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On the Frontier: A Melodrama in Three Acts

W. H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood · 1938 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Faber and Faber , 1938. First edition. Cloth. W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood's last collaborative play telling of an outbreak of war. The first impression in its unclipped dust wrapper. One W. H Auden and Christopher Isherwood's plays written in collabor…

The Marionettes

William Faulkner; Noel Polk · 1977 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia , 1977. First edition. Cloth. A charming first facsimile edition of William Faulkner's play, handwritten and illustrated by the author. A very charming first full facsimile edition published in 1977 of a play written by William …

The Virgin in the Garden

A. S. Byatt · 1978 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A nice first edition copy of A. S. Byatt's novel, which centres around a play about Queen Elizabeth I, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This work is the second…

The Member of the Wedding

Carson McCullers · 1946 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, The Cresset Press, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Carson McCullers's 'overlooked classic', in the uncommon original dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression.In the publisher's original uncommon unclipped dust wrapper.…

Sacrifice or the Daughter of the Sun

W. W. Strickland [Walter Strickland] · 1920 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Guy A. Aldred, 1920 . First edition. Paperback. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Walter Strickland's 'prehistoric artic tragi-comedy for screen and cinamatograph&apos. The very scarce first edition of this drama.The work of W. W. Strickland, 9th Baronet,…

Memoires Et Lettres de Mademoiselle de Lenclos [with] Les Deux Bavardes [with] Les Mauvais Bergers [with] le Monde Ou L&Apos;on S&Apos;Ennuie

Antoine Bret; Mercure Galant; Octave Mirbeau; Eduoard Pailleron · 1886 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Paris, Neufeld & Mehring; Tresse & Stock; Librarie Charpentier et Fasquelle, [1886]-1898. Leather. A leather bound sammelband comprised of one memoir and three plays by nineteenth century French authors. A leather bound sammelband comprised of one memoir and three plays by ninet…

La Dame Blanche de Blacknels, Divertissement Impromptu En Trois Actes Pour Une Fete de Famille Donnee Par Trois Enfants a Leur Mere

Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally, Baron de Tollendal · 1827 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Paris, Imprimerie de Jules Didot Aine, 1827. Leather. A very scarce play called 'The White Lady of Blacknels', to be acted by three children for the entertainment of their mother, signed by the author Baron Tollendal. A very scarce work in a quarter calf binding. Inscr…

Cromwell

Victor HUGO · 1828 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€650.00 ($716.43 | £542.19 | ¥114,419)

Ambroise Dupont | Paris 1828 | 13 x 19.50 cm | relié | Edition originale. Tirage à 1075 exemplaires selon Clouzot. Reliure en demi veau glacé à coins lavalière début XXe signée Lavaux en haut de la première page de garde. Dos lisse orné de 5 fers , filets dorés et à froid. Tranc…

Moliere et Son Premier Tartuffe. Genese et Evolution d'une Piece a Scandale

McBride, Robert · 2011 · Boekhandel - Antiquariaat Emile Kerssemakers - Member ILAB/NVvA

€13.00 ($14.33 | £10.84 | ¥2,288)

Manchester Univ Press, 2011 Paperback. 271 pages. Text in French. As new. Moliere et son premier Tartuffe sheds light on one of the most enduring mysteries in world theatre: the nature, structure and purpose of the first and no longer extant version of his most controversial pla…

Kabuki Plays on Stage - Volume 2: Villainy and vengeance, 1773-1799

James R. Brandon 296110, Samuel L. Leiter · 2002 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,921)

University of Hawaii Press, 2002, Linnen band met stofomslag, 413, Kabuki Plays On Stage represents a monumental achievement in Japanese theatre studies, being the first collection of kabuki play translations to be published in twenty-five years. Fifty-one plays, published in fo…

The Fascinating King's Gambit

Thomas Johansson · 2005 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,921)

Trafford Publishing, 2005, Paperback, 216, The Fascinating King's Gambit by Thomas Johansson This work is probably the first book devoted to investigating the entire Bishop's Gambit. But that is not all! A complete in depth repertoire against black's different ways of declining …

Modern Art and Nature

Olga Desmond; Adolf Salge; Otto Skowraneck · 0 · The Book Merchant Jenkins, ANZAAB / ILAB

A$3,850.50 (€2,366.85 | $2,608.76 | £1,974.30 | ¥416,635)

Photo Neue Photographische Gesellschaft [Berlin] First Edition Good Condition 37cm x 25cm. 8 silver bromide prints mounted on paper with English captions. Cloth folder, gilt lettering. English issue of 8 plates of Olga Desmond and Adolf Salge from the 1908 series by German photo…

Anton Walbrook and Diana Wynyard. (Scene from the Motion Picture "Gaslight. ")

[20th Century Photographer] · 1940 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

London: British National, [Ca. 1940]. Original hand colored real photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good+. Printed on verso: "Film Partners" Series, 85, Long Acre, London; No. PC 323. Made in Great Britain. Gaslight (released in the United States as Angel St…

The Good Bug: A Celebration of Insects - and What We Can Do to Protect Them

McGavin, G. · 2024 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£7.99 (€9.58 | $10.56 | ¥1,686)

Michael O'Mara Books 192, b/w line drawings. . HB. New copy with light score mark to rear cover.. Following on from the success of <i>The Good Bee</i>, this beautifully illustrated celebration of insects by leading entomologist George McGavin highlights the pivotal role they pla…

Winter Trees

Plath, Sylvia (1932-1963) · 1972 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.08 | ¥7,826)

New York Harper & Row, Publishers Book Club Edition pp. 64. Slim 8vo. Publisher's quarter light-gray cloth over lilac boards, black lettering to the spine, illustrated endpapers; untrimmed page edges. No detectable flaws to the extremities, ink name to the upper-right margin of …

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to his wife

GREY, Zane · 291912 · Charles Agvent

$937.50 (€850.57 | £709.50 | ¥149,725)

Long Key, FL. A one-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED as "Doc" to his wife "Dolly" with fine content on Florida East Coast Hotel Co./Long Key Fishing Camp stationery with envelope. In full: "It sure is hunting my forgotten birthday! Let's see. I'll be 38. Gee! I feel old. But maybe i…

The Band Played On: the Untold Story of the Musicians Who Went Down Withthe Titanic

Steve Turner · 2011 · Book Haven

NZ$17.50 (€8.77 | $9.67 | £7.32 | ¥1,544)

University of Queensland Press 2011 Paperback. 'many Brave Things Were Done That Night, But None Were More Brave Than The Men Playing Minute After Minute As The Ship Settled Quietly Lower And Lower In The Sea.' When The Titanic Collided With An Iceberg On April 14th 1912, The Ei…

The Band Played On: the Untold Story of the Musicians Who Went Down Withthe Titanic

Steve Turner · 2011 · Book Haven

NZ$18.50 (€9.27 | $10.22 | £7.73 | ¥1,632)

University of Queensland Press 2011 Paperback. 'many Brave Things Were Done That Night, But None Were More Brave Than The Men Playing Minute After Minute As The Ship Settled Quietly Lower And Lower In The Sea.' When The Titanic Collided With An Iceberg On April 14th 1912, The Ei…

The Home-Made Kindergarten

Smith, Nora A. · 1912 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.43 | ¥4,312)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1912. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Yellowish-green cloth. 117 pages. A detailed guide to conducting a kindergarten in one's home, based upon the teachings of Friederich Frobel. This includes explanations for incorporating educational play into b…

Damion's Daughter

GILBERT, EDWIN · 1949 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1949. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 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. There is some begining edge wear and bumping to the spine ends …