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Palicio Return of Ulysses Achilles in Scyros Humours of the Court
Robert Bridges · 1890 · Rooke Books
£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)
London, E Bumpus and George Bell, 1890-3. First edition. Paperback. Four plays by Robert Bridges from the Bumpus series of plays. Volumes ii, iii, v and vi of the Robert Bridges play series. First editions from this series. Printed on Van Gelder paper, watermarks most visible to…
The Masque of War and Peace
Louis N. Parker · 1915 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, Bickers & Son, Ltd. 1915 . First edition. Leather. Important 20th-century dramatist Louis N. Parker comments on the nature of war in this scarce first edition play. Scarce first edition, first printing.In publisher's original vellum-wrap binding.Presentation copy. A…
Four Programmes for the Prince of Wales&Apos;S Royal Theatre
Miss Marie Wilton [Mrs. Bancroft] · 1874 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Prince of Wales's Royal Theatre, 1874-1878 . Unbound. Four very scarce programmes for performances given at the Prince of Wales's Royal Theatre in the 1870s. Four very scarce programmes for the Prince of Wales's Royal Theatre, all dating from the final dec…
Four Comedy Plays by Sir Richard Steele
Sir Richard Steele · 1730 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)
London, Linton, Tonson, Draper; Tonson; Lintot, 1730-1751. Leather. Five mid eighteenth century editions of humorous plays by Sir Richard Steele, bound together in a single volume. Four plays by Sir Richard Steele, the Irish writer, playwright, and politician who co-founded the …
A Collection of Poems Chiefly Manuscript and from Living Authors
Joanna Baillie · 1823 · Rooke Books
£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1823. First edition. Hardback. A first edition anthology of poetry, written by a variety of notable poets. Collected and arranged by Joanna Baillie, a Scottish poet and dramatist. The first edition. This work contains work by Scott, …
Car Numbers
Noel Woodall; A. C. Durie · 1969 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Garnstone Press, 1969 . First edition. Paperback. First edition of Noel Woodall's insightful autonumerological guide, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Scarce first edition.In publisher's original paperback binding. With unclipped dust wr…
Old-Fashioned Verses
William T. Hornaday · 1919 · Rooke Books
£77.00 (€92.31 | $101.74 | ¥16,249)
New York, Clark and Fritts, 1919. Cloth. A signed poetic anthology based on the fascinating thoughts and experiences of American pioneering wildlife conservationist William T. Hornaday. The signed edition of Old-Fashioned Verse, a poetic anthology written by American zoologist a…
Nehushtan: A Romance of Rome, Rule and Ruin
J. R. Roe · 1894 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Christian Publishing Company, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of J. R. Roe's very scarce melodramatic anti-Catholic novel. Set in small town America, the novel is dedicated to the American Protective Association. An exceptional example of the very sca…
The Collegians
Gerald Griffin · 1829 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, Saunders and Otley, 1829 . First edition. Hardback. Volumes I and II of the first edition, and volume III of the second edition, of Gerald Griffin's novel about the murder of a young Irish Catholic girl. Very scarce in all early editions, present here are the first …
Zuma, or the Tree of Health
Madame de Genlis, Caroline-Stéphanie-Félicité · 1818 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
London, Henry Colburn, 1818 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first English language edition of this literary collection from Madame de Genlis, serving as the inspiration for Thomas Dibdin's opera of the same name. The very scarce first English language edition of …
Six Plays Translated Into Italian Ferdinando Livini
Ferdinando Livini; Benjamin Antier; Jacques-Francois Ancelot; Nicholas Rowe · 1828 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
Napoli, Dalla Stamperia Francese; C. Cataneo e F. Fernandes, 1828-29. Leather. A collection of six very scarce Italian dramatic translations, including a noted historical play by Nicholas Rowe. Very scarce.Six plays bound in one, translated from their original French into Italia…
A Sleep of Prisoners & the Dark Is Light Enough
Christopher Fry · 1951 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, New York and Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1951-54. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of two first editions of Christopher Fry's celebrated plays, each complete with a Ronald Searle illustrated dust wrapper. 'A Sleep of Prisoners' follows four E…
The Boy&Apos;S Own Book of Pets and Hobbies
Morley Adams · 1913 · Rooke Books
£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)
London, The Religious Tract Society, 1913. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated early edition of this children's non-fiction work on a range of pastimes, including pet ownership. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Â Featuring a lovely colour folding fron…
Where There Is Nothing: Being Volume One of Plays for an Irish Theatre
W. B. Yeats · 1903 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
London, A. H. Bullen , 1903. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of W. B. Yeats' forgotten play, housed in a contemporary morocco slipcase. First edition. In the original quarter cloth, with paper covered boards and paper spine label. Preserved in a handsome c…
Playing at Home
Enid Blyton · 1955 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, Methuen & Co LTD, 1955. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this very scarce novelty book, containing a charming tale by Enid Blyton, and six colourful scenes and paper dolls. The first edition of this very scarce work.A charming 'novelty book' contai…
Shakespeare&Apos;S Comedy of As You Like It
William Shakespeare · 1909 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1909] . Cloth. A beautifully presented facsimile of Shakespeare's 'As You Like It', with colourful illustrations by Hugh Thomson throughout. In the original publisher's green cloth binding, with decorative gilt design to the fro…
The Fall of Jerusalem, a Dramatic Poem
Rev. H.H. Milman · 1820 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, John Murray, 1820. Leather. An early edition of Henry Hart Milman's dramatic poem, 'The Fall of Jerusalem', bound in full calf binding. An early edition of this dramatic play, written in poetic form, about the the Romans and Jews during the fall of Jerusal…
Le Puits de Jacob
Pierre Bienoit · 1927 · Rooke Books
£620.00 (€743.28 | $819.24 | ¥130,838)
Paris, Albin Michel , 1927. Leather. A limited edition of this French novel by Pierre Bienoit, exquisitely rebound in a lovely half morocco binding, housed in custom-made marbled slipcase. A limited edition of this novel by Pierre Benoit, French novelist and screenwriter, mostly…
Collected Plays of Richard Cumberland
Richard Cumberland · 1789 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)
London , C. Dilly, 1789-1797. Leather. A collection of seven plays by Richard Cumberland bound in one volume. Plays include: The Imposters, Second Edition. The West Indian, Second Edition First Love, Third Edition Days of Yore, First Edition Wheel of Fortune, Fourth Edition The …
Sense and Sensibility and Mansfield Park
Jane Austen · 1946 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1946. Cloth. A two volume set of these works from Jane Austen. Two volumes of original five. Third edition thus, based on the early collections of works by R W Chapman with notes and illustrations. With 13 plates. The text for Mansfield Park also inc…