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The Well of the Saints

John M. Synge · 1911 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

Dublin , Maunsel and Company, Ltd, 1911. Vellum. A 1911 edition of The Well of the Saints. Written by John M. Synge, a noted Irish playwright who earned notoriety with his subequent play The Playboy of the Western World, the play focusses on a group of beggars in 'some lone…

Landscape

Harold Pinter · 1968 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Emanuel Wax for Pendragon Press, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the limited edition first edition of Harold Pinter's drama about difficulties of communication within a marriage. No. 224 of 1,000 copies of this work intended for sale in the Brit…

Sylvia, or the May Queen

George Darley · 1892 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.50 | $116.28 | ¥18,571)

London, J. M. Dent, 1892 . First edition. Cloth. The Limited Edition, first edition thus, of George Darley's 1827 play about the May Queen. The Limited Edition large paper copy of the first edition thus of this 'lyrical drama' from Irish novelist, critic and playw…

Poems and Translations; with the Sophy, a Tragedy

Sir John Denham · 1719 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Jacob Tonson, 1719 . Leather. The sixth edition of this volume of the collected poetical works of Sir John Denham, featuring also his tragic play, 'The Sophy&apos. The sixth edition of this work.A delightful work collecting the poetic works of Sir John Denham, and f…

The Noble Jilt, a Comedy

Anthony Trollope; Michael Sdleir [ed.] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Constable & Company, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first edition of Anthony Trollope's posthumously published play about a broken engagement and the Republicans in Bruges in the 1790s. The first edition of this work, of which only five-hun…

Psyche and Soma

Wellen Smith · 1906 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, E. Grant Richards, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A first edition presentation copy of this very scarce Edwardian play script. A very scarce first edition play script, titled with the psychological terminology for body and mind. Four records on Jisc. A presentation copy, wi…

Pavane for a Dead Infanta

Hugh Ross Williamson · 1972 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, The Stourton Press, 1972 . Leather. A smart limited edition copy of this play in three acts by Hugh Ross Williamson, illustrated throughout by Emily Gwynne-Jones. A limited edition, set in the Aries types designed for The Stourton Press by Eric Gill, with this copy being…

Joan la Romee: A Drama

Frank Harris · 1926 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Nice/New York, Imprimerie Nicoise/Frank Harris Publishing Co. 1926. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this play from Irish-American editor and writer Frank Harris. First edition. A little-known play following the life of Joan of Arc, a patron saint of France, ho…

The Old Glory

Robert Lowell · 1966 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Faber and Faber, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition copy of this play by American author and poet, Robert Lowell. With the original unclipped dustwrapper. 'The Old Glory' comprises of three pieces which were to be performed together as a trilogy.…

Rada a Belgian Christmas Eve

Alfred Notes · 1915 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1915. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this one act play by Alfred Noyes, in the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.  In the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.  With four illustr…

Photographie originale de Sacha Guitry dans sa dernière pièce de théâtre Palsambleu

(Sacha GUITRY) · 1953 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.83 | ¥35,206)

S. n. | s.d. [ca 1953) | 17.50 x 24 cm | une feuille | Portrait photographique original représentant Sacha Guitry posant légèrement de côté, coiffé d'un chapeau en soie et portant le costume du "vieillard aimable", rôle qu'il interprète dans "Palsambleu" la dernière pièce qu'il …

The European Central Bank and Its Role in a Sustainable Finance System

Harald J. Bolsinger , Johannes Hoffmann , Bernd Villhauer · 2023 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€95.00 ($104.71 | £79.24 | ¥16,723)

Springer International Publishing, 2023, Hardcover, 128, This book analyses the new strategic decisions of the European Central Bank. Contributors from different fields examine especially the sustainability strategy of the ECB: What role can the European Central Bank play in fig…

Nico: Het Jongetje Dat In Een Hond Veranderde

Gérald Pierre Emile Maurois, André Maurois · 1958 · Amstelbooks.com - Photography Books

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,921)

Amsterdam: Van Holkema & Warendorf N.V.. First edition, first printing. 48 pp., 30 x 22. Condition: Very Good (VG). Toning to wrapper and book, some tears in wrappers, good copy overall With dust jacket. Photographs by Gérald Maurois accompany a children's story about a boy, his…

The Rehearsal

Eleanor Catton · 2009 · Book Haven

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.24 | ¥2,795)

Victoria University Press 2009 Paperback 316 In the aftermath of a high-school sex scandal, a group of teenage girls is jolted into an intoxicating new awareness of their own potency and power. The sudden public scrutiny turns their every act into a performance, and every platfo…

Panorama of the Works of William Shakespeare

BUCKINGHAM, ANTONY · 2005 · Kalamos Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Chippenham, Third Millennium Press Ltd. 2005, 1st UK Edition. (ISBN: 9781861189455) Hardcover. Book, Perhaps the most well known of all playwrights, the Panorama of the Works of William Shakespeare presents his best known plays, in a unique, informative and attractive format. Al…

The Trojan Women [With] Helen and Orestes By Yiannis Ritsos

EURIPIDES ; RITSOS, YANNIS; MACEWEN, GWENDOLYN ; TSINGOS, NIKOS, (TRANSLATORS) · 1994 · Kalamos Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Toronto, Exile Editions. 1994, 1st.Canadian Edition. (ISBN: 0920428266) Original Wraps. Book, With a stunning command of the Greek language and a mastery of poetic nuance, this translation of Euripides' play breathes unparalleled life into an ancient masterpiece. Using vocabular…

Der Miles Gloriosus des Plautus und sein Griechisches Original. Ein Beitrag zur Kontaminationsfrage.

SCHAAF, L., · 1977 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€79.50 ($87.63 | £66.31 | ¥13,994)

Wilhelm Fink, München, 1977. 457p. Original off-white cloth. Head spine a bit bumped. Series: Studia et Testimonia Antiqua, XVIII. 'The first third of the book is a detailed survey of previously published views, the scholars being divided like Homerists into analysts and unitar…

Captivi. With introduction and notes by W.M. Lindsay.

PLAUTUS, · 1921 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€8.00 ($8.82 | £6.67 | ¥1,408)

Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1921. 2nd (revised) ed. 120p. Cloth. Cover stained. 'This little book, written a generation ago, for beginners and by a beginner, has had so much (unmerited) success, that it seems worth while to re-write it and bring it up to date; for the 'Captivi' is…

Quantapolis

Dorfman, Geoffrey ; Michael Sickler · 2025 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Trenton, NJ, Dorfman Jones Fine Art, 2025. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt debossed text and tipped in color illustration. 49 pp. Color illustrations and poetry. "If one speaks purely for the sake of speaking, one expresses the most splendid, the most original truths. Bu…

Come VI Piace (As You Like It)

Shakespeare, William (Directed by Luchino Visconti) · 1948 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$475.00 (€430.95 | £359.48 | ¥75,860)

Rome, Galleria Dell'Obelisco / Carlo Bestetti, 1948. Softbound. Illustrated cardstock wraps. 11 pp. ads, frontispiece (drawing by Dali), title page, 3 sheets followed by 4 cardboard mounted color plates, followed by 2 sheets, followed by 4 cardboard mounted color plates, followe…