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Iphigénia tragédia de João Racine. Traduzida em verso portuguez, e offerecida como uma prova da mais sincera gratidão.Rio de Janeiro, Impressão règia, 1816. 8vo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title-page. Contemporary blue-grey wrappers.

RACINE, Jean and Antonio José de Lima LEITÃO (translator). · 1639 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,950.00 ($2,149.16 | £1,626.84 | ¥343,194)

[8], 53, [3 blank] pp.First and only translation of Jean Racine's (1639-1699) famous play in Portuguese, here in its first Brazilian edition. Iphigénie, as the play was called in French, was incredibly popular when it was first produced. Strongly based on the original play by th…

The Haunted Major

MARSHALL, ROBERT · 1960 · S. Howlett-West Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York, NY: Ives Washburn, Inc, 1960. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by John Mackay. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine …

Groucho Marx and the Broadway Murders: A Mystery Featuring Groucho Marx.

Goulart, Ron · 2001 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2001. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 224 pp.- In Ron Goulart's well received series featuring comedian-cum-amateur sleuth Groucho Marx, Groucho and his writer Frank Denby have made a name for themselves as detectives. In fact, in their last case, they were…

The Confidential Clerk

T. S. Eliot · 1954 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Faber and Faber Ltd. 1954. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of T.S Eliot's comic verse play, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, with the issue point 'Ihad' for 'I had' …

The Middle Watch

Ian Hay; Stephen King-Hall · 1930 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this entertaining romance set aboard of H.M.S. cruiser, in the original scarce dust wrapper. The scarce first edition.In the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper, the first issue dust wrapper…

The Comedy of As You Like It

William Shakespeare · 1903 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

East Aurora, The Roycroft Shop, 1903. Leather. One of the popular and entertaining comedies of Shakespeare, a smart edition in the original binding. A Roycroft edition of one of Shakespeare's comedies.'As You Like It' was first published in the First Folio, and is…

Ignoramus, Comoedia

Georgio Ruggle [George Ruggle]; John Sidney Hawkins · 1787 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

Londini [London], Prostat Venalis apud T. Payne, 1787 . First edition. Leather. An attractive first edition thus of George Ruggle's college farce, with this being John Sidney Hawkins significantly edited edition. With prefatory material in English, and the play in the origi…

The Prince's Triumph ; Or, The Three Riddles - A Drama For Home Presentation

A M Y [ Pritchard, Marion ] · 1878 · Eastleach Books

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,096)

Hirst Smyth and Son, Gower Street 1878 1st edition. Limp cloth, VG. [iv]+iv+ii+35pp+2pp publishers adverts, all edges gilt, cloth a little grubby & worn along the spine, ownership signature to the title, Fair copy of an uncommon item - no copies could be located in the British …

Das Endinger Judenspiel : zum ersten Mal herausgegeben.

Amira, Karl von. · 1883 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€18.00 ($19.84 | £15.02 | ¥3,168)

Halle : Max Niermeyer, 1883. Contemp. halfcalf binding. 102 pp. German text. BOUND with : [2]. Rickhart, Martin. Der Eislebische Christliche Ritter : ein Reformationsspiel 1613. Halle : Max Niermeyer, 1883. xvi,108 pp.; [3]. Till Eulenspiegel : Abdruck der Ausgabe vom Jahre 1515…

Deirdre

W. B. Yeats · 1907 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, A. H. Bullen, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Butler Yeats's one act play, in which he retells an ancient legend. A first edition. A verse drama from W. B. Yeats based on the tragic story of Deirdre from the medieval Irish Ulster Cycle. The…

Les Academiciens

Saint Evremont (Saint Evremond) · 1879 · Rooke Books

£47.99 (€57.52 | $63.40 | ¥10,124)

Paris, Charavay Freres, 1879. Paperback. A French comic play in three acts concerning Richelieu's creation of the French Academy. Featuring a hand coloured tissue guarded frontispiece, and a frontispiece to the play. With a preface by Robert de Bonnieres, and notes to the r…

Everyman

Thomas Derrick · 1930 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this religious story and moral play told through lovely woodcuts by the artist Thomas Derrick. First thus. A moral play from Ernest Percival Rhys, a Welsh-English writer of essays, stories, poetry, n…

Becket

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1884 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1884. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this historical play from English author Alfred Lord Tennyson. A historical play inspired by the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, by agents of Henry II in 1170. The work was originally staged …

Le Marquis de Villemer

George Sand · 0 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

Paris, Calmann-Levy, c1905. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this play by the prominent French author, George Sand. Undated, dated using Copac. George Sand was a pen name for Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin. She is recognised as one of the most notable authors of the Romantic era i…

Caius Gracchus: A Tragedy

Odin Gregory; Theodore Dreiser · 1920 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

New York, Boni and Liveright, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this tragic play from American writer Odin Gregory. First edition. A tragic play following Caius Gracchus, the son of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, who seeks to honour his murdered brother in vari…

Het Vredefeest, landspel met zang en dans door A. Fokke Simonsz., Te Amsterdam bij Abraham Mars 1802, 43 pp. RARE FIRST EDITION.

Fokke, Simonsz. Arend. · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€76.30 ($84.09 | £63.66 | ¥13,429)

Paper cover, with some damages due to time, 16 x 10 cm. Famous play by Arend Simonsz. Fokke. In this play the peace of Amiens between France and Great-Brittain is cheered for. The French first consul Bonaparte is honoured as a here and peacekeeper. This positive judgment was soo…

Personality Politics?. The Role of Leader Evaluations in Democratic Elections

Marina Costa Lobo 333251, John Curtice 333252 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.23 | ¥11,440)

Oxford University Press, Gekartonneerd met stofomslag, 252, Personality Politics? assesses the role that voters' perceptions and evaluations of leaders play in democratic elections. The book presents evidence from an array of countries with diverse historical and institutional c…

Le candidat. Comédie en quatre actes.

Gustave Flaubert (Gilles de Saint-Germain association copy) · 1874 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$750.00 (€680.50 | £567.73 | ¥119,766)

Paris, Charpentier, FIRST EDITION of Flaubert's only play. 5, 165 pp. A WONDERFUL ASSOCIATION COPY, WITH A LONG NOTE ON THE FRONT WRAPPER PENNED BY GILLES DE SAINT-GERMAIN (1833-1899), the actor who created the role of Gruchet in this play. He explains that HE BOUGHT THIS COP…

THE ROSE TATTOO Inscribed to the Film's Director

WILLIAMS, Tennessee · 0 · Charles Agvent

$10,625.00 (€9,640.41 | £8,042.78 | ¥1,696,679)

New York. New Directions. First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper "To Danny with my/heart's true love/Tennessee." Daniel Mann directed the original Broadway production of THE ROSE TATTOO after Elia Kazan turned down the job. The play won a Tony Aw…

The Magician of Messkirch

Wayne Perry · 2021 · Dodman Books

£9.99 (€11.97 | $13.20 | ¥2,107)

Mascot Media, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, The Magician of Messkirch contains a play of the same name exploring the relationship between German philosopher Martin Heidegger, his student Hannah Arendt and the poet Paul Celan, together with 'Supernumerary', a long poem showing that …