A.L. Rowse — Works by A. L Rowse

London, Macmillan & Co Ltd; Faber and Faber, 1946-1962. First edition. Cloth. A smart four volume set of first edition works by A.L. Rowse, with a signed presentation copy. A lovely four volume set of works by A.L. Rowse.In the publisher's original cloth bindings. In the original dust wrappers. Rowse was a British historian and writer, best known for his work on Elizabethan England and books relating to Cornwall.This set comprises of:(1945) West-Country Stories.The first edition. Including stories such as 'All Souls' Night', Pageant of Plymouth', 'The Beneficent Shoes', and 'The Story of Polruddon&apos. (1946) Poems of Deliverance.The first edition. A presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper. 'With affectionate wished and encouragement for all from enterprizes. From ALR Christmas 1946&apos. With poems of war and peace, sonnets, and more (1959) The Elizabethans and America: The Trevelyan Lectures at Cambridge 1958.The first edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 plates. With sections such as 'The Conflict for the New World: Spaniards, Portuguese, French, English', 'Queen Elizabeth I and America', and 'Virginia&apos.(1962) Ralegh and the Throckmortons.The first edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 14 plates. A historical account, with sections on Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, the young heir, Sir Walter Ralegh, in the tower, and more.  In publisher's original cloth bindings. In the original dust wrappers. Externally, very smart. Light marks to boards of The Elizabethans and America, with offsetting to free endpapers. Slight fading to spine, and author's ink inscription to front free endpaper of Poems of Deliverance. Ink inscription to front free endpaper of Ralegh and the Throckmortons. Dust wrappers are smart. Wraps for The Elizabethans and America and West-Country Stories are price clipped, whilst the other two remain unclipped. Loss at head and tail of spine of West-Country Stories wrap, with sunning to spine, the odd closed tear to top edge, and light spotting to the rear. Wrap for Poems of Deliverance is fragile, with significant loss to spine with sunning, and chipping to top edge. Odd mark and spotting to wrap of Ralegh and the Throckmortons, with slight chipping to top edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Good.