Noel Coward
54 copies for sale · $18–$3,500 · 21 first editions · 8 signed
Notable copies for sale
This Happy Breed. A Play in Three Acts (first edition, signed) — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$3,500
Autograph Letter Signed (signed) — Manhattan Rare Books$675
Post-Mortem. A Play in 8 Scenes (signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$600
This was A Man. A Comedy in Three Acts (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$450
Star Quality: Six Stories (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$75
CAVALCADE (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$53
Middle East Diary (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$45
Vortex; A Play in Three Acts (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$30
The Collected Stories of Noel Coward (first edition) — Bolerium Books$20
This Happy Breed; A Play in Three Acts (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$30
Cavalcade: A Play — Between the Covers$250
Works on the market
Present Indicative4 copies · $20–$300
FUTURE INDEFINITE3 copies · €22–€125
This Happy Breed. A Play in Three Acts2 copies · $30–$3,500
POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE2 copies · $48–$60
PLAY PARADE2 copies · $20–$49
PRIVATE LIVES2 copies · $20–$47
SPANGLED UNICORN2 copies · $20–$47
A Last Encore2 copies · $20–$20
Point Valaine: A Play in Three Acts2 copies · $18–$20
Sir Noel Coward His Words and Music. Volumes I & II1 copy · $750
Autograph Letter Signed1 copy · $675
Collected Plays of Noel Coward. Play Parade. Vol. VI1 copy · $650
The Collected Short Stories1 copy · $650
Nude with Violin. A Light Comedy in Three Acts1 copy · $650
Pretty Polly & Other Stories1 copy · $650
Post-Mortem. A Play in 8 Scenes1 copy · $600
This was A Man. A Comedy in Three Acts1 copy · $450
Cavalcade: A Play1 copy · $250
THE COLLECTED STORIES OF NOEL COWARD1 copy · $149
Come into the Garden Maud1 copy · $85
Market context
24 copies of Noel Coward's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $48 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Present Laughter, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1943. (forum, 2026-07-02)£240
The Noel Coward Song Book, first edition, 1953. (forum, 2026-05-07)£30
Easy Virtue, first edition, New York & London, 1926; and 26 others by the same (27) (forum, 2026-04-23)£170
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