1. Barrie, J. M.

Mary Rose.

“The Cheapest Edition of this Famous Play” (Dustjacket title) London, Hodder and Stoughton, No date [1942]. 12 x 18 cm. 192 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2. Beaumont, Fletcher / Fletcher, John / Gurr, Andrew (Editor).

Philaster or Love Lies a-Bledding.

Manchester / New York, Manchester University Press, 2003. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece (Title-page of the 1620 Quarto (reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum)), LXXXIV, 142 pages. One black and white copy of second impression of title-page of the 1622 Quarto (reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum). Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition+ with only minor signs of external wear.

3. Beuamont, Francis / Fletcher, John / Craik, T.W. (Editor).

The Maid’s Tragedy.

Manchester / New York, Manchester University Press, 1988. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece (Title-page of the 1619 quarto (courtesy of Bodleian Library)), XII, 212 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4. Brecht, Bertolt / [Eric Bentley / Maja Bentley (Translators)].

Parables for the Theater, Two Plays. The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Caucasian Chalk Circle. English Versions by Eric and Maja Bentley.

First Edition. Minneapolis / London, University of Minnesota Press / Oxford University Press, 1948. 22.3 cm x 14.5 cm. 192 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Good+ condition with signs of external wear. Rubbing to top and bottom of spine and to hardcover edges. Discoloration and foxing to enpapers and edges. Dustjacket in very poor condition. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

5. Csokor, Franz Theodor.

Jadwiga – Drei Akte (Neun Bilder). Theo und Ursula Holtz Den Freunden im Exil in Deren Haus Dieses Stück Zur Welt Kam.

Wien / Hamburg, Paul Zsolnay Gesellschaft m.b.H., 1963. 12.5 cm x 20 cm. 11 pages. Softcover binding without the cover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. No cover. Book block intact. Minor smudging to title and last page. Internal pages clear and bright.

6. de Madariaga, Salvador.

On Hamlet.

First Edition. London, Hollis & Carter, 1948. 15 x 22,5 cm. XII, 129 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. With very clean anotations in the text.

7. Eliot, T.S.

The Cocktail Party. A Comedy by T.S. Eliot.

Second Impression of the First Edition ! London, Faber and Faber Ltd., MCML [1950]. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 167 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8. [Fletcher, John / Massinger, Philip].

Beggar’s Bush. Edited by John H. Dorenkamp.

First published 1647 Folio of ‘Comedies and Tragedies’ Beaumont and Fletcher. The Hague, Paris, Mouton & Co, 1967. 15 cm x 22 cm. 202 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor pencil markings in text and back flap of dustjacket.

9. Jonson, Ben / Cain, Tom (Editor).

Poetaster. The Revels Plays.

Manchester / New York, Manchester University Press, 1995. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XV, 304 pages. Three black and white plates Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Plate No.1 entitled “Heroic Virtue (Hercules) treads down Envy. Christoffel Jegher, woodcut after Peter Paul Rubens, Modello for Banqueting House ceiling”. Plate No.2 of the title page of the first edition of poetaster (1602). Plate No.3 “From Q, sig. FIV and F, sig 2c2v”.

10. Kindermann, Heinz.

Das Theater und sein Publikum. [The Theatre and its Audience] Referate der internationalen theaterwissenschaftlichen Dozentenkonferenzen in Venedig 1975 und Wien 1976.

Wien, Verlag der Österreichischen Wissenschaften, 1977. 8°. 421 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand. (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 327 – Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Publikumsforschung, 5).

11. O’Casey, Sean.

Three Volumes of Sean O’Casey’s famous Autobiography: I. I Knock at the Door – Swift Glances Back at Things That Made Me (Rare Second Edition, Printed in the year of the First Edition, 1939) / III. Drums under the Windows (First Edition 1945) / VI. Sunset and Evening Star (First Edition, 1954).

Three Volumes (of Six). London, MacMillan & Co., 1939 – 1954. Octavo (15 cm x 22 cm). Volume I (″I Knock at the Door”): includes a fine Frontispiece-Photograph of “Mrs.Susan Casside in a Gala Dress”, VII, 268, [3] pages / Volume III (″Drums under My Window”): includes a Frontispiece-Photograph of “The Rev.E.M.Griffin”, 339, [2] pages / Volume VI (″Sunset and Evening Star”: includes a very fine Frontispiece-Photograph of “The O’Casey’s” [Niall O’Casey, Breon O’Casey, Sean O’Casey, Shivawn [Shivaun] O’Casey, Eileen O’Casey], VII, 311, [1] pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjackets. All three Volumes in their original state with the original dustjackets frayed but still very good. Volume I and III with two excellent Bookplates / Giftnote to dustjacket of Volume I; Giftnote to endpaper of Volume VI. Exlibris to pastedown “The Vernons” with artwork from artist H. Cutler” .

12. Reeve, Franklin D.

Contemporary Russian Drama. Selected and translated by Franklin D. Reeve, with preface by Victor Rozov.

First Edition. New York, Pegasus, 1968. 20.3cm x 13.2cm. XV, 303 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear on the cover.

13. [Shakespeare, William] Wills, Gary.

Witches & Jesuits. Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

New York, Oxford, The New York Public Library, Oxford University Press, 1995. 15 cm x 22 cm. VIII, 223 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

14. Shaw, [George] Bernard.

The Complete Plays of Bernard Shaw.

London, Odhams Press, 1934. Large Octavo. VIII, 1219 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Besides some minor foxxing to the edges this monumental publication is in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Private giftinscription to Naturalist Norman Hickin on the pastedown.

15. Sheridan, Richard Brinsley.

The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsed. A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts.

London / Edinburgh, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., No Date (c.1931). 11.5 cm x 16.5 cm. VIII, 72 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight discolouration and foxing to endpapers and covers. Crease marks evident on several pages. Crack to the bonding evident on title page but book block and cover very much intact. [The Nelson Playbooks Edited by John Hampdon, M.A. (No.105)]

16. [Tey, Josephine / Daviot, Gordon] / [Gielgud, John].

Josephine Tey – John Gielgud Collection of stunning Association copies of Plays which crucially defined both of their careers as writers and actors. The collection includes important, signed and inscribed association – copies of the two significant productions “Richard of Bordeaux” and “Queen of Scots”, both from John Gielgud’s personal library and with manuscript inscriptions to John Gielgud [and Laurence [Larry] Olivier] by Josephine Tey, aka Gordon Daviot, aka Elizabeth MacKintosh. The collection includes: 1. Gordon Daviot [Josephine Tey] – “Richard of Bordeaux – A Play in Two Acts” – With John Gielgud’s Bookplate (Ex Libris). The ultimate Association-copy, warmly and lengthy inscribed by Josephine Tey to John Gielgud. First Edition. London, Victor Gollancz, 1933 / 2. “Richard of Bordeaux” – Original Programme of “The Streatham Hill Theatre”, 1934. Signed by John Gielgud / 3. Gordon Daviot [Josephine Tey] – “Richard of Bordeaux” – Original File-copy with dustjacket and Publisher’s wrapper “The Play of the Year” at the New Theatre” – First Edition, 1933 / 4. Gordon Daviot [Josephine Tey] Gordon Daviot – “Richard of Bordeaux – A Play in Two Acts” – [Fifth Edition, 1933] – Special Cast, Producer and Production-Signed copy and inscribed to one “Eileen Grainger”, with the most interesting dedications in manuscript signatures – Signed and inscribed by lead actor and producer John Gielgud [Richard II], Signed and inscribed by leading Lady, actress Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Signed and inscribed by Gordon Daviot [Josephine Tey], Also beautifully signed and inscribed with a musical score by Shakespeare-composer and Musical Director for John Gielgud, Herbert Menges OBE ! / 5. “Queen of Scots – A Play in Three Acts” – The Ultimate Association-copy, inscribed by Josephine Tey to her producer: “John Gielgud – from ‘his Gordon Daviot’ / July 1934” / 6. Gordon Daviot – “Queen of Scots – A Play in Three Acts” – Association-copy, signed and warmly and lengthy inscribed by Josephine Tey to Laurence Olivier / 7. Gordon Daviot [Josephine Tey] – “Richard of Bordeaux” – A Softcover-Version of the Play in Fourth Impression, 1933 / 8. Josephine Tey – “The Daughter of Time” – First Edition, Second Impression (Second Printing). London, Peter Davies, July 1951 [The First Edition was in June 1951]. Original Hardcover with the slightly frayed original dustjacket in Mylar / 9. John Gielgud – “Early Stages” – New and Revised Edition. London, The Falcon Press, 1948. With pages of detail about the work of John Gielgud with Gordon Daviot [Josephine Tey] / 10. Jennifer Morag Henderson – “Josephine Tey – A Life” – With a Foreword by Val McDermid. Sandstone Press, 2015 //

London, Victor Gollancz, 1933 – 1948. Octavo. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

17. Vanbrugh, Sir John.

Sir John Vanbrugh, In Two Volumes. Volume I. Edited by W.C. Ward.

142 of an edition of 750 copies printed for England and America. Volume one of two volumes. London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1893. 16 cm x 23 cm. LXXVIII, 397 pages. Illustrated on frontispiece with engraving by J. Faber, 1727 after a portrait by J. Richardson, 1725. Modern Hardcover (Recent, modern Maroon cloth, label from original binding on spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Gilt top, deckled edges.

18. Williams, Tennessee.

Sweet Bird of Youth.

First UK Edition. London, Secker & Warburg, 1959. 22.2cm x 14.5cm. 93, (4) pages. Original Hardcover with original, unclipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Good condition with minor signs of external wear. Some mild foxing and small stain to endpaper only. Dustjacket slightly faded.