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Joanna Baillie · 1804 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.09 | ¥21,094)

London, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1804. Leather. A collection of three plays (two tragedies and one comedy) from playwright Joanna Baillie. Joanna Baillie (1762 – 1851) was a Scottish poet and dramatist. Baillie was very well known during her lifetime and, though a woman, intended …

For Love of the King

Oscar Wilde · 1922 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Methuen and Co, 1922. Cloth. A very smart copy of Oscar Wilde's uncommon play 'For Love of the King&apos. This is a very smart copy of this masque by Oscar Wilde which was first written in 1894 as a personal gift to Wilde's friend Mabel. The manuscript was…

(1939) Skylark; (1951) Hilda Crane.

Samson Raphaelson · 1939 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

New York, Random House, 1939-1951. First edition. Cloth. A lovely collection of two Broadway plays by Samson Raphaelson, together in their original dust wrappers. Collection comprised of: (1939) Skylark; (1951) Hilda Crane.   Both copies are first editions, bound in the publishe…

Whist; Its Theory and Practice: With Chapters on Loo and Cribbage

Captain Crawley · 1859 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, C. H. Clarke, [1859]. First edition. Cloth. A little pocket sized guide to the card game of whist, with information on loo, and cribbage. The rare first edition of this volume. A guide to the trick-card game of 'whist', popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth …

Philip Van Artevelde: A Dramatic Romance. In Two Parts

Henry Taylor · 1849 · Rooke Books

£47.99 (€57.52 | $63.40 | ¥10,124)

London, Edward Moxon, 1849. Leather. A tragic play which commemorates the life of this fourteenth century Flemish patriot. Fifth Edition. With a bookbinder's stamp for Budden to the verso of the front free-endpaper. Complete in two parts. In a full calf binding. Externally,…

Christopher Columbus

Macniece, Louis · 1944 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

London, Faber & Faber, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, bound in blue cloth, soiled a bit and sunned along edges, moderate foxing throughout, but clean and unmarked. Previous …

Within the Law.

Dana, Marvin, from the play by Bayard Veiller, · 1913 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1913). G. Some page edges worn or soiled, last blank page removed.

The Works of Samuel Foote, with Remarks on Each Play and an Essay on the Life, Genius and Writings of the Author

Samuel Foote [ed. by John Bee] · 1830 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1830. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of collection of comical plays by the witty Cornish playwright, known as the 'English Aristophanes&apos. The first edition of The Works of Samuel Foote, a very scarce literary …

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 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

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…

Maya: A Play by Simon Gantillon paraphrased into English by Virginia and Frank Vernon with XIII wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton.

[Golden Cockerel Press]. Gantillon, Simon, Hughes-Stanton, Blair (illustrations). · 1930 · Fahrenheit 451

€95.00 ($104.70 | £79.26 | ¥16,720)

Waltham Saint Lawrence, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1930, VIII,93,(4) pag., 13 woodengraved illustrations (6 full-page) by Blair Hughes-Stanton, printed out of the Caslon on Dutch Van Gelder in 500 copies by A.C. Cooper, original gilt buckram, top edge gilt, untrimmed. = Chantic…

CHRIST'S COMET The Story of a Thirty Years' Journey That Began and Ended on the Same Day a Play in Three Acts

HASSALL Christopher · 1937 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

William Heinemann, 1937 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered pink cloth (casing with slight lean and top edge lightly spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 151, illus with pictorial title page by Joan Hassall (p…

Rare Theatre play 1774 | Jacob Simonszoon de Ryk door Lucretia Wilhelmina van Winter, geboren van Merken, Amsterdam Pieter Meijer 1774, 87 pp.

Merken, van Lucretia Wilhelmina · 1774 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€98.10 ($108.12 | £81.84 | ¥17,265)

Rare theatre play by Lucretia van Merken, most famous Dutch poet and author in the 18th century. Text in Dutch. Rare booklet of Theatre play about de watergeus De Ryk. Copy with some stains.[NL] In 1774 werden Van Merken en haar man Nicolaas van Winter tot ereburgers van Leiden …

Theatre play 1860 | Grandeur et décadence du theatre royal francais de la Haye par Marcel-Briol, La Haye J. van Weerden 1860.

Briol, Marcel. · 1804 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€76.30 ($84.09 | £63.66 | ¥13,429)

Ou la verité sur le passé, le présent et l'avenir. Revu retrospective, contemporaine et clarivonante. Marcel Briol: regisisseur-general actuel du dit Theatre. (sic)[NL] Het Theatre Royal Francais de la Haye heette eerder de Nieuwe Haagsche schouwburg en is nu de Koninklijke Scho…

Theatre Play 1805 | De Hussiten voor Naumburg. Tooneelspel met zang in vijf bedrijven. Vertaald uit het Duits. Amsterdam, Hendrik van Kesteren, 1805.

Fokke Simonsz, Arend (vert.); August von Kotzebue · 1931 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€43.60 ($48.05 | £36.37 | ¥7,673)

8°: * 4 A-E 8 F 4 (-F4, blanco), gepag.: 8, 84 [2] pp. Op de titelpagina een gegraveerd portret van Von Kotzebue. Papieren omslag. Lit.: Van Aken II, p.46; CBMNL 3408; Saalmink I, p.1045.With engraved portrait of Von Kotzebue. With stamp of Van Lier Amsterdam on the titlepage. T…

Live in Colombia including the iconic hits Eye in the sky, Don`t answer me Lucifer, Games people play and many more

The Alan parsons Symphonic Project · 2016 · Celler Versandantiquariat

€9.00 ($9.92 | £7.51 | ¥1,584)

Edel Germany - neuwertig/very good condition -

The Dog beneath the Skin, or, Where is Francis?. A Play in Three Acts. [Fifth Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

AUDEN W. H. · 0 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.06 | ¥4,641)

Faber, [1950]. 8vo., Fifth Impression; red cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1935. Bloomfield & Mendelson A9a (recording the first edition).

Under Milk Wood. A Play for Voices. Preface and Musical Settings by Daniel Jones NEAR FINE COPY OF THE AUTHOR'S FINAL WORK

THOMAS Dylan · 0 · Island Books

£590.00 (€707.20 | $779.43 | ¥124,465)

Dent, [1954]. 8vo., First Edition; terracotta cloth, gilt back, fore-edge faintly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter minutely chafed at head and tail of backstrip. Bright, crisp copy of the author's final work. Rolph B.21; Maud p.222.

Under Milk Wood. A Play for Voices. Preface and Musical Settings by Daniel Jones. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

THOMAS Dylan · 0 · Island Books

£168.00 (€201.37 | $221.94 | ¥35,441)

Dent, [1954]. 8vo., Second Impression; brown cloth, gilt back, fore-edge very lightly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published two months after the first edition.

Life with Father" Made Into a Play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, with Harry Bannister and Nydia Westman. April 17, 1944

Biltmore Theatre (Los Angeles); Peter Ermatinger (Mgr.) · 1944 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Los Angeles, CA: Biltmore Theatre, 1944. Programme. 11.5" x 5", Single Leaf, Illustrations, Good with marginal tears, toning. .

Tls Travis Bogard, Uc Berkeley to Whom It May Concern. To December 29, 1970. Re: Thomas Parkinson's Play, What the Blindman Saw

Travis Bogard, UC Berkeley · 1970 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Berkeley, CA: Travis Bogard, UC Berkeley, 1970. Typed Letter signed on UC Berkeley letter head, 11" x 8.5", Good with marginal tear, light creasing. Provenance: Peter Howard, Serendipity Books, Berkeley. .