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Raymond Chandler · 1958 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first edition of Raymond Chandler's final novel, featuring the private detective Philip Marlowe. The first edition, first impression of crime writer Raymond Chandler's final completed n...

The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy

Frances Trollope · 1840 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Henry Colburn, 1840 . First edition. Leather. The first single volume edition of Frances Trollope's novel about nineteenth century child labour, illustrated throughout with engraved plates. The first single volume edition of Frances Trollope's 'damning e...

A Rage to Live

John O'Hara · 1949 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

New York, Random House, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon limited edition 'Presentation Edition' of John O'Hara's best-selling novel about mid twentieth century American society. The first edition, first printing.The uncommon 'Presentation Edit...

Welcome to the Arrow-Catcher

Lewis Nordan · 1983 · Rooke Books

£148.00 (€177.40 | $195.53 | ¥31,214)

Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1983 . First edition. Paperback. A fine review copy of the first edition of esteemed American writer Lewis Nordan's first collection of short stories. The first edition, first printing.Published simultaneously in cloth with a...

Arrival and Departure

Arthur Koester · 1943 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Arthur Koestler"s third novel following "The Gladiators" and "Darkness at Noon", dealing with themes of morality, in the original smart dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher"...

Mulliner Nights

P. G. Wodehouse · 1933 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of short stories by the renowned P. G. Wodehouse, with the scarce dust wrapper adhered to the endpapers. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth, with sections ...

Quinx or the Ripper&Apos;S Tale

Lawrence Durell · 1985 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, Faber and Faber , 1985. First edition. Cloth. A first edition presentation copy of Lawrence Durell's final volume in his 'Avignon Quintet', inscribed by the author to his friend Bernard Stone. The first edition, first impression.  The author's pres...

A Fear of a Throne

R. Andom [Alfred Walter Barrett] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Stanley Paul; & Co, 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of R. Andom's (Alfred Walter Barrett) sequel to his popular novel following 'Troddles', with brilliant illustrations by G. W. Wakefield. The first edition. Illustrated by G. W. Wakefield ...

The Mandelbaum Gate; the Public Image; the Takeover; Loitering with Intent; the Only Problem; the Stories of Muriel Spark; Symposium

Muriel Spark · 1965 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Macmillan; The Bodley Head; Constable , 1965-1990. Paperback. A wonderful set of uncorrected proof copies, comprising six novels and one short-story collection by Scottish author Muriel Spark. A selection of seven uncorrected proof copies for the works of Scottish nove...

Not to Disturb

Muriel Spark · 1971 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Macmillan, 1971. First edition. Cloth. This very smart set offers both the uncorrected proof and first edition of Muriel Spark's gothic comedy. Includes the uncorrected proof copy (bound in the publisher's wraps) and the first edition, first impression (bound...

Twenty Years a-Growing

Dylan Thomas · 1964 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd , 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart set offering both the uncorrected proof and first edition of Dylan Thomas" film script adaptation of Maurice O"Sullivan"s autobiography. A set of two volumes. Includes the scarce uncorrected proof copy and t...

Public Faces

Harold Nicolson · 1933 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,053)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of this sci-fi novel by Harold Nicolson, foreshadowing the events of the World War Two. Signed by the author to the title page. The first U.S. edition, first printing, published t...

The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer

Kenneth Patchen · 1945 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

New York, New Directions, 1945. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this comical novel about a shy man, part-time ponographer, by Kenneth Patchen. The first edition, first printing.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.'The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer' ...

The American Renaissance Series

Edgar Allan Poe; Washington Irving; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Henry David Thoreau; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Walt Whitman · 1936 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.08 | ¥125,487)

New York City, Powgen Press, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A scarce complete set of Powgen Press' 'The American Renaissance Series', a fantastic selection of writings by eminent American authors. Complete in six volumes, scarce to find as a complete set.Each volum...

The Mystery of Maata

P. A. Lawlor; G. H. Scholfield · 1946 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Wellington, The Beltane Book Bureau, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing essay on Katherine Mansfield and her relation with Maata Mahupuku. The first edition.In the original publisher's scarce unclipped dust wrapper.An intriguing essay on Kath...

Poetry and Drama

T. S. Eliot · 1951 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Faber & Faber LTD, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this lecture on poetry and drama by T. S. Eliot, given at Harvard in honour of his friend, Theodore Spencer. The first edition, first impression.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.The Theodore ...

The New Rythum and Other Pieces

Ronald Firbank · 1963 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

New York, A New Directions Book, 1963. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this volume of previously unpublished works by Ronald Firbank, discovered after his death. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A previously unpublished work b...

Balthazar

Lawrence Durrell · 1958 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Faber and Faber, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Lawrence Durrell's second 'Alexandria Quartet' novel, described by the author as an 'investigation of modern love&apos. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's or...

Avery&Apos;S Mission; a Palace of Art; Our England Is a Garden; Mungo&Apos;S Dream

J. I. M. Stewart · 1971 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1971-1979 . First edition. Cloth. Four first editions of the works of Scottish novelist and academic J. I. M. Stewart, with three of these works being the author's own copies. Four first editions, first impression.In the publisher's original ...

James Joyce; Thomas Love Peacock: Writers and Their Work, Nos. 91 and 156

J. I. M. Stewart · 1960 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, The British Council and National Book League by Longmans, Green and Co, 1960-1964 . First edition. Magazine. Two volumes of J. I. M. Stewart's contributions to the 'Writers and their Work' series, discussing writers Thomas Love Peacock and James Joyce. N...