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Great works of literature, often in their first edition. Classic and familiar stories as well as tales you have never heard before. We go back through four hundred years of storytelling.
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1934 The Rock. A Pageant Play Written for Performance at Sadler's Wells TheatreLondon: 1934The first edition of T. S. Eliot's pageant play, exploring the enduring strength of the Church in a secularising world.
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1959 The Complaisant Lover. A Play.London: 1959The first edition of this comical Graham Greene play, depicting an affair between a married woman and her husband's friend.
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1968-1978 8Vols Eight Tom Stoppard PlaysLondon: 1968-1978An attractive set of seven first edition Tom Stoppard plays, alongside a later impression of 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'.
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1968 The Real Inspector HoundLondon: 1968An exceptional example of the first edition of Tom Stoppard's single act 'play within a play', parodying classic whodunnit dramas, such as Agatha Christie's 'The Mousetrap'.
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1972 JumpersLondon: 1972An excellent example of the first edition of Tom Stoppard's celebrated play, his first full length play after the success of 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead'.
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1977 Ends and Odds: Plays and SketchesLondon: 1977A fine example of the first UK edition of this fascinating collection of short plays and sketches from famed Irish playwright Samuel Beckett.
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1983 Disjecta: Miscellaneous Writings and a Dramatic FragmentLondon: 1983The first edition of this diverse collection of writings from Nobel Prize in Literature winner Samuel Beckett, including criticism, reviews, and correspondence.
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1967 Eh Joe and Other WritingsLondon: 1967A bright first edition of this collection of inventive writings from Nobel Prize for Literature winner Samuel Beckett.
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1952 T. S. Eliot's Murder in the CathedralLondon: 1952An exceptionally scarce promotional pamphlet advertising the 1952 British film adaptation of T. S. Eliot's 1935 verse drama 'Murder in the Cathedral'.
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1954 The Confidential ClerkLondon: 1954An exceptionally bright copy of T. S. Eliot's successful and influential play, presented here in a lovely example of the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper.
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1956 Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two ActsLondon: 1956A superb example of a first edition, first impression of Samuel Beckett's influential play, presented here in the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper.
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1864 The Complete Works of Shakspere Revised from Original EditionsLondon: 1864A complete set of Shakespeare's comedies, tragedies and histories, adorned with engravings and handsomely bound.
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1880 Programme for the Folly Theatre: Hester's Mystery, Upper Crust & The Light FantasticLondon: 1880An exceptionally scarce theatre programme for a trio of shows performed at Folly Theatre, including Pinero's 'Hester's Mystery' and H. J. Byron's 'Upper Crust' and 'The Light Fantastic'.
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1959 Krapp's Last Tape and EmbersLondon: 1959A smart first edition of this collection of two short plays from Irish writer Samuel Beckett.
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1964 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?London: 1964The first UK edition of Edward Albee's play about the complexities of the marriage of middle-aged couple Martha and George.
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1959 The World of Paul SlickeyLondon: 1959A pleasing first edition of John Osborne's musical satirising the tabloid press.
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1878 'Olivia' Theatre Programme: The Royal Court TheatreLondon: 1878A very scarce theatre programme for a performance of 'Olivia', a stage show written by W. G. Wills based on a scene from 'The Vicar of Wakefield'.
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1880 Mary Stuart: A Programme for the Royal Court TheatreLondon: 1880A very scarce theatre programme presented a performance of Schiller's "Mary Stuart", starring the famed Polish-American actor, Madame Helena Modjeska.
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1880 La Fille du Tambour Major: Alhambra Theatre RoyalLondon: 1880A very scarce theatre programme for a performance of Jacques Offenbach's 'La Fille du Tambour Major', which took place at the Alhambra Theatre Royal in 1880.
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1880 "The Gaiety Theatre" Programme: A Pair of Them, Little Sentinel & Forty ThievesNot Stated: 1880A very scarce programme for a performance of 'The Forty Thieves', 'A Pair of Them' and 'The Little Sentinel', presented at The Gaiety Theatre in 1880.
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c1894 Theatre Programme from The Garrick Theatre: Money by Edward Bulwer LyttonLondon: c1894A very scarce programme from a performance of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 'Money', which took place at The Garrick Theatre in 1894.
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1876-1880 Eleven Eugene Rimmel Theatrical ProgrammesLondon: 1876-1880Eleven very scarce theatrical programmes for the Victorian era London stage, produced by perfumer and businessman Eugene Rimmel. Including a number of Gilbert and Sullivan advertisements.
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1874-1878 Four Programmes for the Prince of Wales's Royal TheatreLondon: 1874-1878Four very scarce programmes for performances given at the Prince of Wales's Royal Theatre in the 1870s.
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1875-1877 Programmes for Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' and 'King Richard III' at the Lyceum TheatreLondon: 1875-1877Programmes for two 1870s productions of Shakespeare's plays at London's Lyceum Theatre, both directed by and starring actor-manager Sir Henry Irving.
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1806-1842 A Sammelband of Six Nineteenth Century PlaysLondon: 1806-1842A collection of six plays performed at London's Theatre Royal and Prince's Theatre, including two by James Kenney which are signed to the title page. -
1981 Moliere: Oeuvres Completes (Bibliotheque de la Pleiade)Paris : 1971A superb set containing Moliere's complete works, from the publisher's prestigious Pleiade Library collection.
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1953 As You Like ItLondon: 1953A stunning scarce Folio Society edition of William Shakespeare's pastoral comedy, with Salvador Dali's incredible colour sketches of his designs for the Rome production of this legendary play.
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1895 A Midsummer Night's DreamLondon: 1895A lovely example of Robert Anning Bell's illustrated edition of Shakespeare's beloved comedy.
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1700 Le Roman Comique de Mr. ScarronParis : [1700]An early edition of Paul Scarron's humorous novel surrounding a troupe of actors, written in the original French.
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1806 Theatre et Nouvelles de M. de FlorianParis: 18006An illustrated collection of the works of French author, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian.
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1699-1700 Les Comedies de TerenceAmsterdam : 1699-1700A late seventeenth-century French edition of the Comedies of Terence, translated by Madame Dacier, complete in three volumes.
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1709 Les Oeuvres de Monsieur Scarron. Tome Premier.Paris: 1709Volume I only of a two volume set of the poetry and drama of seventeenth century French literary figure Monsieur Scarron.
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1758 Oeuvres de Monsieur de BoissyAmsterdam; Berlin: 1758A complete set of the collected plays of Louis de Boissy, containing his best known works.
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1837 Teatro Scelto Italiano, Commedie, Drammi, Tragedie Con Note BiograficheParigi: 1837A smartly bound collection of Italian theatre with biographical notes of the writers, in the original Italian.
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1930-2 The Collected Works of Bernard ShawNew York: 1930-2A complete collection of the Ayot St. Lawrence, limited edition set of the works of Bernard Shaw, in the very scarce dust wrapper. .
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1785 La Folle Journee, ou, Le Mariage de FigaroParis: 1785The second edition of this popular comedic play by Beaumarchais, complete with plates.