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Gaiety Theatre Programme: Rose of Auvergne, Uncle & Robbing Roy

Offenbach; Henry J. Byron; F. C. Burnand · 1879 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Letts, Son & Co. 1879 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce programme for the Gaiety Theatre in the West End of London, presenting a trio of shows taking place in 1879. A very scarce programme for a theatre performance in 1897. Presenting a series of three sh…

The Black Prince

Iris Murdoch · 1973 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

New York, The Viking Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S edition of this novel by Irish author, Iris Murdoch. This is Murdoch's fifteenth novel, which eventually was released as a stage play. The first U.S edition. Narratively, the work consists of a central st…

Charade

John Mortimer · 1947 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, The Bodley Head, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Mortimer"s first novel inspired by his Crown Film Unit experience, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper and a signed presentation card from the author. In the publisher's original yellow …

Selected Plays of Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw · 1946 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Penguin Books, 1946. Leather. A smartly bound set of two volumes containing six of the plays of Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, published in celebration of his ninetieth birthday. Six volumes bound in two. From a uniform set of ten volumes of Shaw's works spec…

A Key to the New Testament. Giving an Account of the Several Books, the Contents, Their Authors, and of the Times, Places and Occasional, on Which They Were Respectively Written.

Thomas Percy · 1766 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1766 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition of this eighteenth-century introductory guide to the New Testament, compiled by Thomas Percy, the Bishop of Dromore and chaplain to George III. First edition. Very scarce work. Bound in …

Station Amusements in New Zealand

Lady Barker [Mary Anne Barker] · 1873 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, William Hunt and Company , 1873 . First edition. Leather. A finely bound, first edition of this entertaining account of life on a sheep station in New Zealand, written by Lady Barker, an English woman who lived there with her husband in the mid nineteenth century. First …

Histoire Et Memoires (Histories and Memories)

Le General Comte de Segur (Philippe Paul) · 1873 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

Paris , Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1873. First edition. Leather. The complete first edition set of this posthumous historical work by Philippe Paul, comte de Segur, smartly bound in half calf. The first edition of this set of historical works from French general and histo…

Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice

Lord Byron · 1821 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, John Murray, 1821. First edition. Hardback. The first issue of Byron's popular blank verse tragedy set in 14th century Venice, complete with the half title and adverts. The first edition, first issue, with the speech on page 151 starting 'What Crimes' and …

Essays from the Chap-Book Being a Miscellany of Curious and Interesting Tales, Histories &C; Newly Composed by Many Celebrated Writers and Very Delightful to Read.

H. H. Boyesen; Edmund Gosse; John Burroughs et al. · 1896 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Chicago, Herbert. S. Stone & Company, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of essays from Stone and Kimball's literary magazine written by a host of noted authors, with a lithographical cover. The first edition, with the eight page publisher&apos…

Hamlet [with] âoedipe Chez Admã¨Te [with] le Roi Lear; Jean Sans-Terre [with] Abufar; Correspondence Du Thomas Avec Ducis [with] Epitres; Epitres [with] Poesies Diverses

Jean-François Ducis · 1844 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

Paris, -, 1844. Leather. This miniature leather bound set contains adaptations of Shakespeare by French eighteenth century dramatist Jean-Francois Ducis. The works and adaptations of French dramatist Jean-Francois Ducis are collected in these miniature volumes. Published in Fren…

Room Service: A Comedy About Show Business

John Murray; Allen Boretz · 1937 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

New Yotk, Random House, 1937 . First edition. Leather. A bright example of the very scarce first edition of this humorous play about a theatre producer, in the vibrant original dust wrapper. From the library of Clive Hirschhorn. The very scarce first edition, first printing of t…

Oeuvres Choises de Destouches

Andre Cardinal Destouches · 1826 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Paris, De Bure, 1826. Leather. The complete works of the esteemed composer of French comedies, a prominent figure in Restoration Drama, bound in full decorative calf. The complete series of Oeuvres Choises de Destouches (The Works of Destouches), in three volumes, comedic operas…

The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising; Peeling the Onion

Gunter Grass; Ralph Manheim [Trans.]; Michael Henry Heim [Trans.] · 1966 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Secker & Warburg; Harvill Secker, 1966-2007. Cloth. Two very smart first UK editions by Nobel Laureate Günter Grass, combining his politically charged drama with his candid memoir, complete with the original dust wrappers. In the publisher's original cloth and paper…

Tibet. An Unfinished Story.

[Tibet]. Halper, Lezlee Brown, Halper, Stefan. · 2014 · Fahrenheit 451

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

London, Hurst and Company, 2014, 1st ed., XXI,367 pag., b/w plates, hardcover with dustjacket. = The mythologising of Tibet in the West and the Himalyan state's subsequent abandonment to China are recounted in this briskly-paced and revealing new history. Tibet's enduring myth,…

How to Reassess Your Chess: Chess Mastery Through Imbalances.

Jeremy Silman. · 2010 · SomeThingz, books etcetera

€22.50 ($24.80 | £18.77 | ¥3,961)

Los Angeles, Ca Siles Press 2010 4th edition. Completely rewritten. Softcover, xiv+658pp., 18x25.5cm., ills. in b/w., in very good condition (lower left corner of the spine slightly bumped, else fine). ISBN 9781890085131. Fourth edition, revised and expanded. An extensive instru…

Haute surveillance

Jean GENET · 1949 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€2,000.00 ($2,204.41 | £1,668.29 | ¥352,058)

Gallimard | Paris 1949 | 14 x 21 cm | Relié | Edition originale, un des exemplaires du service de presse. Une mouillure claire affectant les derniers feuillets en leurs milieux. Reliure à la bradel en plein cartonnage recouvert de papier à la cuve, dos lisse, pièce de titre d'oa…

Roméo et Juliette - Partition de l'opéra en 5 actes de J. Barbier et M. Carré

Charles GOUNOD - William SHAKESPEARE - Jules BARBIER · 1867 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)

Choudens | Paris S.d (1867) | 19 x 28 cm | relié | Edition originale de cette partition de l'opéra en cinq actes tiré de l'oeuvre de William Shakespeare, composition musicale de Charles Gounod pour chant et piano et livret par Jules Barbier et Michel Carré. Reliure en demi chagr…

Lettre autographe à un critique et ami

François-Félix NOGARET · 1809 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€280.00 ($308.62 | £233.56 | ¥49,288)

1809 | 16 x 20.70 cm | en feuillets | Lettre datée du 22 mars 1809 et signée Aris. ns (Aristénète). Felix Nogaret. 3 pages. Requête de l'écrivain en faveur d'un article qui lui ouvrirait les portes du théâtre et qui pourrait le sortir de sa misère. L'écrivain, parlant de lui sou…

L'église

Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE · 1933 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)

Bardamu : L'inconnu de la Scène. | Denoël & Steele | Paris 1933 | 12 x 19 cm | broché | Edition originale, un des 40 exemplaires numérotés sur pur fil, tirage de tête après 10 japon et 20 hollande. Gardes très légèrement et partiellement ombrées sans gravité. Rare et agréable ex…

Wallenstein

Friedrich von SCHILLER · 1826 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€400.00 ($440.88 | £333.66 | ¥70,412)

In bureau der deutschen classiker | Carlsruhe 1826 | 10.50 x 19 cm | relié | Nouvelle édition en langue allemande, la première ayant paru en 1800. Reliure en plein vélin d'époque. Dos lisse orné de 5 fleurons et de roulettes. Pièce de titre en maroquin rouge. Pièce de titre frot…