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Alkestis
Euripides; Rene Ad. Drancourt and Robert Santerne (eds.) · 1940 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
Paris, L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza, 1940. Paperback. A decorative translation of Euripides' tragedy, Alcestis. A decorative translation of Euripides' tragedy, Alcestis. Illustrated throughout with numerous coloured plates. Limited to 360 copies, of which this i…
Snickerty Nick
Julia Ellsworth Ford; Witter Bynner · 1919 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)
New York, Moffat, Yard & Co. 1919. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this charmingly illustrated title, featuring colour and monochrome artwork by Arthur Rackham. A scarce first edition of this children's title by American author, socialite and philanthropist Julia Ellsworth…
Dylan Thomas Reading Fern Hill and Other Poems
Dylan Thomas · 1957 · Rooke Books
£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)
London, Caedmon Records, 1957. Paperback. A smart copy of this uncommon vinyl record of Dylan Thomas reading a selection of his poetry. Scarce work. From Caedmon Literary Series. A recording of Dylan Marlais Thomas, a Welsh poet and writer who became widely popular in his lifeti…
Billy Liar on the Moon
Keith Waterhouse · 1975 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Michael Joseph, 1975. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this humorous novel by Keith Waterhouse, sequel to his best-seller Billy Liar. The first edition stated. The sequel to Keith Waterhouse best-selling novel Billy Liar, Billy Liar on the Moon is as …
The Fall of Kelvin Walker
Alasdair Gray · 1985 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
Edinburgh, Canongate Publishing, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition copy of Alasdair Gray's novel ''The Fall of Kelvin Walker', adapted from Gray's play of the same title. The protagonist, Kelvin, was freed from his strict Calvinist upbrin…
Philip Van Artevelde; a Dramatic Romance in Two Parts. In Two Volumes
Henry Taylor · 1834 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, Edward Moxon, 1834. Leather. A smart set of Taylor's acclaimed play, dating from the nineteenth century. Complete in two volumes. Sir Henry Taylor (18 October 1800 27 March 1886) was an English dramatist.Taylor wrote a number of plays, including Isaac Comnenus (18…
Lost" Tudor Plays Wealth and Health, C. 1557-8, Impatient Poverty, 1560, John the Evangelist C. 1520
[John Stephen Farmer] · 1907 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
Not Stated , Private Press, 1907. First edition. Cloth. An interesting collection of facsimile reproductions of three Tudor plays. Privately printed for subscribers. This volume contains facsimile reproductions of three Tudor plays. The plays are Wealth and Health, c. 1557-8, Im…
L&Apos;Honneur Magda
Hermann Sudermann; M Remon & N Valentin [trans] · 0 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
Paris, Editions de la Revue Blanche , c1910. Leather. Scarce French translation of Hermann Sudermann's successful play. French translation of 'Heimat', one of the most successful drama at end of the nineteenth century. Concerned with revolt against paternal tyrann…
To Drink or Not to Drink Little Giant $20 Soda Fountain
1902 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Pittsburg, Grant Mfg. Co., 1902. Paperback. A very scarce American advertising brochure selling a $20 soda fountain, a charming work of the turn of the century. A very scarce brochure advertising the Little Giant $20 Soda Fountain, which was made by the Grant Manufacturing Compa…
London
Walter Besant · 1894 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London , Chatto and Windus , 1894. Cloth. An excellent new edition of this fascinating topographical work on London by Walter Besant, illustrated throughout. A new edition of this work by Walter Besant. A fascinating topographical work on London, detailing the rich antiquities o…
Cleone a Tragedy As It Is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden
R. Dodsley · 1758 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, R. and J. Dodsley, 1758. Disbound. A scarce second edition of Dodsley's tragedy Cleone, as it was performed at the Theatre Royal. Second edition. Scarce work. A tragic play detailed as it was performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, with the original cast in…
Four Plays
John M. Synge · 1911 · Rooke Books
£27.00 (€32.37 | $35.68 | ¥5,698)
Dublin , Maunsel and Company, Ltd, 1911. Cloth. A set of four plays by John M. Synge. An Irish playwright and poet, Synge was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and a co-founder of the Abbey Theatre. He earned notoriety for his play The Playboy of the Western World, whic…
Voyage de Messieurs Bachaumont Et la Chapelle
Claude Emmanuel Lhuillier · 1708 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)
Amsterdam, Pierre de Coup, 1708. Leather. An early edition of these exciting French travel poems. In the original French.'Voyage de Messieurs Bachaumont et la Chapelle' is a scarce early 18th century edition of travel writing in verse and prose. Including the poems by …
Toys of Other Days
Mrs. F. Nevill Jackson · 1908 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, The Offices of "Country Life" Ltd. 1908. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated history of toys. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and over two hundred images, many of which are on plates. A historical account of the early toys and compani…
The Debt to Pleasure
John Lanchester · 1996 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, Picador, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this wickedly funny debut novel from Lanchester, inscribed for literary agent Rod Hall. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page with the inscription: "To Rod, with thanks and best wishes, Lo…
Henry the Sixth, Part I: The Plays of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare; Herbert Farjeon [ed.] · 1940 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1940. Cloth. A lovely limited edition copy of William Shakespeare's Henry the Sixth, Part I, illustrated by Graham Sutherland. One volume only of a thirty-seven volume edition of Shakespeare's works published by The Limited Editions…
o Tobèlohòka mànga Totoade. Verhalen en vertellingen in de Tobeloreesche taal. Met vertalingen. Bewerkt en van aanteekeningen voorzien. Uitgegeven door het Koninklijk Instituut voor de Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië. Zevende volgreeks, zevende deel, eerste en tweede aflevering.e
Hueting, A. · 1908 · Fahrenheit 451
€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.12 | ¥26,404)
's-Gravenhage, M. Nijhoff, 1908, 318 pag., original printed wrappers, large octavo (25 x 16,2 cm.), untrimmed and largely unopened- Wrappers partly waterstained. = Collection of 94 folk-tales (totoade) in Tobelorese with a Dutch translation (1907), arranged according to village…
The Tale of Genji. Translated and Abridged by Edward G. Seidensticker.
Shikibu, Murasaki. · 1990 · Fahrenheit 451
€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)
New York, Vintage Classics, 1990, 360,(1) pag., illustrated, pocket (as new). = In the eleventh century Murasaki Shikibu, a lady in the Heian court of Japan, wrote the world's first novel. But The Tale of Genji is no mere artifact. It is, rather, a lively and astonishingly nuan…
Exile on main st.
Storr, Robert · 2009 · Boekhandel - Antiquariaat Emile Kerssemakers - Member ILAB/NVvA
€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.68 | ¥3,521)
Bonnefantenmuseum, 2009 Paperback. 259 pages. Text in English. As new (belly band unfortunately damaged). Catalogue of the exhibition 'Exile on Main St.' at the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht. For this exhibition director Alexander van Grevenstein selected more than two hundred w…
Dessin original pour un projet de décor de sa pièce Palsambleu
[Sacha GUITRY] · 1953 · Librairie Le Feu Follet
€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.37 | ¥79,213)
S. n. | s.d. [ca 1953) | 21 x 27 cm | trois feuilles | Grand dessin original à l'encre verte pour un projet de décor de sa dernière pièce "PALSAMBLEU" représentant l'intérieur d'un appartement surplombé par un escalier. Nombreuses annotations à l'encre verte en marge gauche du d…