Gay, John

Trivia or the Art of Walking T the Streets of London

John Gay · 1716 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.43 | $2,907.00 | ¥464,265)

London, Bernard Lintott, 1716. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Gay's poem 'Trivia', with the embellished head and tail pieces. This scarce work is one of 2000 copies printed for this run. This is the first edition of the work, undated to title ...

Fables. By the Late Mr. Gay

John Gay · 1762 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, C. Hitch; L. Hawes; J. and R. Tonson, 1762 . Leather. Beautifully illustrated throughout with engraved plates, this volume offers volumes the short moral fables of 18th century dramatist and poet John Gay. A mid 18th century edition of the fables of English poet and dr...

Fables by John Gay

John Gay · 1793 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, Darton & Harvey , 1793 . Leather. The beautifully illustrated, first Darton & Harvey edition of John Gay's fables, including twelve plates are designs by William Blake. The first Darton & Harvey edition.An edition published by John Stockdale was published earlier ...

The Poetical Works of Joseph Addison; Gay&Apos;S Fables; and Somerville&Apos;S Chase. With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations.

Joseph Addison; John Gay; William Somerville; Rev. George Gilfillan · 1859 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Edinburgh, James Nichol, 1859. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this collection of literary work from Addison, Gay, and Somerville. First edition. A collection of works, containing: The poetical works of Joseph Addison, a British writer and politician u...

The Shepherd&Apos;S Week in Six Pastorals

Mr. J. Gay [John Gay] · 1714 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Printed for J[acob] T[onson] and sold by W. Taylor, 1714. Disbound. The very scarce second edition of this early eighteenth century pastoral work from John Gay, poet and dramatist best remembered for 'The Beggar's Opera&apos. Printed from the sheets of the fi...

Trivia: Or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London

John Gay · 1716 · Rooke Books

£3,500.00 (€4,195.91 | $4,624.76 | ¥738,603)

London, Bernard Lintott, 1716. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition, first issue of John Gay's celebrated work Trivia, in very attractive and expertly rebacked calf binding. One of a mere two hundred and fifty copies to be printed on 'large' paper...

The Beggar&Apos;S Opera

Mr. Gay [John Gay] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, William Heinemann, 1921. Cloth. A brightly illustrated edition of Gay's ballad opera, signed with an inscription from the widow of Claud Lovat Fraser. Signed and inscribed by Grace Lovat Frazer, the widow of Claud Lovat Fraser, born Grace Inez Crawford, an America...

The Beggar&Apos;S Opera

John Gay · 1921 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, William Heinemann, 1921. Cloth. Claud Lovat Fraser's colourfully illustrated edition of John Gay's enduringly popular ballad opera. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This edition of John Gay's opera is accompanied by colourful plates of scenes and c...

Fables

John Gay · 1813 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Chiswick, C. Whittingham, 1813. Leather. A smart pocket-sized copy of this collection of fables from English writer, John Gay. Illustrated with eighty in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of fables, including: the lady and the wasp, the lion and the cub, the two owl...

The Beggar&Apos;S Opera

John Gay · 1921 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.46 | $155.92 | ¥24,901)

London, William Heinemann, 1921. Leather. A handsomely bound copy of this illustrated work by John Gay. Illustrated with eight tipped in colour plates from artist, designer and author Claud Lovat Fraser. Collated, complete. Handsomely rebound in quarter morocco. With music arr...

The Beggar&Apos;S Opera

John Gay · 1921 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, William Heinemann, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated with eight tipped in costume plates, this is a bright copy of Claud Lovat Fraser's illustrated edition of Gay's 'Beggar's Opera&apos. A Limited Edition work, this is number two-hundred and ...

Wine

John Gay; Marcus Walsh · 1988 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, The Hayloft Press, 1988. Paperback. A fine limited edition copy of John Gay's entertaining burlesque poem celebrating wine, illustrated with engravings by John Lawrence. A limited edition work, limited to two-hundred and twenty-five copies, of which this is number...

Poems on Several Occasions

John Gay · 1752 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper , 1752-1753. Leather. Henry Lintot's two-volume edition of John Gay's chief poems, complete with decorative pieces and two engraved plates. A reissue of the 1752 London edition, with the title page to Volume I partly ...

Poems on Several Occasions

Mr. John Gay · 1720 · Rooke Books

£465.00 (€557.46 | $614.43 | ¥98,129)

London, Jacob Tonson; Bernard Lintot, 1720 . First edition. Leather. Attractively bound in half calf, this is the first collected edition of the poetry of John Gay, illustrated with two plates by William Kent. The first collected edition of Gay's poetry, published in orde...

Fables

John Gay · 1757 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

London, C. Hitch and L. Hawes; J. and R. Tonson; et al, 1757. Leather. A smart edition of the fables of John Gay, an illustrated collection of sixty-six fables. Two volumes in one.The collected fables of John Gay, with a total of sixty-six fables. Illustrated with a frontispi...

Fables, by the Late Mr. Gay

John Gay · 1798 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Coventry, Luckman & Fuffield, 1798. Leather. A charming pocket-sized collection of fables from English writer John Gay. Pocket-sized. Complete in one volume. With a frontispiece. A collection of fables including: The Lion, The Tyger, and The Traveller; The Wild Boar and The Ra...

Polly

John Gay · 1923 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, William Heinemann, 1923 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated edition of Polly by John Gay, limited edition signed by the illustrator William Nicholson. Limited edition of Polly by John Gay in the original publisher's cloth binding. With illustrations by William Nic...

Fables by Mr John Gay with a Memoir by Austin Dobson

John Gay; Austin Dobson · 1882 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench and Co. 1882. First edition. Leather. An uncommon edition of John Gay's fables being the first published with the memoir by Austin Dobson. The first edition that was published with Austin Dobson's memoir, published in 1882. Containing sixt...

Trivia

John Gay; W.H. Williams · 1922 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Daniel O'Connor, 1922 . Cloth. Decorative facsimile edition of John Gay's significant poem on 18th-century London. In publisher's original cream decorative binding.With a frontispiece, 15 monochrome plates, a facsimile of the original title page, and ill...

The Poetical Works of John Gay

John Gay; John Underhill [editor] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Lawrence & Bullen Ltd. 1893. Vellum. A complete two volume set of this limited edition collection of the poetry of English writer John Gay. Complete in two volumes. Limited to two hundred copies on large paper of which this is number one hundred and four. With a fronti...