Narrativa e romanzi

The History of Adam&Apos;S Grandfather

James Eveleigh Nash · 1899 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Sands & Co. 1899 . First edition. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce first edition of this novella written by James Eveleigh Nash. First edition. Very scarce work.Bound in the publisher's original pictorial card wraps. Written by British author, editor and publisher, ...

The Atonement a Story of Modern Adventure

James Blyth · 1916 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce suspense novel set aboard a submarine, by James Blyth. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Atonement' follows a man, Jack Hanson, as he sees a strange subm...

The White King of Manoa

Joseph Hatton · 1899 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon historical sci-fi novel, featuring Sir Walter Raleigh, a smart author's presentation copy. The first edition of this uncommon work.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the fro...

Murder on Board: Three Complete Mystery Novels - the Mystery of the Blue Train, Death in the Air, What Mrs. Mcgillicuddy Saw!

Agatha Christie · 1974 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New York , Dodd, Mead & Company , 1974. Hardback. A delightful work comprising of three mystery novels by Agatha Christie, all with the connected trope of murders taking place in transit. Contains three of Agatha Christie's superb mystery novels.First thus. In the origin...

The Mysterious Amazonia

Gastao Cruls; J. T. W. Sadler [Trans.] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Rio de Janeiro , Zelio Valverde, 1944 . Paperback. A very scarce, first English edition of this exhilarating Lost World novel set in the Amazon jungles, written by Brazilian novelist Gastao Cruls. The first English edition, with the first edition being published in Brazil in 1...

Clear Waters

Owen Rutter · 1936 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Michael Joseph, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this scarce novel set in Borneo from English historian and travel writer, Owen Rutter. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page, with an additional inscription to the front endpape...

The Mystery of Elias G. Roebuck and Other Stories

W. L. Alden · 1896 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, A. D. Innes & Co. 1896 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this collection of science-fiction and fantasy tales written by American author and diplomat, W. L. Alden. The first edition, bound in the publisher's original blue cloth. Very scarce w...

The Adventures of the Young Soldier in Search of the Better World

C. E. M. Joad · 1943 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this tale following a soldier as he searches for the promised post-war better world, illustrated throughout by Mervyn Peake. The first edition, first impression.In the original price-clipped dust...

Riders in the Chariot

Patrick White · 1961 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel set in 1950s Australia, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work was written ...

Jungle Terror

Harvey Wickham · 1920 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling novel from American author Harvey Wickham, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With a colour frontispiece. A new man-made terror comes to the jungle, the white flame ...

Rafnaland: The Strange Story of John Heath Howard

William Huntington Wilson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1900. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated lost race novel from American author Huntington Wilson. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate. Collated complete. The story of John Heath Howard, who claims to...

Book of the Three Dragons

Kenneth Morris · 1930 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

New York and Toronto, Longmans, Green and Co, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of Kenneth Morris's reworking of a classic Welsh legend, illustrated throughout by Ferdinand Huszti Horvath. The first edition, first printing. The scarce trade is...

The Quest of the Golden Stairs

Arthur Edward Waite · 1927 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London, The Theosophical Publishing House, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this fantasy novel from British poet and scholarly mystic A. E. Waite. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work, in the publisher's original unclip...

The Button-Box and Other Essays

Alison Uttley · 1968 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Faber and Faber, 1968. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce collection of autobiographical essays by Alison Uttley, the author of the popular 'Little Grey Rabbit' children's books. The first edition. In the publisher's original cl...

Biggles Forms a Syndicate

Captain W. E. Johns · 1961 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1961. First edition. Hardback. A bright first edition, first impression of this adventurous Biggles novel, illustrated throughout by Leslie Stead. The first edition, first impression of this work in the original pictorial laminated boards. Ink mar...

Beacon Flashes

John Thomas · 0 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, F. F. Longley , c1878. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce fiction work intended to teach morals and warn against alcohol, written and illustrated by John Thomas. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and twenty-six mono...

Allan and the Ice Gods

H. Rider Haggard · 1929 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. c1929. Cloth. A 12th thousand edition of this thrilling adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard, with original unclipped dust wrapper. A 12th thousand edition of this work.Undated, but probably published in 1929 according to institutional sources. Ori...

The Music of the Heart & Where Did Everybody Go?

Noel Langley · 1946 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Arthur Barker Limited, 1946-1960. First edition. Cloth. Two first UK edition novels from South African-born American writer Noel Langley. Two volumes. First edition. Written by Noel Langley, a South African-born American novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director ...

Colonel Quaritch, V.C. Tale of Country Life

H. Rider Haggard · 1933 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1933. Cloth. A smart copy of this romance novel from popular Victorian writer H. Rider Haggard, with the original dust wrapper. With a frontispiece. The story of retired army officer Harold Quaritch who moves into his deceased aunt's home ...

Fish and Company

Ralph Arnold · 1951 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this intriguing murder mystery novel set by Lake Como, written by Ralph Arnold. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. V...