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Stories

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

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

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 Jean …

A Year of Japanese Epigrams

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

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

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 colo…

Tip on a Dead Crab

William Murray · 1984 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

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 Lo…

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

Bradford Morrow [editor] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

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 fou…

Concerning Man

Gil Orlovitz · 1947 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

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 firs…

Mountain Meadow

John Buchan · 1941 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

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 Lei…

Oszi Utazas

Ferenc Molnar · 1939 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

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 himself …

Paul Verlaine

Harold Nicolson · 1921 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first US edition of this biography of French poet Paul-Marie Verlaine from Sir Harold George Nicolson. First US edition. Scarce edition. A biography of Paul-Marie Verlaine, a French poet ass…

Pioneers of Rhodesia

Edward C. Tabler · 1966 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Cape Town, C. Struik (PTY) Ltd. 1966. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the pioneer period in Southern Rhodesia. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve plates. Collated complete. A historical study of the…

The Fountain

Charles Morgan · 1932 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

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 Nether…

Dark Drums

Wenzell Brown · 1950 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

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 softcove…

Twenty Years a-Growing

Maurice O'Sullivan; Moya Llewelyn Davies [translator]; George Thomson [translator] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this autobiography from Irish author Maurice O'Sullivan, with unique memoirs from his time living on the Great Blasket Island. First UK edition. The autobiography of Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, angli…

The Toynbee Convector

Ray Bradbury · 1988 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

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 ta…

Letters from Settlers & Labouring Emigrants, in the New Zealand Company&Apos;S Settlements of Wellington, Nelson, & New Plymouth. From February, 1842, to January, 1843.

Various · 1843 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1843 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce compilation of letters written by those who emigrated to New Zealand in the mid nineteenth century, working for the New Zealand Company establishing settlements across the country. First edition. Bound i…

The Feast of Lupercal

Brian Moore · 1957 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

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 wr…

Valley of the Doon

A. R. Gill · 1952 · Rooke Books

£360.00 (€431.51 | $475.61 | ¥75,925)

Dehra Dun, Doon Printing House, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition illustrated work exploring the Doon Valley of the Lesser Himalayas. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.A concise history and guide to the Doon Valley, an unusually wide and lon…

Valley of the Doon

A. R. Gill · 1952 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

Dehra Dun, Doon Printing House, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition work exploring the Doon Valley of the Lesser Himalayas, an illustrated work. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.A concise history and guide to the Doon Valley, an unusually wid…

The Historical Record of the Imperial Visit to India 1911

Compiled from the Official Records Under the Orders of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India · 1914 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

London, The Government of India by John Murray, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this richly illustrated account of George V's 1911 visit to entia, to take part in the Imperial Durbar in Delhi. A very scarce first edition.Illustrated with a colo…

The Gay Place

William Brammer · 1961 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.71 | ¥56,944)

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 this …

Playback

Raymond Chandler · 1958 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

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&apo…