Narrativa e romanzi

Lettres Originales de Mirabeau

Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau · 1792 · Rooke Books

£365.00 (€437.51 | $482.22 | ¥76,980)

Paris, Garnery, 1792 . First edition. Leather. The complete four volume first edition of Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau's letters to his mistress, Marie Therese de Monnierm, written when he was imprisoned in Vincennes. In the original French.The first edition o...

The Gentle Lover: A Comedy of Middle Age

Forrest Reid · 1913 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

London, Edward Arnold, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. An association copy of the first edition of Forrest Reid's very scarce novel about a middle aged couple rediscovering their love for one another. With a 'Presentation Copy' stamp to the title page. The very sca...

The Virgin and the Gipsy

D. H. Lawrence · 1930 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. In the original dust wrapper, this is the first US edition of D. H. Lawrence's posthumously published novel about a young woman's romance with a free-spirited gipsy. The first US edition, first printing of this ...

Our Own Pompeii: A Romance of to-Morrow

Samuel Middleton Fox · 1887 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.97 | $1,981.72 | ¥316,354)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1887 . First edition. Cloth. Inscribed by the author to his own mother, this is the very scarce first edition of Samuel Middleton Fox's entertaining science fiction novel about a society's failure to run a futuristic pleasure ci...

Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain · 1948 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Paul Elek Publishers Ltd, 1948. First edition. Cloth. First edition of the Camden Illustrated Classics printing of Mark Twain's classic adventure novel, delightfully illustrated throughout by Edward Burra. First Paul Elek edition for the "Camden Illustrated Classi...

Oola-Boola&Apos;S Wonder Book

Bruno H Bürgel; Ivy E. Clegg [trans.] · 1932 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, G. Bell and Sons Ltd. 1932 . First edition. Cloth. First English edition of this delightful children's short story collection on the adventures of Doctor Oola-Boola, illustrated throughout with sixteen plates. First English-language edition.In publisher's ori...

The King&Apos;S Men: A Tale of to-Morrow

Robert Grant; John Boyle O'Reilly; J. S. of Dale; John T. Wheelwright · 1884 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons , 1884. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this uncommon science fiction novel, exploring a dystopian future where England's monarchy has been overthrown. First edition. Uncommon.In the publisher's cloth bindin...

The Prophet

P. P. Sheehan · 1913 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A superior first UK edition copy of this scarce novel from speculative and pulp author Perley Poore Sheehan. First UK edition. Very scarce, with no previous records in auction. Jisc records five copies. Published in the US...

Gulliver&Apos;S Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World

Jonathan Swift · 1909 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, J. M. Dent & Co. 1909. First edition. Cloth. Arthur Rackham's striking illustrations accompany this edition of Jonathan Swift's classic novel. First trade Arthur Rackham illustrated edition. In the publisher's decorative cloth binding. Jonathan Swift&a...

Typhoon and Other Stories

Joseph Conrad · 1903 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, William Heinemann, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first UK edition, first state of Joseph Conrad's short fiction collection. First UK edition, first state.First impression with the windmill device on the title page and without "Reserved for the Colonies on...

A Scarce Set on Children&Apos;S Literature

Alice Orton; M.B. Synge; Rosa N. Carey; L.T. Meade · 1909 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons; The Office of Girl's Own Paper; Henry Frowde Hodder and Stoughton, 1909-1915. Cloth. Four volumes of scarce children's literature written by female authors, including the popular Rosa N. Carey and L.T. Meade, including colour plates. F...

A Farm in Fairyland

Laurence Housman · 1894 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. 1894. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an original collection of fairy tales, the first work written and published by writer and activist Laurence Housman. The first edition of A Farm in Fairyland, an enchanting collection ...

Lamentation and Tombland: Shardlake Series

C.J. Sansom · 2014 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Mantle/Pan Macmillan, 2014-2018. First edition. Cloth. The first editions of the final two novels within Sansom's bestselling Tudor detective Shardlake series, with Tombland being a signed limited edition. The first editions of Lamentation and Tombland, the final ...

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Jules Verne; Heather Amery [ed.] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Studio Vista Books, 1973. Cloth. A highly illustrated abridged edition of the science fiction adventure novel by notable author Jules Verne. Originally published in 1870, when the exploration of the sea had hardly begun.This edition has been edited, annotated and abri...

A Rebours

J. K. Huysmans [Joris-Karl Huysmans] · 1961 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

Paris, Fasquelle Editeur, 1961. Leather. A 1960s edition of J. K. Huysmans classic Decadent novel, strikingly bound in a beautiful morocco binding with floral gilt detailing. In the original French.First published in 1884, this is a 1961 edition of 'A rebours', which...

Yellow Gods

John G. Brandon · 1940 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,707)

London, Wright & Brown, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of the first edition of this very scarce work of detective fiction surrounding the theft of a giant ruby carved into the shape of a Buddha. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this novel.In th...

I&Apos;LL Blackmail the World

S. Andrew Wood · 1835 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1835. First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the scarce first edition of this thrilling science fiction tale about Machiavellian millionaire scientist John Kingdom. The scarce first edition, first impression.In the very scarce publisher's or...

The Scarlet Impostor

Dennis Wheatley · 1940 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this scarce first edition Gregory Sallust thriller by Dennis Wheatley, in which the lead character collaborates with an anti-Nazi organisation. The scarce first edition, first impression. In t...

Tanar of Pellucidar

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1939 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Methuen, 1939 . First edition. Cloth. In the scarce original dust wrapper, this is the first UK edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs's thrilling science fiction adventure novel set in the internal surface of a Hollow Earth. The first UK edition, first impression.In the...

Within the Tides

Joseph Conrad · 1915 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,425)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. A handsome example of the first edition of this impressive collection of four short stories and novellas by Joseph Conrad, author of 'Heart of Darkness&apos. The first edition of this work. The first issue, with ...