea, or, All Work and No Play Made Him a Dull Boy
George Manville Fenn · 1896 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1896. Cloth. An uncommon, decoratively bound piece of children's fiction by George Manville Fenn. Written by George Manville Fenn (1831-1909), a prolific English novelist and editor particularly well-known for his juvenile …
The Little Blue Light: A Play in Three Acts
Edmund Wilson · 1951 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1951. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition copy of this uncommon play by Edmund Wilson, in the original, unclipped dustwrapper. The first Uk edition of this work. A play in three acts by Edmund Wilson, American writer. His writings influenc…