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[Sammelband of five plays, comprising] Xerxes. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields; The tragical history of King Richard III. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Alter’d from Shakespear by C. Cibber; Perolla and Izadora. A tragedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal, by Her Majesty’s servants; Ximena: Or, The heroick daughter. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal by His Majesty’s servants; [and] Cæsar in Ægypt. A tragedy. At [sic] it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty’s servants

CIBBER, Colley (1671-1757) · 1736 · Fine Editions Ltd

$274.00 (€248.59 | £207.36 | ¥43,759)

London Early Reprints Collection of five plays by Cibber, of various editions, dates, and imprints, each with copper-engraved frontispiece and title page printed in red and black (except Perolla and Izadora). 12mo: 72; 71[1]; 70,[2]; xxxvi,[2],58; 83,[1]pp. Xerxes: printed for W…

1929-1931 Diary of a Northern California Teen Violinist Whose Father Will Have School Named After Him and Who Is As Serious About Boys As She Is About Her Music

BARBARA MARKSBURY THOMAS (LATER DAVIS) · 1929 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,125.99 (€1,021.58 | £852.14 | ¥179,828)

San Anselmo, California, Usa. Hardcover. On offer is the 1929-1931 diary of a gifted young San Anselmo, California violinist who would go on to play first violin in a number of orchestras and teach music at her local elementary school. The author of this diary is Barbara Marksbu…

Saturday Night Magazine, Volume 73: Complete Run of 1958 Issues Bound in One Volume

MARJORIBANKS, ROBERT: EDITOR · 1958 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$495.00 (€449.10 | £374.61 | ¥79,055)

Canada: Saturday Night/Consolidated Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Topics: Shocking mess in civil defense; Canada-US Partnership problems; Lester Pearson - Peacemaking to Politicking; New Surgery repairs the heart - Dr. Wilfred Bigelow; Nice 2-page colour GM ad with five…

Rhetoric, Persuasion, and Teaching the Emotions in the Early Modern English Sermon, 1600-1642

Jennifer Clement · 2025 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€84.80 ($93.47 | £70.74 | ¥14,927)

, Brepols, 2025 Hardback, Pages: 203, Size:156 x 234 mm, Languages: English. ISBN 9782503614328. Summary The early seventeenth-century English sermon was the bestselling print genre of its time, and church preaching was more widely attended than any play. Jennifer Clement argu…

Ice skating Amsterdam - Abraham Zeeman, 1752

1752 · Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge

€5,500.00 ($6,062.14 | £4,587.80 | ¥968,161)

ICE SKATING ON THE FROZEN AMSTEL RIVER, 1752 “Amstels Wintervreugd – Divertissement de l'Hiver sur l'Amstel” [Winter Pleasures on the Amstel], etching and engraving made by Abraham Zeeman in 1752. Signed and dated in the plate at lower left “A. Zeeman inv. del. et fecit 175…

Thirteen Eighteenth Century Plays

Various; R Sheridan; J Gay · 1823 · Rooke Books

£620.00 (€743.28 | $819.24 | ¥130,838)

London, T Dolby, c1830. Leather. An early nineteenth century collection of comic plays from writers including John Gay and Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Bound from the parts in half-leather, with a spine label, gilt lettering, and marbled paper-covered boards. Bears the bookplate o…

The Works of George Bernard Shaw in Six Volumes

George Bernard Shaw · 1931 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1931-1937. Cloth. Six fascinating works from the eminent George Bernard Shaw, including fourteen plays and two critiques. Six brilliant works from the esteemed Irish writer, often considered a second only to Shakespeare. Included are two philos…

A Collection of Plays Performed at the Theatre-Royal

Arthur Murphy; Richard Cumberland · 1772 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

London, W. Griffin; T. Lowndes; John Miller, 1772-1815. Paperback. Four fantastic plays written as they were originally performed at the Theatre-Royal, in modern paper wraps. Four volumes. A collection of plays written as they were originally performed on the West End, at the Th…

A Sammelband of Four Works Published in the Quarterly Review

J. G. Lockhart; Rev. H. H. Milman; Abraham Howard; Elizabeth Eastlake · 1852 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, John Murray, 1852-3 . Leather. A collection of four works originally published in the Quarterly Review, including 'Theodore Hook', 'Music and the Art of Dress', 'The Art of Dining' and 'The Fall of Jerusalem&apos. Bound in quarter strai…

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Kressmann Taylor · 1939 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

New york, Simon and Schuster , 1939. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, third printing of K Taylor's important commentary of the German political and social situation in the 1930s. An important novel by Katherine Taylor, who describes and predicts Germany's Nazi …

The Masque: A Theatre Notebook

Various · 1946 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, The Curtain Press, 1946-1949. First edition. Paperback. A smart complete collection of The Masque, a theatre notebook. With the original two slip cases. Complete in nine volumes, with two of the original three slip cases. First edition. The Masque was a publication desig…

Swallows and Amazons, Winter Holiday, & Secret Water

Arthur Ransome · 1946 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1946-1951. Cloth. A smart three volume set of Ransome's adventure series Swallows and Amazons, illustrated throughout. Three volumes Written and illustrated by Arthur Michell Ransome, an English author and journalist best known for this series of chil…

The Plays of Bernard Shaw

Bernard Shaw · 1927 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1927. Leather. An excellent pocket book collection of the plays of Bernard Shaw, housed in the original display box and with several of the scarce original glassine dust wrappers. This set includes; "Saint Joan, The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet"…

Le Tour Du Monde En 80 Jours, le Docteur Ox

Jules Verne · 1874 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Paris, Collection Hetzel, c1910. Cloth. Two of Jules Verne's brilliant adventure novels in one illustrated volume, both in the original French. Two of Jules Verne's popular 'Voyages Extraordinaires' in one volume, both in the original French.This volume inclu…

Works by Noel Langley

Noel Langley; Hazel Pynegar · 1946 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , Arthur Barker; Methuen; Random House, 1946-1952. Cloth. Nine smart volumes by novelist and playwright Noel Langley, five of which being signed by the author. Nine volumes of work from South African born novelist, playwright, screen writer and director Noel Langley. Inc…

The Movement: Documentary of a Struggle for Equality

Lorraine Hansberry · 1964 · Rooke Books

£1,350.00 (€1,618.42 | $1,783.84 | ¥284,890)

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of 'The Movement', a historical work documenting the African-American struggle for equality during the Civil Rights Movement, prepared by the SNCC and written by Lorraine Hansberry. First ed…

A Collection of Novels by Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1905 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1905-1917. Cloth. A smart collection of five volumes from Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, from the Chatto & Windus fine-paper edition. Five volumes. Fine-paper edition. Written by Robert Louis Stevenson, a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and …

Alice&Apos;S Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll · 1881 · Rooke Books

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

London, Macmillan and Co. 1881. Cloth. A scarce early edition of this highly influential work of children's fiction, complete with the original charming illustrations by John Tenniel. With publisher's advertisement to the rear of the work. Sixty Seventh Thousand. Compl…

The Novels of Jane Austen: Volume III: Mansfield Park; the Novels of Jane Austen: Volume V: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion; the Novels of Jane Austen: Volume I: Sense and Sensibility.

Jane Austen; R. W. Chapman · 1946 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1946-1949. Cloth. Handsome illustrated collection of four of the seven novels of Jane Austen, bound in three, with copious notes and appendices. Lovely illustrated collection of four of the seven novels, bound in three, in the Oxford University Pr…

Hollandische Landschaftsmalerei Des XVII. Jahrhunderts; Das Apostelspiel (No. 167); Das Triptychon Von Den Heiligen Drei Konigen (No. 362); Das Wiesenbuch (No. 426); Henri Matisse Frauen (No. 577); 50 Jahre Insel-Bucherei 1912-1962

Various · 1923 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Leipzig, E. A. Seemann; Im Insel-Verlag, 1923-1962. Hardback. A unique set comprising German titles from the 'Insel-Bucherei' series and an additional plate book of Dutch landscape paintings. A six-volume set of German works offering discussions and examples of art, a …