Narrativa e romanzi

Shalimar the Clown

Salman Rushdie · 2005 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

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 p...

Rainbow Fish

Ralph Bates · 1937 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

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 endpap...

Jane Eyre, an Autobiography

Charlotte Bronte · 1910 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

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...

A Woman of Honor

H. C. Bunner · 1883 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

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 ...

The Lake

George Moore · 1905 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

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 bindin...

Waterland

Graham Swift · 1992 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

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 ...

Middleway: Tales of a New England Village

Kate Whiting Patch · 1897 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Boston, Copeland and Day, 1897. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this novel from American writer Kate Whiting Patch. First edition. Uncommon work. The author's debut novel. This novel follows a young woman named Tilda, considered the pride and delight of...

Middleway: Tales of a New England Village

Kate Whiting Patch · 1897 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Boston, Copeland and Day, 1897. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this novel from American writer Kate Whiting Patch. First edition. Uncommon work. The author's debut novel. This novel follows a young woman named Tilda, considered the pride and delight of...

Tales of Three Cities

Henry James · 1884 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1884. First edition. Leather. The first U.K. edition of three novellas by Henry James, examples of his masterful writing. The first U.K. edition.Three short novellas by Henry James, inspired by his travels. Including 'Lady Barberina', '...

Bertie and the Crime of Passion; Diamond Dust

Peter Lovesey · 1993 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Little, Brown and Company , 1993-2002. First edition. Cloth. A lovely pair of signed first edition novels by British detective novelist Peter Lovesey, with the fine unclipped dust wrappers. Signed by the author to both books' title pages. The first edition, first...

Mimff-Robinson

H. J. Kaeser · 1958 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Oxford University Press, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition of this delightful children's tale inspired by 'Robinson Crusoe&apos. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This charming advent...

A Collection of Thrillers by Ruth Rendell

Ruth Rendell · 1985 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York; London, Pantheon Books; The Mysterious Press; Hutchinson, 1985-2001. First edition. Cloth. Four smart first edition volumes of works from English thriller writer Ruth Rendell. Four volumes. Written by Ruth Barbara Rendell, an English author of thrillers and psycholog...

A Guilty Thing Surprised

Ruth Rendell · 1970 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Hutchinson, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The fifth Inspector Wexford novel by Ruth Rendell, a smart copy of the first edition. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'A Guilty Thing Surprised' is the fifth of Ruth Rendell&ap...

Edith Sitwell: Fire of the Mind; Facades: Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell; Edith Sitwell: A Unicorn Among Lions; Sacheverell Sitwell: Splendours and Miseries; Osbert Sitwell

Edith Sitwell; Elizabeth Salter; Allanah Harper; John Pearson; Victoria Glendinning; Sarah Bradford; Philip Ziegler · 1976 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Michael Joseph; Macmillan; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Sinclair-Stevenson; Chatto & Windus, 1976-1998. First edition. Cloth. Bright first editions of these five works on the Sitwells, with their original dust wrappers. The first editions of these five works in the publisher...

The Livery of Eve

F. W. Bain · 1917 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Methuen and Co. 1917. First edition. Hardback. A scarce copy of this fantasy story that purports to be translated from a Sanskrit manuscript by F. W. Bain. The first edition of this scarce work. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum and paper covered b...

Romance de Paris: Lithographies Originales de Pierre Eugãƒâ¨Ne Clairin

Francis Carco · 1949 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Paris , Societe des Francs-Bibliophiles, 1949 . First edition. Hardback. A scarce collection of poetry on the topic of Paris written by French author, Francis Carco, accompanied by beautiful and colourful lithographs by Pierre Eugène Clairin. Limited edition. This copy is No....

The White Llama, Being la Venganza Del Condor

V. G. Calderon; Richard Phibbs [trans.] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1938 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce limited edition of Calderon's thrilling tale, illustrated by Clifford Webb and in a Sangorski and Sutcliffe binding. Number 44 of 75 numbered and specially bound copies produced.The first En...

The D.A. Takes a Chance, and the D.A. Breaks an Egg

Erle Stanley Gardner · 1957 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, The Thriller Book Club; William Heinemann, 1957. First edition. Cloth. Two thrilling crime novels featuring the popular D.A, Doug Selby, written by Erle Stanley Gardner, in their original dust wrappers. The scarce first Australian edition to 'Breaks an Egg', ...

The Week-End Book

John Donne; Henry King; et al. · 1929 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Cloth. A lovely copy of this colourfully illustrated anthology of poetry, plays and more from the 1920s, published by Nonesuch Press. The 12,000th hundred. First published in 1924, going through 21 editions to 1929 due to its immense popularit...

Slaves of the Mastery and Firesong

William Nicholson · 2001 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Mammoth; Egmont, 2001-2002. First edition. Cloth. Two excellent signed first editions from William Nicholson's fantasy trilogy, 'Wind on Fire&apos. Signed by the author to the title pages. The first edition, second impression of 'Slaves of the Mastery&a...