Narrativa e romanzi

Red Snow

F. Wright Moxley · 1931 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Jarrolds Publishers, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first UK edition of this vanishingly scarce science-fiction novel by Frank Wright Moxley. First UK edition, published the year following the US edition. Scarce to see the first UK edition.Bound in the publ...

A Demigod

[Edward Payson Jackson] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1887. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction novel which looks into eugenics, an uncommon work written by Edward Payson Jackson. The first edition of this uncommon work.'A Demigod' follows aa Eugenics programmes f...

De Vliegenvanger

John Steinbeck · 1946 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Amsterdam, Van Holkema & Warendorf N. V. 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first Dutch language trade edition of Steinbeck's novel 'The Moon is Down', about the military occupation of a town in Northern Europe. The scarce first Dutch trade edition of this ...

Les Robinsons Lunaires

G. Le Faure · 1893 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Paris, E. Dentu, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling late nineteenth century science fiction novel about a lunar voyage, illustrated throughout by Fernand Fau. In the original French.The first edition of this science fiction novel, in which a famil...

Kreativity for Kats and Other Feline Fantasies

Fritz Leiber · 1992 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Newark , The Wildside Press, 1992. First edition. Leather. The first edition, first impression of this charming fictional work on cats by Fritz Leiber, bound in full crushed morocco. The first edition, first impression, with a complete numberline. Bound in the publisher'...

Ben-Beor. A Story of the Anti-Messiah

H. M. Bien · 1891 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Baltimore, Isaac Friedenwald Co, 1891. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biblically inspired science fiction novel, written by H. M. Bien. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This work was written by the German-born author and Rabbi, H. M...

Once Upon a Time in the North & Serpentine

Philip Pullman · 2008 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London; New York, David Fickling Books; Alfred A. Knopf, 2008-2020. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first editions of these companion texts to the His Dark Materials trilogy, with illustrations throughout. Two volumes. Written by Philip Pullman, an English writer known fo...

The White Dawn

Belle Hagen Winslow · 1920 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Minneapolis , Augsburg Publishing House, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this adventure story from Belle Hagen Winslow. First edition. Very scarce. Set in the age of the Vikings, this fantastic adventure tale features links to Norse mythology and the...

The Prince of Atlantis

Lillian Elizabeth Roy · 1929 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

New York, The Educational Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition science fiction novel by Lillian Elizabeth Roy, concerning the flight of Atlanteans from a destroyed Atlantis. The first edition of this uncommon work.'The Prince of Atlantis' is a...

Hickory Dickory Dock

Agatha Christie · 1955 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Agatha Christie's exciting Hercule Poirot murder mystery, a gripping novel by the Queen of Crime. The first edition, first impression, with no subsequent printings mentioned.In t...

Half Bad

Sally Green · 2014 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Penguin , 2014. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of this young adult fantasy novel by Sally Green. The first edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original publisher's hardback with the original unclipped dust w...

Time Burial: The Collected Fantasy Tales of Howard Wandrei

Howard Wandrei; D. H. Olson [editor] · 1995 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Minneapolis , Fedoran & Bremer, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of fantasy tales from American artist and writer Howard Wandrei. First edition. Illustrated with five full-page illustrations and one photograph. Collated complete. A collectio...

Murder May Follow & Message from Sirius

Susan Morrow; Cecil Jenkins · 1960 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1960-1961. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first UK editions from the Crime Club by Collins, with their original unclipped dust wrappers. Two volumes. First UK edition. This set includes: Murder May Follow, 1960. When Elizabeth Weller reports...

Loving Cup

Joan Butler; [Robert William Alexander] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Stanley Paul & Co. LTD, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce comical novel by Robert William Alexander, written under his pseudonym Joan Butler. The first edition, first impression.A scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Lovin...

Musrum

Eric Thacker; Anthony Earnshaw · 1968 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1968. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this well regarded fantasy book written by Eric Thacker and Anthony Earnshaw. The first trade edition.In the original publisher's glassine wrap. A cult classic fantasy book by Eric Thacker and ...

In Kings&Apos; Byways

Stanley J. Weyman · 1902 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1902. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of this collection of short stories with a historical theme by Stanley J. Weyman. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Stanley ...

Cities of Gold a Novel of the Ancient and Modern Southwest

William K. Hartmann · 2002 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York , Tom Doherty , 2002. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition of this novel by William Hartmann, previously owned by author Stephen Vizinczey, with a letter from the author to Stephen. The first edition. Inscribed by the author to the title page; "For Stephe...

The Masked Man

Gaston Leroux; Hannaford Bennett · 1929 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

New York, The Macaulay Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A lesser known and scarce novel by French author Gaston Leroux, a tense mystery, this being the first U.S. edition. The first U.S. edition of this scarce work.Translated from the original French into English by Hannaf...

Pharos the Egyptian

Guy Boothby · 1899 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. 1899. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this sensational supernatural tale of an Egyptian mummy, by the prolfiic Australian novelist Guy Boothby. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial ...

Lilith

J. R. Salamanca · 1962 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Heinemann, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of J. R. Salamanca's novel about a Schizophrenic and her psychiatrist. The first UK edition, first impression, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Salamanca's novel is about an i...