Narrativa e romanzi

Jane Austen&Apos;S Letters to Her Sister Cassandra and Others

Jane Austen; R. W. Chapman [ed.] · 1932 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1932. First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout, this is the uncommon two volume first edition of the collected personal correspondence of Jane Austen. With this copy belonging to an Austen scholar, Chris Viveash. The uncommon first edition of t...

Mr. Sponge&Apos;S Sporting Tour

Robert Smith Surtees · 1853 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of R. S. Surtees' complete Mr. Sponge story in book form, with thirteen coloured plates engraved on steel and numerous woodcut illustrations by John Leech. The first edition of R. S. Surtees' M...

Trevelyan

Lady Caroline Lucy Scott · 1833 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. Leather. A complete three-volume first edition set of Trevelyan by Lady Caroline Lucy Scott, a society novel of love, class, and morality, smartly bound in full calf. Bound in a full calf binding. First editions. This is a comple...

The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith · 1929 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, George G. Harrap & Co, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of Arthur Rackham's beautifully illustrated edition of Oliver Goldsmith's popular mid eighteenth century novel, illustrated with colour plates and retaining the original dust wrapper....

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

Washington Irving · 1882 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1882. First edition. Leather. A delightfully illustrated limited edition of Washington Irving's popular collection of short stories and essays, including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". An Edition de Luxe, with this being...

Sammelband of Seven Eighteenth Century Plays

David Garrick; Isaac Bickerstaff; Thomas Hull; et al. · 1766 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

London, T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt; W. Griffin; et al. 1766-7. First edition. Leather. A collection of seven plays bound together, including David Garrick's dramatic play 'Cymon', bound in half calf. Seven volumes bound together,  This volume contains; "The M...

4 Vols King of the Air; Bridget of All Work; the Lost Empire; the Romance of the King"S Navy

Herbert Strang [George Herbert Ely; Charles James L’Estrange]; Winifred M. Letts; Captain Charles Gilson; Edward Fraser · 1908 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Herny Frowde; Hodder and Stoughton , 1908-1913. Cloth. A smart four-volume collection of early 20th-century illustrated adventure novels, illustrated with colour plates. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings.  This is a charming collection of four ...

Coin Locker Babies

Ryu Murakami · 2002 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Tokyo, New York, London, Kodansha International, 2002. First edition. Paperback. A pleasing first trade paperback edition of this genre transcending novel from Japanese writer and filmmaker Ryu Murakami. First trade paperback edition. The surreal story of two boys, Hashi and K...

A Collection of Novels by James Fenimore Cooper: The Prairie, the Borderers, the Bravo & the Spy

James Fenimore Cooper · 1827 · Rooke Books

£1,950.00 (€2,337.38 | $2,576.22 | ¥411,389)

London, Henry Colburn; A. K. Newman and Company , 1827-1835 . First edition. Leather. A wonderful, leather-bound collection of four novels by James Fenimore Cooper, featuring the first edition of 'The Prairie', 'The Bravo' and 'The Borderers', and...

Stray-Aways

E. OE. Somerville; Martin Ross · 1920 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1920. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this collection of sketches and original stories from Somerville and Ross. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-three in-text images. A collection of sketches and ori...

The Closers; the Dark Hours; Desert Star

Michael Connelly · 2005 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Orion , 2005-2022. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set of three first UK edition crime novels from Michael Connelly's 'Harry Bosch' series. Offering three first UK edition crime-thriller novels from American author Michael Connelly, all of which featu...

Sourcery & Pyramids (Discworld Series)

Terry Pratchett · 1988 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.47 | $328.96 | ¥52,531)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1988-89. First edition. Cloth. A very smart set of two first edition novels from Terry Pratchett's fantasy comedy series, 'Discworld&apos. The first edition, first impressions of these works. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrappers...

Pegeen Crybaby

Nicolette Devas · 1986 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Gronow Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of this roaring tale of love and jealousy from British author Nicolette Devas, limited to two hundred and fifty copies. First edition. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies. Set in the South of F...

A Passage to India

E. M. Forster · 1924 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

London, Edward Arnold & Co, 1924. First edition. Leather. A finely bound second impression copy of one of the most important and popular novels of the twentieth century by E. M. Forster. The first edition, second impression. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery.'A Passage...

The Blackbird in the Lilac; Mimff-Robinson; a Ring of Bells; Pigeons and Princesses; More Prefabulous Animiles

James Reeves; John Betjeman; Irene Slade [Introduction, Editor]; H. J. Kaeser; Ruth Michaelis Jena [Trans.]; Arthur Ratcliff [Trans.] · 1967 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, William Heinemann Ltd; John Murray; Oxford University Press, 1967-1975. First edition. Cloth. A five-volume collection of mid-century children"s books by Reeves, Betjeman, and Kaeser, each richly illustrated with Edward Ardizzone"s charming and distinctive line drawing...

Glengarry Days

Ralph Connor [Charles William Gordon] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1902. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first UK edition of this charming novel from Canadian author Ralph Connor. First UK edition. A collection of sketches that make up a novel looking back affectionately on childhood in Ontario at the tim...

The Smuggler

G. P. R. James · 1845 · Rooke Books

£1,295.00 (€1,552.26 | $1,710.88 | ¥273,205)

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1845. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this exciting historical fiction novel by G. P. R. James. The very scarce first edition.Complete in three volumes.'The Smuggler' is set during the eighteenth century, a histor...

Waverley Novels

Sir Walter Scott · 0 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1880. Leather. A very smart complete twenty-five volume set of the Waverley Novels from Sir Walter Scott. Complete in twenty-five volumes. Author's edition. With a frontispiece and title vignette to each volume. Collated complete. The Wave...

The Arabian Nights Entertainments

Jonathan Scott [trans.] · 1811 · Rooke Books

£2,450.00 (€2,936.71 | $3,236.79 | ¥516,874)

London, Longman, Hurst, Orme, Brown, 1811. First edition. Leather. A wonderful example of the first Jonathan Scott translation of the Arabian Nights, beautifully bound in half straight grain morocco by Morrell, and with a frontispiece to each volume. The first edition of this ...

Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy · 1896 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Osgood, McIlvaine and Co, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition, first state of Thomas Hardy's last published novel, in the original cloth. The first edition, first state, with all the half blanks numbered through the signatures A-H as called for. A...