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Le Faust de Goethe; Suivi Du Second Faust

Goethe; Gerard De Nerval [trans.]; · 1868 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Paris, Michel Levy Freres, 1868 . Leather. An illustrated French translation of notable German writer Goethe's most successful play. The illustrated edition of the work.Translated to French by Gerard de Nerval.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 9 further plates by Tony Jo…

The Passing of the Essenes, a Drama in Three Acts

George Moore · 1930 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930. Leather. A signed, limited edition copy of this Biblical play by George Moore. This edition was limited to 775, of which 750 were for sale and 25 were for presentation. This copy is number 257. Signed by the author to the limitations page. In…

The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall at Tintagel in Lyonnesse

Thomas Hardy · 1923 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Macmillan and Co , 1923. Cloth. A lovely copy of an early impression of this single act historical tragedy from Victorian novelist Thomas Hardy. The third impression of Thomas Hardy's one-act play, published in the same month as the first edition, and illustrated wi…

Wings and the Child, or the Building of Magic Cities

E. Nesbit · 1913 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Edith Nesbit's work on the education and imaginative development of children, illustrated throughout. A compelling work on the importance of imagination and creative play for the …

A Masque of May Morning

W. Graham Robertson · 1904 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London & New York, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Graham Robertson's brightly illustrated play, presented in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Written and illustrated by W. Graham Robertson (1866-1948), a British illus…

Songs of the Stalwart

Grantland Rice · 1917 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

New York; London, D. Appleton and Company , 1917. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this patriotic wartime poetry collection by famed sportswriter Grantland Rice, a presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author. In the publisher's original green cloth bi…

The Abyss of Wonders

Perley Poore Sheehan · 1953 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Reading, PA. Polaris Press, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition of Perley Poore Sheehan's thrilling science fiction novel about a lost race in the Gobi desert. A limited edition of this work, and first edition thus. The tale initially appeared in a 1915 issue of …

The Daughters of Babylon

Wilson Barrett; Robert Hichens · 1899 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, John MacQueen, 1899 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this supernatural historical fantasy novel from Robert Hichens and Peter Barrett, based upon a play from the latter. The first edition of this unusual literary collaboration, from novelist and satirist Robe…

A Fairy Tale in New York

J. P. Donleavy · 1973 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Eyre Methuen , 1973. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this work by J. P. Donleavy based of his play under the same title, in the original dust wrapper. The first UK edition. First published in the U.S in the same year by Delacorte Press. In the publisher&apo…

Le Siege de Calais Tragedie, Dediee Au Roi

Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy · 1765 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Paris, Chez Duchesne, 1765. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A first edition of this patriotic play from French dramatist de Belloy, in the original French. French. First edition. A patriotic play in which the devotion of Frenchmen redeems disaster. Written after the humiliatio…

The Fall of Kelvin Walker: A Fable of the Sixties

Alasdair Gray · 1985 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Edinburgh, Canongate Publishing , 1985. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Alasdair Gray's novel, adapted from his earlier play of the same title. The first edition.  With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. The Fall of Kelvin Walker, ad…

Hassan: The Story of Hassan of Bagdad and How He Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand

James Elroy Flecker · 1922 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, William Heinemann, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright example of the first edition of Jame Elroy Flecker's thrilling five act play, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. In the publisher's original unc…

The Aunt and the Angel; or Funkiboo&Apos;S Fix

Coplestone Bampfylde [Richard George Warwick Coplestone] · 1899 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Hammersmith, Fullers Ltd, 1899 . First edition. Hardback. A bright example of the very scarce first edition of Coplestone Bampfylde's enormously entertaining and humorous late 19th century comic play. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this privately printed work. A li…

1, 2, 3, 4, ou la cassette précieuse, vaudeville en deux actes, par le citoyen Martinville

MARTINVILLE · 1801 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.41 | ¥17,603)

Chez Pellier-Lawalle | Bordeaux An X | 13.50 x 21.50 cm | broché | Edition originale. Broché, recouvert d'un papier beige fort au XXe. Couvertures rempliées. Vaudeville, c'est à dire pièce populaire, souvent agrémenté de chansons comme c'est le cas ici, la pièce conte l'histoire…

Flipote

Jules LEMAÎTRE · 1893 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.41 | ¥17,603)

Calmann-Lévy | Paris 1893 | 12.50 x 18.50 cm | relié | Edition originale. Reliure à la bradel en demi percaline bleu électrique à coins, dos lisse orné d'un motif floral doré, pièce de titre de chagrin chocolat comportant un léger manque, double filet doré en queue, couvertures …

La bonne Hélène

Jules LEMAÎTRE · 1896 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.41 | ¥17,603)

Calmann-Lévy | Paris 1896 | 12.50 x 19 cm | relié | Edition originale. Reliure à la bradel en demi percaline bleu électrique à coins, dos lisse orné d'un motif floral doré, pièce de titre de chagrin chocolat comportant un léger manque, double filet doré en queue, couvertures con…

Wine-Opoly Board Game - 2 to 6 Players By Late for the Sky

0 · Pegasus Books

$32.75 (€29.71 | £24.79 | ¥5,230)

Johnson Smith Co, 0. Game. 19.5 X 10.5 X 2 inches; NEW, sealed in box. For 2-6 players. 'Here’s a quick idea of how to play... Buy favorite wines, collect grapes and trade them in for Wineries. Sounds easy enough but add Import Taxes and serving faux pas and it becomes a little …

Classic literature 1668 I Euripides. Feniciaensche of Gebroeders van Thebe. Treurspel. Amsterdam, for the widower Abraham de Wees, 1668, 63+[1] pp.

Euripides; Vondel, Joost van den (trans.) · 1630 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€76.30 ($84.10 | £63.65 | ¥13,431)

19^th century cardboard binding, second copy modern carton binding. 200 x 160 mm, 4º: A-H#4, 63 [1] pp. Title page with printer’s mark (well) and “Elk zyn beurt” (everyone gets his turn).First edition of the translation by Vondel of the tragedy ‘Phoenissae’ by the Gree…

The Big Three in Economics. Adam Smith, Karl Marx, And John Maynard Keynes

Skousen, Mark · 2007 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€78.50 ($86.52 | £65.48 | ¥13,818)

M E Sharpe Inc, 2007, Hardcover, 243, History comes alive in this fascinating story of opposing views that continue to play a fundamental role in today's politics and economics. \"The Big Three in Economics\" traces the turbulent lives and battle of ideas of the three most influ…

De uitvinding der boekdrukkunst, door Laurens Janszoon Koster te Haarlem anno 1423. Zinnespel.

WARNSINCK, WILLEM HENDRIK, · 1823 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€86.25 ($95.07 | £71.95 | ¥15,183)

No printer, no date [1823], no place, 42pp. marbled paper hardcover binding, according to a note on the titlepage was it the intention of the author to have the play held at the celebration of 600 years of the invention of printing by Laurens Janszoon Coster in Haarlem, but at H…