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A Collection of the Works of William Blake and Thomas Gray

William Blake; Thomas Gray; Irene Tayler · 1964 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London; New Jersey, Trianon Press; Princeton University Press, 1964-1971. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of first edition studies on the works of William Blake and Thomas Gray, with illustrations. Three volumes. A collection of studies on the life and works of Willia...

Poems and Plays

Oliver Goldsmith · 1777 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Dublin, Price, Sleater, W. Watson; et al, 1777. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this anthology of the poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith, published only three years after his death. The first edition, with the "Messrs. Price, Sleater" imprint, and no engraved can...

Coniston Tales

W. G. C. [William Gershom Collingwood] · 1899 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Ulverston, WM. Holmes, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A very scare first edition of this charming collection of short stories featuring the nineteenth century village of Coniston. First edition. Very scarce work. With a frontispiece and illustrated title page. A collection of sho...

A Collection of Novels by Francis Brett Young

Francis Brett Young · 1930 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, William Heinemann, 1930-1940. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of four first edition novels from English writer Francis Brett Young. Four volumes. First editions. Written by Francis Brett Young, an English novelist, poet, playwright, composer, doctor and soldie...

The Works of Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson; W. Gifford; F. Cunningham · 1875 · Rooke Books

£1,350.00 (€1,618.19 | $1,783.54 | ¥284,808)

London, Bickers and Son, Henry Sotheran and Co, 1875. Leather. A handsome example of this nine volume edition of the collected works of influential playwright and poet Ben Jonson, in signed half morocco bindings. This set, with a biographical memoir from W. Gifford and introdu...

Some English Books with Coloured Plates

R. V. Tooley · 1935 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Ingpen & Grant, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this bibliographical account of English books which have been published with colour plates. The first edition.In a custom dust wrapper.A bibliographical study of English books, produced across history, wh...

The Battle of Life, a Love Story

Charles Dickens · 1846 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1846 . First edition. Cloth. The fourth state of the first edition of Charles Dickens's Christmas tale, charmingly illustrated throughout. The first edition, fourth state of this work, with the engraved title page showing an angel with a banner, ...

Fergus; the Doctor&Apos;S Wife; Black Robe

Brian Moore · 1970 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York , Holt, Rinehart and Winston; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; E. P. Dutton, Inc. 1970-1985. First edition. Cloth. A set of three novels by Brian Moore, including the very scarce uncorrected proof of 'The Doctor's Wife&apos. Including the very scarce uncorrected p...

Stories

Jean Stafford; John Cheever; Daniel Fuchs; William Maxwell · 1956 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first printing of this collection of short stories from Jean Stafford, John Cheever, Daniel Fuchs, and William Maxwell. First edition, first printing. A collection of short stories from Jea...

Tip on a Dead Crab

William Murray · 1984 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

New York, The Viking Press, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this novel from the Shifty Lou Anderson series by American author William Murray, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. The first novel from the Shifty ...

Conjunctions 11 & Conjunctions 13: Bi-Annual Volumes of New Writing

Bradford Morrow [editor] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, David R. Godine; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986-1989. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition volumes of these literary journals, edited by American novelist Bradford Morrow. Two volumes. First edition. Conjunctions is a biannual American literary journal f...

Mountain Meadow

John Buchan · 1941 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this novel from Scottish writer and historian John Buchan. First US edition. The last novel from the author, with the UK title of Sick Heart River. The last adventure of Sir Edward L...

Oszi Utazas

Ferenc Molnar · 1939 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Budapest, Atheneum , 1939. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this work from Hungarian writer Ferenc Molnar, in the original Hungarian. Hungarian. First edition. Very scarce work. One of the author's lesser-known novels, telling of a young man who found himsel...

The Fountain

Charles Morgan · 1932 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this best-selling novel from British writer Charles Morgan. First edition. A best-selling novel that was awarded the Hawthornden Prize for 1932. A romantic war novel set in the neutral Neth...

Dark Drums

Wenzell Brown · 1950 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

New York, Appleton Century Crofts, Inc.; Popular Library, 1950-1951. First edition. Cloth. Two smart copies of this exciting novel from American author Wenzell Brown. Two volumes. First edition. Both the first hardcover edition (dated 1950) and the first Popular Library softco...

The Toynbee Convector

Ray Bradbury · 1988 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short science fiction from American author Ray Bradbury. First edition. A collection of twenty-three tales which begin in the familiar rooms and landscapes of our lives and then ...

The Feast of Lupercal

Brian Moore · 1957 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Boston; Toronto, Little, Brown and Company, 1957. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing novel about a repressed Catholic man by Brian Moore. The first U.S. edition, first printing. This U.S. edition preceded the U.K. edition.In the original unclipped dust ...

The Gay Place

William Brammer · 1961 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Willie Lee Brammer's celebrated novel, widely acclaimed as one of the best American political novels ever written. Flat signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Signed examples of thi...

Playback

Raymond Chandler · 1958 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Raymond Chandler's final novel, featuring the private detective Philip Marlowe. In the publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of crime writer Raymond Chandler&a...

The Dragon Has Two Tongues

Glyn Jones · 1968 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd , 1968. First edition. Cloth. A desirable set offering both the very scarce uncorrected proof and first edition of this important criticism of Anglo-Welsh literature by Glyn Jones. This set includes two volumes, including the very scarce uncorre...