Narrativa e romanzi

Reckoning on Ice

J. R. L. Anderson · 1971 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thriller by John Richard Lane in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This thriller was written by Jo...

Monsignor Quixote

Graham Greene · 1982 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The Bodley Head, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this pastiche of the classic Spanish novel Don Quixote. First edition. A pastiche of the classic 1605 and 1615 Spanish novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. Father Quixote, a parish priest from S...

The Tinkling Symbol

Phoebe Atwood Taylor · 1935 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition copy of this whodunnit mystery detective story from American writer Phoebe Atwood Taylor. First UK edition. Published in the US the same year. A small town in Cape Cod has been rocked with four ...

Lord Emsworth and Others

P. G. Wodehouse · 1937 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of these nine humorous short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, a sought after first impression in a variant binding, with the original first issue dust wrapper. The first edition, first impressio...

The Great Prince Shan

E. Phillips Oppenheim · 1922 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of E. Phillips Oppenheim's thrilling science fiction novel, set in the near future. The first US edition, first printing, published in March 1922. The first edition in book form; this work ...

The Last Tycoon. An Unfinished Novel

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1949 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

London, The Grey Walls Press, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's posthumously published final novel, in the exceptionally bright original dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression of this unfinished work, which was first ...

Panorama of the City of Chester

Joseph Hemingway · 1836 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Chester, T. Griffith, 1836. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce directory for the city of Chester written by Joseph Hemingway. The first edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, vignettes and three monochrome plates. Collated compl...

Love Among the Ruins

Evelyn Waugh · 1953 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated dystopian short novel by Evelyn Waugh. First edition, in the publisher's original red cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.This intriguing work is on...

To Let

John Galsworthy · 1921 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, William Heinemann, 1921. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this conclusion to the Forsyte Saga from English novelist and playwright, John Galsworthy. First edition. The conclusion to the Forsyte Saga. When second cousins Fleur and Jon Forsyte meet, they ...

The Benefactor Death Kit the Volcano Lover Regarding the Pain of Others

Susan Sontag · 1964 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode; Hamish Hamilton; Secker Warburg; Farrar, Straus & Giroux , 1964-2003. First edition. Cloth. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode; Hamish Hamilton; Secker Warburg; Farrar, Straus & Giroux , 1964-2003. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5...

Beautiful: A Modern Romance Occasion of Sin

Rachel Billington · 1974 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Heinemann; Hamish Hamilton , 1974-83. First edition. Cloth. Two uncommon first edition romance novels by Rachel Billington, in their original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition for both. Two volumes. In the publisher's original cloth with the original un...

Without Love the Journey Homeward See You in Yasukuni

Gerald Hanley · 1957 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Collins, 1957-69. First edition. Cloth. Three first edition novels by Irish novelist Gerald Hanley that were inspired by the author's travels, in their original dust wrappers. The first edition to all. Three volumes. In the publisher's original cloth with t...

The Paper Boats

Roger Longrigg · 1963 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York , Harper & Row , 1963. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first U.S edition of this exciting novel by Roger Longrigg about a man who accidently ends up with stolen money, in the original dust wrapper. The scarce first U.S edition. Also published in the UK by Faber and F...

The Journal of Edwin Carp & the Episode at Toledo

Richard Haydn; Ann Bridge [Mary Ann Dolling] · 1954 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1954-1967. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first edition novels, following the lives and experiences of entertaining characters. Two volumes. First edition. This set includes: The Journal of Edwin Carp, 1954. The journal of a young man who venture...

Little Tales of Misogyny; Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes; Ripley Under Water

Patricia Highsmith · 1977 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Heinemann; Bloomsbury, 1977-1991. First edition. Cloth. Two short story collections and the last of the Ripley series by the popular author Patricia Highsmith; all first editions. The first editions of these three works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, ...

The Curse of Carne&Apos;S Hold

G. A. Henty · 1890 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Spencer Blackett, [1890]. Leather. A scarce early edition of this exciting novel by G. A. Henty, an adventure novel complete with the original plates by Charles Kerr. A scarce to see early edition, this being the single volume edition published in 1890, following the t...

The Big Book of Josephine

Mrs. H. C. Cradock · 1919 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this collection of three stories concerning Cradock's protagonist Josephine, in lovely condition. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth bind...

Untold Tales of the Past

Beatrice Harraden · 1897 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this collection of ancient stories retold for children by author and suffragette Beatrice Harraden. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pi...

Bulgy in Wombolia

Roderick Maude-Roxby · 1945 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd. 1945. First edition. Hardback. A scarce copy of this humorous children's story, written and illustrated by the actor Roddy Maude-Roxby. The first edition of this scarce work in the original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper boards...

Jane Austen and Her Art

Mary Lascelles · 1948 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London , Oxford University Press , 1948. Hardback. A fascinating work celebrating the writing of Jane Austen from her popular novels to unfished works. The 1948 Reprint of this work. The first edition was published in 1939. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Very scarce. ...