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La Petite Mariee: Opera Bouffe En Trois Actes
Charles Lecocq; Eug. Leterrier; Alb. Vanloo · 1875 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Paris, Brandus et Cie. [1875]. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the musical sheets for 'La Petite Mariee,' a three-act opera-bouffe first performed in 1875. The musical sheets for the three act opera-bouffe La Petite Mariée, first performed in Paris Decem…
Umrisse Zu Goethe&Apos;S Faust
Moritz Retzsch · 1837 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Stuttgart und TuÃÂOeÃÂbingen, J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1837 . Cloth. An early edition of Moritz Retzsch's collection of forty plates illustrating Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's tragic play, 'Faust&apos. In the original German.An early edition of this …
The Stepmother
R. C. Hutchinson · 1955 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, Cassell and Company Ltd, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition by best-selling British novelist, R. C. Hutchinson, with notable themes of loneliness and intimate self-reflections. The first edition of the work.In the publisher's original cloth binding a…
The Select Melodies of Scotland, Interspersed with Those of Ireland and Wales
George Thomson; Various · 1822 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
London, Preston, 1822. Leather. A smartly bound volume of the popular songs of Scotland, put to music for piano, signed by the editor to the title page. Signed by George Thomson to the title page.Volume III of five volumes.A selection of Scottish songs, with some Irish and Welsh…
The Lilies of the Field
John Hastings Turner · 1923 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1923 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce signed Limited Edition of this comedy from a prominent English theatre director, with an intriguing personal inscription from the author. The very scarce signed first edition of this play from English novelis…
Rococo
Ralph Cheever Dunning · 1926 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
Paris, Edward W. Titus, 1926. Hardback. A limited edition poem by the mysterious poet Ralph Cheever Dunning, with three illustrations by Howard Simon. Ralph Cheever Dunning (1878-1930) was an American poet who moved to Paris in 1905. Apathetic regarding the publication of his ow…
Samuel Pepys the Man in the Making
Arthur Bryant · 1933 · Rooke Books
£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)
Cambridge, University Press, 1933. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound copy of this biography of the noted diarist, Samuel Pepys. In a Nevett binding, with their binder's stamp to the rear pastedown. Portrait frontispiece of Pepys, three plates, and two folding plat…
Sophoclis Quae Exstant Omnia Cum Veterum Grammaticorum Scholiis
Sophocles · 1819 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, J. F. Dove, 1819. Leather. A collection of the tragic plays of Sophocles, printed here in Latin and Greek. In Latin and Greek.Complete in three volumes.A collection of the tragedies of Sophocles.The most famous tragedies of Sophocles feature Oedipus and Antigone: they ar…
Servants and Their Duties: A Helpful Manual for Mistress and Servant
Mrs. Waldemar-Leverton · 1912 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce manual on the duties of servants by Edith Waldemar Leverton. The first edition of this very scarce work. In the original cloth binding. An intriguing guide to the typical duties of servants, including hous…
Tommy and Grizel
J. M. Barrie · 1900 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, Cassell and Company , 1900. First edition. Leather. A handsome first edition of this "Tommy" novel from J. M. Barrie, bound in signed polished calf. First edition. Bound in full signed polished calf by Root & Son, with gilt to the spine and dentelles. With the original c…
The Rivals, a Comedy. As It Is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent Garden
Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1791 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, G. & T. Wilkie, 1791. Leather. The fifth edition of this five act comedy originally performed at Covent Garden. Fifth edition. A comedy of manners, here printed as it was performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent Garden. The first play from the author, both…
Playscript 32: The Four Little Girls
Pablo Picasso; Roland Penrose [translator] · 1970 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Calder and Boyars, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The first English translation of this play from painter and artist, Pablo Picasso. First thus. Illustrated throughout. Originally written in French, this work is the second of two full-length plays written by Picasso. Due to…
P Corneille Theatre Choisi
Pierre Corneille · 1881 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
Paris, Laplace, Sanchez et Cie, 1881. Leather. A new edition of the selected dramatic works of Pierre Corneille adorned with four full page coloured plates. Pierre Corneille was one of the most influential French dramatists in the seventeenth century along with Moliere and Racin…
The Lady of Ascot
Edgar Wallace · 1930 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Hutchinson & Co, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A thrilling high society crime novel by Edgar Wallace, a first edition copy of this brilliant novel written towards the end of Wallace's career. The first edition, first impression, with adverts dated Autumn 1930 to the r…
Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1919 · Rooke Books
£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)
London, Chatto and Windus, 1919. Leather. The first collection of Stevenson's essays, in a Gonville and Caius College armorial prize binding. A New Impression. With a prize presentation label to the front pastedown, given to J. M. Kirkby. With a bookseller's stamp for …
Stalky and Co. And Debits and Credits
Rudyard Kipling · 1899 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London , Macmillan and Co. 1899-1926. First edition. Cloth. A two volume set of Rudyard Kipling first editions. Comprising of Stalky and Co. as well as Debits and Credits, the works here show the breadth of Kipling's abilities, with the former book a novel and the latter a …
Jeanne, Countess Du Barry
H. L. Williams [Henry Llewellyn Williams] · 1902 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
New York, The American News Company, 1902. Paperback. A very scarce early edition of Henry Llewellyn Williams's historical novel about the mistress of King Louis XV. A very scarce early edition, published the year after the first edition.First published in December 1901 as …
This Charming Green Hat-Fair (Myickle Baalamb)
Barry Pain · 1925 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, T. Werner Laurie LTD, [1925]. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this scarce parody on the popular novel of Michael Arlen. The first edition of this scarce work.'This Charming Green Hat-Fair' is a parody of Michael Arlen's 1924 sentimental nove…
The Admirable Crichton
J. M. Barrie · 1914 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London; New York; Toronto, Hodder & Stoughton, [1914]. Cloth. A smart copy of the first trade edition, with enchanting gilt-decorated boards and colour illustrations. A copy of the first trade edition. Bound in publisher's original richly gilt-decorated red cloth. Undated, …
Maya
Simon Gantillon · 1930 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Waltham Saint Lawrence Berkshire , The Golden Cockerel Press, 1930. Cloth. A lovely Golden Cockerel Press edition of Virginia Vernon translation of Gantillon's classic controversial play, illustrated by acclaimed engraver Blair Hughes-Stanton. The first Vernon & Vernon tran…