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Girls of Summer: A Play in Three Acts
N. Richard Nash · 1957 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
New York, Samuel French, Inc. 1957 . First edition. Cloth. Theatre critic and book collector Clive Hirschhorn's vanishingly scarce first edition of N. Richard Nash's heart-warming Broadway play. The very scarce first edition, first printing. This work is very scarce in…
The Money Game and How to Play It
Norman Angell · 1928 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
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 …
Water Gipsies, Script from the Musical Play Adaptation
A.P. Herbert; Vivian Ellis · 1955 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
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…
A New Life: A Play in Nine Scenes
Elmer Rice · 1945 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
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 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
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…
The Country Girl: A Play in Three Acts
Clifford Odets · 1951 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
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 …
Play, a Picture Book of Boys, Girls & Babies
Samuel K. Cowan · 0 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
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…
Queen&Apos;S Play; the Ringed Castle; Checkmate
Dorothy Dunnett · 1982 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Century Publishing Co. 1982-1983. Cloth. A terrific set from Dorothy Dunnett's best-known series, the 'Lymond Chronicles&apos. In these scarce original unclipped dust wrappers. Later editions, published by Century.This set offers three titles from Scottish nove…
Taught by Mail: A Play in Three Acts
Hollis Clark · 1917 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
Bozeman, Privately printed, 1917. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce play by Hollis Clark, published by the author during the First World War. The first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. A play in three acts, written and pub…
The Boy Friend: A Play in Three Acts
Sandy Wilson; Vida Hope · 1955 · Rooke Books
£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)
London, Andre Deutsch, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming, popular musical from English composer Sandy Wilson, with illustrations by the author. First edition. Illustrated throughout by the author. Set in the carefree world of the French Riviera i…
The Last Bread: A Play in One Act
H. E. Bates · 1926 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, The Labour Publishing Company Ltd, 1926. First edition. Paperback. A first edition, first impression of Bates's first printed publication, his short play The Last Bread. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Herbert Ernest Bate…
After the Rain a Play in Three Acts
John Bowen · 1967 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
London , Faber and Faber, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of John Bowen's play After the Rain. A first edition copy of the play After the Rain, by John Bowen. The play is set two hundred years after the Great Rain, which drowned the world as we know …
The Infernal Machine, a Play in Four Acts
Jean Cocteau; Carl Wildman [trans.] · 1936 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. In the charmingly illustrated dust wrapper, this is a first UK edition of Jean Cocteau's' reworking of the Oedipus myth, translated and with an introductory essay by Carl Wildman. The first …
Play-Time: Sayings and Doings of Baby-Land
Edward Stanford · 1883 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1883 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of this charming children's work from Edward Stanford, illustrated throughout in colour. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated throughout in colour.A delightful collectio…
The Living Room, a Play in Two Acts
Graham Greene · 1953 · Rooke Books
£118.00 (€141.46 | $155.92 | ¥24,901)
London , William Heinemann Ltd, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this thrilling play by the award-winning English writer, Graham Greene. The first edition. In a cloth binding with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper, featuring a striking photo…
Left-Handed Liberty: A Play About Magna Carta
John Arden · 1965 · Rooke Books
£118.00 (€141.46 | $155.92 | ¥24,901)
London, Methuen and Co Ltd [in association with The Mermaid Theatre], 1965. Cloth. A very scarce limited 'Mermaid' edition of this play centring on the Magna Carta, written by John Arden. A very scarce copy of the first Mermaid edition, limited to 1,000 copies. This is…
Awake and Sing a Play in Three Acts
Clifford Odets · 1935 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
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 …
The Secret Woman a Play in Five Acts
Eden Phillpotts · 1912 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
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…
Waiting for Lefty: A Play in Six Episodes
Clifford Odets · 1937 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Victor Gollancz, 1937. Paperback. Gollancz's Left Book Club edition of Odet's first play centered on a strike meeting between cab drivers, praised for its energy. The Left Book Club edition of Waiting for Lefty, the fourth edition of the first Broadway hit writ…
Edward, My Son: A Play in Three Acts
Robert Morley; Noel Langley · 1949 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)
New York, Random House, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Noel Langley and Robert Morley's drama about the moral decline of a business tycoon, in the original dust wrapper. A signed first editon, first impression, with the inscription 'Best Wishes,…