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Going Down Fast
Marge Piercy · 1969 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
New York, Trident Press, 1969. Paperback. A very scarce advance uncorrected proof of Marge Piercy's debut novel. A very scarce uncorrected proof copy of the first edition.In the publisher's yellow wraps. 'Going Down Fast' tells the story of four characters l…
Winter Journey
T. Alan Broughton · 1980 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
New York, E. P. Dutton, 1980. First edition. Hardback. A very smart set including an advance reading copy and first trade edition of this novel by American poet T. Alan Broughton. A set of two volumes, offering both an advance reading copy and first trade edition, first impressi…
The Habit of Loving
Doris Lessing · 1957 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, MacGibbon and Kee , 1957. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this short-story collection by acclaimed British author Doris Lessing. The first edition.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. 'The Habit of Living' is a collect…
In Quest of Candlelighters
Kenneth Patchen · 1972 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
New York, A New Directions Book, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short works from American poet and novelist Kenneth Patchen. First edition. An important characteristic collection from the author, making available two of his long out-of-pr…
Grateful to Life & Death and My Days: An Autobiography
R. K. Narayan · 1953 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
Michigan; London, The Michigan State College Press; Chatto & Windus, 1953-1975. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition works from Indian writer Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanaswami. Two volumes. First edition. Written by Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanaswami, better known …
With Love Somehow & in the Happy Valley
Tony Connor · 1962 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Oxford University Press, 1962-1971. First edition. Hardback. Two smart first edition volumes of poetry from English writer Tony Connor. Two volumes. First edition. Written by John Anthony Connor, an English poet and playwright. This set includes: With Love Somehow, 1962.…
Poems & Arias from a Love Opera
Robert Conquest · 1955 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1955-1969. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition volumes of poetry from British-American writer Robert Conquest. Two volumes. First editions. A collection of poetry from George Robert Acworth Conquest, a British and American historian, …
Strange Interlude
Eugene O'Neill · 1928 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
New York, Boni & Liveright , 1928 . First edition. Cloth. A bright, first edition of this experimental play by American playwright Eugene O'Neill, presented in the striking original dust wrapper. First edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the original, unclipp…
A Personal Narrative of the Outbreak and Massacre at Cawnpore During the Sepoy Revolt of 1857
J. W. Shepherd · 1886 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Lucknow, Methodist Publishing House, 1886. Cloth. A very scarce first-hand account of the 1857 Siege of Cawnpore, an illustrated volume. A very scarce work.A vivid first hand account of the 1857 Indian Rebellion, in particular of the Siege of Cawnpore. The author, J. W. Shepherd…
Undertow
Brian Burland · 1971 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Barrie & Jenkins, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition novel by Bermudian author Brian Burland, inscribed by the author at length. The first edition, first impression.A vanishingly scarce novel.Author's presentation copy, inscribed by the author t…
Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand
John Liddiard Nicholas · 1817 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)
London, James Black and Son, 1817. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this uncommon early account of New Zealand by John Liddiard Nicholas, illustrated, including with a folding map and a folding plate. The first edition of this uncommon work.Complete in two volumes.&a…
Thacker&Apos;S Guide to Calcutta
W. K. Firminger · 1906 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)
Calcutta, Thacker, Spink & Co, 1906. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce guide to Calcutta, written by the archdeacon of the city, Walter K. Firminger. The first edition of this very scarce work.A fantastic guide to Calcutta penned by the archdeacon of th…
Iris Murdoch and T.R. Fyvel Interview Typescript
Iris Murdoch; T. R. Fyvel · 1957 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
Not Stated, BBC European Division, 1957 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce eight page typescript interview of novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch, in which T. R. Fyvel interviews Murdoch on her work. A unique typescript of a 1957 interview with Iris Murdoch, produced by…
High on the Walls
Tom Pickard · 1967 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Fulcrum Press, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. An advance review copy of this volume of poems from Tom Pickard, with a signed letter from the author loosely inserted. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper.With a loosely i…
The Spoils of Poynton
Henry James · 1897 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)
London, William Heinemann, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Henry James's fantastic novel following the fate of three people in their lavish country house, In the very scarce first state binding with irises to the front board. The first edition. In the publ…
The Poems of Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas · 1971 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, J. M. Dent and Sons , 1971. First edition. Cloth. A delightful set containing both the uncorrected proof and first edition of this collection of Dylan Thomas" poems. Both volumes complete with the publisher"s original unclipped dust wrapper. Uncorrected proof in the publ…
Scotland and Scotsmen in the Eighteenth Century
John Ramsay; Alexander Allardyce [ed.] · 1888 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
Edinburgh , William Blackwood and Sons , 1888. First edition. Cloth. A scarce complete first edition of this Scottish history, compiled from the manuscripts of John Ramsay of Ochtertyre. The first edition. Scarce to find complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in the publisher…
Russia: From the Varangians to the Bolsheviks
Raymond Beazley; Nevill Forbes; G. A. Birkett · 1918 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
Oxford , Clarendon Press, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A rare copy with dust wrapper of this Russian history. The first edition. With the publisher's very scarce unclipped dust wrapper.This uncommon history of Russia spans from as early as 852 with the traditional beginning…
The Universal English Short-Hand; or, the Way of Writing English, in the Most Easy, Concise, Regular, and Beautiful Manner, Applicable to Any Other Language, But Particularly Adjusted to Our Own.
John Byrom · 1767 · Rooke Books
£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)
Manchester , Joseph Harrop, 1767 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound, first and only edition of this fascinating guide to universal English shorthand, written by the man who invented the system, John Byrom. The first and only edition. Bound in a decorative full calf. U…
A B C of Reading
Ezra Pound · 1951 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Faber and Faber, 1951. Cloth. Ezra Pound's guide to writing and understanding poetry, an interesting work by the modernist author. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.In this volume, Pound sets out an approach for appreciating and understanding literature (focusi…