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Five Plays

John O'Hara · 1961 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

New York, Random House, 1961 . First edition. Paperback. An advanced uncorrected proof of this collection of five plays from celebrated American literary figure John O'Hara. A very scarce 'Uncorrected Proof from Random House, for Advance Readers' of the uncommon f…

Ceri Richards and Dylan Thomas: Keys to Transformation

Dylan Thomas; Richards Burns · 1981 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, The Enitharmon Press, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A lovely set including the cloth-bound and paperback first edition of this work, examining Dylan Thomas' 'Collected Poems' and Ceri Richards' drawings. A set of two volumes, including both the paperbac…

The Dragon Has Two Tongues

Glyn Jones · 1968 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

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 uncorrect…

Shalimar the Clown

Salman Rushdie · 2005 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,232)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2005. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first impression of this engaging novel from Salman Rushdie. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This pow…

Adventures in the Skin Trade

Dylan Thomas · 1967 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1967. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set offering both the uncorrected proof copy and first impression of Dylan Thomas" play, from the novel of the same name. Including the uncommon uncorrected proof and the first edition, first impression of…

Wise & Co&Apos;S New Zealand Directory for 1880-1881

Henry Wise & Co. · 1880 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

Dunedin , Henry Wise & Co. 1880 . First edition. Cloth. An exceedingly scarce alphabetical directory for all of New Zealand, published by Dunedin-based company, Henry Wise & Co. for 1880-1881. First edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth. A very scarce New Zealand director…

Cultivated Plants: Their Propagation and Improvement

F. W. Burbidge · 1877 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1877 . First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this informative work on the cultivation and propagation of plants, written by British explorer Frederick William Burbidge. First edition. Bound in the publisher…

The Cocktail Party

T. S. Eliot · 1950 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,690)

London, Faber and Faber LTD, 1950. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the most popular play of T. S. Eliot, a comedy about a troubled married couple. The first edition, first issue, with the misprinting to page 29 'You shall see here again - here&apos.In the origina…

Rainbow Fish

Ralph Bates · 1937 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, INC. 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of Ralph Bates' brilliant novel about criminal on a boat in Greece, signed by the author. The first U.S. edition, first printing.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper…

The House That Jack Built

1875 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)

London, Marcus Ward & Co, 1875. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this edition of this enduring popular nursery rhyme, a scarce edition, complete with chromolithograph plates. The first edition of this scarce work.'The House That Jack Built is a popular English nur…

Poems from Belmont; Three Journeys

A. E. Dodd · 1955 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, The Fortune Press, 1955-1958. First edition. Cloth. Two first editions of the poems of A. E. Dodd, one of which is signed by the author, in the original dust wrappers. The first editions of these two works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the origina…

The Confidential Clerk; the Cocktail Party; Poetry and Drama

T. S. Eliot · 1951 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Faber & Faber, 1951-1954 . First edition. Cloth. Three first edition, first impression volumes from leading poet, essayist and playwright T. S. Eliot, each in the original dust wrapper. Three first editions from the celebrated Modernist poet, best known for works such as…

Jane Eyre, an Autobiography

Charlotte Bronte · 1910 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Lamley & Co, c1910 . Cloth. A very scarce early twentieth century edition of Charlotte Bronte's celebrated novel, a work that through its intimate first person narrative caused Bronte to be termed the 'first historian of the private consciousness&apos. A very s…

Death of a Hero

Richard Aldington · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

New York, Covici Friede, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first American edition, first impression, of Richard Aldington's semi autobiographical World War I novel. The first American edition, first impression. With the disclaimer to the front stating that certai…

Old Rhodesian Days

Hugh Marshall Hole · 1928 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1928. First edition. Cloth. A very smart uncommon first edition of this travelogue and history of Rhodesia. The uncommon first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding.A collection of accounts, both travel and history, of the e…

A Woman of Honor

H. C. Bunner · 1883 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Boston, James R. Osgood and Company , 1883. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce debut novel from American writer Henry Cuyler Bunner. A very scarce first edition of this novel. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. An early novel fr…

Graham&Apos;S American Monthly Magazine of Literature and Art (Volume XXXIV)

G. R. Graham; J. R. Chandler; J. B Taylor [ed.] · 1849 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

Philadelphia , Samuel D. Patterson and Co, 1849. First edition. Leather. A very scarce volume from this 19th-century periodical edited by G. R. Graham, illustrated with engravings throughout. Volume XXXIV of this monthly magazine established by George Rex Graham. Bound in half …

The Lake

George Moore · 1905 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, William Heinemann, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of 'The Lake', a novel from influential Irish naturalist writer George Moore. The first edition, first impression of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding.…

Waterland

Graham Swift · 1992 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Picador, 1992. Cloth. A smart revised edition of this mysterious work from British writer Graham Swift, signed and inscribed by the author. Revised edition, originally published in 1983. First impression of this edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title pa…

The Life and Art of W. Heath Robinson

Langston Day · 1947 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Herbert Joseph Limited, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this biography of cartoonist W. Heath Robinson, illustrated throughout with plates of his own works. First edition, first impression. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, one …