21. Kotzebue, August von / [Plumptre, Anne].

The Constant Lover; Or, William and Jeanette: A Tale. From the German of Augustus von Kotzebue. To which is prefixed “An Account of the Literary Life of the Author” [with the printed dedication by Kotzebue to his friend Charles Georg Graumann] / Also included (separately bound): “Pizarro – The Spaniards in Peru; or, The Death of Rolla. A Tragedy, in Five Acts:. The original of the play, Performing at the Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane, under the title of PIZARRO. Translated from the German by Anne Plumptre – Translator of Kotzebue’s “Virgin of the Sun”, &c.

First Edition. Three Volumes in one Solander Box. Dublin, Printed by William Porter / Printed for J. Moore, 1799. Small Octavo (11 cm x 17 cm). Pagination of the two Volume-Set: “The Constant Lover / Account of the Literary Life of Kotzebue”: Volume I: XIV, 203 pages / Volume II: 216 pages / Pagination for the accompanying Volume: “Pizarro”: 102 pages. Hardcover / Stunning, recent half leather and marbled-paper-covered-boards with gilt lettering and ornament to spine, bound to style of the 18th/19th century. All three Volumes housed in a bespoke built Solander Box (see plenty of images on our website). Excellent condition. From the library of Susannah Townsend-Meade (Ballymartle), with her name to titlepage. The accompanying Volume bears the name of one Mary Johnston. The “Constant Lover”, with the “Account of Kotzebue’s Life” is a very scarce publication !

22. Sartre, Jean-Paul.

La Putain Respectueuse. Pièce en un acte et deux tableaux.

Édition Originale. Paris, Les Éditions Nagel, 1946. 19 x 12 cm. 163 pages. Softcover / Broché. Bon état général. Bon exemplaire avec petit dommage à la reliure. Intérieur impeccable.

23. [Molière] Petitot, M.

Oeuvres de Molière, Avec Un Commentaire Historique et Litteraire; Précédées du Tableau des Moeurs du dix-septième Siècle, et de la Vie de Moliére par M. Petitot.

Nouvelle Edition. 6 Volumes (complete). Paris, J.P.Aillard, 1823. Octavo (13.5 cm wide x 20 cm high). Pagination: Frontispiece-Portrait of Molière, LXXX, 426 (1), 494 (1), 526 (1), 516 (1), 579 (1), 454 (1) pages. Hardcover / Original full leather of the 19th century with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. Bookplate to pastedown. Frontispiece – Portrait cleanly detached and loosely inserted. Very good condition of this set with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown of each Volume.

24. MacCarthy, Bridget G[erard].

The Whip Hand – A Comedy in Three Acts.

9th edition. Dublin, James Duffy, 1965. Small Octavo. 72 pages. Original Softcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

25. [Terence] / [Publius Terentius Afer].

Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae. [Large Thick Paper Edition] Ad optimorum Exemplarium fidem recensitae. Accesserunt Variae Lectiones, quae in libris MSS. & Eruditorum commentariis notatu digniores occurrunt.

Two Volumes (complete set). London, J. et P.Knapton, 1751. Large, slim Octavo (16 cm wide x 24.7 cm high). Pagination: Volume I: Engraved Titlepage (in red and black), [24 unnumbered pages], Engraving, 208 pages / Volume II: continued pagination: Engraved titlepage, Engraving, page 209 – 400 plus [6] unnumbered pages. Hardcover / Original full leather. Recently repaired and masterfully stabilized set. Both Volumes in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

26. [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.

27. Baigent, H.V.

Stage Lighting. Written for the New Zealand Drama Council.

Wellington, The New Zealand Drama Council, 1949. 21cm x 13.5cm. 40 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Includes fourteen black and white illustrations. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Endpaper inscribed in ink by previous owner.

28. Cochran, Charles B.

Showman Looks On.

First Edition. London, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1945. 21.9cm x 14.2cm. Colour-Frontispice, viii, 323 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with some stronger signs of wear.

29. [Marti de Cid, Dolores] Ungaretti, Giuseppe.

Vita d’un Uomo – Poesie I: 1914 – 1919 L’Allegria.[Inscribed and signed by Giuseppe Ungaretti to famous cuban, Dolores Marti de Cid].

Quatro Edizione. Italia, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1954. 19cm x 13cm. 115, (10) pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Con dedica autografa di Ungaretti a Dolores Marti de Cid / Inscribed and signed by Giuseppe Ungaretti to famous cuban, Dolores Marti de Cid. With the library stamp of her famous theatre library “Biblioteca Cid-Marti- Set 21 1957 – La Habana, Cuba”. [Vita D’Un Uomo Poesie I. L’allegria 1914-1919.]

30. [Marti de Cid, Dolores] Ungaretti, Giuseppe.

Vita d’un Uoma – Traduzioni II: Da Góngora e da Mallarmé.

Italia, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1948. 19cm x 13cm. 124 (4) pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Con dedica autografa di Ungaretti a Dolores Marti de Cid / Inscribed and signed by Giuseppe Ungaretti to famous cuban theatre and literature expert Dolores Marti de Cid. With the library stamp of her famous theatre library “Biblioteca Cid-Marti- Set 21 1957 – La Habana, Cuba”. [Lo ‘Specchio’ – I poeti del Nostro Tempo / Vita d’un Uoma – Traduzioni II].