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The Shy Cousins Story Book

1906 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce illustrated collection of short children's stories. First edition. From the Nelson's Picture Books in Coloured Boards series. Very scarce work. Illustrated with two co...

Shakspeare&Apos;S Himself Again: Or the Language of the Poet Asserted

Andrew Becket · 1815 · Rooke Books

£248.00 (€297.26 | $327.62 | ¥52,317)

London, A. J. Valpy, by Messrs. Law and Whittaker, 1815 . First edition. Leather. The scarce two volume first edition of Andrew Becket's detailed study of William Shakespeare's language. A scarce first edition, complete in two volumes.In his two volumes, Andrew Becke...

The Battle of Life, a Love Story

Charles Dickens · 1846 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

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, ...

New Poems & It Depends: A Poet&Apos;S Notebook

Eugenio Montale · 1976 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

New York, New Directions, 1976-1980. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first US editions of these collections of poetry from Italian writer Eugenio Montale. Two volumes. First US edition. Written by Eugenio Montale, an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, who was t...

Poetical Works of John Milton, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regain&Apos;D, the Mask of Comus, L&Apos;Allegro, and IL Penseroso.

John Milton · 1804 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, W. Suttaby, 1804-5 . Leather. A charming, pocket-sized edition of John Milton's poetry, comprising his celebrated Paradise Lost and Paradise Regain'd, alongside Comus, L'Allegro and Il Penseroso. Bound in full calf. A collection of works by celebrated 17...

Sailing to an Island

Richard Murphy · 1963 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London; New York, Faber and Faber; Chilmark Press, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A charming set containing the true first and first US edition of this poetry collection by Richard Murphy, one of which is signed. This set offers both the true first UK edition and the first US edi...

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

Brian Moore · 1970 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

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 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

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...

A Year of Japanese Epigrams

William N. Porter [translator] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

London, Henry Frowde Oxford University Press, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of Japanese hokku, with illustrations from Japanese painter Ishibashi Kazunori. First edition, in the beige cloth variant. Illustrated with colour endpapers, a co...

Tip on a Dead Crab

William Murray · 1984 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

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 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

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...

Concerning Man

Gil Orlovitz · 1947 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, The Banyan Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of the first collection of poetry from American writer Gil Orlovitz. First edition. Limited to three hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number seventeen. Uncommon work. The author's fi...

Mountain Meadow

John Buchan · 1941 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

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 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

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 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

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 | ¥13,712)

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 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

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 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

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 (€323.63 | $356.69 | ¥56,958)

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 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

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...